The first of the season’s debutante balls, The Columbia Ball, was held on Thanksgiving Eve, November 26, at the University of South Carolina’s Pastides Alumni Center.
Mr. James Edwin Miller II, president of The Columbia Ball, and Mrs. Miller, along with the debutante daughters and their mothers and grandmothers, received members and guests. The festivities began at 7 p.m. with the reception, followed by the presentation of the debutantes, the debutante figure, dinner, and dancing in the ballroom. The debutantes were introduced by Mr. James Edwin Miller II, and music was provided by The Ross Holmes Band and Men of Distinction.
The daughters making their formal bow to society were presented by their fathers and included Miss Elizabeth Ann Waites, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Craig Waites, Jr., granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Craig Waites, Sr., great-granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Briscoe Thomas, escorted by Mr. James Mason Harrington; Miss Pamela Ann Milliken Pope, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph High Pope, escorted by Mr. Joseph High Pope, Jr.; Miss Emily Elaine Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Seabrook Moore, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Woodbury Moore, Jr., great-granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Childs Seabrook, escorted by Mr. Thomas Hammond Carley; Miss Barra Winn Jenkins, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Walter Jenkins, escorted by Mr. Christopher Taylor Brown; Miss Margaret Gray McKain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Patrick McKain, escorted by Mr. Wylie McKain Nash; Miss Allison McCall Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Jason Reynolds, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Gregg Hodges, great-granddaughter of Mrs. Susan Tennent McElveen Graybill and the late Mr. Jack Shelton Graybill, escorted by Mr. Geoffrey Neal Hunt; Miss Mary Katherine Penninger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bernard Penninger III, escorted by Mr. Andrew Mark Brown. The debutante granddaughters making their formal bow to society were Miss Suzanne Verigood Kapp, granddaughter of Mr. Lloyd McCrary Kapp and the late Jane Alan Gibbes Kapp, great-granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parks Kapp, presented by her grandfather, escorted by Mr. Mitchell Stevens Coleman; Miss Anna Beatrice Young, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lantye Mimnaugh Tobias, Jr., great-granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Lantye Mimnaugh Tobias, presented by her grandfather, escorted by Mr. Grant Alexander Croft.
Guest debutantes were Miss Margaret Reid Brabham, escorted by Mr. Tyler Banks Hudson, Jr.; Miss Sarah Courtney Cavatoni, escorted by Mr. Arthur Antonio Lennard; Miss Addie-Grace DuBose Cook, escorted by Mr. John Lucius McCants, Jr.; Miss Nancy Crawford Davenport, escorted by Mr. Alexander Mitchell Koutrakos; Miss Anne Ashe Edmunds, escorted by Mr. James Carter Weston III; Miss Sara Albritton Grimsley, escorted by Mr. Hughes Burton Ingram; Miss Sarah Wheeler Haselden, escorted by Mr. Archer Beattie Meares; Miss Lucy Pride Heyward King, escorted by Mr. Mateo DeLaCruz; Miss Sallie Chavis O’Connor, escorted by Mr. James Burch Harrison; Miss Elizabeth Ann Reames, escorted by Mr. William Addison Fritze; Miss Mary Deas Rhodes, escorted by Mr. William Hill Teas; Miss Margaret Crawford Roney, escorted by Mr. William Dickson Morris III; Miss Lucile Milliken Sammataro, escorted by Mr. Frank Elliott Robinson IV; Miss Caroline Mynda Sanders, escorted by Mr. John Graham Campbell Cantey; Miss Caroline Evelyn Tinch, escorted by Mr. David Barnwell Shealy; Miss Elizabeth Austin Tuller, escorted by Mr. Walker Thompson Draffin.
Each debutante was presented with a hand-tied bouquet of roses in shades of white, blush, and pink, white hydrangea, antique carnation, and white limonium. The bouquets were wrapped with soft pink velvet ribbon. To represent their legacy in The Columbia Ball, blush satin ribbons were added to the daughters’ bouquets, an additional soft pink velvet was added to the granddaughters’ bouquets, and white lace was added to the bouquets of the great-granddaughters. Table arrangements of varying heights featured antique and white hydrangea, pink and white roses, white veronica, white spray carnations, pink and white stock, and a mixture of garden greenery.
Sons and grandsons invited to attend their first Ball were Mr. Thomas Rhett Ball, Mr. Andrew Mark Brown, Mr. Christopher Taylor Brown, Mr. William Addison Fritze, Mr. William Cravens Godbold, Robert Hayne Hodges IV, Mr. Tyler Banks Hudson, Jr., Mr. Sampson Pope Kennedy, Mr. John Lucius McCants, Jr., Mr. William Dickson Morris III, Mr. Thomas Arman Riley, Mr. Frank Elliott Robinson IV, and Mr. James Carter Weston III.
Seated at the President’s table with Mr. and Mrs. Miller were Mr. Tyler Banks Hudson, Chairman of the Ball, and Mrs. Hudson; Mr. Hill Freeman Belser, venue arrangements chairman, and Mrs. Belser; Mr. Henry Spann Laffitte, Jr., venue arrangements co-chairman, and Mrs. Laffitte; Mr. John Peyre Scurry, Jr., music chairman, and Mrs. Scurry; Mr. Earle Craig Waites, Jr., immediate past president, and Mrs. Waites; Mr. Robert Edward Kneece, Jr., former president, and Mrs. Kneece; Mr. William Mace Haselden, president of the Cotillion, and Mrs. Haselden.
Committee chairmen were Mrs. Christopher Lee Burke, coffee table and silver; Mr. Christopher Lee Burke, cordials; Mrs. William Dickson Morris, Jr., debutantes; Mrs. Chandler Clarke McNair, debutante figure; Mrs. John Brian Kelchner, decorations; Mrs. John Hardin Reading, house and seating; Mrs. Charlton Bowen Horger, invitations; Mrs. Robert Trippett Boineau III, publicity; Mrs. Frank Elliott Robinson III, stags; and Mrs. Keith Hallman Pound II, executive secretary.
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