Sandra Ravenel Godbold
The first of the season’s debutante balls, The Columbia Ball, was held Thanksgiving Eve, November 23, at the Columbia Marriott.
Mr. Bruce Thomas Williams, president of The Columbia Ball, and Mrs. Williams, along with the debutante daughters, their mothers and grandmothers, and the debutante granddaughters and their grandmothers received members and guests. The festivities began at 7:00 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. Thomas Charles Bryan II, and music was provided by the Ross Holmes Band.
The daughters making their formal bow to society were presented by their fathers and included Miss Sandra Ravenel Godbold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Judson Godbold and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. DuVal Cravens Ravenel, escorted by Mr. Charles Frederick Carter IV; Miss Julia Campbell Spong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kershaw Spong, escorted by Mr. Montgomery Rush Morris; Miss Allie Little Langley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Buist Langley III, escorted by Mr. Daniel DeSaussure Lang III; Miss Janet Elizabeth Langley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Buist Langley III, presented by her uncle, Mr. Edward Pringle Little, and escorted by Mr. James Perry Lang; Miss Elizabeth Kennedy Brooker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Beacham Owens Brooker III and granddaughter of Mrs. Beacham Owens Brooker Jr. and the late Mr. Brooker, escorted by Mr. Arthur Brooker Corontzes; Miss Coles Heyward Lawton, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph James Lawton III, escorted by Mr. Edward Kriegsmann Pritchard IV; Miss Jean Porter Price, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Porter Price III, escorted by Mr. Steven LeGrande Harvin; and Miss Alexandra Grey Cooke, daughter and step-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cotesworth Pinckney Sasnett and stepgranddaughter of Dr. Richard Maxwell Sasnett III and the late Mrs. Sasnett, escorted by Mr. William Darnall Boyd Bailey.
Allie Little Langley
Julia Campbell Spong
Debutante granddaughters making their formal bow to society were Miss Anna Brooks Burnside, granddaughter of Mrs. Guy Matthews Tarrant Jr. and stepgranddaughter of the late Mr. Tarrant, presented by her uncle Mr. Benjamin Edward Brantley, escorted by Mr. Christopher Leigh Leventis; Miss Grace Whitener Lee, granddaughter of Mrs. James Richard Allison Jr. and the late Dr. Allison, presented by her uncle Dr. James Richard Allison III, escorted by Mr. Benjamin Dunkin Allison; and Miss Louise Moorefield Spencer, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Moorefield Jr., presented by Mr. John Rush McPherson, escorted by Mr. Frank Taylor Brennecke.
Guest debutantes were Miss Mary Bond Screven Bailey, escorted by Mr. James Boyd Blanchard; Miss Mary Bryan Clay, escorted by Mr. William Johnson Pope; Miss Mary Powers Covington, escorted by Mr. Thomas Hodges Hipp; Miss Virginia Rutledge Hicks, escorted by Mr. Edward Davis Roth; Miss Jennifer Rebecca Hubbard, escorted by Mr. Howell Knight Hallett III; Miss Janet Cotter Jenkins, escorted by Mr. Christopher deGraffenried Keenan; Miss Elizabeth Hanahan Joye, escorted Mr. Baxter
Janet Elizabeth Langley
Lindsay Crawford IV; Miss Katherine Elizabeth Kneece, escorted by Mr. Robert Edward Kneece III; Miss Elizabeth Reynolds McDonald, escorted by Mr. Aaron Adger Rice III; Miss Catherine Wells Reynolds, escorted by Mr. John Anderson Wells IV; Miss Elizabeth Anne Seabrook, escorted by Mr. Richardson Gaillard Seabrook; Miss Sarah Browning Taylor, escorted by Mr. Marion McLean Sims; Miss Sarah Greer Theus, escorted by Mr. Phillip Garland Matthews II; Miss Clara Elizabeth Weston, escorted by Mr. George Hunter McMaster II.
The debutantes carried round bouquets of small to large exhibition stage roses in pink, blush, and white with complementing greenery, short exposed stems, and short sheer streamers. The table arrangements were tall silver candelabras with varying shades of pale pink roses, white tulips and hydrangeas, variegated ivy, and flowing dendrobium orchids.
Elizabeth Kennedy Brooker
Sons and grandsons invited to attend their first ball were Mr. Charles Frederick Carter IV, Mr. Arthur Brooker Corontzes, Mr. Burton Palmer Fowles, Mr. John Zachary McFadden, Mr. George Hunter McMaster II, Mr. James Paul Newman III, Mr. Christopher Davis Ray, Mr. Edward Davis Roth, Mr. Burwell Boykin Clarke Todd, and Mr. John Anderson Wells IV.
Seated at the president’s table with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thomas Williams were Mr. William Harrison Theus, past president of the Columbia Cotillion Club and Mrs. Theus; Mr. James Judson Godbold, chairman of the ball and Mrs. Godbold; Mr. Thomas Charles Bryan II, hotel arrangements and Mrs. Bryan; Mr. John Lucius McCants, hotel arrangements co- chair and Mrs. McCants; Mr. Lanneau William Lambert Jr., music chairman and Mrs. Lambert; Mr. Lana Hancock Sims Jr., immediate past president and Mrs. Sims, and Mr. George Henry Bunch III, former president and Mrs. Bunch.
Committee chairmen were Mrs. Thomas Spotswood Glazebrook Jr., debutantes; Mrs. Raymond Emery Clark, debutante figure; Mrs. Patrick Brian O’Keefe, decorations; Mrs. John Brian Kelchner, coffee table and silver; Mr. Hunter Lang Clarkson, reception; Mrs. Andrew Graham Walker, house and seating; Mrs. Francis Marion Roddey III, invitations; Mrs. Joseph High Pope, publicity; Mrs. Aaron Adger Rice Jr., stags; Mrs. John Asbill Cloyd, scrapbook; and Mrs. William Wallace Bruner Jr., executive secretary.
Coles Heyward Lawton
Jean Porter Price
Alexandra Grey Cooke
Anna Brooks Burnside
Grace Whitner Lee
Louise Moorefield Spencer
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