The Columbia Cotillion Club, a gentleman’s dance club founded in 1890, held its Winter Ball Saturday evening, December 28, 2024, at Forest Lake Club. Ten daughters of members were presented. A reception and receiving line were followed by the debutante presentation and figure. Mrs. Steve Allen Matthews directed the figure, which was followed by dinner and dancing to the music of The Charlie Gatch Band.
Daughters presented were:
Miss Heriot Elizabeth Davis Sadler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Marion Sadler, granddaughter of the late Mr. John Marion Sadler, great granddaughter of the late Mr. Thomas Clanton Brown, and escorted by Mr. Grant Edward Dorsey.
Miss Virginia Beverley Dunlap, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Beverley Randolph Dunlap, granddaughter of Mr. Beverley Randolph Dunlap, Sr., and escorted by Mr. Julius Walker McKay, III.
Miss Elizabeth Hampden Haile, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cantey Haile, III, granddaughter of Dr. Edward Cantey Haile, Jr., great granddaughter of Mr. Edward Cantey Haile, and escorted by Mr. Duncan McIntyre Moorman.
Miss Harriott Ravenel Finlay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkman Finlay, III, granddaughter of Mr. Kirkman Finlay, Jr., great granddaughter of Mr. Kirkman Finlay, and escorted by Mr. Jack Ellis Lapin.
Miss Helen Ellsworth Clarke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Samuel Clarke, granddaughter of Mr. Joseph Walker Clarke, great granddaughter of Mr. Samuel Laffitte Clarke, and escorted by Mr. Samuel Sumpter Clarke.
Miss Sarah Helen Irene McNair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Clarke McNair, granddaughter of Mr. Elmer Chandler McNair, great granddaughter of the late Mr. Samuel Laffitte Clarke, and escorted by Mr. Theron Max Childress.
Miss Katharine Hughes Mashburn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Mashburn, granddaughter of the late Mr. Robert Sims Brown, and escorted by Mr. John Michael Parsons, Jr.
Miss Logan Elizabeth Reed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Lewis Reed, III, great granddaughter of Mr. Clark Lewis Reed, escorted by Mr. Jack Ryan Mulvey.
Miss Shannon Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Emerson Smith, Jr., granddaughter of Mr. James Emerson Smith, Sr., escorted by Mr. Paul Bradford Smith. Miss Sarah Calhoun Sellers, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Timothy Thomas Sellers, granddaughter of The Honorable Alexander Stephens Macaulay, and escorted by Mr. Thomas James Spence.
Guest debutantes were: Miss Lydia McKinley Quinn, escorted by Mr. Charles Parks Riley; Miss Frances Grace Kammerer, escorted by Mr. Harry Locke Johnson; Miss Gretchen Marsh McMeekin, escorted by Mr. William Francis Lamar, IV; Miss Dorothy Grace Davidson, escorted by Mr. Jefferson Blakely Bates, III; Miss Anna Elizabeth Malanuk, escorted by Mr. Robert Davis Young; Miss Kate Paxton Oliver, escorted by Mr. William Brown Bennett; Miss Charlotte Elizabeth Peacock, escorted by Mr. Oscar Woodrow Augenstein; Miss Elizabeth Elliott Rambo, escorted by Mr. William James Kitchens III.
Seated at the head table were: Mr. Carroll Jones DuBose, Jr., President, and Mrs. DuBose; Mr. William Mace Haselden, Vice President, and Mrs. Haselden; Mr. Mason Bonnycastle Hardy, Secretary-Treasurer, and Mrs. Hardy; Mr. William Childs Cantey, III, Past President and Debutante Announcer, and Mrs. Cantey; Mrs. Steve Allen Matthews, Director of the Debutante Figure, and Mr. Matthews. Also seated at the head table were Executive Committee Members Mr. Robert Cleland FitzSimons and Mrs. Sue Erwin Harper; Mr. Blake Edmunds, III and Mrs. Edmunds; Mr. Alfred Arrington Johnston Cox and Mrs. Cox; and Mr. Charles Hamilton Cate, Jr. and Mrs. Cate.
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