Bruton, McCardell engaged

Mr. and Mrs. John Calvin Bruton Jr. of Columbia, announce the engagement of their daughter, Margaret McKissick Bruton, to John Malcolm McCardell III, formerly of Middlebury, Vt.

A fall wedding is planned at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Columbia.

Miss Bruton is the granddaughter of Mrs. John Bratton Davis, the late Judge Davis, and the late Mr. and Mrs. John Calvin Bruton, all of Columbia. The bride-elect is a graduate of Dreher High School and received a BA degree from Wofford College. Miss Bruton is employed at Non(e)such Ltd., Columbia.

Mr. McCardell is the son of Dr. and Mrs. John Malcolm McCardell Jr. of Middlebury and Beaufort. He is the grandson of Mr. Lee Katz Greenwald and the late Mrs. Greenwald of Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. John Malcolm McCardell and the late Mr. McCardell of Hagerstown, Md. A graduate of The Taft School, Watertown, Conn., the groom-elect received a BA degree from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va. He is a member of Ellison Kibler and Associates at Merrill Lynch in Columbia.