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eLWINSLOW MANlt;MARRIED INI1WASHINGTON;1ti WINSLOW, June 20. — An- ]nouncement has been made of I» the marriage of Miss Geraldine hRhodes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.I Merrill R. Rhodes of Leaven-* worth, Kan., and Gene Fred Me- f11 Connell of Paterson, New Jersey, U son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Me- 1Connell of Winslow. 1The ceremony wa* performed pi at the Metropolitan MemorialtMethodist church, Washington, D. C., at 8:45 Sunday morning, |c June 7. ItThe Rev. Edward Gardiner I ^Latch, pastor of the church, of-!1ficiated, using the double ring PJceremony. Following the play- , ing of Gounod’s “Ave Maria” by!the organist, Mrs. James S.;p Montgomery, wife of the chaplain g of the house of representatives, \qand to the strains of the Wedding |cMarch from Lohengrin, the bride Rwalked down the aisle of the,nbeautiful church, preceded by her bmatron of honor, Mrs. Herbert A. BMcConnell, sister-in-law of thebridegroom.The bride wore a dress of beigecrepe with accessories of wheat |ai linen. Her corsage was of Talis- Tman roses and she wore a lovelystrand of pearls, a gift from thej^ bridegroom.The matron of honor wore a jdress of light blue crepe, beigeaccessories and a corsage of pink1roses.The wedding vows were exchanged, with a background ofsoft organ music, before the altarbeautifully decorated with liliesand lighted tapers.The bridegroom’s best man washis brother, Herbert A. McConnell.1Immediately following the ^ ^ ceremony the couple left for NewYork and thence to Paterson,i1where Mr. McConnell is em-, ^ployed in the experimental test 1 laboratory of the Wright Aero- , nautical Corporation. | jThe bride was graduated fromiLeavenworth high school in 1939) c and has just completed her junior year at Baker university,Baldwin City, Kan., where she ismajoring in music education. Sheehas been a member of the choircand orchestra for three yearsDuring her freshman year she !: a-,-.^ # jt t 'L m m '• = a L • JL t VI' • mi #was initiated into Alpha ChiOmega social sorority and is nowctreasurer of the Omicron chapter\at Baker.€1Mr. McConnell was graduated, cum laude, from Rose Poly, ^ Terre Haute. He is a member of f Tau Beta Pi, national honorary) ^ engineering fraternity. He was amember of the debate team forafour years and during hix seniorryear was associate editor of theRose Technic. i ^Among the guests at the wed-j ^ding were Miss Marjorie McCul-, lough, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Har- ^ridon, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Dot-tery, Mrs. Maude Moats, Mr. andMrs. John Moats of Washington,oD. C., Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Copeland of Virginia, and Miss HelenMcConnell of Winslow.a:JPT
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The Washington Herald
Washington, Indiana, US
Sat, Jun 20, 1942
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