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5nnci.5.t.ekart,east end or me room was arrange with an improvised altar, palms andferns banked against the wall, and white chrysanthemums. Tall, lighted cathedral candles gave a soft glow to thescene. The aisle was termed bv white standards and ribbons. Mias Katherine Riggs, harpist, plaved the weddingmusic and gave a short program beforethe ceremony.The bride was given in marriage by her stepfather. Mr. Thompson, and she wore a gown of white satin. mold°d toher figure, the long tight-fitting sleeves puffed at the shoulders. Her tulle veilwas caught at each side by clusters of orange blossoms and she carried ashower bouquet, of white gardenias and lilies of the valley. Her only ornament was a rare old cameo broach set in an!included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Oliver. Mr. and Mrs. William Oliver. Mr. andMrs. James Signor. Mr. and Mrs. Del-mar Dondera and Miss Lyde Carpenter. an aunt of the bridegroom.The bride is a graduate of McKinleyHigh School. Washington, and she isa lineal descendant of Lord FairfaxThe bridegroom is a graduate of Central High School and is well known in music circles. He comes from aprominent family, who number amongtheir distinguished ancestors RichardHenry Dana.antique setting, the gift of the bride• groom.Mrs. Frank B. Keyes, cousin of the bride, was matron of honor and wore a costume of bronzlne green satin, fashioned after a fitted model and havincriiort, purred slrcYfa, Her nut andslippers were bronze color and she worebeige gloves and carried an arm bouquet of talisman roses.Mr, Joseph P. Bailey of Washington,Iiwas best man and the ushers were Mr.R. Clyde Cruit. brother, and Mr. Louis Thompson, half-brother of the bride.The ceremony was followed by areception, when Mrs. Thompson, motherof the bride, received the guests wearinga gown of black and white silk faille.with black velvet hat and a corsage bouquet of gardenias.Later Mr. and Mrs. Sardo started fora wedding trip, the bride wearing a red woolen suit made with hip-lengthcoat wtih high flaring collar trimmed with squirrel fur and her hat was eelgray felt in tam-o’-shanter shape. Aftera stay in Atlantic City, Mr. and Mrs. Sardo will make their home at 710GChatham road in Chevy Chase. Md. The bride was an assistant secretary to the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,and the late Senator William B. McKinley and has completed a novel. ‘Cobblestone and Clover.” Mr. 8ardo and his bride are natives of the District and he has been in business here for more than30 years.In a quiet but pretty ceremony at the thome of the bride's parents at Charles ] Town, W. Va., Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. ]Furr, here, Tuesday morning, Miss jFrances Belle Furr became the bride of ]Mr. Ralph W. Koch of New York and Philadelphia. Pa. Only members of the «families and a few Intimate friends twere present. 1The ceremony was performed by the }bride's pastor, Rev. Mr. Goodwin Frazer eof Charles Town Baptist Church. Mias sFurr was given in marriage by her %father. Mr. Lester Koch of hPiladelphia. 1a brother of the bridegroom, was the rlatter’s best man. The wedding was tsolemnized in the living room, in which an improvised altar was formed of ferns. 1white and yellow chrysanthemums andwhite candle/?, while vases of dahlias.roses, cosmos and marigolds adorned the rooms of the first floor.The bride was becomingly attired in brown velvet with hat. gloves and shoesto match. Her boquet was of talismanroses and white gardenias. Mrs William j I B. Pendleton, jr.. a sister to the bride, *plaved the wedding march. JImmediately after the ceremony a * wedding breakfast was served to the guests, at the conclusion of which Mr. and Mrs. Koch left for a tour of the JSouth, and will be at home in Utica, j N. Y., after November 10.\*iTicIA pretty outdoor Autumn weddingtook place Saturday. October 21. whenMrs. Helen Smith Anderson, daughter, of Mrs. L. R. Smith of Vienna. Va.. became the bride of Mr. Carl Evans Brockway, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H.: Brock way of Washington. The ceremony was performed in an open courtit the new home of the bride and bridegroom. at 444 Sauth Oak street. LyonPark. Va.. at 4 o’clock, by Rev. WalterF. Wolf of tbc Arlington PresbyterianChurch. The couple stood under theI trees, against a natural background of shrubs, with huge baskets of chrysan-j themums placed on either side of the natural altar.The bride wore a black velvet afternoon gown, black turban hat and a corsage of white gardenias. The bride’ssister was her only attendant, and shewas also gowned in black velvet and wore a cluster of pink rosebuds. Mr. Dana H. Brockway, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man.An informal reception followed in the home, when the couple were assisted in receiving by their respectiveparents.Mr. Brockwav and his bride left laterfor their wedding trip to New York.the bride traveling in a black satindress, black cloth coat, trimmed with fur. and other matching accessories. Out-of-town guests for the wedding•»iThe marriage of Miss Agnes Henley, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Martin, to Mr. William Phillips, formerly of Morgantown, W. Va. tock place Saturday evening. October 7. at 8o’clock, in the home of the bride’s grandparents on Eighteenth street.The house was decorated with potted plants and flowers, and the ceremonywas performed under a large bridalbell appropriately ararng?d in the center of the living rocm.Miss Henley approached the improvised altar on the arm of her grandfather and was preceded by the flowergirls, Muriel and Marian Wadsworth,twin cousins of the bride, to the playing of the bridal chorus frcm “Ixjhen-grin.” Her sister. Miss Lillian Henley.was the bridesjnaid. and the bridegrccmwas attended by Mr. Oecrge Kirby of Camden. N. J.. as best man.The bride was dressed in a charm-I1CIIccIAcfgJllllllllllliMltnir• NATIONAL FIR WEEKS pedalFOR NATION A LFUR WEEK ONLY
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Washington Evening Star
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Sun, Oct 29, 1933
Page 9
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Onondaga C.
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