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l/UUIUUeast end of the room was arranged with an improvised altar, palms and ferns banked against the wall, and white chrysanthemums. Tall, lighted cathedral candles gave a soft glow to the scene. The aisle was fcrmed bv white standards and ribbons. Miss Katherine Riggs, harpist, played the wedding music and gave a short program before the ceremony.The bride was given in marriage by her stepfather. Mr. Thompson, and she wore a gown of white satin. moldpd toher figure, the long tight-fitting sleeves puffed at the shoulders. Her tulle veil was caught at each side by clusters of orange blossoms and she carried a shower bouquet, of white gardenias and lilies of the valley. Her only ornament was a rare old cameo broach set in anI included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Oliver. Mr. and Mrs William Oliver. Mr. and Mrs. James Signor. Mr. and Mrs. Del-mar Dondera and Miss Lyde Carpenter. an aunt of the bridegroom The bride is a graduate of McKinley High School. Washington, and she is a lineal descendant of Lord Fairfax The bridegroom is a graduate of Central High School and Is well known in music circles. He comes from a prominent family, who number among | their distinguished ancestors Richard Henry Dana.Plt;itantique 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 havingrhort, purred slrcvrs, Her hat andslippers were bronze color and she worebeige gloves and carried an arm bouquet of talisman roses.Mr. Joeeph P. Bailey of Washington.was 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 a reception, when Mrs. Thompson, motherof the bride, received the guests wearing a gown of black and white silk faille, with black velvet hat and a corsage bouquet of gardenias.Later Mr. and Mrs. Sardo started for a 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 eel gray felt in tam-o’-shanter shape. After a stay in Atlantic City, Mr. and Mrs. Sardo will make their home at 7100Chatham 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 than 30 years.In a quiet but pretty ceremony at the home of the bride s parents at Charles Town, W. Va.. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E.Furr, here, Tuesday morning. Mlw Frances Belle Furr became the bride ofMr. Ralph W. Koch of New York and Philadelphia. Pa. Only members of the families and a few Intimate friendswere present.The ceremony was performed by thebridf'i pastor. Rev. Mr. Goodwin Frazerof Charles Town Baptist Church. MissFurr was given in marriage by herfather. Mr. Lester Koch of hPiladelphla,a brother of the bridegroom, was thebeKE’MDT1StthDilatter’s best man. The wedding was solemnized in the living room, in which an improvised altar was formed of ferns.white and yellow chrysanthemums andacspgrDlmithisInwhite candles, 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 shoes to match. Her boquet was of talisman roses and white gardenias. Mrs William B. Pendleton, jr.. a sister to the bride, plaved the wedding march.Immediately 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 South, and will be at home in Utica. N. Y.. after November 10.YcB€NcArofMtvM:CcPaarte:SaThe marriage of Miss Agnes Henley. | granddaughter of Mr % and ^Mrs. Oeorgef :A pretty outdoor Autumn wedding took place Saturday. October 21. when Mrs. Helen Smith Anderson, daughterof Mrs. L. R. Smith of Vienna. Va.. became the bride of Mr. Carl Evans Brockwav. son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H.Brockway of Washington. The ceremony was performed in an open courtit the new home of the bride and bridegroom. at 444 South Oak street. LyonPark. Va.. at 4 o’clock, by Rev. Walter F. Wolf of the Arlington PresbyterianChurch. The couple stood under the trees, against a natural background of shrubs, with huge baskets of chrysanthemums 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’s sister was her only attendant, and she was also gcwmed in black velvet and wore a cluster of pink rosebuds. Mr. Dana H. Brockwray, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man.An informal reception followed in the home, when the couple were assisted in receiving by their respectiveparentf.Mr. Brockway and his bride left laterfor their wedding trip to New York, the bride traveling in a black satin dress, black cloth coat, trimmed with fur. and other matching accessories. Out-of-town guests for the weddingE. Martin, to Mr. William Phillips, formerly of Morgantown, W. Va. tock place Saturday evening. October 7. at 8 o’clock, in the home of the bride’s grandparents on Eighteenth street.The house was decorated with potted plants and flowers, and the ceremony was 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 flower; girls, Muriel and Marian Wadsworth,I tv.’in cousins of the bride, to the playing of the bridal chorus frcm Lohen-; grin.” Her sister. Miss Lillian Henley.was the bridesjnaid. and the bridcgrccm i was attended by Mr. Oeorge Kirby of ! Camden. N. J.. as best man.The bride was dressed in a charm -Nlt;FrCcRlt;N.0*lt;ofnctrthEcMClarauillllllllliplliniriR2 •* Till II illilllllllili:• NATIONAL FIR WEEKSpecialFOR NATIONALFUR 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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