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de’s east end of the room was arranged )wn with an improvised altar, palms and itin ; ferns banked against the wall, and white She I chrysanthemums. Tall, lighted cathe-ses. | drai candles gave a aoft glow to the Pa . scene. The aisle was fcrmed bv white standards and ribbons. Miss Katherinertrs. ’ of est. lbleRiggs, harpist, plaved the wedding music and gave a short program before the ceremony.The bride was given in marriage by ; her stepfather. Mr. Thompson, and she i a wore a gown of white satin, molded toieir her 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 anantique setting, the gift of the bride-eet,, 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 Cen-: tral High School and is well known in music circles. He comes from a prominent family, who number among I their distinguished ancestors Richard Henry Dana.VB, Plt; tl se w i;eliaJ.ighjrs.ookT groom.111 Mrs. Frank B. Keyes, cousin of the en“ bride, was matron of honor and wore acostume of bronzlne green satin, fash-,niy inned after a fitted model and havingi-hort, purred sleeves. Her tint andIn 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. Miw 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 thebeKElMDTlStthDms.byiwn•iesslippers were bronze color and she worebeige gloves and carried an arm bouquet of talisman roses.Mr. Joseph P. Bailey of Washington.was best man and the ushers were Mr.. R. Clyde Cruit. brother, and Mr. Louis the Thompson, half-brother of the bride.The ceremony was followed by a , reception, when Mrs. Thompson, mother5UV of the bride, received the guests wearing a gown of black and white silk faille, iph 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-length coat wtih high flaring collar trimmed with squirrel fur and her hat was eelide.nalLheieftindbride's pastor. Rev. Mr. Goodwin Frazerof Charles Town Baptist Church. MiasFurr was given in marriage by herfather. Mr. Lester Koch of hPiladelphia,a brother of the bridegroom, was thelatter’s best man. The wedding was solemnized in the living room, in which an :~iprovised altar was formed of ferns.white and yellow chrysanthemums andACspgrDmthisIngray felt in tam-o’-shanter shape. Afteri. [olywn,a stay in Atlantic City, Mr. and Mrs. Sardo will make their home at 7100Chatham road In Chevy Chase. Md. Ion rhe bride was an a^gigtant secretary to w • the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and the late Senator William B. McKinley and has completed a novel. ‘Cob-re“ bleatone and Clover.” Mr. 8ardo and his bride are natives of the District and he has been in business here for more than ety j 30 years.vas -en* ■ A pretty outdoor Autumn weddingwhite 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.Ylt;Blt;Nlt;A:ofMtvMclt;PterteSflti-ateore took place Saturday. October 21. when ue- Mrs. Helen Smith Anderson, daughtervor * of Mrs. L. R. Smith of Vienna. Va.. be-[rs came the bride of Mr. Carl Evans *ch Brockwav, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H.ck Brockway of Washington. The ceremony was performed in an open courthld jt the new home of the bride and brlae-tbe groom, at 444 Ssuth Oak street. Lyoner* Park. Va.. at 4 o’clock, by Rev. Walter of Y' Wolf of the Arlington Presbyterianate i Church. The couple stood under the F trees, against a natural background of *h- shrubs, with huge baskets of chrysan-«L themums placed on either side of the oh. natural altar.:on 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 gowned in black velvet and wore a cluster of pink rosebuds. Mr. Dana H. Brockway. brother of the 'he j bridegroom, acted as best man. os- An informal reception followed in of the home, when the couple were as- sisted in receiving by their respectivelllc j parent.',nd Mr. Brockwav and his bride left laterith for their wedding trip to New York, nd the bride traveling in a black satin tl? ; dress, black cloth coat, trimmed with ,he fur. and other matching accessoriesThe marriage of Miss Agnes Henley, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Martin, to Mr. William Phillips, formerly of Morgantown, W. Va.. took 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 ararngod 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,tv;in cousins of the bride, to the playing of the bridal chorus frcm “Lohengrin. ’ Her sister. Miss Lillian Henley.was the bridesjnaid. and the bridegroom was attended by Mr. Gccrge Kirby of Camden, N. J.. as best man.The bride was dressed In a charm-NiF:ClRlt;N0’( ! ofi f}C fcr rh Ei M Cla:ryigein-inith:rs. Out-of-town guests for the wedding311II llllllllllllli:• NATIONAL FIR WEEKSpecialFORFURNATIONAL WEEK ONLY
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Washington Evening Star
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Sun, Oct 29, 1933
Page 9
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