Richmond Society Gathers For Summer Weddings And Tennis
A Richmond society page highlights three major weddings from June in the wake of the Confederate reunion. Miss May Tabb Crump wed Dabney Stewart Lancaster at her parents home, with about 100 guests. Other weddings include Miss Donald Fraser Ainsborne and Stephen West Holden, and Miss Anne Sevimour Jones to Lieutenant Roland Hopkins. The Dominion tennis tournament at Country Club overlaps with society events as rain delayed play and drew large afternoon galleries on the terrace.
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Country Club
Washington Post
Richmond
Iride
May Tabb Crump
Beverly T. Crump
Dabney Stewart Lancaster
Robert A. Lancaster
Virginia
Peter
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Richard Pratt
Richmond County
Jicksburg, Va
Lancaster
Virginia Solytechnic Institute
Seversburg
Donald Fraser Ainiborne
Io Jfonn Flerbert Claiborne
Stephen West Holden
Randall Holden
Petersburg
Old Table Street
Hance
Oaus
Cense
Theodore Roosevelt Pell
York
Belle Cameron
Baltimore
Henry Landon Cabell
George D. Mayo
Ginter Park
Agnes Lurman
Bernard Robb
Howard Bruce
Albert CG. Bruce
Elizabeth Johnston
Warm Springs
Julia Moore
Therese Nurney
Suffolk
James C. Smythe
Mann
Valentine
Powhatan County
Lon Sella Catesby Jones
Virginia Beach
John P. Davidson
Mary Davidson
Howards Neck
Goochland
Hobson
Rockville Society Names Officers and Local News
Miss Florence Muller leads Rockville Society as president with Mrs Jed Gittings and Mrs Fred Keplinger as vice presidents and Mrs C C Dodge as treasurer. Reports note marriages and travels including Miss Marjorie Snowden’s wedding in Ingleside and Miss Lilian Morgan’s Panama trip.清
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Florence Muller
Jed Gittings
Fred Keplinger
C. C. Dodge
Mary L. Caldwell
Frank G. Heaton
William E. Emory
Harry T. Newcomb
Lavinia Wagner
Indians Hold Four Night Spirit Dance at Callayomi Reserve
Middletown California June 12 Special to The Washington Post Indians around the Callayomi reservation hold a four night sacred dance despite hayfield duty. A vision by Lella Yeo instructed a new dance house of poles and mud and Chief Carl Sebastian led the ceremonies. White missionaries oppose the rite as they promote Protestant belief. The Middletown tribe, known as Koltsa-atra-u-me or Language People, has long lived on the reservation.
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Washington Post
Middletown
Cal
Callayomi
Indiana
Lella Yeo
Carl Sebastian
Tragic 100 Foot Fall From Purity Truck Bridge
Minneapolis report details the fatal Washington avenue bridge plunge of Ernest Clemens and injuries to Laula Foley and Benjamin Drechsler when the Purity Baking Co truck went over the railing. Foley recalls the terrifying fall and near drowning, Drechsler suggests a sharp turn and steering failure, Clemens body not recovered. Foley expected to recover while Drechsler remains hospitalized with internal injuries.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Laula Foley
Purity Baking Company
Washington Avenue
City Hospital
Ernest Clemens
Foley
Benjamin Drechsler
Clemens
Drechsler
Clement
Popular capital matron to depart for protracted stay in California
Social notes from Upper Marlboro recount visits and returns of local residents including Galt Keyworth Washington College student, Mrs. Rexford M. Smith, and Miss Ruth Bly. Wedding of Ada Espran Johnson to Thomas J. Whinerey Jr. at Church of the Ascension occurs quietly due to the groom’s mother's death.
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California
Galt Keyworth
Washington College
Chestertown
Haa
L. L. Gray
Henry Coulson
Riverdale
Ohio
Ruth Bly
Savannah
Upper Marlboro
Ada Espran Johnson
M. F P. Johnson
Laurel
Thomas J. Whinerey, Jr
Church of the Ascension
Washington
J. Henning Nelms
Lida Johnson
Frank T. Galt
Whinerey
Edith P. Roberts
Lower
Prince Georges County
Eugene. Roberts
Landover
Carrie Rocker and Carroll Snowden to Wed at Mount Rainier
Invitations issued for the wedding of Carrie Rocker daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Rocker near Rivers station and Carroll Snowden son of Mr and Mrs W H Snowden of Mount Rainier. The ceremony will be at St Johns Episcopal Church Mount Rainier with Rev William B Dent. A full choral service and a vested choir led by S Finley Hayes will sing the Lohengrin wedding song.
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Carrie Rocker
Charles Rocker
Rives Station
Carroll Snowden
W. H. Snowden
Mount Rainier
St. John's Episcopal Church
William B. Dent
S. Finley Hayes
Tells How to Be Happy Under Marital Bonds
Chicago June 1. Judge Sabath of the court of domestic relations argues marriage unhappiness stems from lack of mutual understanding. He cites persistent misunderstandings between spouses and interference by relatives as chief causes and urges long acquaintance before marriage and moving out to establish a separate home, even if in one room.
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Chicago
Udge Sabath
Court of Domestic Relations
Sabath
Alligator Over Eight Feet Caught On Hook and Line in Biloxi
Biloxi, Miss. June 12 A gator measuring 8 feet 5 inches was caught on a hook and line by G. Smith and exhibited on the streets, the largest near the city in years, with another large one and several smaller ones remaining in Back Bay. Also notes regional visits and homecomings among residents including Mrs J A Windsor, T C Tucker, Miss Latimer, Mr and Mrs James K Littlefield, and others.
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Biloxi
Miss
G. Smith
Back Bay
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Landon R. Mason
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H. Hawes
A. A. Marsteller
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Popular Grove
Senora Rosario Munoz DE Morrison
Rockville Society
Lilian Morgan
Panama Exposition
Mary Lyddane
Rockville
Marjorie Snowden
Francis Snowden
Olney
This County
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College Park
Ingleside
Society of Friends
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Berkeley
Edith Lamar
Auburn
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Levi & Bacon and Children
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Helen Gassaway
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Frank A. Spencer
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Joseph
Newcomb Club
Bethesda
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Rich
Clarence Weirs
P. F. Gormley
Chevy Chase
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Columbia
Qwarpal
Rose
Gude Bros
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Florists Telegraph Delivery Association
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Seneca
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Mary €. Yeckley
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Tarbell Dyer
Howard
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Nellie F. Brooks
Mise Louise Gourley
Holland Point
Calvert County
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Frederick Donovan
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Durham, N. C
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G. Sherman James
J. Leonard Welsh
Near Riverdale
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Towanda, Pa
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Ord Preston
Gen
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Hyattsville Society
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Owens Avenue
Auction Bridge Club
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Wells Gossard
G Street
N. W. Main
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J. A. Windsor
Uargo, Prince Georges County
T. C. Tucker
Annapolis
Miss Latimer
James K. Littlefield
Rlends
Tuxedo
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Wanham
Howard Duckett
Bladensburg
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James Morrison
Howard County
Fred Morrison
W. WB. Woses & Sons
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