Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1931, Page 40

2 SOCIETY. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHI i—l‘uck-Ledger Wedding Rites Held in Bethlehem Chapel Miss Phoebe Tauberschmidt Becomes Bride of }’Il’. LOhl‘ il"l Cere mony at Takom~ Park Church. Miss Ruth Elizabeth Tuck, daughter | of Mr. Prank A. Tuck of 36 S street, | was married to Mr. Richard’ Ledger in Bethlehem Chapel of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul yesterday at 3 o'clock. The bridegroom is the son | of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ledger, 3434 South Dakota avenue northeast. The | ceremony was performed by Rev. Joseph E. Fletcher. The bride was attended bv her sis- ter, Mrs. Ethel Virginia Dornberger, matron of honor, and Miss Katherinc Purcell, maid of honor. Mr. Morton Levy, best man, and Mr. De Witt Miller, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, attended him. ‘The bride, who was given in mar- riage by her father, was dressed in wine-color velvet dress, cut on princess lines, with hat of the same material | and accessories to match. She carried &n arm bouquet of white rosebuds. Mrs. Dornberger wore a royal blue | velvet gown with hat of the same ma. terial and accessories to match, while | Miss Purcell was dressed in green vel- | vet. Both wore corsage bouquets of talisman roses. Mr. and Mrs. Ledger will be at home Rhode Island Gardens after Octo- 10. Mr. and Mrs. F. Lucian Tuck, brother and sister-in-law of the bride, motored down from New York City to attend the wedding Mrs. Henry J. Burnett announces the marriage of rer daughter, Eona Louise, to Mr. Willard W. Gatchell, son of Mrs. Besste Gatchell of this city. The wed- | ding took place in the Western Presby- | terian Church yesterday afternoon, the pastor, the Rev, Dr. J. Harvey Dunham, officiating at 4 o'clock, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the Tew York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Mr. George F. Ross, organist of the Western Church, played the wedding music. Mr. and Mrs. Gatchell left shortly aiter the ceremony for a wedding trip and will be at home after November 1 at Randolph Terrace, where they have taken an apartment The marriage of Miss Phoebe Tau- berschmidt of Takoma Park to Mr. Rob- ert E. Lohr of this city and Latrobe, Pa, took place yesterday afternoon. The ceremony was perfromed in the Takoma Park Baptist Church, the pas- tor. Rev. W. E. La Rue, officiating at 4 o'clock. assisted by Rev. W. Sites of Latrobe. Pa The bride was given in marriage by her father, Mr. Charles Tauberschmidt. She wore'a gown of white duchesse satin made with a train and_carried a bouguet of gardenias and lilies of the valle Miss Evelyn Henley of this city, maid of honor, was in a costume of pink velvet and carried talisman roses and lilies of the valley Mr. Howard Smith of Pittsburgh was t man and the ushers included Mr. Ralph Seebold, Mr. Joseph H. Baird, Mr. Paul Lochler and Mr. Don Kirkley, all of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Lohr left shortly after the ceremony for a wedding trip to Atlantic City. and on its completion Will make their home in Washington. Mrs. Clarence Le Roy Parker an- nounces the marriage of her daughter, Charlotte Elizabeth, to Mr. Kleber Sanlin Masterson, Ensign U. S. N, yes- B Calif, return from a short and Mrs. Masterson will home for the Winter at the dsrna in Long Beach. Mrs, a return to Washington later this month. A home wedding of interest took place at 8 Kendall Green yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, when Miss Elizzbeth Ker- foot Drake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Herley D. Drake, became the bride of Mr. Leigh Ccshun Kenyon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert 8. Kenyon of this city. Rev. John Compton Ball, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, per- formed the ceremony. Mrs. Malcolm Hickox played several musical selec- tions, including “At Dawning,” “Lieb- straum” and “Sweet Mystery of Life,” as well 25 the wedding marches. The hcuse was charmingly decorated with e dahlias and the ceremony took rovised altar of palms anged before the fire- in the living room. The bride, who was given in marriage her father, wore a gown of brown parent velvet mede with a long bell sleeves and a V neckline Bhe carried & bridal bouquet of talisman roses. Her only attendant was her sister, Miss Mary Prances Drake, who wore a dress of aquamarine velvet with a skirt of black. She carried an arm bouquet of columbia roses and blue delphinium. Mr. William Keny brother of the bridegroom, was best man. Immediately fcflowing the ceremony & reception was held at the house, when the bridal couple were assisted in re- ceiving by the bride’s mother, who wore midnight blue fantasia velvet made with 2 cape neck, and a corsage cluster of pink roses. The bridegroom’s mother was dressed in brown crepe. Others in the receiving line included the facuity of Gallaudet College. The bride is a graduate cf George Washington Uni- versity and is a member of the Delta Zeta Sorority. After a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon will make their home in Washing As her going- | away dress Mrs. on wore a brown and white knit suit with accessories to match, A wedding of unusual interest took place yesterday at 5 o'clock, when Mis Dorothy Cragg. daughter of Mr. Harr! C. Cragg, became the bride of Mr. A | father, Mr. Harry C. Cragg, and looked Church, with the Rev. H. A, Woolfall offciating. ¢ Mr. Samuel Wood, organist at the church, gave a program of music and Mrs. Charles Walsh sang a selection be- fore the ceremony and during the cere- mony she sang “Ob, Perfect Love.” The bride was given in marriage by her ovely in a gown of white bridal satin n the prevailing mode, made with square neck, long, tight-fitting sleeves and a long train. Her veil of lace was trimmed with orange blossoms and pearis and she carried white roses and ilies of the valley, Her only attendants were her sister, Miss Margaret Cragg, who was the maid of honor, and Miss Virginia Richards. They each wore yellow taffeta dresses with green velvet belts, their Empress Eugenie hats and accessories also being in green. They carried Pernet roses. Dr. Clarence E. Geiger was best man nd the ushers were Mr. William Cun- ningham, Mr. George E. Frazier and Mr. | Willlam H. Lipscomb. { Miss Amelia Dalton and Mrs. John Baptista presided at the tea table at| the reception which was hcld imme- diately after the ceremony at the Dodge | Hotel. After reception Mr. and Mrs. Aston left on their wadding trip and will be at home in Washington Octo- ber 20. Out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs, Harry C. Geiger of | Baltimore, Mrs. Margaret P. Donnally lnnd ;\’dl‘ Sadle Peddington of Brook- Miss Anne Vere Fairfax Dashiell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dash- iell of Baltimore, and Lieut. Robert Park | Erdman, U. 8. N.., son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Howard Erdman of Ridgway, Pa. were married Thursday evening in Bal- | timore, th> ceremony being performed at 6:30 o'clock in the presence of only | members of the two families. Lieut. and Mrs. Erdman will make their home at 3036 O street, the former | being on cuty in the hydrographic office of the Navy Department. The marriage of Miss Mary Kath- erine_Johnston, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. B. H. Johnston of B-ck'ey. W. Va., to Dr. Edward Wood. son of Mrs. Wood and the late Mr. Edward T. Wood of Claremont, near Petersburg, Va.. whigh took place September 21 at Beckley, b | announced to Washington friends. = Dr. and Mrs. Weod have been on a motor trip in the east, including Washington and ~Virginia. ~ The bride attended Friends' School in Washington and is also a graduate of Mrs. Wright's School | at Bryn Mawr and of the Katherine | Gibbs School in New York. Dr. Wood | attended William and Mary Coll:ge and | took his medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond. Dr. and Mrs, Wood will reside at Beckley The marriage of Miss Dorcas Armi- tage Andrews, daughter of Dr. and Mrs John Sedgwick Andrews, Orange, Va. to Mr_Rodman Ward. son of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Ward, Wilmington, Del,, took place Saturday, September 26, 'in the Presbyterian Church of | Orange, with the ceremony being per- | formed by the pastor, Rev. Charles R. | Stribling. Mrs. H. Greene Shackelford played the wedding music. The church | was decorated with yellow chrysanthe- | mums, michaelmas daisies, ferns and palms. | The bride, who was escorted by her father, who gave her in marriage, wore her mother's wedding gown of fvory satin and old lace with an illusion veil and cap of lace and carried an old- fashicned nosegay. Her maid of honor was Miss Julieite H. Cooper, Glen Ricge, N. J. and her bridesmaids were Miss Rosalie Slack and Miss Barbara Kelly, New York: Miss Jane D. Waller, ' Flushirg, N. Y.: Miss Alliscn Ward, sister of the bridegroom, Wilmington Del., and Miss Elvira Boxley, Orange, N. J. They wore pale beige chiffon gowns with™ hats to match, trimmed with brown ostrich tips, and brown gloves and brown shoes, and carried arm bouquets of blue and yellow flowers | tied with long streamers of orange and | pale yellow satin ribbon. Mr. Christopher Ward, jr. Wilming- | ton, served as best man. Ushers were Mr. W. M. Conley, 2d, Philadelphia; Mr. George N. Elijott, jr, and Mr 3 ‘Winchester, Wilmirgton Mr. shaw, West Chester, Pa.; Mr. New York, and Mr. John cge, N. J. the caremony 1 wedding breakfast was seried at An- drewsia, s parents, Mr Ward motored to Wash- ington and went by train to Boston, where they took a steamer fcr Europe, where they will spend their honeymoon. They will reside in Wilmington, i Miss Gretchen Amelia Bergner, daughter of Mrs. Sophie J. Bergner, and | Mr. Robert Frederick Roemer, son of | Mrs, Kate Roemer of Cantonsville, Md., were married Wednesday evening, Sep- | tember 23. The ceremony was per- formed in tne Lutheran Church of the Atonement, Rev. Howard E. Snyder, pastor of the church, officiating, at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Carlton Hoffner of New York and Washington sang several solos accompanied by Mr. Archie Dye, organist, of New York and Washington. who played the wedding music. Palms and ferns we'e used in the decoration of the church and candles gave the light. The bride was given in marriage by her cousin. Mr. George N. Walker, and wore white satin made with a train. Her tulle veil was trimmed with lace and held with a band of pearls, and she carried a shower bouquet of white ses and lilies of the valley tied with dainty lace and bow knots of white satin ribbon. Mrs, Marion Shade of New York was matron of honor and wore a costume of GTON, , D. C, OCTOBER 4, 1931—PART THREE. SOCIETY. GIRLS WHO FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN THE AUTUMNAL AND WINTER SOCIAL PROGRAM Lower right: Miss Louise Brooks, debutante daughter of Mrs. Lionel At- will and granddaughter of Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, being presented to so- ciety in many places and will be an im- portant factor in the younger set of Washington girls this season. —Bachrach Photo. Upper left: Miss Mary Parker Corn- inz, daughter of Representative and Mrs. Parker Corning of New York, who will mingle with the younger set of Washington society this Winter. —Bachrach Photo. Center: Miss Evelyn Walker, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Walker, Just returned from a lengthy stay in Europe. No definite plans have been made for Miss Walker’s coming out this season. —Underwood Photo. Lower left: Miss Martha Ellen Fisher, daughter of the late Lieut. Col. and Mrs. R. E. Fisher. Her engagement to Mr. George Egerton May of Calcutta, India, being of recent announcement. Miss Fisher £0 to India for her wedding in the Spring. —Underwood Photo. Upper right: Miss Helen Kirtland, ! daughter of Col. and Mrs. Roy C. Kirt- land of Langley Field, Va., who with her mother visited Mrs. Acheson E. Hassan on R strect. —Clined!nst Photo ried a bouquet of swestheart roses. Miss Julie T. Smith of this city was maid of honor and was in pink taffeta trimmed with pale blue and wore a toque of pink chiffon velvet and car- ried pink roses and blue delphinium. | Mr. Latimer F. Barkley of this city was best man and the ushers were Mr. Frederick Miller, Mr. Brenton Schofield and Mr. Samuel A, Young, all of Wash- ington A reception immediately followed in the home of the bride, when the two mothers received with the bride and bridegroom. The house had an effec- tive arrengement of ferns and palms with pink and red roses. Mrs. Bergner. mothe: of the bride, wore peach-color chiffon velvet and a shoulder bouquet of roses in the same shade. M:s Roemer, mother of the bridegroom, was in black lace over pale-blue satin’ and had a shoulder bouquet of yellow roses. Later in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Roemer started on their wedding trip, the bride traveling in a wool-crepe tai- lored costume in Spanish red with a small hat and accessorles of black. They went to New York and salled the following day for Central and South America and on their return will be at home at 4301 Thirty-2ighth street. Mr. ning of September 15 in the home of Gen. and Mrs. Walter P. Story, Rev Dr. Phillip Eesley of the Episcopal Church. officiating. The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Mr. Willcughby - Blsck elson, and the groom’s sister, Miss Grace Roper of Washington, was maid of honor. Lieut Comdr. John D. H, Kane was best man for Lieut. Roper, and others in the wedding party were: Mrs, Walter P. Story, Miss Eleanor Johnscn, Lieut Comdr. Arthur D. Struble, Maj. Allan H. Turnage, U. 8. M. C.. Mr. Odell McConnell and Dr. George Patterson. Lieut. Roper, who is attached to the U. S. S. Arizona, was graduated from the Naval Academy in the class of 1919, and is aide to Admiral Joel R. Poinsett Pringle of the Pacific Fleet. Lieut. and Mrs. Roper will make their home at Dinner Dances and Bridge Suppers the Mode Mr. ané Mrs. C. Everett Lancaster of Lowell street entertal! ¥ upper in thelr home last evening, when their guesis were Mr. and Mis. John Henry Yates, Mr. and Mrs. Winfree E. Johnson, Mr. and M Royal R Rommel, Mr. and Mrs. J. O'Connor Roberts and Dr. and Mrs. James L. Barnhard. Miss Raquel Torres ‘entertained a company at the Shoreham dinner dance last evening, when guests included Senor | D. Jose Colon and Senor Don Enrique | Coronado, both of the Pan American Union; Mr, and Mrs. Harry Crull and Reclamation; Mrs, of Dr. Luther Halsey Commissioner of the District of Served from 12 Noon mer’s stay at her home in Oregon. The guests were Mrs. Kenneth Daw- son of Portland, Oreg.; Mrs. Altchison, wife of Mr. Clyde B. Aitchison, chalr- man of the Interstate Commerc> Com- mission; Mrs. Mead. wife of Mr. Mead, commissioner of the Bureau of Relchelderfer, Reichelderfer, Sunday Dinner | Roemer is special assistant to the com- | missioner of customs, Mr. F. X. A. Eble. | Among the out-of-town guests were | Lieut. Carlton Hofner of New York, Mrs. Mary Schneider, Mr. and Mrs, | Christian Richter, Mrs. Andy stenrgan. Washington of Overiea, Charles Sehott and her daught Mary Devine of Baltimore, J. Roemer and Mrs. L. Buckwald of | Catonsville. A recent wedding of wide interest in civilian and naval circles in Washing- ton and Los Angeles took place in the latter city when Miss Hazel Nelson of Los Angeles, daughter of the late Col. and Mrs. Hunter B. Nelson, became the bride of Lieut. John Wesley Roper, U. | 8. N., son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Roper of this city. ‘West Adams Gardens, Los Angeles, f. 3 Air Hero and Mrs. Gntty Feted at Annapolis Mr. Harold C. Gatty, 1931 air hero, and Mrs. Gatty are week end guests at Annapolis, Md., at the home of Comdr. Philip V. H. Weems and Mrs. Wees. Mr. Gatty, who has frequently se- cured navigation instruction from Comdr. Weems, one of the Nav ex- perts, went there from New York with | Mrs, Gatty yesterday morning. A week end of entertainment includ- ed attendance at the Navy-William and Mary foot ball game, & dinner dance at | Carvel Hall last evening and regimental ‘t.hmr house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Walker |of New York; Miss Renne Torres, sis- |ter ot the hostess: Miss Helen Reed. Mr. Jackson Herford, Mr. Stanley Hala jr., and Mr. Arthur De Titta. Maj. and Mrs. Henry L. tained informally at lunch=on Fricay Wardman Park Hotel, where they make their home. There were nine guests present. Mrs. Ellis Logan entertained at lunch- eon today in honor of Mrs. Myers, wife of Mr. Jefferson Myers, commissioner of |the Shipping Board, who, with Mr. Until 8 P.M. CONN. AVE. & CALVERT | Myers recently returned from a Sum- | bia; Mrs. Ernest Humphrey Daniel, Mrs Wintemute William Sloan, and Mrs Lowman, wife of Mr. Seymcur Low at the Mayflower, where taken an apartment for the season El'wocd wife Colum- MEMBER MASTER Armistice Night Revel And Jubilee November 11 Mrs. Austin, wife of Maj. Gen. Fred T. Austin, U. 8. A, retired, and Mrs. Wahl, widow of the late Gen. Lutz Wabl, U. S. A, have accepted s chairmanships of two important com- mittees of the Armistice day jubilee | of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars, to be held at the Washington Auditorium | the evening of November 11, the pro- ceeds to go to the fund for disabled and destitute veterans. They will have assisting them groups of prominent | Washington hostesses. Mrs. Austin will be in charge of the “Gigolettes” and Mrs. Wahl will direct | the Refreshment Committec. The dance floor on the main floor of | the building will be converted into the “Moulin Rouge,” where dancing part- | ners may be obtained. Music will be furnisned by the orchestras of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps Bands. \Small tables will be placed in fashion corrsponding to the arrangement of the “Cafe de la Paix,” where dainty waitresses will serve delicious refresh- | ments. During the serving there will be interesting fatures of entertainment, including specialty dances as well as singing of popular airs by well known | artists. Carnival air will prevail at the event. with the guests wearing uniforms of the branches of the service, the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A, or in_costumes indicative of the Paris atmosphere such as French demoiselles, and cab drivers Costumes will not be obligatory, al- though the committee urges the don- ning of fancy dress. Comdr. and Mrs. Thomas Settled at Greystone r. William D. Thomas, U. Thomas will entertain 3 evening in their overlcoking Rock have leas>d for the Winter f1 and Mrs. Thomas Armat. Comc 1d Mrs. Thomas re- cently came to Washingion from New- port,” where the former has been on duty at the al War College, and the party tonight is in the nature of a house warming. home, Creek, ystone, which the: Wm. 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