Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1936, Page 26

B4 =« ; Wedding Yesterday Afternoon Miss McGehee Bride of Lieut. Waters at St. Albans. 188 LUCILLE ELIZABETH McGEHEE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William N. Me- Gehee, and Lieut. (Jg) Debney Waters, jr., U. 8. N, son of Mr. and Mrs. Waters of Manassas, Va., were married yesterday after- noon. The wedding took place in St. Alban's Episcopal Church, the rector, the Rev. Charles T. Warner, officiat- ing at 4 o'clock. Mr. Walter N. Nash, organist of the church, played the ‘wedding music, and the quaint little church was decorated with white chrysanthemums, palms and the chancel was lighted with tall white candles. Mr. McGehee gave his daughter in marriage and she wore for her wed- ding gown ivory satin made after an old-fashioned model with opouffant skirt and” a basque waist which had an off-the-shoulder effect made of plaited tulle. The sleeves tapered into points over the hands and the &kirt had a long circular train. Her tulle veil was arranged after a modi- fled Mary Stuart style and was held Wwith orange blossoms. She carried gardenias and lilies of the valley. Mrs, James Lemon, sister of the bride, was her matron of honor, wear- ing a Cinnabar velvet gown cut on empire lines, with an entrain and small stand-up sleeves. In her hair she wore a twisted band of fabric trimmed with natural yellow roses. Bhe carried a bouquet of yellow roses. Miss Helen Bell of Atlanta, Ga., cou- sin of the bride, was the maid of honor, wearing & chartreuse velvet gown cut on princess lines, with a heart-shape neckline and open short sleeves. She wore a headband of natural roses and carried a bouquet of yellow roses. The other attendants were Miss Nancy Waters, sister of the bride- groom, of Manassas, Va.; Miss Virginia Reed of San Antonio, Tex.; Miss Betty Crane, Mrs. Joseph Flournoy, Miss Mary Katherine Perry and Mrs. Ed- ward Sullivan of Washingtoin. Their gowns were of sea-green velvet with open short full sleeves, and in their hair they wore matching bands of | twisted velvet. Lieut. (j. g) Samuel Pemberton Moncure was the best man and the ushers were Lieut. E. S. Pearce, Lieut. Comdr. J. Conover, Lieut. (j. g.) J. Leverton, jr.; Lieut. (j. g) L. M.| Mustin, Lieut. (j. g.) J. C. Wylie and Lieut. (j. g.) W. C. F. Robards. Following the ceremony the ushers | formed an arch with their swords, under which the bride and bride- groom passed as they left the altar. A reception was held at the Army- Navy Club, where the bridal party received on the sun porch, which was banked with flowers. A string| orchestra played during the reception. Following the Navy tradition the bride cut her wedding cake with- her hus- band's sword. Mrs. McGehee wore & gown of gold | lace fashioned on fitted lines with a small brown velvet hat and a shoulder bouquet of brown orchids. Mrs. ‘Waters wore a gown of dubonnet vel- vet made on empire lines with a matching turban and a shoulder bou- quet of gardenias. Assisting at the reception were Mrs. Hanson Lemon, Miss Mary Baldwin, Mrs. Earl D. Krewson, Mrs. C. M. Robert, Mrs, Carlton Mahone, Mrs. Robert Newby, Mrs. Thomas DeLashmutt and Mrs. John Monroe. The rooms of the club were banked with palms, ferns and elusters of white chrysanthemums. Later Lieut. and Mrs. Waters left en a wedding trip, the latter traveling in a black wool suit with a flared coat and a collar of natural wolf. With this the bride wore a black Lily Dache hat with a high crown and black accessories. Her blouse was of white satin, They will make their home at the Northshore Apartments, Hampton boulevard, Norfolk, Va. The out-of-town guests were Miss Mary Baldwin of Atlanta. Ga.; Miss Eleanor Ann Bailey of McComb IlL; Mrs. C. M. Hobart of Springfield, Mass.; Mr. Alan Little, jr., of Boston, Mass.; Mr. Robert Franklin of Louis- ville, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Calla- han of Baltimore, Md.; Miss Ruth Hart of New Rochelle, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Crigler of Baltimore, Md.; Miss Jean Hunt of Orilla, On- tario; Miss Jane Elliott of Charlotte, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Longwel} of Wheeling, W. Va.; Mrs. C. R. C. Johnson of Manassas, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jamison of Manas- sas, Va. Mrs, Waters attended the National Cathedral School for Girls and George ‘Washington University, where she was & member of Phi Beta Phi Fraternity. .| ternities. For the last six years he SOCIETY. Lieut. Waters received his prepara- tory training at the Swavely School jn Manassas, Va. He.graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1932 On her maternal side the bride is descended from the Veazys of Mary- land (Thomas Ward Veazy was Gov- ernor of Maryland from 1836 to 1838); also on her maternal side ffom the Rabuns of North Carolina. Mathew Rabun was father of Wiliam Rabun, Governor of Georgia from 1818 to 1820. She is also descended from the Marshalls of Virginia. On her pa- ternal side, Dr. Edmund McGehee was one of the electors at the first and only presidential election held by the Confederate States in America, No- vember 6, 1861. Her grandfather, Dr. John B. McGehee, was an honor grad- uate of Emory University in 1851. He was ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, when he was 19 years of age, and continued for 61 consecutive years in the ministry. Miss Marian Wells Married To Mr, Thomas in Alexandria. Historic Christ Church in Alexan- dria, Va, was the scene of the wed- ding Saturday afternoon of Miss Ma- rian Wells, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wells of Parkersburg, W. Va, and Mr. Robert C. Thomas of Wash- ington. The Rev. H. L. Doll, rector of the church, performed the cere- mony. s The bride wore an afternoon dress of gold velvet with brown accessories and carried a bouquet of Joanna Hill roses. She was attended by Miss Zelma Seyler of Marietta, Ohio, and by her small niece, Yvonne Rogers, and was given in marriage by her brother-in-law, Mr. A. L. Rogers. Mr. Thomas had as his best man Mr. Werner Meyer of Washington. The ushers were Mr. S. Stuart Wilson and Mr. Frank Reysbeck, also of ‘Washington. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Rogers entertained at a dinner at Wesley Hall in honor of the bride and bridegroom. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Werner Meyer, Mr. Frank Reysbeck and Mr. and Mrs, 8. Stuart | Wilson, all of Washington; Miss Sey- ler and Yvonne Rogers. The bride attended Marietta Col- lege and West Virginia University, where she was a member of the | Gamma Beta Chapter of Phi Mu. She | received her professional degree from Michigan State College in 1930 and | since that time has been a member | of the staff of the Bureau of Bac- | teriology of the Maryland State De- partment of Health. She is at present located in the Central Laboratory in | Baltimore. | Mr. Thomas received his M. §. de- | gree from the University of Wisconsin, | | where he was a member of Gamma | Alpha, Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma and | Alpha Zeta, honorary scientific fra. | has been a milk specialist with the | United States Public Health Service | and engaged in bacteriological re- search in Washington. Thorne-Tucker Wedding Announced| Mrs. Leigh C. Palmer announces the marriage of her daughter, Mrs. | Bessie McKeldin Tucker, to Mr. Henry 8. Thorne of New York. The cere- mony was performed yesterday In Elkton, Md. 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