Evening star. [volume], September 12, 1939, Page B-4, Image 20

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Weddings
Of Interest
To Capital
Miss Hancock
Becomes Bride of
Mr. J. H. Fales
(Continued From Page B-3 >
Miss M. K. Aulick and Mrs. C. F.
Aulick of Winchester, Va.
For traveling the bride wore a
hunter green wool dress with brown
suede accessories. On their return
from their wedding trip the couple
will make their home in Woodside,
Md.
Mr. Fales is a graduate of the
University of Maryland and a mem
ber of Lambda Chi Alpha Frater
nity.
Miss Audrey Lanette Bellman
Bride of Mr. H. E. Ressner.
The wedding of Miss Audrey Lan
ette Bellman, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Bellman of Silver Spring.
Md., and Mr. Harold Elliott Kessner,
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Kessner of
this city, took place Saturday, Sep
tember 2. at 4:30 o’clock. The Rev.
Mr. Price of the Northminster Pres
byterian Church performed the
ceremony at the home of the bride’s
parents, which was decorated with a
large wedding bell and with dahlias
and gladioli.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore a brown suit
and hat to match, with alligator
skin shoes and bag. Her flowers
were yellow roses and lilies of the
valley and she carried a handker
chief that had been carried by
brides in the family for 60 years.
Miss Mary Calhoun of Phila
delphia was the maid of honor,
wearing a grape color dress with
black accessories, and a corsage of
tea roses.
Mr. Arthur Groverman of Wash
ington was best man.
A dinner at the Kenesaw followed
the wedding. There were 17 in the
wedding party. The table was deco
rated with flowers and white candles.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Mrs. M. E. Blair of Atlantic City,
N. J., the grandmother of the bride;
Mr. Frank S. Hamilton, jr., the
bride’s uncle, from Philadelphia:
Miss Mary Calhoun from Phila
delphia and Mrs. Paulin Louis of
New York City, who is the bride
groom’s aunt.
Mr. and Mrs. Kessner left on a
motor trip through New York State
and to Boston and Maine. On their
return they will live at the Park
Vista Apartments.
Miss Julia Etta Melling
Weds Mr. C. A. Deacon, Jr.
Wearing an old-fashioned white
lace fitted gown with an Elixa
bethan collar, long sleeves and
train, and a full-length tulle veil,
cap shape, with a tiara of pearls,
Miss Julia Etta Melling, daughter
of Mr. ana Mrs. George Melling of
Washington, became the bride of
Mr. Charles A. Deacon, jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Deacon of
Baltimore, Saturday morning at
9:30 o'clock. The ceremony took
place at the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart at a nuptial mass. The offi
ciating clergyman was the uncle
of the bride, the Rev. Henry D. Col
lins, pastor of St. Ann’s Church in
this city. Other priests who were in
the sanctuary were the Rev. Joseph
S. Knight, S. J., of Wernersville,
Pa.; the Rev. Edward A. Duff of the
Chaplain Corps, U. S. N., and the
Rev. Ronald J. Fannon, the Rev.
John H. Spence, the Rev. Lawrence
J. Wempe and the Rev. Paul Repetti
of Sacred Heart parish. The organ
ist, Miss Mary Louise Sullivan, ac
companied the soloist, Mr. Glenn W
Ashley, who sang.
The bride, who walked to the
altar on the arm of her father, car
ried a bouquet of white roses and
lilies of the valley. Orange gladioli
and asters, massed with palms,
decorated the altar.
Miss Lucille Melting, sister of the
bride, was maid of honor. She wore
a blue faille taffeta trimmed in
black lace with a black velvet
stream flowing from a sweetheart
neckline. The old-fashioned hat was
of the same material as the dress
and was trimmed with colored
daisies held in place by matching
velvet ribbons. Her bouquet of pink
roses was mixed with larkspur.
The other attendants were Miss
Virginia Melling. another sister ol
the bride, and Mrs. Wilbur Jenkins.
Their frocks, which were similar to
that of the maid of honor, were of
peach and yellow color tafTeta. re
spectively. Their hats matched
their dresses and they carried old
fashioned bouquets of mixed garden
flowers.
Mr. Deacon had his brother-in
law, Mr. Harry Behney, as his best
man. The ushers were Mr. Joseph
Geckle of Baltimore, and Mr. Wil
bur Jenkins of Washington.
Immediately after the ceremony
there was a reception at the home
of the bride’s parents. The decora
tions were gladioli and asters.
When the couple left later in the
day for a motor trip through the
South the bride was wearing a suit
of crushed grape color wool trimmed
in beaver fur with matching ac
cessories. Her corsage was of white
roses and Hies of the valley.
On their return, Mr. and Mrs.
Deacon will make their home in
Washington.
Miss Violet Goebel
Engaged to Wed
Mr. and Mrs. Albert K. Goebel an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Violet to Mr. Vernon Lee
Goodrich of San Francisco, Calif.,
the son of Mrs. J. D. Goodrich and
the late Maj. Goodrich.
The wedding will take place in the
fall.
Daydreams in traffic soon turn
to nightmares,
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U. S. Army
Daughters
Meet
Benefits for
Year Are
Discussed
The first meeting of the season
was held by the Washington chap
ter of the Society of the Daughters
of the United States Army yester
day at the Army and Navy Club,
with a record number In attend
ance.
Discussion of benefits to be held
throughout the year and of the so
ciety’s scholarship fund occupied the
major part of the business session,
at which Mrs. Claude W. Dudley,
chapter president, presided.
Plans were iormulated to hold
three benefits, the first probably
early in November, a final enter
tainment late in the spring. The
nature of the benefits was not defi
nitely decided, but it was generally
agreed by informal discussion from
the floor that they would be lunch
eon and card parties with, perhaps,
one dinner, followed by a white ele
phant sale.
Mrs. Paul S. Bond, National So
ciety president, attended the meet
ing and announced the resignation
of Mrs. Robert L. Howze as chair
man of the National Scholarship
Committee.
Mrs. George W. Gering, appointed
chairman to succeed Mrs. Howze,
spoke on the proposed scholarship
fund and the necessity of taxing
chapters of the National Society, in
order to realize the necessary sum
to make the scholarship possible.
! A vote will be taken at a later
j meeting after the national chapters
! have sent in their reports, to con
! firm necessary details pertaining to
I the scholarship and to eligibility of
! candidates. .
Mrs. M. H. Wellington read the
minutes in the absence of Miss
Virginia Coleman, club secretary.
Mrs. James H. B. Bogman re
ported returns from the summer ben
efit cruise as completely satisfactory.
Luncheon In the dining room fol
lowed the business meeting, which
was held in the auditorium on the
seventh floor.
The next meeting of the society
will be held the first Monday in
October.
Officers of the Washington Chan
ter include Mrs. Dudley, president;
Mrs. Beale Bloomer, first vice presi
dent; Miss Julia F. Fiebeger, second
vice president; Miss Virginia Cole
man, secretary, and Mrs. Eustace L.
Florence, treasurer.
Insurance Club
Gives Dinner
The Insurance Women’s Club of
Washington was hostess last night
at a dinner at Taft House Inn, in
honor of the birthday anniversary
of Miss Betty Gibbon, past presi
dent of the club.
A corsage presented to Miss Gib
bon by the president, Jennings
Lawler, and a beautifully decorated
calce were two special features of
the occasion.
Among those present were Ethel
Gass, also a past president; Cath
erine L. Galloway, Dorothy L.
Smith, Rita Repettl, Mary E. Mudd,
Jean McGarraghy, Selma Allen,
Marie Boyd, Florence Matox,
Thelma Harrington and Irene Frey.
Lecture on Greece
The American-Hellenic Youth
League of Washington is sponsor
ing a lecture on “Greece; Ancient
and Modem," at the Young Wom
en’s Christian Association tomorrow
at 8 pm. *
Mme. Mina Druilhet, honorary
secretary of the Royal Greek Lega
tion, will be the speaker and will
illustrate her talk with slides show
ing scenes of Athens and the Par
thenon, Delphi, Olympia, Mycenae, ,
Crete and other famous places.
Birth Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duval Pitch- '
ford, 3511 Davenport sti%et N.W.,
announce the birth of a son Septem
ber 9 at Garfield Hospital, to whom
they have given the name Harry
Duvall, 3d. Mrs. H. D. Pitchford of
Okmulgee, Okla., mother of Mr.
Pitchford, arrived yesterday for a
visit with her son and daughter-ih
law.
North Capitol
Legion Picnics
The North Capitol Senior Loyal
Temperance Legion held its first fall
meeting with a picnic at Montrose
Park Friday.
Among those present were Kath
leen Allen, Frances Birge, Doris
Graham, Thelma Holloway, Harriet
Baldwin, Aurlette Neal, Doris Va
vasis, Betty Jane Watt, Mary Mar
tin, Jack Cranford, Roland Ford,
Jack Reamy, William Fowler, Rich
ard Thompson, Oliver Shepherd,
Jesse Watt and Jimmy Holloway.
Guests were Mrs. Ival Stout, Dis
trict director of the Loyal Temper -
ince Legion; Mrs. Mary Arnold,
resident of the North Capitol W. C.
T. U.; Mrs. Judson Neal, Mrs. Violet
Arnold and Mrs. William Watt, dl
•ector of the North Capitol Loyal
Pemperance Legion.
Pedestrians crossing on the green
light have right of way over auto
mobiles.
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Residential
(Continued From Page B-l.)
aboard Comdr. Hollowell's ship, the
U. S. S. Arkansas.
Mrs. Abram Simon has returned
to her apartment In the Shoreham
after a vacation spent in Maine and
New Jersey.
Mr. William Charles Sturbitts,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stur
bitts of 5325 Chevy Chase park
way, has left for Notre Dame Uni
versity after being given a large
reception at the home of his par
ents. ,
Mr. Sturbitts, who prepared at
St. John's High School, will begin
his second year of study at the
university.
Mrs. E. J. Bailey of San Fran
cisco is spending several weeks at
the Shoreham while in the East on
a visit. An annual visitor in the I
Capital, she plans to spend some
time in New York and at Hot j
Springs, Va. '
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evening.
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that our good patron* who
wanted table* at thia gay
event will, however, in
done our policy of never
overcrowding.
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