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. In the Wedding Procession Miss Joanna Meyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Albert Meyer of Chevy Chase, became the bride yesterday of Mr. James Ken neth Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gail Fitch Cooper. The ceremony was performed in All Souls' Unitarian Church, with MRS. COOPER. ~-Hessler Photo. the Rev. A. Lowell Davies officiating. The bride was attended by the Misses Patricia Meyer and Edith Bayer and Mis. Wayne Cawley, Jr. Mr. Cawley was the best man and the ushers included, the Messrs. Donald Turner and Nicholas D. Meyer. Rerry-Woff or d The marriage of Miss Iris A. Wofford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon D. Wofford of Fort Worth, to Mr. Hugh Gordon Berry, son of Mr. shd Mrs. Chester J. Berry of this city, took place yesterday in St. Mat thew's Cathedral. The Rev. John S. Spence officiated. The bride was attended by Miss MRS. BERRY. —Hessler Photo. Mary Frances Wofford and Mr. Robert L. Berry was best man. Ushers included the Messrs. Chester .1. Berry, Jr.: D. Daniel Wofford, jr.; William F. Flanigan and John E. Hoi ford. (am in on-Hansen St. Andrew's Episcopal Church was the scene yesterday morning of the wedding of Miss Arden Pultz i Hansen, to Mr. Robert Eugene Gammon. The Rev Nathaniel Ac ton officiated. The bride, who is the daughter! of Mr. and Mrs, Arnold Mogens Hansen of Berwyn, was given in marriage by her father and she was | attended by Miss Barbara Elizabeth Senge. : The groom, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miles Gammon I fc.. ;• ... ••. MAS. GAMMON. —Harris & Ewing Photo. of Springfield, Mo., had as his best man Mr. Robert Kunkel. The ush ers were the Messrs. Ray Cullen, Richard Stewart and Lt. Col. Clif ford Oie and Pfc. Robert Wright, Marine Corps. Spencer-Emery Miss Margaret Louise Emery and Mr. William John Spencar II were married last evening in the Grace Episcopal Church in Silver Spring. The Rev. Francis M. Hamilton offi ciated and a reception followed at the Admiral Club. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baxter Emer^ of Takoma Park, the bride was given in mar riage by her father. She had as her attendants the Misses Charlotte Hancock and Glorianna Healy. Nancy Moore was the flower girl. Mr. James Spencer was the altar i v. • .v.w vw- .oocw MRS. SPENCER. —Harris & Ewing Photo. S boy at his brother's wedding and Mr l Carl John Thye was best man. The ushers were the Messrs. Louis Spen cer. Richard Spencer, Richard Brad shaw and Wilbur Hood. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Breeze Spencer of] Silver Spring. Snouffer-lrvine The marriage of Miss Patricia Leigh Irvine, daughter of Mrs. W. O. Huff of Bethesda and Mr. Harry Winfree Irvine of Gaithersburg, to Mr. George Warner Snouffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Snouffer of Laytonsville, took place last evening. The Rev. Arthur W. Ewell officiated in the Epworth Methodist Church in Gaithersburg. Miss Jane Irvine was her sisters only attendant. Mr. Jack Snouffer was best man for his brother and the ushers were the Messrs Warren and. Merle Howes, cousins of the bride groom. Announcements The wedding of Miss Iva Cath erine Dixon, daughter of Mrs. Ivan N. Dixon and the late Mr. Dixon of Blairsville. Pa., to Mr. Thomas C. McKnight, son of Mrs. J. Lee McKnight and the late Mr, McKnight, took place recently in the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. Dr. Fred S. Buschmeyer officiated. Given in marriage by Mr. Samuel p Crocker, the bride was attended by Miss Lillian Prevatt and Marg aret Lee Tiebout was the flower girl. Mr Richard T. Tiebout was the best man and the ushers included, the Messrs. Merle Bede. Louis Pusey and William F. Peel. jr. Dnmsky-Rothstein Miss Shirley Ann Rothstein be came the bride recently of Mr Irwin Theodore Domsky, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis L. Domsky. Rabbi Solo mon H. Metz officiated. The bride was given in marriage by j Mr and Mrs. Israel C. Redstone andj Miss Toba Domsky was maid of: honor. Mr. Bernard M. Domsky was his brother's best man. Ter soft-Gerber The wedding of Miss Karen Ger ber, daughter of Mrs. David Lasser and Mr. Karl Gerber, to Mr. Abra ham TersofT took place recently in the garden of her home on Forty seventh place. The bride was attended by Miss B’verly Bussy, a roommate of hers at the'University of Michigan. Mr. David Plevin was best man. The couple left after a reception for Canada. They plan to con tinue their schooling at the Uni versity of Michigan. The bride groom Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris TersofT. Scott-Barnes Miss Margaret Ann Barnes, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Barnes, recently became the bride of Mr. Charles Flavil Scott, son of Mrs. Charles Matthew and the late Mr. Scott of Rogersville, Mo. The ceremony took place at the Four teenth Street Church of Christ, in the same chapel the bride’s parents were married 23 years ago. Mr. Oneida Tenn, uncle of the bride, officiated. The bride wore her grandmother's wedding veil with her gowm of satin She was attended by the Misses Judith Andersen and Jane Pierce. Mr. Joe Bloominberg served as best man and the ushers were the Messrs. Carl Abbot Barnes, Pair! Barnes, Richard Andersen, Thomas Gaither and Marian Chinn. The couple left on a Southern wedding trip after a reception at the bride’s home. In the fall they will return to Lipscomb College in Nashville, where the bridegroom is studying for the ministry. Convention Opened By Zeta Tan Alpha ' The Zeta Tau Alpha International Fraternity opened its golden anni- j versary convention yesterday at Vir ginia Beach. Representing the Washington Alumnae Chapter are Miss Julia Watkins, president. Mrs. John War lick and Mrs. Zoie Strothers. Official delegates from the George Wash ington University Chapter are Miss Barbara Knott and Miss Ruth Sea quist, president and secretary, re spectively. Miss Watkins is in charge of the post-convention sightseeing trips to Williamsburg and Washington. To Sail Friday \ Mrs. Thomas C. Dawson will sail Friday aboard the Argentine j for South America. She will be joined by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Bliss Linn, the latter the former Lolita Dawson, who will bid her bon voyage in New York and return at once to their home in Zanesville, Ohio. Mrs. Dawson will visit her brother | and sister-th-law. Mr. and Mrs. Fernado Guerra-Duval and will not return to Washington until the autumn. Engagement Announcement is made of the engagement of Mrs. Opal Howard Stephenson to Navy Capt. Harold | Jay Cokely. the wedding to take, place July 3 in the chapel of the National Navy Medical Center in; Bethesda. where Capt. Cokely is on duty. WANTED j Crystal Chandeliers and Loose Crystals Box 450-C, Star Contreras Hosts; Dinner Precedes Assembly Ball On yesterday's party calendar was the cocktail fete given by the Chilean Military Attache and Sen ora de Contreras at the Carleton Hotel. The ranking guests at the 6 to 8 o’clock gathering were the Chilean Ambassador and Senora de Nieto del Rio. Among the many other guests at tending were Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Emmett O'Donnell, Gen. and Mrs. Carlos Von der Becke, the Brazilian Naval Attache and Mme. Ache, the Colombian Military Attache and Senora de Tamayo, the Mexican Military Attache and Senora de Ruiz, Lt. Gen. and Mrs. M. B. Ridg way, Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Stephen J. Chamberlin, Rear Admiral and Mrs. A. B. Hardison and Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Merwin Silverthorn. Others included Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Lemuel Mathewson. the Boli vian Military and Air Attache and Senora de Sanchez, the Brazilian Military Attache and Mme. Lott, the Argentine Military Attache and Senora de Lucero, the Military At tache of Iran and Mme. Mazhari, the Peruvian Military Attache and Senora de Monteza, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Harold J. Pearson, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Walden Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Gordon, Mr. Roscoe Snipes, Mr. Leslie Highley, Mrs. Robert Freer and many more. A party that attracted the younger group was the Junior Assembly sum mer bail given last evening at the Sulgrave Club. The assembly is beginning its 11th season and the ball was its opening function. Guests were received by the execu tive Committee members who are Miss Mary-Stuart Montague Price,; chairman; Mr. James T. Clark, vice chairman; Miss Laura Belle Wyatt, secretary; Mr. Armiger Jagoe, jr., i treasurer; Mrs. Grayson Headley,1 Mr. Albert Gallatin deKnox and Mr. Jack G. van Deventer. High light of the evening occurred at midnight w'hen there was a co tillion figure, led by Miss Price and Mr. Clark. Preceding the assembly, Mr. and Mrs. William Carter Pennington gave a dinner at the United Nations Club In honor of Miss Ann Carter, cousin of Mr. Pennington and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Carter. Miss Carter made her debut at last winter'* assembly and also at a luncheon with Miss Jane Hlcken looper, daughter of Senator and Mrs. Bourke B. Hickenlooper. Miss Carter is attending Pine Manor Junior College, but is home for the summer. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. George Clarke, jr.; Miss Polly Norment, Mr. Frank Turner, Mr. Grahame Small wood, Miss Mary-Stuart Montague Price, Mr. and Mrs. George Stans fleld. Miss Edwina Wadden, Mr. Daniel Ricker, Mr. George Pendle ton, Miss Dana Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Jo Morgan, jr.; Dr. Albert Marland, Miss Evelyn Maddox, Miss Jane Lingo, Mr. Austin Bonis, Miss Romona North, Mr. John M. Kerr and Mr. and Mrs. Grayson Headley. Pioneer Women The Washington Council of Pio neer Women will hold its first an- ! nual all-day conference from 10 a.m. to 5 p m. 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