Weddings Here and Afar; Sexton-Thompson Marriage

Ceremony in St. Thomas’ Church; New Social Precedent Is Set By Many Summer Brides

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Washington in 1938 by Capt. and Mrs. Hempstone who gave a large reception for her in the home of Mr. Noyes. She is a member of the Junior League.

Mrs. R. A. Crowell, grandmother of the bridegroom, came from her home in Tampa, Fla., and his mother, Mrs. Sexton; his brother and sister, Mr. Richard Sexton and Miss Stella C. Sexton, and his cousin, Mrs. J. J. Sexton, all of Tampa, also attended the wedding.

Meigs-Riggs Wedding At W’oods Hole.

The Church of the Messiah, Woods Hole, Mass., was the setting yester- day afternoon of a marriage cere-

mony which is of more than usual interest in residential circles here. The attractive bride was Miss Ca- milla K. Riggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrason Riggs, jr„ of New York City and the bridegroom was Dr John Wister Meigs, son of Dr. and Mrs. Edward B. Meigs of Washington.

A profusion of white blossoms was used in the church and as the guests assembled Mrs. Griffith L. Johnson of this city gave an impressive organ rceital.

The rector of the church, the Rev. Robert Nicholson and the Rev. Dr. Donald B Aldrich, rector of the Church of the Ascension of New York officiated at 4 o'clock.

Bride Was Gowned In Cream Satin.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of cream

satin designed with a square neck- line and a collar of lace. The bride wore her grandmother's veil of rose

point lace appliqued on tulle and she carried a conventional bride's bouquet.

Miss Maynard Riggs was maid of honor for her sister and the brides- maids were Misses Jane Nichols, Annie Emerson. Janet Russell, Anne Kidder, Terry Ferrer. Reine Tracy, Sarah Meigs and Mary Meigs. Their dresses were of blue net. They wore blue velvet leaves in their hair and carried boquets of blue delphinium.

Mr. Arthur Meigs was best man and the ushers in the party were the Messrs. Richard Chadwick Collins, George H. A. Clowes, jr.; Mr. Warra- Son Riggs. 3d; Stephen Clement, Peter Cook and Dr. Thornton Brown, Dr. Addison Brenizer. jr.; Dr. Charles Chandler and Dr. Hugh MacMillan.

After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents on Juniper Point road.

The bride was graduated from the Brearley School and is a member of the class of 1940 at Bryn Mawr College. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George W. Riggs of New York and of the la.e Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Henry Kidder of this city.

Mr. Meigs is now in the fourth year at the Harvard Medical School. He is a graduate of the Sidwell Friends School and of Princeton University. The bridegroom is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Wister and the late Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Vincent Meigs of Phil- adelphia.

Miss Ruth Ellen Patton Marries Lt. J. W. Totten.

Military circles centered interest yesterday on the wedding of Miss Ruth Ellen Patton, daughter of Col. and Mrs. George Smith Patton, jr., of Fort Myer and South Hamilton, Mass, to Lt, James Willoughby Tot- ten of Fort Myer, son of Col. and Mrs. James Totten of Washington. The ceremony took place in St. John's Church in Beverly Farms, Mass, with the Rev. Bradford Burn- ham and the Rev. R. W. Patton of- ficiating.

The arrangements for the wedding of the popular couple were charm- ing in detail with the traditional features of a wedding in the serv-

ice set marking the occasion. As the ushers escorted the guests to their places in the edifice organ selections were given. Following the service the Army lieutenants who were ushers, made an arch with their sabers under which the couple walked upon leaving the church.

Bride Is Picture In Grandmother's Gown.

The bride looked as though she had stepped from an old picture frame in the lovely gown which was made in 1884 and 'worn by her maternal grandmother at her wed- ing. The gown. which also was worn

by the bride's mother at her wed- ding in 1910 as well as by the bride's sister. Mrs. John K. Waters, in 1934, Is fashioned of English embroidery over satin.

Mrs. Waters was matron of honor for her sister, wearing a dusty blue organdy made on princess lines and her bouquet was of talisman roses and larkspur.

The Misses Anne Ayer. Jean Gor- don. Rosemary and Eugenia Merrill, Patrica Henry and Anne Magruder were bridesmaids. They wore dresses of rose beige made like the matron of honor and they carried similar bouquets.

Lt. Edgar J. Tracy of Fort Bliss. Tex, was the best man and the ushers were Lts. Fletcher Cole, Carl Darnell, John K. Waters. John Kemper, Donald MacDonald and Chester Hammond, also Cadet R. W. Garrett, Mr. George Patton and Mr. Murray Preston.

Dainty little Hilda Ayer was the flower girl, wearing a dress of organdy and lace and carrying an

old-fashioned bouquet, and Neil Ayer was the ringbearer.

Following the reception held at the home of the bride's parents, Green Meadows, at South Hamilton, Lt. Totten and his bride left on their honeymoon. The bride chose for her traveling attire a dress of ice- blue print with matching rabbit's

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The bride is a graduate of Miss Masters' School at Dobbs Ferry and is a member of the Junior League. Lt. Totten was graduated from West Point in 1935 and is in the U. S. Field Artillery.

Miss Houston Westbrook Niller And Dr. Moore Moore, Jr., Wed.

Another wedding of more than usual interest here which took place outside the District was that of Miss Houston Westbrook Niller and Dr. Moore Moore, jr. The ceremony was performed in Christ Church in Alexandria, the rector, the Rev. Dr. Edward R. Welles, officiating at 4:30 o'clock. The quaint old church had white gladioluses and larkspur on the simple altar with palms at each side of the chancel and in each window, which still contain the original glass, burned a candle. Mrs. Howard Blandy, organist of the church played the wedding music.

Mr. John Robert Westbrook of Riverside, Calif., grandfather of the bride, gave her in marriage. Her wedding gown was a sheer dimity pinafore worn over a very full or-

gandy dress with a fitted bodice which had a square neckline edged with ruffles, and short puffed sleeves. The full skirt fell into a train and was edged with a full ruffle. Her tulle veil was arranged in bonnet effect and was caught with orange blossoms and she carried bride roses and lilies of the valley. Miss Doris Becker Was Maid of Honor.

Miss Doris Becker, the maid of honor, and Miss Betty Fischer and Miss Nancy Hoskinson, bridesmaids, were dressed in similar frocks to that of the bride, made withou trains. Miss Becker carried an arm bouquet of pale blue larkspur and the brides- maids had arms bouquets of pale blue larksbur and shasta daisies. They each wore a double string of blue pearls, the gifts of the bride.

Dr. Sivlev Moore, of Memphis. Tenn., was best man for his brother and the ushers included another brother, Mr. Charlton Moore, also of Memphis: his cousin, Mr. Frank Gerard of Jackson, Miss., and Mr. Boss Grant and Mr. James O'Grady.

The reception was held at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs William Niller on South Fairfax street in Alexandria. Later in the day Dr. and Mrs. Moore started on their wedding trip and on its com-

pletion they will make their homo in Memphis. Dr. Moore, who is a son of Dr. and Mrs. Moore of Memphis, attended the University of Tennes- see and is an orthopedic surgeon. His bride attended Holton Arms and the Semple School in New York.

Guests from out of town, in ad- dition to the bride's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W’estbrook. were her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Rob- ert H. Westbrook, also of Riverside, and her aunt. Mrs. Hugh K. Berkley of Los Angeles. Also attending the wedding were Dr. and Mrs. Moore of Memphis, parents of the bride- groom.

Aulsbrook-Bowel] Wedding On Long Island.

A wedding of note which took place outside of Washington yes- terday was the marriage of Miss Dorothy Josephine Bowell. daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harr Id John Bowell of New Westminster. British Columbia, to Mr. Knight Guild Aulsbrook.

Former Senator William Gibbs McAdoo gave the bride in marriage at the ceremony which was per- formed in the lovely garden of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rayford W. Alley in Syosset. Long Island Only relatives and a few intimate l.ierds were present.

The bride’s gown was oyster white silk marquisette trimmed with handmade imported alencon lace of the same color. Her hat was horse- hair braid of oyster white trimmed with dark brown sheer lace veiling and ribbon. The matron of honor was Mrs. Eleanor A. Bunnell of Washington, D. C. She wore sea foam green crepe trimmed with pleated white lace full at the neck.

Best man for Mr. Aulsbrook was Mr. Ashley Chanler of New York. The ushers were William Astor Chanler of New York, Mr. Francis Bliss Murray of Pelham. N. Y.; Mr. Edmund Aulsbrook Spence of Stur- gis. Mich., and Comdr. Earl Rich- ard Morrissey of Larchmont, N. Y.

A reception was given after the wedding by Mr. and Mrs. Alley at the Piping Rock Club, Locust Val- ley, Long Island.

Mr. and Mrs. Aulsbrook Will Take Cruise.

Mr. and Mrs. Aulsbrook will sail July 19 for a two and a half months trip to San Francisco. Honolulu and the Orient. They .will then return to New York City to make their home.

Miss Bowell is a granddaughter of the late Rev. J. P. Bowell. for many years bursar of Columbian College in New Westminster. Her maternal grandfather is James E. Trethewey, well-known Pacific Northwest lum- ber operator. Miss Bowell attended school in New Westminster.

Mr. Aulsbrook is the soil of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Aulsbrook of Madison, N. J., and St. Petersburg, Fla. He is a graduate of Newark Academy, Princeton University and Harvard Law School. He formerly was associated with the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and Paris, and was special review counsel for the Federal Administra-

MRS. JOHN EDWARD GASCH. The former Miss Florence

Loretta A.lsop is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman F. Alsop of Landover, Md.

(Upper center.) MRS. BLUFORD WILSON

MUIR. Mrs. Muir, before her recent

marriage, teas Miss Barbara Elizabeth Norcross. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore White Norcross.

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tor of Public Works and counsel to the National Resources Committee. For the past two years has served as assistant to the commissioner in the Maritime Commission He has made his home here with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. E. Richard Gasch.

Tire bridegroom's clubs include the Cap and Gown Club of Princeton, Princeton Club of New York, Uni- versity Club of Paris. France, and the National Press Club of Wash- ington.

Mr. and Mrs. Wright On Wedding Trip.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Frederick Wright are on a wedding trip in

North Carolina today after their wedding yesterday afternoon in the Bethlehem Chapel of the Washing- ton Cathedral. Following visits to both their families Mr. and Mrs. Wright will sail in September for two years in the Far East.

She is the former Miss Mary Oliver Clabaugh, daughter of Mr. Samuel Francis Clabaugh of Rich- mond and Mrs. William Blacksher Lott of New Orleans. Well known to local Navy circles are her uncle and aunt, Lt. Comdr. and Mrs. T. L. McCann of Arlington. Mr.

Wright is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frederick Wright of Port- land, Oreg.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Wright will be studying at the Imperial Uni- versity in Kyopo, Japan, where the bride recently has been awarded a

fellowship by Radcliffe College. She was graduated from Vassar in 1938 and received her master's degree from Radcliffe in 1939. Mr. Wright is a gradluate of Stanford of Ox- ford and has been a fellow of Har- vard-Yenching Institute this past year.

Bishop of Kentucky Performs Ceremony.

The ceremony was performed at 5 o'clock yesterday by the Right Rev. Charles Clingman. Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Kentucky. The Cathedral chapel was decorated with white gladio- luses and ferns and was lighted with cathedral candles.

The bride, who was given in mar-

riage by her father wore a gown of white mousseline de soie fash- ioned on princess lines with a sweet- heart neck line outlined with Bel- gian lace. Belgian lace was also inerted in the fitted waist and puffed sleeves, and a veil of Belgian lace extended the length of the train. She carried a shower bou-

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quet of white roses and lilies of the valley.

Maid of honor for her sister was Miss Betty Clabaugh of Richmond

; in starched mousseline de soie of \ ashes of roses pink with a fitted

basque, full skirt and bands of lace around the square neck, waist and puffed sleeves. She wore a wide- brimmed hat of horsehair braid, which matched her dress, and car- ried a bouquet of pink and blue delphinium.

The bridesmaids were two sisters of the bride. Miss Jean Clabaugh of Richmond and Miss Doris Cla- baugh of New Orleans. Tire junior bridesmaids were two first cousins

of the bride, Miss Suzanne Beall of Birmingham and Miss Beryl Mfc- Cann of Arlington, Va. The brides- maids wore medium pink dresses and hats. The junior bridesmaids wore shell-pink dresses and hats, and they all carried bouquets of pink and blue delphinium.

Mr. Henry Allison Page, 3d, of Aberdeen, N. C., was best man for Mr. Wright. The ushers were Mr. Schuyler Van Rensselaer Camman of Merrick, Long Island; Dr. John Hadley Cox of Naugatuck. Conn.; Mr. Lyne Starling Few of Durham, N. C., and Mr. Thomas Lee McCann of Arlington, Va.

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Miss Elaine Ervin Married To Dr. Ellis Haworth.

Miss Elaine Ervin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ervin of Mid-

dleport and Columbus. Ohio, and Dr. Ellis Haworth, son of Mrs. Thomas W. Haworth and the late Mr. Haworth, were married yesterday afternoon. The wedding took place in the home of the bridegroom's

MRS. D. ALLEN CASPER. One of the lovely bride's of

the early summer, Mrs. Cas- per, formerly was Miss Jean Parker. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Parker.

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mother, who formerly was Miss Florence Ellis, a lifelong resident of the District, on Thirty-second street. The Rev. A. Lee Klaer, pas- tor of the Presbyterian Church at Morgantown, W. Va., officiated at 2:30 o'clock before an improvised altar of madonna lilies, gladioli and laurel.

Mr. Ervin gave his daughter in marriage and she wore a gown of white starched chiffon made over

taffeta. The skirt w’as bouffant and the bodice, which had short puffed sleeves, was trimmed with bands of lace over the shoulders and marking the waistline. She carried gardenias and lilies of the valley.

Miss Clara Ervin of Columbus was maid of honor for her sister and wore a frock of rose petal pink, a double skirt of net, a sweetheart neckline in the bodice, and a tight girdle of satin. She carried a colo- nial bouquet of briarcliff roses and delphinum. Mr. Ross Haworth was best man for his brother.

The reception was arranged for the garden for the members of the two families and a few intimate friends who witnessed the ceremony. Later they left for a wedding trip through the Adirondacks to Lake George and after September 1 they will be at home in the Westchester where they have taken an apart- ment.

Mrs. Haworth was graduated from the Ohio State University where she received her master's degree and is now a teacher at the Woodrow Wil- son High School here. Dr. Haworth was graduated from George Wash- ington and Johns Hopkins Univer- sities and now’ is professor of science and chairman of the division of science at the Wilson Teachers’ College.

Mr. and Mrs. Ervin, parents of the bride, and her brother, Mr. Thomas Ervin of New York, came for the w’edding. Others from out of towm were Mr. and Mrs. William S. Brown of New York. Mrs. Alfred Lee Klaer of Morgantown, and Mrs. W. D. Houston and Mrs. Robert T. Weiser of Zanesville, Ohio.

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