The Washington times., 1905-10-22
Weddings.

Miss Gertrude Alice Ward. daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph w. Ward. and
Aioysius Etienne Offutt will be mar
rled Wednesday evening, October %, at
O'Clock, at st. PauPs Church, FIJI
teenth and V streets Mrs Harry T
Harding VIII be matron OF honor. and
MISS Hester V. Heath, OF Canandaigua
n. Y. and Miss Nina Marr will be
bridesmaids, while Miss Catherine West
will carry the prayer book.
DR. Charles H Clark will be best man.
| and Edwin n. Ackerman, of Columbus
Ohio; DIR. c. BeWeese, of Laurel. Md. !:
| Dr. Harry Nichols, DR.. Harry T. Hard
ing. DIR. Arthur c. Fitch, and William
d. West will serve as ushers After the
wedding small reception at the home
| OF MI ana Mrs. Ward, at 140y Staugh-
ton street, for the bridal party and fam
lily viii follow the ceremony. Mr.. Of
futt and his bride will go North on
their wedding journey. and after De-
cember ! will be at home to their
friends. Mr. Ofrutt is the purchasing
agent at the Government Hospital
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Miss Pauline Casey Wright, daughter
of Gen. and Mrs Marcus J. Wright,
and William Waiter Dinwiddie, of Char
iottesville. Va. a scientist connected
with the Naval Observatory. are to be
married on Wednesday evening Octo-
Der %. at o'clock, In ST. Thomas Epis-
copal Church, in this city. A reception
will follow at the home of General and
Mrs Wright. 174s Corcoran street.
Miss Wright Will be attended by her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Wright. the bride of
Lieut.. John w. Wright. whose marriage
took place recently in Plattsburg, n. Y.
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briggs. daughter of Capt. William III.
briggs, L. s. N. and Miss Bessie Din
widdie. Of Charlottesville. Va, sister of
the bridegroom The ushers will be
Howard Paul Wright, w. d. Lamborne.
Dr. Heine. U. s. N. and Joseph Lee Ed
wards, and Harman Dinwiddie, of
Charlottesville, will be best man.
Another wedding, to take place the
same evening and at the same church
is that of Miss Florence Holbrook john
son. daughter of the late Joseph r.
Johnson and Mrs. Johnson. and Harvey
James Tompkins, formerly of New
York, but now of this city.
The Rev. DR.. Davenport will officiate
assisted by Rev. DR.. Aspinwall and the
Rev. MIR. smith,
The bride will be given away by her
uncle, DR.. c. w. f. Ho.brook. of New
ark. n. J., and she viii be attended
by her sister. Miss Jean Wallace John
son. as maid of honor. There will he
two bridesmaids. Miss Grace Tompkins
OF Troy. N. Y. and Miss Nancy Daven-
port. The best man VIII be the bride
groom's brother, Frank Tompkins. and
the ushers, Arthur Houghton and John
Foley.
A reception to the bridal party and
near relatives only will follow at the
home OF the brides mother. A num-
Der of out-of-town guests are coming
for the occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs Warden r Risbo, h,,-o
issued invitations for the marriage ~
their daughter Nellie Geneva. 10 Ed
mund II. Jones' The ceremony will take
place wednesday evening October %. at
the Ninth Street Christian Church
Announcement has been made that
Miss Ada SOrg, daughter of the late
Congressman Paul j. Sorg. of Middle
town, Ohio. will on November 1. be
married to Capt. James P. Drouillard.
L. S. \.
A pretty wedding OF interest to many
Washingtonians was quietly celebrated
last Wednesday at the Church of ST
Mary, Littleton. Col, when Miss Eliza
beth Catherine. the eldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Neil McGroarty.
OF this city. was married to Frederick
c. Eickhoff. OF Colorado, by the Rev
Father Brady. pastor of that church.
The bride entered the church, which
was beautifully decorated in white and
pink carnations against a background
of palms. 10 the strains of the we'd
ding march from "Lohengrin," played by
Mrs. Henry b. Higgins. Henry B. Hig-
gins. of Denver, as the representative
of he- father. escorted the bride to the
altar. where the groom and his best