Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-05
WINCHESTER WEDDINGS.
Recent Events That occasioned Wide
spread Interest.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
WINCHESTER, Va, November 3, 1905.
Social circles of Washington, Baltimore.
Virginia and other centers were represented
at a brilliant double wedding Wednesday
afternoon, October 81, In Grace Lutheran
church OF Winchester, Va. when Miss
Katharine Cooper became the bride of Mr..
Clark Melvin Smith, and her younger sister,
Miss Bessie Bell Cooper, was welded to Mr..
Walter HenseA Bosserman. The big hand
son'ely frescoed auditorium was decorated
with autumn foliage, great palms. ever
green and cut flowers for the occasion. and
the seating capacity of the church was
| taxed to its utmost to accommodate those
who gathered to witness the double cere-
mony. 1t was even necessary to make the
crowds vacate the aisles in order that the
wedding party might enter the church, SO
great was the throng.
The brides, who are very popular among
large circle of friends and acquaintances
in Winchester and elsewhere, were eXquis-
ltely goWned in lace robes over taffeta, with
wells, and carried bride roses The first
| maid of honor was Miss Werdna House of
Washington. and the second was Miss
Grace Cooper, sister of the bride, the for
mer wearing pink point d'esprit over taft
feta and the latter maid wore q b,ue gown
of the same material. Both had picture
hats. and they carried pink roses. The
bridesmaids, who wore white chiffon, lace
hats and carried chrysanthemums, were
Misses Bessie G. House of Washington,
Mamie L. Cooper of Winchester, Virginia
Fox of Philadelphia, Florence and Bertha
Bremen of Smithsburg, Md, and Lena Bos-
serman of Stanton, Va. The groomsmen
were Messrs. Adam Dickhart of Washing
| ton, T. B. Griggs, of Roanoke, Va. Charles
Burial of Baltimore, Lewis Machir of Stras-
burg, Va, William B. Ryan of Winchester
and L. X. Lemon of Haserstown, Nd. The
best men were Messrs. John L. Cooper,
brother of the brides, of Winchester, and
w. B. Hammerick of Stanton. Va. The
first bride was given away by her father,
Mr.. Thomas j. Cooper, and the second by
her elder brother. Mr.. William Z. Cooper.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. Geo.
S. Bowers, pastor of Grace Church, assisted
by Rev. David H. Kern, pastor of Brad
dock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South of Winchester. Mrs. w. l.. Radcliffe
of Richmond, Va, rendered the wedding
music at the pipe organ. The ribbon girls
were Misses Mary Bruce laker and Elsie
Maphis, and the ring bearers were Misses
Mary Katharine Aulick and Louise Cooper.
A reception, attended by several hundred
| people, was held at the residence of the
brides parents Immediately after the we'd
ding, and later in the evening the brides
and grooms left a northern tour. Mr..
and Mrs. Smith will reside in Winchester.
where the groom is assistant paying teller
of the Shenandoah Valley National Bank,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Bosserman will live in
Stanton. Va.
An announcement of more than ordinary
interest to many in Washington and Vir-
ginia society is that of the engagement OF
Miss Belle knight Harrison, eldest daugh-
ter of Thomas Walter Harrison, judge of
the seventeenth judicial circuit of Virginia,
of Winchester, to Mr.. Seabury Davies of
Baltimore, Md, who is member Of the
Baltimore Stock Exchange, and of an old
and distinguished Maryland family. Miss
Harrison, who has been spending most OF
the past year In Baltimore returned few
days ago to Winchester, where she will
spend the winter. The wedding. which is to
occur in the early spring, Is to be cele-
brated in Old Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church of Winchester. and promises to be
an event Of much social Importance. Miss
Harrison's late mother was Miss Knight of
Maryland.
Two of the oldest and most prominent
families of Jefferson county, w. Va, were
united at Charles Town, the county seat, on
Wednesday, when, at high noon, Miss Eliza
Sappington Gallaher. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. Horace Gallaher, became the bride
of Mr. Arthur Davenport. The marriage
took place at the ancestral home of the
brides parents, and was witnessed by rela-
tives and intimate friends. The house was
decorated with plants, roses and carnations,
and the ceremony was performed by Rev.
Dr. A. c. Hopkins, pastor of the PreSby-
terrain Church of Charles Town. The bride
wore a gown of white wolfe with duchess
lace collar, and carried a bouquet of bride
roses. She Is a very pretty and accom-
plished young lady and much admired in
social circles The groom is a native OF
England, but has lived in Jefferson county
for the past fifteen years, and is one of the
left on q tour to Washington, Atlantic City
nd r0infS of interest.