The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-18

One of the daintest of June weddings
 was that of Miss Mary Ellis to Mr. Frank Hammond, Jr., which was solemnized at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home
 of the bride, 1903 Tuscaloosa avenue, West
 End. The marriage was a quiet one, only intimate friends and relatives being in
 attendance.
 The attendants were Miss Corinne Hardness, maid of honor, and MT. Jesse D. Walters, best man. Mrs. James T. | Jones played the Mendelssohn wedding
 march as the bridal party entered and
 Miss Loula Keeling sang two solos, Sweetheart" and Because Love You"
 prior to their entrance Miss Vivian Ty- son accompanied Miss Keeling on the piano.
 The bride wore @ travelling suit of Co.,
 penhagen blue, while the maid of honor was attired in white.
 The house was beautifully decorated in
 ferns and sweet peas, the foliage being
 arranged in clusters shading tiny incan-
 descent lamps. The wedding ceremony
 was performed in the parlor, the bride
 entering from the hall with her maid of l honor, while the groom entered with his
 best man from the dining room. The
 Rev. J. L. Britain, pastor of the West
 End Methodist church, officiated. | reception was held after the conclu-
 sion of the ceremony, the young couple
 leaving shortly afterward for Atlanta
 After day or two in the Georgia capital
 they will spend week or two in the
 mountains of North Carolina, making
 stopover at Greenville, s. C., the old
 home of the groom, where they will visit
 his parents for several days. l Mrs. Hammond is the daughter of Mr.
 and Mrs c. c. Ellis and was reared in Birmingham, and numbers wide ac-
 quaintance here. MT. Hammond has re-
 sided in Birmingham for a number of
 years, and is connected with the Br-
 mingham Railway, Light and Power com-
 pany in the capacity of superintendent l of the sales department Upon their re-
 turn to Birmingham they will be at home
 with the brides parents. MT. Joseph V. Allen has entirely recov- cred a from recent illness. l Miss Denson has returned from Oden-
 vile, where she was the guest of Miss
 Addie Wood.
 l MT. and Mrs. Richard Randolph will occupy their cottage at Blount about the first of July.
 l Miss Bessie Thompson of Odenville Is | the guest of friends in Birmingham. l Mrs. Eugene Washington is attending the
 meeting of the Baracas Sunday school classes at University, Ala. | The condition of the Rev. Raimundo I deOvies who is seriously i'll at his home, l remains unchanged.
 A very pretty wedding of the month of 1 roses was that of Miss Maude Monroe and MT. Carson Hood taking place yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the bride S home, 1908 Avenue G. The ceremony was
 witnessed by the relatives and a few
 close friends, and was performed by the
 Rev. Dr. Preston Blake, the ring serv-
 ice being used.
 The house was handsomely decorated
 with roses, palms, sweet peas and smilax.
 Light refreshments were served after the
 ceremony, the ices in wedding bells.
 The bride was beautifully gowned in l Copenhagen blue rajah silk with trim
 mings of ecfu, the hat of ecru trimmed with blue plumes.
 | She carried a bouquet of brides roses | After a wedding journey to North Caro- l lima, MT. Hood and his bride will be at home with MT. and Mrs Holtam at 1 Woodlawn.
 | Mrs Charles Hood and MT Hood moth
 CT and brother of the bridegroom were | among the out-of-town guests l Miss L. E. Lansford entertained Tues | day afternoon in honor of her guest, Miss Pearl Gardner of Florence. Miss Emma Artie Hughes of Nashville Tenn, is the house guest of Mir and Mrs. | William Gray Patterson at their home on Twelfth avenue, south. MT. and Mrs. | Patterson entertained at a most charming
 dancing party on last Friday evening in | honor of Miss Hughes.
 | Miss Mary Elizabeth Jefferson of Lex ington, Ky, daughter of Prof. G. M Jef- | ferson of the University of Kentucky, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. R. K Edwards, l 1001 Georgia street.
 Among the many distinguished visitors attending the <reunon there were none more admired than the brilliant sponsor | of the First Texas brigade, Miss Lillian Bush, and her lovely sister, Miss Imo- l gene. who returned to their homes yes-, terday. These young ladies are the daughters of the late pr. Robert IT. Bush of Huntsville, Tex, who earned enviable reputation as surgeon in the Confederate army. A happy feature of small family reunion with relatives from Virginia. also guests of Gen. J. w. Bush was the presentation by their cousin Mir Ware.of Virginia, of the diploma con- ferred upon Dr. Bush from the historical old college of William and Mary in 1852, and delivered by Bishop Johns of vir- gnia.
 luncheon and dinner will be given by the Ladies'. Auxiliary to the A. o. H., Thursday at the home of Mrs. James Buchanan, Fourth avenue, Powderly, for the benefit of charity
 Fallon O'Byrne has returned home from the University of Notre Dame Indiana, ou5 ba ui laaya in Ju1v for Mirhfpar I,