Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21

| friend OF Miss Merritt's family and
with whose wife Miss Merritt has
| frequently visited.
| Following the ceremony a wedding
luncheon was served az the Lynn
| haven hotel and a number of The
| Newport News and Norfolk friends
| OF the young couple were present.
| Mr.. and Mrs. H. Il. Parker were
| notified Of the wedding by telegraph
and they went TO Old Point yester-
! day evening to meet Mr.. and Mrs.
| Norton, who left Norfolk for Wash
| ineton on the Norfolk and Washing
ton steamer. After a wedding trip
\ OF two weeks In the north, Mr.. and
Mrs. Norton will return here TO make
their home.
Miss Merriett is the daughter OF
| DR.. and Mrs. william II. Merritt. OF
| Pleasantsville. Iowa. She has fire.
quently visited her aunt. Mrs. Parker.
IN this city. and has been a favorite
| In Peninsula social circles She is
sister Of Mrs. A. ]. Evans, formerly
| Miss Jessie Merritt, who also Is well
known here.
Mr.. Norton is the chief huh drafts
man In the warship designing depart
ment of tine shipyard drawing rooms
and has lived here for the past four
teen years. He Is popular among
host OF friends.
Mrs. Mary c. Reynolds has return
1 ed from Norfolk, where she spent
several days with friends.
Mr.. Charles w. Blanford, Jr., Of
New York, is visiting his father. Col.
Charles w. Blanfold. Ia this city.
! Air. George $. Barnes has returned
from successful hunting trip in
North Carolina.
SIR. and Mrs. Thomas A. Reynolds
will return today from Hampden-
Sidney. Va. where they spent a week.
Mrs. ]. Norman Hill, and little Miss
Elizabeth Hill. OF Portsmouth. have
arrived here to spend week with
| Mrs. Hills father and sisters In this
, city.
Miss Blanche Junkens, Of Philadel-
phia. Is the guest Of her sister, Mrs.
Phillip Young, en- Thirty-second
street. e.ss.
Miss Bertha Benton, who has been
spending several weeks with friends
and relatives In Raleigh. n. c., and
Columbia, S. c.. has returned home,
; Mr.. and Mrs. George Nelms Wise
left Yesterday for Petersburg, where
they will visit relatives for week.
Mrs. r. W. Hundley has as her
guest at her home on JEFFERSON ave-
nue. her sister. Miss Martha Garratte,
of Orange. Ma.
Miss Grace Richardson. of Harpers-
Vile Is visiting her sister, Mrs. IL.
G.. Gray. on Twenty-ninth street.
/ Miss Lucille Ayler, who has been
m at her home on Fifty-first street
for several weeks, is convalescent.
Mrs. ]. Hugh Caffee is visiting IN
+, Washington, ID. c.
Misses Bessie and Sadie Barclay
have gone to Washington and Phila-
delphia to view some art exhibits IN
| those cities.
| Mrs. G. s. DeShszor has as her
guests ON Thirty-frst street, Mrs. I.
Long and daughter. or Boston. Mass.
Mrs. Arthur Eastman and Miss
Frances Davis have returned from
. visit OF several days In Norfolk.
F, Mr.. Ira wynne has gone to Clifton
Forge to visit friends.
Miss Blanche Morris has returned
! to her home in Lynchburg after
| visit to friends in this city.
Return from Portsmouth.
Rev. Lloyd T. Wilson, d. d.. pastor
Of the Newport News Baptist church;
Rev. ]. T. Riddick. pastor OF the Sec
ond Baptist church, and Mr.. g. b.
Vest. returned yesterday from Ports
!. mouth. where they are attending the
I x-;~u;,,;. rlauffef % moral conference.