The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-11-27
FALL NueT1AL EVENTS.

LEE-CRoss.-That there's frequently grain
of truth in the old axiom that there's many
slip 'twixt the cup and the lip" was never
better illustrated than last Monday afternoon,
when the programme as mapped out by Mr..
John Wesley Lee and Miss Margaret Lee Cross
both of Towson, for their marriage went all
wrong. Arrangements had been made for
large automobile from Baltimore to meet Mr.
Lee and his intended bride at Towson and
convey them to the parsonage OF Catonsville
Methodist Episcopal Church, where the cere-
mony was to have been performed by the
pastor, Rev. J. R. Edwards. When on Charles
Street avenue, near Towson, tire on one of
the wheels of the automobile was punctured
which caused considerable delay before re-
pairs were completed, and it arrived here late.
The bridal party boarded the machine and
were soon whisked away, but it was too late to
carry out their original plans and so they pro-
ceeded to the manse of Arlington Presby terian
Church, where they were married by the
pastor, Rev. John w. Neel, and quick run
was made Immediately for the pier. where Mr.
and Mrs Lee took boat for a 10-days' trip to
Florida. The bride is daughter of the late
John T. and Maria Jane Cross of Towson, and
the groom is a son of Mrs. Mary ]. Lee and
the late Charles W. Lee, also of Towson
Owing to the recent deaths of the brides
parents, the ceremony was quiet one, only
representatives of the immediate families
being present. The bride was formerly a
teacher at Garrett Heights public school,
Lauraville. Mr.. Lee is clerk in the employ
of the Merchants and Miners Transportation
Company. Upon their return from their trip
they will make their home at Towson.
DENIsoN--C N--CRoMwELL-MissE Elizabeth Crom-
well, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Cromwell, was married at O'Clock Monday
evening to Mr. Charles Carroll Denison, son
of the late Col. Robert NJ. Denison. The Ger
emony took place at the home of the bride,
1O41 ST. Paul street, Baltimore, and was per-
formed by Rev. Louis O'DoDovan of the Ca
thedral, Cardinal Gibbons pronouncing the
benediction. Owing to mourning in the family
of the groom only the members of the two
immediate families were present. The bride,
wearing beautiful gown of white satin and
point lace, tulle veil fastened with orange
blossoms and carrying bouquet of lilies-of-
the-valley, entered with her father, by whom
she was given in marriage Attending her
was her sister, Miss Sallie George Crom well, in
a gown of pink MORE, with shower bouquet
of Killarney roses, and four little flower girls,
Misses Elizabeth Hammond Cromwell and
Mary Small Cromwell, nieces of the bride, and
Mary Carroll Frick and Anita Warfield, nieces
of the groom. All wore white lingerie gowns
and carried white chrysanthemums. Mr.. AL
exander Preston was the groom's best man and
the ushers were Messrs. Henry WarfielG, George
Cromwell, Denison Frick, Samuel Boylston
and Carter Lee Bowie. Later in the evening
Mr. and Mrs. Denison left for their wedding
Journey. They will live at the groom's farm,
on the Pot Spring road, near Timonium.
BUTLER-MERRYMAN.-M Annabelle Mer-
ryman, eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
William Merryman of OwiDgs' Mills, was
married at her home on the 9th of October to
Mr.. Edward Butler, Jr., of St. Michael's Tai
bot county. Nd The ceremony was performed
by Rev. William E. Curley, pastor of Pixies
Vile and Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal
churches. After a dinner at the home of the
bride the young couple left for st. Michael's,
where the groom is engaged in business and
where they will reside. A coincidence in con-
nection with this marriage is the fact that the
Rev. Mr.. Curley married the brides mother
christened the bride, took her into the church
and then officiated at heT wedding.
MAYs-NELsoN.-Mis Maud Keech Nelson.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Nelson
of White Hall, Baltimore county, was married
Tuesday morning by Rev. William H. Price,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the Cow
enant, at the parsonage in Baltimore The
bride was dressed in a violet diagonal serge
gown, with a violet beaver hat, covered with
white plumes, and carried chrysanthemums.
The couple left for Shippensburg, Pa, where
a reception in their honor was given by Mr..
Dame Sutler a cousin of the bride.
Fox-PETERs.-MissE Elinor Peters, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Peters of Highland
town, and Mr.. Milton Alvin Fox, son of DR..
and Mrs. George Alvin Fox, Greenmount and
North avenues, were quietly married Novem-
Der 8, at the manse of Asquith Street Presby-
terian Church, by the pastor, Rev. David 7.
Neatly. The bride was attended by her sister,