The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31
the guests with Mrs. sonntag and her

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Mrs Haldiman Put Sacramento
r nam aames esnE f. Morton Miss Miss Nnna NsdEl Weer
Miss -Msye Colhurn Miss Elizabeth Woods
Miss Jean Tyson Miss Rhoda Nieblng
Miss Elva De .Pue Miss Nellie Grant
Miss Vera dc Saba
The wedding of Miss Helen Baker
and Drummond MacGavin will take
place Wednesday evening at Trinity
church and the young friends of the
couple are on the qui vive for the
event There. are to be pretty gowns
galore, the decorations in the church
are to be very beautiful and there is
to be an elaborate reception afterward
at the home of Mrs. L. L. Baker in
jackson street. Miss Baker is an ex-
tremely popular girl and, of course,
Drummond MacGavin. the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter MacGavin, has any
number of friends. so that the we'd
ding is of unusual interest.
Last evening the bridegroom elect
entertained at stag party and the
day before Miss Dolly MacGavin enter
tanned the girls of the bridal party
at luncheon at her home in California
street. To be truthful about the pre-
ceding affairs would take great
amount of description, for every day
last week there was party for the
popular bride elect and her attendants.
Miss Dorothy Baker, the sister of the
bride to be, arrived home from Europe
last Sunday evening, accompanied by
her aunt, Miss Kate stone. The
younger sister is to be the maid of
honor at the event Wednesday even
ing. Miss Bessie Ashton, who is to be
one of the bridesmaids, also arrived
from abroad last week, accompanied
by her mother, Mrs George Ashton,
and her sister, Miss Helen Ashton.
Another guest who has come from
abroad is Miss Emilia Hinchelwood.
the aunt of Drummond MacGavin. and
the bridegroom to be was an arrival
from the north himself last week. in
time for some of the parties. He has
been at Shasta most of the summer.
Most of the trousseau arrived last
week, too, for the pretty hnery was
purchased in Paris by the aunt and
sister of the bride elect. These acces-
sories are very dainty and some ex-
quisite gifts have been added to the
stock during the week
The engagement and wedding gifts
for the popular bride elect deserve
mention as being the .handsomest as
sortment seen for many a day.
The attendants at the interesting
ceremony are to be Miss Ruth Richards
as bridesmaid, to take the place OF
Miss Dolly Cushing; and the others in
this capacity at the wedding will be
Miss Alexandra Hamilton, Miss Sara
Coffin, Miss Louise Boyd. Miss Lou
Foster. Miss Dolly McGavin. Miss Bes-
sic Ashton and Miss Claire Nichols. The
maid of honor is to be Miss Dorothy
Baker. and Carlton Curtiss will act as
best man. The ushers will be Eyre
Pinckard, Herbert Schmidt, Roy SOM
ers' Douglas Fry, Leavitt, Philip and
Herbert Baker.
Marion Baker and the little Mailliard
girl are to strew flowers in the patb.
way of the bride
The church ceremony will be attend
ed by several hundred guests. but the
reception at home will be limited r.
the closer friends of the couple and
their relatives. but even at that there
will be large number at the pretty
home in jackson street
The portrait of Mrs. James Ken
nedy, the. charming wife of Major
Kennedy. L. S. A, wn9 takes an ac-
tive -part in the social affairs at the
Preside and is frequent guest al
the parties in town, appears on this
page today Mrs. Kennedy has many
friends not only here but in the east
ern cities and is favorite in the army
set.
Mrs. j. V. Rockwell, whose portrait
also appears on the society page today
is matron of the navy set who is
receiving much attention in social
way and is frequent hostess at in
formal parties given at Mare island
as well as in town. She is the attrac-
tive wife of Lieutenant Rockwell, who
is an assistant naval constructor at
the island, and the couple have many
friends in the army and navy set as
wen as in local society
Mrs. William Ashburner and her
charming niece, Miss Christie, who has
SO many friends in the local smart