New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
BROOKLYN SOCIETY
Weddings, Announcements and
EnuauementS.

engagements.
Just announced is the engagement Of Miss
Marjorie j. Oatman, daughter of DR.. Ed
ward lie Roy Oatman. of No So Remsen
street, and Charles Sherwood Munson. Miss
Oatman is a granddaughter OF the late
| Ransom b. Hinman and a niece Of Mrs
Sanford II. Steele and Mrs. Ralph Aston.
! Her fance is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John
b. Munson. Of Waterbury. Conn, and a
senior at Yale
wedding of much interest i'm Brooklyn
! society Will take place Thursday at Berk-
ley, Nd. 1t is that Of Miss Dorothy c.
Smith and Donald Beardsley Abbott and is
to take place at noon on the lawn at Red
| gate the home OF the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. T. Gilpin Smith. Miss Mildred NJ
I Smith. a cousin OF the bride, will be her
maid OF honor and the bridesmaids are to
! be Miss Sheila Bryant, OF Montclair n. j.;
/ Miss CAROLINE Garrett, of St Louis; Miss
/ Rose Carhart, OF Ann Arbor. Mich; Mrs.
| Horace Laird, of Norfolk. Va. Miss Flea
| nor Mann and Miss Jane Wheeler, OF Buff
falo. Ernest G. Draper. who last February
/ married Miss Mary Chids. is to act as best
man, and serving as ushers will be Stanton
G. Smith, of Williams Ariz. Charles w.
I Niles, of Boston; Hldebrun NJ. Jones, of
| Circleville, Ohio; Arthur NJ. Waring, OF
! Philadelphia, and Chester g. Van Tassel and
J. Clement Negus, OF Brooklyn The bride
is graduate Of Smith and Mr. Abbott was
graduated from Amherst in 1908. He is the
son Of Mr. and Mrs Phillips Abbott, Of No
12S Gates avenue, and oyster Bay, Long
| Island. The bridal party will he enter
| tanned at a house party for few days pre-
ceding the wedding.
An important engagement, word of which
has just reached Brooklyn is that of Miss
Florentine T. Coombs and George Law
renee SumsOn, of Pasadena, Cal Miss
Coombs and her mother. Miss Marie
Coombs. formerly made their nome on the
Park Slope, but have been travelling
through the West for the last year. They
are now in Pasadena
Announcement has been made Of the en- |
gagement Of Miss Elizabeth NJ Skinner |
and DR.. Bruce G.. Blackmar. of Oyington |
avenue, Bay Ridge. Miss Skinner is the
sister of Mrs. Robert Van 1dcrsten and |
Of Samuel skinner. The wedding will prob |
ably take place in the early autumn.
Word reached this borough early last |
week Of the marriage OF Miss Kathleen |
Henss and Wilmot NJ. Smith, son Of the late |
Judge Wimot NJ. Smith, OF Patchogue |
The ceremony was quietly celebrated Sat !
urday, August u. in Philadelphia. the Rev. !
Waldo Amos Adams, Of Holy Trinity on 4
the Heights officiating. Mrs. Edward +, |
Leeds acted rs matron OF honor and Harry |
Wright was the best man. The bride is the |
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. |
Henss. OF Bridgeport, Conn. She formerly |
lived in Brooklyn and is a graduate of |
Pratt Institute.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Corbett, OF No SO
East Park street, Newark, n. j., announce |
the engagement Of their daughter, Miss
Marietta Ann Corbett, TO Walter l.. Du-
rack jr., son of Mr. and Mrs Walter |
l.. Durack, of No Sh S1st street Bay |
Ridge
Mrs. James Greig Stevens Of No. : !
Verona Place, announces the engagement |
Of her daughter. Miss Catherine Margaret |
Stevens, TO Ross Ogdon Fowler of Man
haitian.
As Johnston de Forests first wife was |
Miss Natalia Coffin. Of the Heights. many |
there are interested in his approaching |
wedding. He will be married 10 Miss Mary |
j.. ogden on Saturday. September 9, the
ceremony to take place quietly at noon at
the home Of the brides parents. Mr. and
Mrs David 3. ogden, No. u East 10th
street.
7 The marriage OF Miss Cornelia Robb and
Daniel +. Downs is TO take place quietly
Wednesday. September 90 at the home OF
the bride, No. % Park avenue. Mr. Downs
is son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel II, Downs,
OF No. 152 St. Johns Place
Miss Dorothy Marston and her nance
are on an automobile trip with Mr.. and
Mrs S. H. Gillespie. Of Morristown, n. j.
They stopped at the Berwick, Rutland, VT,
on Thursday.
The same day Mr. and Mrs. E. d. Church
and the Misses Church were among the
automobiles registering at the Equinox
House. Manchester. Vt
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Nix who are au-
tomobiing on Long Island. stopped at the
Petit Trianon, Lake Ronkonkoma, Thurs |
day.
An out-of- town wedding on Wednesday |
was that Of Miss Marion Hallock Nash, |
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Hallock |
Nash. OF No. 24S Gates avenue, and Percy |
Clark Quintard, son of Mr. and Mrs Charles .
A. Quintard The ceremony took place at
the Nash country home at South Norwalk,
Conn, at o'clock The brides attendants
were Miss Mildred Nash. Miss Helen Quin-
tard, Miss Natalie Jennings. Miss Ethel
Gray and little flower girl. Miss Mildred
Nash. Raymond 3. Girard served as best
man, and in attendance as ushers were Har-
old Nash Douglas Nash and Frederick L.
Bayes. Invitations had been limited 10
relatives and close personal friends.
Only relatives were present at the we'd
ding ON Wednesday OF Miss Elitha Roberts