Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-12-26
Winter Weddings.

solemnized Thursday evening, Deceni-
Der 10, at the Belmont BAPTIST parsonage.
The contracting parties were Miss Una
Lillian Rusher, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. L. Rusher, of this city, and Mr.. Geo.
w. Walters, OF Shepherdstown, w. Va.
The impressive ring ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. H. 7. Stevens, pas
tor of the bride. The only attendants
were Miss Goldie Rusher, sister OF the
bride, Miss Marjorie Merchant, Miss Ma
ME Lindenhoker, and Mr.. A. M. Mer-
chant. The bride was alfred in tailor
ed suit OF blue broadcloth, with hat and
gloves to match, and the groom wore the
conventional black. Mrs. Walters is one
of Roanoke's most attractive and popular
young ladies. Mr.. Walters holds lu-
crative position with the Norfolk & Wes-
tern, and during his three years in Roam
oke has won host of friends. After a
visit to friends and relatives in West Viz
ginia, Mr.. and Mrs. Walters will be at
home at 40S Sixth street, southeast
Roanoke Times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walters came to Shep-
herdstown on their wedding trip, and
have been receiving the congratulations
OF their friends here. We hope that their
matrimonial pathway may ever be strewn
with fairest flowers. Mr.. Walters is one
OF Shepherdstown's good boys, and we
felicitate him upon having won such
charming young bride.
Mr.. Adam E. Colbert, well-known
and highly regarded farmer OF Charles
Town district, Jefferson county, and Mrs.
Katie Sewers Billmyer, respected resi-
dent of this vicinity, were married last
Monday evening at a o'clock at the home
of Miss M. c. Keplinger, near Shep-
herdstown. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. DR.. Charles Ghiselin, OF
the Presbyterian Church, with only afew
witnesses present. Shortly after the
wedding Mr.. and Mrs. Colbert left for a
wedding trip TO Washington and Balti-
more. Their friends here will join with
US in the wish that they may be very hap
py. Mr.. Colbert, who now farms the Lu-
cas- estate near Charles Town, will take
charge of the Keplinger place in the
spring, moving here about the first OF
April.
Mr.. Rutherford WYsong and Miss Cora
Elizabeth Pitts, both OF Washington City.
were married in Shepherdstown last Sat-
urday evening. The ceremony was per-
formed at Sudley Place, the home OF the
groom's relatives. by Rev. Chas. F. Free
man, OF the Reformed Church. Only a
few members OF the families interested
were present, including Mrs. Draper, sis
ter of the bride, and Mr. Joseph Beadon,
OF Washington. Mr.. Wysong, who for
merly resided in Shepherdstown, is
grandson of the late John Wysong, OF this
vicinity, and son of the late DR.. Ruth
erford Wysong, of Baltimore. His bride
is former resident of New York State
who has been living in Washington for
several years. We extend hearty felici-
tations to the happy couple. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wysong returned TO Washington on
Sunday.
Miss Ella Potter Thompson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Thompson, OF
Martinsburg, and Mr.. Arthur E. Burgess,
of Clarksburg, w. Va, were married last
Monday morning at the home fthe brides
parents by Rev. w. d. McCurdy. The
house was very beautifully decorated for
the occasion with plants and cut flowers.
The best man was Mr.. Creighton Burgess,
OF Norfolk, Va, brother OF the groom,
and Miss Minna Thompson, sister OF the
bride. was maid of honor. The happy
couple went on wedding trip TO Eliza
beth City, N. c., where the groom's pa
rents reside. They will make their home
in Clarksburg, where Mr.. Burgess is in
the civil engineering department of the
B. & O. Railroad.
MIR. Deck H. Feltner. of Clarksburg,
w. Va, and Miss Margaret Elizabeth
Duval, of Martinsburg, were married last
Saturday evening at the Southern Meth
odlst parsonage in the latter place by
Rev. B. V. Switzer. The groom is
former resident OF Berkeley 'courty and
is nephew of Rev. ]. P. Feltner, OF
Shepherdstown.
Mr.. Marion K. Marshall, OF Berkeley
county, and Miss Katie V. Carter, OF
Wadesvile, Va, were married last We'd
nesday at the home Of the brides parents.
Mr.. Alexander S. Demory, of Hagers-
town, and Miss Elsie S. Waters, of Har-
per's Ferry, were married in Hagerstown
on Monday last by Rev. E. X. Thomas.
Mr.. Harry NoI and Miss Freda Weay-
er, two popular residents of Martinsburg,
were married in Hagerstown last Satur-
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