Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1913-07-04
Brilliant June Wedding

ding Of Francis w. Rock well, son Of
Mrs. Elizabeth r. Rock we'll Of south
f Woodstock, appeared in an issue Of a
La Plata, Md, paper. The wedding
was solemDized June 18th.
The most brilliant and fashionable
wedding ever solemnized at Christ
Church, took place here last night,
! when Ensign Francis Warren Rock
we'll, Of the L. ;. Navy, now stationed
aboard the L. =. ;. Jarvis, at Newport.
X. l., met at the altar, to become his
bride, Miss Mary Allison Wilmer,
only daughter Of General Lemuel Al.
lison Wilmer, of La Plata, Adjutant-
General of Maryland during the adj
ministration Of Governor Lowndes.
II was the big social function Of the
season, and the large edifice was
crowded to its very doors with the So
eiety folk Of the county, as we'll as
many guests from elsewhere. The
church was beautifully decorated with
cut flowers and palms and lighted
with candles and bright lights.
Just prior to the arrival of the bride
| ut the church, 1.-THE Voice That
Bresthed Der Eden, was sung by a
male quartet, composed Of Messrs.
| Sydney +. and w. Griffin Mudd, and
| William H. and A. Jack CLARK. At
the conclusion of this, the appointed
hour for the ceremony, eight thirty,
| had arrived, and the organist, Miss
Mary f. Boswell, began 10 softly play
Bohengrin's wedding march, a signal
for the beginning Of the bridal process
sion. This was led by the ushers, En-.
signs Victor Hubster, X. G. Williams,
II. w. Boynton, of the L. ). Navy;
w. d. BilingsIey and Frank Conger,
Jr., wearing Naval full dress, and the
three brothers of the BRIDE. Messrs. J.
| Carlisle, J. Writ and Harry W. Will
mer, in evening clothes. They were
| followed by the bridesm aids in single
| file, each carrying handsome bouquet
| OF yellow roses. Their gowns were of
white satin, draped in yellow chiffon
and shadow lace, and in their hair
were aigrettes of bird of paradise.
| Those acting were Misses Margaret
Godsborough and Anne Hopper, Of
Baltimore; Margaret J. Hamilton,
| Charlotte @. Mitchell, Julia NJ. Mus
Ghetto, Margaret z. jenkins, Rebeckah
NJ. Wilmer and Louise ). Matthews.
OF this county.
Following the bridesmaids was the
maid of honor, Miss Katharine ]. Fer
gusson, cousin of the bride, in a
white satin gown, dfaped in white
chiffon and crystal, and carrying a
! bouquet of yellow roses. Just back of
| her was little Miss Dunreath Posey in
Il dainty dress of white lingerie, with
| yellow sash, who acted as flower girl
and carried basket of white sweet
peas.
| Then came the bride upon the arm
of her father, who gave her in mari
age. She was charmingly gowned in
| white charmuese, trimmed In rose
point lace and pearl Her tulle veil
was caught with wreath of orange
blossoms and she carried shower
bouquet of brides roses and lilies of
the valley. About her neck was a
handsome necklace of pearls and dia.
| monds.
At the altar she was met by the
groom and his best man, Ensign w.
:. Davidson, of the L. ;. Navy; both
wore the full dress uniform of their
rank. Here, in front of the altar, un-
der bower of flowers, the ceremony,
which joined together Miss Wilmer
and Ensign Rockwell in the bonds of
Holy Wedlock, was impressively per-
formed by Rev. Horace Wood Stowell,
rector OF the church.
Little Miss Anna Swami, in white
organdie froek with yellow sash, and
Master James Craik Mitchell, in a
white linen suit, acted as ribbon bear
ers. During the ceremony the same
quartet sang 80 Perfect Love the &C
compartment being rendered by Miss
Anna Brown.
The beautiful costumes of the bridal
party, the decorations and the distin-
guished company lent a charm to the
occasion seldom seen at southern
Maryland weddings.
After the ceremony most delight
full reception was rendered the bridal
party at argyle the home of the
brides father. Here, as at The church,
the color scheme was white and yell
low, and the reception rooms were
tastefully decorated with flowers and
palms, while the approach 10 the
house, the lawn and verandas, were
brightly lighted with japanese Ian
terms.
The bride and groom stood under an
arch of roses, where they were shower
ed with congratulations by the many
invited guests who attended the recep-
ton, among them being number OF
friends from Washington, Baltimore,
Annapolis and Connecticut.
Ii was, indeed, brilliant and enjoy
able affair, and one that will be looked
back upon With pleasure, not only by
the bridal party, but by al who at
tended, for a long time to come. Toasts
weie drunk To the good health and fu-
ture happiness OF the young couple
and many compliments bestoM ed upon
them.
The bride comes from line OF the
best old Mary land stock, being des-
cended from a long list of noted ances-