Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-06-25
Bonnie Brides of June.

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A very pretty wedding was celebrated
in the Presbyterian Church OF Duffields
last Thursday evening, when Miss Laura
Annetta White was married to Mr.. VIII
liam Beattie Hammond The ceremony
was performed by Rev ]. c. Siler. pastor
OF the church, assisted by Rev. Charles
Ghiselin. D. D., of Shepherdstown, and
was witnessed by alarge number OF friends
of the happy young couple. The church
was handsomely decorated with potted
plants, ferns and roses. Mrs. Hugh
Hammond played the beautiful wedding
marches from Lohengrin and MendelSSohn
and during the cermony o Promise Me.
The bridal party wore costumes giving
the effect of rainbow. The bride wore
white lace over satin and caught with
orange blossoms, and carried a bouquet OF
Bride roses and lilies OF the valley. The
matron of honor was Mrs. w. M. Williams,
OF Boyds, Md, sister of the bride, who
wore white lace trimmed with green satin
and carried pink roses. The brides
maids were Miss Mary Snyder, of Shen-
andoah Junction, who wore pink crepe
de chine and lace, land Miss Doris Siler, of
Martinsburg, wearing blue crepe de chine.
They carried sweet peas. The best man
was MIR. Edgar Osbourn, of Kearneysville.
The uShers were Mr.. Edgar Hammond,
brother of the groom Mr.. Ernest Hen
bricks, of this county, Mr.. Merrel Cecil, OF
Washington, and Mr.. Nelson Snyder, OF
Alexandria, Va. The bride is the daugh-
er of Mr.. Joseph T. White, of Montgom-
cry county, Nd, and niece of Mr.. and
Mrs. John D. McGany, OF this county.
She is graduate nurse. After the we'd
ding Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond LETT in an
automobile for Harper's Ferry, where
they took B. & o. train TO points east.
They received many beautiful presents OF
silver, cut-glass and linen.
A wedding OF unusual interest took
place at Shenandoah Junction Tuesday
morning al the home OF Mrs. E. M. Viii
liams, when her daughter, Miss Ethel
Marguerite Williams, became the bride of
Rev. William Aubrey Lynch, of Cumber-
land, Md. Rev. Frank A. Tyler, OF
Charles Town, performed the ceremony.
The groom is a son OF DR.. w. M. Lynch,
OF Alexandria, Va, and is well known in
this county, having been pastor OF the
Methodist churches al Shenandoah juno
ton and Bakerton for four years. AT
the last annual conference he was ap-
pointed by Bishop Collins Denny as one
OF the pastors OF the Cumberland and
Ridgeley charges. In addition to his
academic and theological training, he has
taken several special courses OF study, in
Guiding the Moody School, at Northfield,
Mass, the Y. M. c. A. in Washington,
and Kings School OF Oratory OF PittSburg.
He won medal in oratory at one OF the
Randolph Macon institutions OF Virginia.
The bride is daughter OF the late S. L.
Williams, of this county, who was the
first president OF the Farmers and Mer-
chants Deposit Company, OF Charles
Town. She is a graduate OF the Southern
Seminary and is one OF the most talented
and accomplished young ladies of Ieffer-
son county. Both bride and groom have
made specially OF young peoples So
cieties, and were energetic workers in
the Epworth Leagues of this county for
several years. They left on train No. 2
OF the B. & o. Railroad fornohhern sum-
mer resorts.
Mr.. John r. Brubaker, OF Libertytown.
Md, and Miss Ada Watcher, OF Walkers
vile, Md, were married yesterday at the
Reformed parsonage in Shepherdstown
by Rev. Guy P. Broadly. They drove
here in an automobile, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Watcher and Mr..
Walter Zimmerman, all Of WalkerSvilIe.
After the wedding the bridal party and
Mr.. and Mrs Bready took dinner at the
Hotel Rumsey.
Mr.. Raleigh w. Dunaway, of Leetown,
and Miss Alice Pauline Simpson were
the principals in pretty home wedding
at the residence OF the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs William Simpson, in Front |
Royal, Va, Wednesday afternoon June
II. The ceremony was performed by |
Rev: John c. Copenhaver. pastor OF the
NJ. E. Church South, OF Front ROYAL. |
Only the two Immediately families were
present.
Miss Jessie Thomas Brown, daughter
of Congressman VIM. g. Brown, OF King
wood, was married yesterday in that
place to Mr.. Robert Luddington Brown,
Jr., OF Parkersburg. The groom is a
graduate OF the West Virginia University
this year.
Miss Gertrude E. Quick, of Charles
Town, and Mr.. Claude Vernon Storm,
of Westminster, Md, were married in
HagerStown last Saturday by Rev. {. L.
Pale The bride was atelephone opera
tor in Charles Town.
Miss Cora Marie Reynolds and Rob-
et w. Ingram, both OF Harper's Ferry,
were married June IA at Samples Manor
by Rev. George w. Mosser, pastor OF
the Church OF God, at that place.
Union Sunday School Basket Picnic.
Everything points to abig time at Nor
gan's Grove or the 4th OF July, when the
union picnic OF the Sunday schools and