Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-16
attend commencement
At MILITARY ACADEMY
DIR. and Mrs. Tompkins Witness
Graduation of Their Son
ut West Point.
SEVERAL WEDDINGS To-DA,
Many Richmond People Are Leaving
for SeasllOre and Mountain Re-
sorts-lIOuse Parties Are Held ut
Country Homes.


kins, have returned to Richmond after
point, n. y. to witness the graduation
OF William f.. TOmpkins at the
United States Military Academy there
Mr.. Tompkins is spending several days
as the guest of friends In New York
before returning 10 Richmond 10 visit
ms parents. Dr. and Mrs. Tompkins
NJ ll6 East Franklin Street.
Weddings To-day.
Several weddings Of note will be
celebrated to-day. This morning at
II o'clock the wedding OF Miss Myrtle
;. BEDFORD, daughter OF Mrs. Lillian
a. BEDFORD and the late William
Nicholas Bedford, to Peyton Rowe. son
OF Captain ". =. Rowe, of Fredericks-
burg. Will be celebrated in the home
~ the bride l0l East Franklin Street
only relatives and intimate friends
VII! he present,
Miss Mary Blair Carncal, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs Argyle c. Carncal
VIII become the bride OF Edgar Cary
CpEhur. Of this city. this evening at
$3.50 o'clock in the home Of the brides
parents. 202 West Grace street, Rev.
j. Y. Downnon. u. D, rector OF All
saints Episcopal Church. officiating
Miss Edith Argyle Carneal. sister Of
tn" bride. aud Miss Jean McGraw will
ne maids OF honor, and Horace Upshur
or Charlotte. y. c, will act as best
erty. Jr., and Jane O'Flahcrty will hold
the ribbons.
y number q: Richmond relatives
nave gone TO East Radford TO be pres
ent at the marriage this evening of
Miss Lily Tyler. daughter Of the for
mer Governor Of Virginia and Mrs.
j. Hodge Tyler. to Henry Harrison
Wilson, of New York. which takes pla &c
very quietly IN "iia!wick." the coun-
try home OF the brides parents. Mrs.
o! the n'It-"f-t"wn relatives Ia Rad
ford for the wedding tonight,
Younger Set Entcrtnincd.
y Charming afternoon party
place Monday at "Mniborya." tho
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Scot: Parrish.
when their young daughter. Miss
Eleanor Parrish, entertained a number
of her friends at an informal tea party
In the garden there. The affair took
place At 1 o'clock. and the tea table
was arranged with sweet Peas. Among
Miss Parrish's guests were: Misses
Katherine Graham, Bland Cox. Mar
Garet Johns. Elizabeth Witt. Agnes
Bull. Alice and Marion Meredith. Beth
Palmer, Elizabeth Cecil. Imoecn Cor
don. Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth
Gwn,hmey, Katherine Minor and Nellie
Meade.
Mi.. wci.IIcr 10 Wed.
Another interesting ceremony Of this
evening viii be that OF Miss Nora
Southall Weisigcr daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Ellis Wc!siger. and John
Waddey Hamilton. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles =. Hamilton, OF Martinsv!lle,
which takes place at ESQ o'clock in
the home of the brides parents. with
Rev. Thomas y. Smoot. D D., pastor
OF Centenary Methodist Church. OIL
ciating. Mrs. Henry X. Ellyson. Jr..
honor. and Cyrus ". Reale Will act
as best man. Mr. Wcisiger Will give
his daughter away.
To Receive on Thur.dny.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Lang. of San An
tonic, Tex. announce tho engagement
TO Merrill +. Raab. OF this city. \
reception viii be held In the jefferson
Hotel in honor OF the event on Thurs
day evening Mr.. Rnab is son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmanuel Raab. OF West
Franklin street.
Al Ocean View.
The out-of-town arrivals AT the
Ocean View Hotel are Mr.. and Mrs. +.
Il Thyers. Mr.. and Mrs. 3. c. Sand
berg and Miss Madeline Ravens. from
Richmond Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ Darncll.
c. w owen. Of Roanoke: Mr. and Mrs
Washington: Mr.. and Mrs j. +. Wolf.
OF pisputanta: Mir. and Mrs. j. IL Fox.
Raleigh. y. c.; W. Il. Colthurst. j. w.
Gsith. a. F. Triplctt, p. Colthurst,
Hugh Barth. OF Charlottesville; Mrs. L.
Smallyan. of Atlanta. Ca: {. $ Pratt,
Of New York Mr.. and Mrs. r S. stacy
and son, OF Bristol; II. y. stacy d. %.
stacy. OF Marion; DR.. II. G.. Father. Of
Charlottesville; b. y. Rice. of Forest
Depot Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ GrodberG. OF
Worcester. Mass Mr. and Mrs S. Good
man, OF Philadelphia, Pa: Mr.. and
Mrs. L. NJ La Rogue. Mr.. and Mrs. l..
V Fennell Miss VI. Walker and II. c.
Hines. Kinston. y. c.
Notwithstanding
one OF the most beautiful weddings
Of the season was solemnized last night
AT 0 O'Clock at the Northside Baptist
Church. Highland Park. when Miss
Elizabeth Page Spratley, daughter of
Mrs. America j. and the late William
Spratley. became the bride Of Allan
Chester Woodbridge.
The groom is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Woodbridge, of Highland Park.
and a grandson of the late DIR. 7. J.
Woodbridge, of Hanover County.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
S. II. Templeman, pastor of the North
side Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. G..
ii. BogGs The church was tastefully
decorated in white roses and palms.
The bride was charmingly gowned in
a costume of crepe meteor trimmed
with pearls and an overdress of tulle.
Her veil of illusion was caught with
orange blossoms. and she carried a
shower bouquet OF Srlue roses ana
lilies OF the valley. Her maid of honor,
Miss Gale Louise Spratley, of Peters
burg, was gowncd in lace trimmed with
pink satin. and carried a Colonial bou-
uuet of pink roses and lilies of the val
ley The matron of honor. Mrs. Leroy
Brown. wore white, carrying a French
bouquet of pink roses and snapdragons.
The bridesmaids, Misses Allene Amer
lea Sintace, OF Newport News; Marga-
ret Worthington Enslow. Sue Douglas
Starke and Elizabeth Austin SPOTS. Of
Highland Park, wore white taffeta
trimmed in green velvet, and carried
semi showers of pink roses touched
with white. Flower girls. little Eleanor
Hamilton Kable and Gertrude Temple
man. wore point dc esprit with white
ribbons, and carried baskets of pink
roses
The best man was william Catlin
and the ushers were Louis Radcliffe,
and Percy Holiday, of Richmond, and