Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-30

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| molly, running cedar and lighted can
! dies in great silver 7candlcsticks, which
arc hcirlooms i'll the lrby family. M:s.
| Wilfrcd Epcs and Mrs. II. j.. billiard
| were mistrcsscs Of ceremonies, and
Miss Angela Garrett played the we'd
| White, Jr., on the VIOLIN Rev. T. o.
| Suite, assisted by Rev. r. l.. McNair,
| performed the ceremony.
| Tho bride wore 4 quaint wedding
! gown OF duchess satin trimmed in
pearls. with a veil OF illusion fastened
with orange blossoms. Her only orna-
| mcnts were pearl necklace and an
old miniature. both heirlooms in the
family. Miss Ella NJ. Irby, who was
| her sisters maid of honor, wore a
gown or pink crepe de chine and pannc
velvet and carried pink roses. Lieu
tenant w. B. Hopkins. of Richmond, a
member of the Mcclure hospital unit
! was best man. The bridesmaids in
| cludcd Misses Rosa Stewart and Fannie
r.. Turner, Of Petersburg. and Martha
Fitzgerald, of Blackstone. They wore
similar gowns of purple Gcorgctte
crepe and satin, with black picture
! hats and furs. and carried La France
! roses. The groomsmcn were James Lee
! Saunders. of IIuddlcston, and Brady
| Saunders, of Richmond, brothers of the
! groom, and Hunter II. Irby. of Black
stone, brother OF the bride. and the
! ushcrS were DIR. j. +. Irby, Everett
| Irby, Richard iiardaway, Lieutenant j.
:. Cahill, OF Richmond. Little Mildred
/ Epcs, daughter of Mr.. Wilfred Epcs
! and little Claude Irby, nephew of the
| bride, carried the ring in pink rose
/ Out-of-town guests were: William
| Mitchell, Of Graham; II. i. Williams
I Norfolk: James Lee Saunders, Huddlcs-
/ ton: BRADY Saunders, Lieutenant W. r.
| Hopkins. Lieutenant James CahilI. Rich
mond; Miss Rosa Stewart. Miss Fannie
| Turner. Petersburg.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Saunders left for a trip
/ TO Cuba for about a month, and will
later be a, home in Norfolk
! studio Ten.
| Mrs. Henry Gibson Houston Misc
Adele Clark and Miss Nora Houston
| viii bc al homo al their atelier corner
| OF Second and Franklin Streets. We'd
! ncsday afternoon from 4:30 to ESQ
! o'clock. Miss Helen Stockdell will pour
/ tea. Glasses 4 the atelicr will be re-
/ sumed the latter part Of this week
| Dinner at Country Club.
| Miss Mildred Williams, daughter OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. William Reid Williams.
| Of Park Avenue, was guest of honor
last evening at 4 pretty dinner given
, by her parents at the Country Club Of
! Virginia The table was decorated in
! poinsettias and Christmas greens. with
! candles shaded in scarlet, and gay little
holiday cards marked the places OF the
| guests. Covers were laid for forty-six
| and those present included the girls
! who were to have been presented to
! society this season. few OF last sea
/ sons debutantes, number of Rich
/ mond men and officers from Camp Lee
! The guests remained for the informal
! hop at the club following dinner.
I For Miss Nelson.
! Miss Laura Nelson. daughter of Mr..
! and Mrs. William Hugh Nelson. was
! guest of honor yesterday afternoon at
I an attractive dansant given by her
/ mother At her home, oo4 West Grace
! street, from $3.50 TO $50 o'clock. The
! parlors were decorated everywhere in
: molly. evergreen and scarlet flowers
, and white roses were used in the din
/ inS- room. Assisting Mrs. Nelson and
I MISS Nelson in receiving were Misses
Virginia Ellington. Lewis Warren,
I Hazeltine Watson and Ida Byrd War
! wick. About fifty members OF the
younger set were present.
At the Woman's Club.
| most interesting affair at Woman's
| club Monday afternoon at o'clock
/ will be the reading of Til Rivals"
! by Professor c. Edmund Neil, Of the
University Of Virginia. Mrs. T. Ran
dolph Williams is chairman of the af
I Al
tend promptly. Professor Neil needs
I no introduction to the Woman's Club
as his readings are always among the
| most notable features of the club sea-
/ son, and a large audience will be pres
/ ent TO hear him.
The hostcsses for the afternoon in
cludc: Mcsdames Karl Blackwell. Her
bert Mann, George Bryan. Otto Theo-
/ dore Hess, Robert NJ Blanl:enship. John
Hancock. James j. Hickey. Andrew
Gray, Charles II. Larus. Jr. William s
| DrewrT, Robert Jones. James Aston
| Cabell and Miss Mary Greenhow John
| ston.
10 Celebrate Golden Wedding.
! Rev and Mrs. w. A. Laughon, OF this
| city, Will celebrate the fftieth anniyer-
sary OF their marriage on Monday.
Penk-Hopkinc.
a beautiful wedding. and one of more
than usual interest WAS solemnized
December 20, a o'clock, in Scott Me-
mortal Methodist Church, Rocky Mount.
when Miss Alice Ellington Peak, daueh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Halifax W. Peak.
was married to Walter Lee Hopkins,
oil Ambulance Company, No. SIS, now
stationed at Camp Lee, awaiting orders
Tor oversee service. The brides pastor
Rev j. Il. Eggleston ofliciated.
me wedding was set for Thursday of
last week, but because of a change in
MT. HopkIns's furlough, owing 10 the
eXisencies of the service, it was set
forward few days.
The decorations in the church were
carried out very artistically in ever
greens spruce and laurel. with MANY
candles lighted
MISS Myrtle Shoaf had charge of the
music and before the ceremony render
cd an elaborate program
Before the ceremony Miss Thurzetta
Thomas, of Roanoke. sang 20 Perfect
Love. During the ceremony, Miss
Shoaf played Sweet and Low" Mem
delssohn's Wedding March was used s
professional and the Bridal Chorus
from Lohengrin, as occasional
The ushers were: Joe Joplin. Edgar
| Montgomery, 4. il. Hopkins, Clark
Hopkins, Peter Saunders. ". D. Bucker
Ward Peak. and Lieutenant j. S. Cahill
of Richmond
The maid OF honor. Miss Mary
Wright, Of Newberry. S. c.. a cousin Of