New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-17
Society
Miss Wells Bride of John
Scott Browning, Jr.-
Colon-Petit Wedding

married yesterday afternoon in ST. Bar
tholomew's Church TO John Scott
Browning, jr. The ceremony was per-
formed by Bishop William b. Leonard,
of Ohio, a cousin of the bride, assisted
by the Rev. Edward Livingston Wells
her uncle. A small reception followed
at the home Of DR.. and Mrs. Wells.
The brides gown was Of white satin
embroidered in pearls, with a court
train, over which fell lace veil, worn
with cap effect. She carried a bouquet
of white orchids and lilies-of-the-yal-
ley.
Miss Dorothy Pomeroy Wells was
f her sisters maid of honor, and the
/ other attendants were Mrs. George
Watson Hall Smith, of Providence;
Mrs. Talbot Jones Taylor. jr, Miss
I Caryl HackstafT and Miss Rita Boxer.
Louise Wells Curtis and Elizabeth Mix
ter Wells, cousins of the bride, were
flower girls.
Browning's best man, and the ushers
were Paul Hyde Bonner, Francis ].
Henderson, Lawrence Phillips, Francis
VI. Simonds, jr. l.. Hamilton Campbell
and Frederic r. Coudert, jr Robert
King Munroe and j. Berry OnderhIll,
ir., who were TO have served as ushers,
were called TO Plattsburg with the
Officers Reserve Corps.
In All Angels Church, West End
Avenue and ,Eighty-frst Street, yester-
day afternoon, Miss Retta Clark Colon,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Ed
ward Colon, became the bride OF
Leicester Sterling Petit, second son
of Franklin Petit, of this city. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
I DR.. S. De Lancey Townsend, and re-
ception followed at the Lucerne.
Mrs. James Harden, who, as Miss
Coda Carrea, was married little less
than a year ago, was the matron OF
honor; Miss Sally Jean Petit, sister
of the bridegroom, and Miss Mary {.
Young were the maids Of honor; and
Miss Lucille Price, of Brooklyn; Miss
Beatrice Emo Werhan, Of Nyack; Miss
. Margaret Erskine Waterman, Of Cali
( fornia. and Miss Ruth Hutchinson, OF
/ Augusta, Ga, were the bridesmaids.
There were three flower girls, nieces
. of the bride-Miss Eleanor and Miss
Katherine Meeks, Of Woodcliff, \. j.,
and Marion Colon Rogers, of Lee, Mass.
Franklin Petit, jr.. served as his
brothers best man, and the ushers
were Alexander Lyle, jr., Ralph II.
Schmid. George F. Schmid, II. X. Pow
ell. Leon w. Slack and Dudley W. Wal
lace.
Miss Gladys Ida Platten. daughter of
! Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley Platten, OF
5S7 West End Avenue, was married
Yesterday afternoon, in the ballroom OF
/ the Hotel St. Regis, to Charles Frost
Hurd. ir.. OF this city, son of Dir. and
Mrs. Charles Frost Hurd, Of Medina,
/ y. Y. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. DR.. Edgar Whitaker Work, oil
i the Fourth Presb yterian Church.
The bride was attended by Mrs Ar
tbur G.. Weidenhammer, Of this city, as
matron of honor The other attend
ants were Mrs. William Hugh Cover
dale. Mrs. James W. Proctor, Miss
Selma SommeIville and Miss Bar
bara Chase Leonora Weidenhammer,
daughter of the maid OF honor, was the
flower girl. William Hugh Coverdale,
jr., served as page.
George Abbott Brownell was Mr..
Hurd's best man. MIR. Hurd is presi-
dent of the United States Mortgage
and Trust Company. lie and his bride
will live at $50 West l4lst Street.
/ Announcement has been made Of the
engagement Of Miss Priscilla Peabody'
IA n
body. of 80 East Fifty-fourth Street, to
Jobn Alden Talbot, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward y. Talbot. The announcement
was made at luncheon given yester-
dav by Mrs. Peabody. Dir. Talbot is
with the Officers Reserve Corps at Fort
Myer
Mrs. Robert Olyphant, Of 70 West
Fiftv-Gfth Street. gave a dinner last
night at the Colony Club for Miss
Grace Oakley and Robert ". ELEPHANT
ir.. who are TO be married on June b.
I Mr. Olyphant is member Of the AVA
lion Corps. at Mineola. Long Island.
The quests at dinner, thirty in mum
her. included Mr. and Mrs. William i.
Anderson. Mr.. and Mrs. Sullivan W.
Jones. AIR. and Mrs. Butler Whiting
Mir. and Mrs. Lewis +. Burrough, MISS
Elaine Oakley. Miss Ruth Olyphant,
Miss Helen Underhill. Everitt Dom
mick. d. Raymond Noyes and Joseph
II. Stevenson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Irving Avery
of Auburn, n. Y, announce the engage
mont of their daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Pomeroy Avery, to Allan {. Blackwell,
son of Mrs. Thomas ". Blackwell OF
New York.
Announcement has been made of the
4 engagement of Miss Susan Everett Col
Cafe. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Colbv Colgate. of lG West Fifty
seventh Street. TO DR.. Mather Cleve-
land. of this city. and son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ncwcomb Cleveland, Of Den
vcr DR.. Cleveland is on the house stan
of the Presbyterian Hospital, and holds
a commission in the medical reserve.
Judge and Mrs. Peter a. 0'Boyle, Of
West Pittston, Penn, have announced
tho engagement Of their daughter, Miss
Rosaie Geneyieve O'Boyle, TO DT.
Macmillan A. RAMIREZ, son OF FRANK
]. RAMIREZ, Of 1889 Madison Avenue.
Nv and Mrs. c. Moutagu Ward, Of
157 East Eighty-hrst Street have an
uounced the engagement of Their
DAUGHTER. Miss Frances Montagu ward
IN leonard Cox, son Of Kenyon Cox,
the mural painter. and Mrs. Cox, OF
i90 East Sixty-seventh Street Miss
Ward is a granddaughter Of the late
Charles II. Ward head Of the banking
firm Of Ward Co. She is a cousin Of
Julia Ward Howe. Mr.. Cox is grad
nate of Princeton, class Of 1915, and Is
an architect. lie is now at Plattsburg.
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