Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-15
MRS. WALTER kEEsMAN SHOW,
IDS pOpITI Ar RRIDEEL ECT.

Frs POPULAR BRIDEELECT.
Miss Martha McChesney was "k1tch-
en- showered~ BY Mrs. Walter Reesman
on Monday afternoon. After the
guests assembled q large clothes oas-
ket was brought in and IeposlnS IN
| ;his we're a large number OF necessary
kitchen utensils and equipment. Knit
ting bags we're brought and every one
| worked for an hour or more, when re
freshments were served.
Mrs. Reesman's guests were Miss
Martha McChesney. the honoree,. Mrs
| Merwin Carson, Mrs. Marshall Hen
shaw, Mrs. Reynold B. McGreW, MIS-
Guy Minor. Mrs. Arnett P Matthew's
Mrs. Dickson Mott, Mrs. F. A. Schae'
| Ter, Jr, Mrs. Ralph Clark. Mrs. l.. +.
Hooper, Mrs. Gavien Bush, Miss Marie
Ballentyne. Miss Ruth Soper, MISS
Ruth Anderson, Miss Ruth NcChes'
ney. Miss Dorothy Guild. Miss Gerat
dine Berg, Miss Sara Lucas, Miss Lii
! ian McChesney, Miss Vivian Buck,
land. Miss Letitia Morgan, Miss
Thelma Murphy. Miss Silyan Purvls'
Miss Bernice Halstead, Miss Florence
Ward. Miss Isabel Baker and MISS
Florence Hoffman.
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WITSELL-DOW WEDDING
Miss Daphne Dow arrived from the
coast on Thursday. Yhe same after
noon her wedding to Captain Edward
Fuller Witseil was solemnlzed at the
! home of Col and Mrs. F. c. Boues of 1
Fort Shafter.
The spacious rooms Of the Bulle7
home were effectively decorated with
flags and greenery, making a delig1.'
full effect.
The bride was most becomiT.;iy
gowned in a blue and white after,
noon frock and smart hat. The Mr.
rage lines were read by Canon VIII
lam Ault of st. Andrews Cathedral.
The bridal party stood beenath
canopy Of silken American flags viii
a background of greenery. Colonel
Bolles gave the bride into the groom
keeping.
Mrs Hugo Pits was the matron Of
honor and DR.. Harry Deiber support.
ed the groom.
The End Infantry band played after
the wedding was over and while the
guests were enjoying a wedding s'Ip
per.
Capt. and Mrs. Witsell slipped Gu;et.
ly away to spend their honeymoon on
the other side of the island. On .hciG
return they will be at home to their
friends at Fort Shafter. About 25
guests witnessed the wedding cere.
mony.
CAPT. AND MRS. T. NJ. CHURCH
HONORED.
Capt. and Mrs. Thomas NJ. Church
were kidnapped by masked friends on
Monday evening and driven away from
their home in great secrecy. Arriv-
ing in certain place in Manoa valley
they were ushered into a room and
here all unmasked.. 1t was the
Churches wedding anniversary so
their friends planned a surprise for
them. The program was in the ma.
ture OF progressive Hoover dinner,
each course, involving five different
homes, being entirely according toI
Hoover"
To signalize Captain Church's re-
cent entry into army service the dec.
orations were patriotic.
The friends honoring Captain and
Mrs. Church were Mr.. and Mrs. A. ].
Gignoux, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest B. |
Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Noble, Mr..
and Mrs. Wallace r.. harrington and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Thompson.
Joke gifts were distributed at each
home with funny verses appropriate
to the occasion.
FORMER HONOI,f1T r c1p1 uEnc
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Cards have been received in Homo
lulu announcing the marriage of Miss
Helen Elizabeth Sprinks and William
Ebert MeClendon in San Francisco
on November 81. Miss Sprinks for
five or six years was a stenographer
in the customs service and had manvi
friends here. Mr.. Clendon is an Of
ficer in the United States navy and
also has many acquaintances and
friends in Honolulu.
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MISS BALLENTYNE SHOWERS
MISS McCHESNEY
Miss Martha McChesney was the
hOnOree at a handkerchief sbouor nm