New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-28
Norton-Scully
Wedding at Home
Of Brides Uncle
Honeymoon in South Fol-
lows Ceremony by the
Rev. DR.. Burrell
Miss Goodwin Engaged
Sewing Class of Fresh Air
Association Meets at Home
of Mrs. Clark

Miss Virginia Rees Scully was mar
ried yesterday afternoon at the home
of her uncle and aunt. DR.. and Mrs.
Alvah H. Doty, 205 West Fifty-seventh
Street, to Chester Human Norton. The
wedding was very quiet and simple en-
account of the recent Illness of the
bride, and only relatives and few
/ friends were present at the ceremony,
which was performed by the Rev. DR..
Blirrell. of the Collegiate Church OF
ST. Nicholas.
/ The bride, who was given away by
her guardian, William Rees, of Pitts
burgh, wore gown of silver cloth
yelled in pearl embroidered tulle. The
tulle train was embroidered in duchess
and rose point lace and she wore
tulle veil arranged with orange bios
SONS. She carried orchids and white
sweetpeas and wore a circlet Of dia-
monds, the gift Of the bridegroom.
Miss Jane Singer was the maid OF
honor. and she was dressed in pale taf-
feta yelled in orchid colored tulle, with
which she wore a brown velvet hat.
Huntley Gibson, of Louisville, was
Mr.. Norton's best man. There were no
ushers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norton will spend their
honeymoon in the South. They will live
in this city.
Mrs. Beverly Ward, or 81 West Fifty
eighth Street, announces the engage
ment of her daughter, Miss Caroline do
Laneey Ward, to Edgar Melville Ward.
son of the late Edgar NJ. Ward, the
painter. Miss Ward. who was intro
duced 70 society three years ago, is
sister of Miss Jane $ Ward, who made
her debut this winter. She is niece
of Mrs. II. Ward Ford. Mrs. Robert Nc
Curdy and Mrs. Luther Kountze.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Coogan. Of
West Chester, announce the engage
meut of their daughter, Miss Teresa NJ.
Coogan, to DR.. William Boozan. OF
Elizabeth, ~ j. The wedding will take
place in June at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Coogan.
The engagement Of Miss Anita God
win, second daughter of R. J. Goodwin.
of Larchmont, 20 Captain Philip A.
Curry, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Z
Curry, of Southampton, England, has
lust been announced. Captain Curry,
who has been invaded from the Brit
ish army, is an officer in the 9TH OK
fordshire and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry, and was wounded at the sec
ond battle of Ypres, in June, 1918. The
wedding probably will take place early
next summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Platten, Of 5s7
West End Avenue, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
GLADYS |. Platten, TO Charles Frost
Hurd, jr., of this city. Miss Plstten
: was graduated from Wellesley College
in 1911 and Mr.. Hurd from Williams
in 1910 Mr.. Hurd is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs Charles F. Hurd, of Medina,
IN. Y, and nephew of Mr.. and Mrs.
George F. Brownell. Of this city.
Mrs. R. Frederick Taylor, of Worces-
ter. Mass, announces the engagement
of her daughter, Miss Margaret Chap
man Taylor, to Edward Livingston
Davies, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Theodore Davies, Of so East Fifty
eighth Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Aylette Buck.
ner, of Riverdale, announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter, Miss Mary
Olive Buckner TO William Lawrence
Royal, of Richmond, Va.
The marriage of Miss Frances Watts,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ethelbert
Watts. of Philadelphia. TO Theodosius
Fowler Stevens, will take place on Sat
urday, March "a, in Philadelphia.
Miss Caroline Morgan will give a
dinner this evening at her house, SCI
Park Avenue, and later take her guests
to Carnegie Hall, where Alfred Noyes
will give reading Of his poems.
The sewing class Of the Fresh Air
Association Of the Cathedral Of st.
John the Divine held its first meeting
of the season yesterday morning at the
home of Mrs. Stephen c. Clark, as Ess.
Seventeen Street. The officers OF the
class for this yesr are Mrs. Frank
Hunter Potter, president; Mrs. Richard
Irwin. vice-president; Mrs. John II.
Iseln, secretary, and Miss Julia G. Nc
Allister, treasurer.
Among the members are Mrs. Charles
B. Alexander, Mrs. Ira Davenport, Mrs.
Joseph S. Auerbaeh, Mrs. James L.
Barclay. Mrs. Clarence NJ. Hyde, Mrs.
Clough c. Overton, Mrs. Louis T. Hoyt,
Mrs. Philip A. s. Franklin, Mrs. Caro-
line L. Morgan. Mrs. Frank S. Wther-
bee, Mrs. David II. Greer and Mrs.
Henry NJ. Tilford
The next meeting will be held on
March 20 at the home Of Mrs. John X.
Iselin.
A meeting OF the sewing class aiding
Mother Katherine Drexels work among
Indians and negroes will be held to-day
at the home of Miss Bouvier. Il West
Forty-sixth Street.
~
Frits v. Holm, who returned . skoC&
time ago from a mission to the vatiesn,
has gone to Palm Beach for few
weeks.
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