Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-26
.67th YEAR

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ga Tho summer season. SO far as the
calendar is concerned. draws to Il close
this week. The first Of September
ushers in the fall. but society will not
return to town until some time In
October. September and October are
golden months in the country. and at
tractive house parties have been
planned at country places in Virginia
Tor that season OF the year. Most Of
the country places are kept open far
INTO the autumn. and the house party
Is the favorite mode of diversion. when
ono chooses the guests with fine pro-
clsion. like ones bonnets.''
,.-here is no abatement in the sum-
ner marriages, and the month Of Sep
TENDER will chronicle almost as many
ceremonies as August and July.
a number of relatives and friends
from Richmond will go to Hollins Wed
nesday TO attend the wedding of Miss
Jane Harwood Cooke. daughter nr Mr..
and Mrs. Lucian Howard Cooke. to
Samuel King Funkhouser. Of New York
CITY. son OF Mrs. A. p. Funkhouser
and the late DR.. A. p. Funkhouser. of
Sarrisonburg. The wedding will be a
company OF relatives and friends will
be present. The ceremony will take
place at o'clock in the long drawing
room OF Hollins College. and the re-
ception Will be held OH the lawn.
Miss Mary Stuart Cooke will be her
sisters maid of honor and only at
tendant, and Lieutenant Edward Funk
houser, OF the U. $. reserve corps, will
be his brothers best man. The ccre-
mony Will be performed by Rev. B. F.
Wilson. D. D.. OF Harrisonburg. assist
ed by Rev George Braxton Taylor.
chaplain at HL..ns.
= Another important wedding to be
celebrated this week Is tina. of Miss
Marion Louise Michaux. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs William Walthall Michaux,
OF Powhatan County. to William Barker
Bullock. of Philadelphia. The cere-
mony Will take place Saturday at high
noon at "Michaux Grant," the home OF
the brides parents. '.Michaux Grant.
M one OF the oldest and most historic
estates in Virginia. Miss Michau1
Is widely and prominently related
throughout the State. She is a niece
of Mrs. John H. ingram and has fire.
quently visited relatives and friends
here. great many guests from Rich
mond will attend the wedding Satur-
day In Powhatan.
There will be the usual informal
dancing at the Country Club OF Vir-
ginia, and several interesting supper
parties will be given there and at the
new Hermitage Club Saturday evening.
BRENT WITT.
Guest of Mas Moore.
Miss Cornclia Elizabeth Bedford. of
~, On Lab
the guest of Miss Mary Elizabeth Moore
Il at her apartment in the Chesterfield
Miss Bedford has been in Washington
for some time past.
Engagement Announced.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wellington
EaGement OF their daughter. Lynda
McClanahan. to DR.. Christopher c.
Vaughan. Jr., also OF Richmond. The
wedding will take place carly in &C.
tober.
Atkins-Boudar.
Mrs. Henry Clinton Boudar announces
the engagement Of her daughter Ethel.
to Captain Presley Thornton Atkins.
United States reserve corps. the we'd
ding to take place very quietly Monday
evening at the brides home. 1885 West
Grace Street. Captain Atkins who has
recently received his commission at
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. is
was a Miss Ryland. of Richmond. and
widely related in Virginia. He will be
stationed at Louisville. Ky. where he
and his bride will make their home
+ Tor the present
Prominent Wedding.
wedding OF much interest to So
ciety in Richmond and all over Vir-
ginIa was celebrated Thursday in War
renton. when Miss Margaret Wrigley.
daughter of Mrs. William w. wrigley.
Of Macon Ga. was married to William
Harris Gaines. son OF Colonel and Mrs.
Greenville Gaines, OF Warrenton. The
ceremony took place very quietly at I
o'clock at st. James Episcopal Church.
Rev w. G. Pendleton officiating TIL.
groom. who is young attorney of
Warrenton. was educated at the Uni
versity of Virginia. and will enter the
second training camp for the. reserve
officers at Fort Myer next week. He is
the brother of Mrs. Joseph Bell OF
Greenville. S. c., who formerly made
her home In this city. and of Miss Eliz :
beth Gaines, who frequently visits in
(, Richmond. where she is always extern
eively entertained by fashionable So
ciety. The wedding, although quiet
affair, is Of much interest in the South.
where the bride and groom are both
prominently related.
Marriage Announced.
Mrs. Gus +. 10th announces the mar
riage OF her daughter, Norma Augusta,
to Robert P. Walker. of Asheville. N.
c. The ceremony was quietly per-
formed by Rev. Oscar Guthe. only the
Immediate family being present After
an extended stay in the South Mr. and
Mrs. Walker will be at their home.
EOS Griffin Avenue. Rowland Park.
In the North.
Miss Jane Cushman is spending some
time In the Green Mountains of Yer
mont, with her cousin, Miss G. T. Rog-
ers. Miss Mary Cushman is the guest
of her brother. Morris Cushman.
House Party for Younger Set.
!, Miss Eleanor Parrish. the young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Par-
IRISH. of "Miniborya". and Richmond,
has been the hostess at house party
! this week at the summer homo of her
parents near this city. She gave a
pretty dance Thursday in honor OF her
guests, and the invitations were linn
lied to the members of the schoo. set
of boys and girls in town for the hol-
days Among those present were:
Misses Maria Adkins. Polly Jones, of
Georgia; Louisa Greene. of Norfolk;
Catherine Miller, Quincy Laudstreet.