Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
SEVERAL MARRIAGES
WITHIN FORT MONROE.
ture Social Activities at Famous
Chamberiin Hotel.
YALE STUDENTS BANQUETED
Men Training at Fort Make Merry
at Feast and Listen to Southern
Songs-Old Point Has Many
Guests From Principal Cities.

OLD POINT COMFORT. VA. July IS.
Several weddings have taken place
in the last week in the little chapel
within the walls of Fortress Monroe.
| the grooms being in the officers train
ing camp. On Saturday there were
three weddings In the afternoon. Cor
don c. King and Miss Florence Bufiing
ton Stanton. both OF Pittsburgh. being
the first. and that ceremony being per-
formed by the Stcpfather of the bride,
Rev. Rhuell Hampton Merrill, assisted
by Chaplain Pruden. U. s. A. The
bride was attended by Miss Alice Net
Teton. of Syracuse, n. Y. and John NJ.
King was best man for his brother.
After the ceremony, dinner OF
thirty covers was served at the Cham
berlin. The wedding party arrived on
Wednesday on private car as guests
of Wilbur Larimer King. president Of
the Independent Steel Company. and
Mrs. King. parents Of the groom. In
the party were Rev. and Mrs. r. II.
Merrill. parents of tho bride; Rear
Admiral Sidney A. Staunton. u. S. ~.
retired; MIR. and Mrs Harry f. Will
liams; Wilbur and Mildred Stanton.
After shor, wedding trip, Mr.. and
Mrs King returned to Old Point. where
the groom reported for duty, and the
bride Will remain at the Chamberlin
until he gets his orders
a double wedding that same after
| noon in the chapel was Of unusual in
terest. Miss Ruth Stella Piers. daugh-
| ter of MIR. and Mrs. Edward Piers. and
| Gordon Ewing. son of Rev. and Mrs.
| William Ewing. all Of Providence, r.
| l., and Miss Martha Henrietta Gibson
and Russell d. Lanier. all Of BirminG-
| ham. Ala, were married by Chap
| lain Pruden. u. $. a. The mothers Of
/ the brides gave them In marriage, and
Miss Kathleen Donaldson. of Balti-
more. Md. and Harold Norris. OF the
officers training camp. were the only
! attendants.
After a brief trip they returned to
Old Point, where the grooms reported
for duty at the officers training camp
and the brides at the Baybank Cottage
on the boulevard until the close OF
camp.
The students OF Yale who are In the
officers training camp had banquet
last Wednesday evening in the Cham
berlin. where there were 100 present
College songs were sung after which
Willie Washington. the weli-known
| colored pianist and his quartet OF
singers entertained them with varied
program of Southern songs.
Mrs. Everett Waddey and Miss Car
rie Waddey. left Wednesday for their
home in Richmond. after spending sew
eral weeks at the Chamberlin
New Workers arriving this week In
cluded Mrs. Alfred w. Church and
Miss Josephine Church. Miss Ann Nc
Whorter. Charles II. Barnwcll, MIR.
and Mrs a. y. Connect. Miss Char
lotte Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Henry ].
Dowds. Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Coberts, OF
Mt Vernon. \. Y; Mr.. and Mrs. :. ].
Ruckes. Paul b. Hoeber. John G. Gus
leigh. Lowndes y. Blake. Charles
Schaefer. Jr., III. c. Frick.
Philadelphians who arrived this
week were MIR. and Mrs. H. c. Brazary.
Andrew r.. Sisson. Mr.. and Mrs Ben
jamin krehl. Benjamin H. Warmls-
ley.
From Washington came Mrs e B.
Pendleton. Misses Adeline and Anna
Pendieton. Dorothy l.. Denham, John
l.. West. Miss L. Phillips, Miss II. NJ.
Smith. John j. Rothermcl, Alfred Raw
nor Bcllinger. Charles Brooks. James
II. Hayden. John II. Brickert, Edward
a. Fisher. Morris w. Mclean. ]. New
man Perry and John NJ. Mason.
Baltimoreans who have been at the
Chamberlin in the last few days are:
D. Riddle Greene. Edward NJ. Newton.
MISS Margaret Sinter, NJ. Il. Crisp, Mrs