Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-29
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Harrison became the bride OF Charles
Hill Carter. OF High Hills. prominent
lumbcrman and farmer. This widGinG
Is or much interest TO Eastern Virginia
society on account of the prominence
OF both the families In the history and
social life OF the State. Miss IIarri-
son on the maternal side. Is dcsccn-
dant OF Sir Richard StraChan. famous
in English history. and OF President
James Madison. ON IN" patcrnal side
she is Al descendant OF benjamin Ilnr-
r!son siEncr OF the Declaration Of In
dependence, OF President William Henry
Harrison and relative OF Ben jnmln Iiar-
riSon cXPrcsidcnt OF the United states.
! MIR Carter is member OF that distln-
guiShed family which has been promi-
| ncnt in political and social circles in
4 tho State since Colonial days. and Is
near relative OF Ex-Governor Henry
X Carter Stuart, OF Virginia. The church
was artist!ca!ly decorated in evcrsrccns
and wild flowers and softly lighted By
candles. Rev Winfield Shicrs, pastor
u of Wcstovcr Parish. ofticjatcd at the
I ceremony and Mrs. u. Gardiner Tyler.
OF Sherwood Forest" rendered tho
wedding music Her daughter Miss
Mary Lyon Tyler. rendered several
h vocal selections.
/ The bride entered tho church with
Y her brother. William VI. Harrison. u
Hopcwcll. She wore q lovely panoled
white silk dress trimmed in pearl
beads and old lace. and carried q bou-
I quet OF orchids and lilies OF the valley.
/ Her Attendants carried aZ2lcas. Miss
\ Il. Gertrude Gil. Of Petersburg, at
\ tended the bride as maid of honor, and
Mrs. H. :. Saunders. o! Upper Shirley"
I was matron OF honor. Miss Dorothca
Harrison was flower girl The brides
! maids were: Miss ElO!se Beck with OF
Z Washington: Miss Maria Carter. ot city
Point; Miss Mary Randolph carter OF
High Inns; VI ISIS L.pttic Cox. OF Ch"s-
ter; Miss sue Jones. of Ncston. and
\ Miss Sue Runin. OF "l:vclynton." The
| grooms best man was Hugh =. Iag-
: rison, OF Weston" and the groousmen
were Lieutenant Thomas ". Clark
} Camp Lee; Lieutenant 7. 9. Wilcox
Camp Lee; y. l.. Johnson. "BucklHud';
II. :. Saunders. Upper Shirley. Rich-
ard GIL. University OF Virginia, and
{ William NJ. Harrison. o: C!iy Point.
| Many out-of-town guests were pros
Z ont, among whom We're Mrs. Il. Carter
Z Wexford. OF sabine Han: Mrs. Lewis
Blair and Miss Frances sparrow, OF
Richmond; Mrs, h. s. GIN. Nh. and Mrs.
ii. :. Gin. Miss Gertrude CHI ANA Rich
ard Gill. OF Petersburg; Mrs Vernon
Gresham. OF Portsmouth: Miss E!oise
Beckwith, Of Washington. Mrs. n. l.
Owen. Miss Virginia Walden. Miss Eliza
beth oven, Miss Katherine Taylor ana
Randolph NJ. owen. DIR. and Mrs j.. A.
Saunders. Jr., Mrs. T.. 81 Saunders, Ill.
ana MISS Mary saunders, OF ItlChlubNG.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Eppos. ~ ". iiar-
yison. William VI. Harrison. Miss Maria
Carter, Mr. and N.Y.. T. .. Carmine. Mir,
and Mrs. L. " Tyla- and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh West and Masses Atalu ana May
Walker. OF City Point
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter let. to- an cx-
tended Southern tour and will 10. at
homo at "iilEh lIls" Charles C.ty
County. after May ..
! lieutenant Walker iIonorcd.
OF much Interest here and through
out the state is the announcement: that
Lieutenant; Henri DAWN walker. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs Thomas II. Walker
and grandson Of tho late General Lind
say Waller, has been appointed one Of
two aerial Observers on tho staff OF
Majcr-ti neral Harry 9. Hale. Lieu
tenant Walker has made q brilliant
record for himself since entering tho
army. and this is sigma! honor that
he has won. He is an alumuus OF the
Virginia Military Institute. graduating
eleventh IN his class in 1911. and also
attended McGu!rc's unlvers!ty school
I'm this city.
At the Woman. Club.
Captain .Armistead Dohlr. o. CamD
Lee. aid 10 General Cronkhi,e. who has
4 recently returned from France. was cx-
{ pectcd to be the speaker at the Wo-
mans club this afternoon. but on ac-
count OF military orders. he notified
Mrs J. Allison Hodges, the president
last night that he would be unable to
come to Richmond this afternoon. Il is
, hoped that hc will be able 10 address
{ the club At later date. The address
this afternoon VIII be o. patriotic
character and VIII he delivered BY DR.
Douglas & Freeman.
Tea Will be served AT the conclusion
OF the program. and hostcsses for the
afternoon include Mrs. Charles Worth
am. Mrs. w. d. Thomas, Mrs John
Kerr Branch, Mrs. George Il McAdams
Mrs. Jonathan Bryan, Mrs. w. l.. T.
Rogerson. Mrs. w. w. Cobb Mrs. II. T.
Agnew, Mrs. George Winch, Mrs p. l.,
Conquest. Mrs. Samuel Cecil Graham
and Mrs Y. J. Hickok. An excellent
musical program VIII he rendered
Miss Mary Frayser, tho urban dem
onstration agent. vii! speak at the
Womnn's Club Wednesday, afternoon at
4:So o'clock. Her subject Will he THE
Ideals and Aims NJ Home Demonstva-
ton Work for Richmond"
Word has been received here OF the
safe arrival overseas of Lieutenant s.
Merrill Bcmiss. During his absence
his wife. formerly Miss Louise Terrell.
will reside with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs S. II. Be'niss, at the Boulevard
Apartments.
Enlargement Announced
An engagement OF much interest 10
relatives and friends in Richmond. as
well as throughout SouIhsidc Virginia.
Is that Of Miss Mollie Drake, dauGhtc;
of the late James ELY Drake ana .Irs
Pattie Joyner Drake, Southampton
County. to Thomas Matthews Sncllings.
of Richmond The wedding viii be
celebrated very quietly Tuesday morn
ing. April so, at the home Of the bride
upon their country estate, with onls
the immediate families in attendance.
Plan Big May Fctc
The board Of managers OF the
Female Humane association. OF which
Mrs.. Lewis c. Williams is presihcn,
is husily engaged in arranging for the
May fcte which. through the cour.
tcsy of Mrs. John shelton Williams,
will he held at Paxton" on the after
neon of May 23 from to 7 o'clock
The terrace will be gay with booths.
and all sorts Of novel features VIII
be introduced. Refreshments will be