Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-04
WINTER WEDDINGS.

CURED Thursday night, November
18th, at Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church, when Miss Frances Virginia
Price became the bride of Mr.. Francis
Cameron Jordan, only the immediate
present. The beautiful ceremony was
marked by refined simplicity and was
performed by Rev. Reginald Mallett,
Of Walnut Cove, college friend of
Mr.. Jordan, assisted by Rev. Robert
E. Roe, rector Of Holy Trinity. The
bride and bridegroom in the midst
of their families advanced together to
the altar, where the vows were spoken.
The bride is one of the most strikingly
beautiful and charming young women
of the city, and she made a picture fit
for the brush of an artist at her we'd
ding. Her remarkable Titan beauty
was enhanced by her costume, a Pa
risian travelling suit of dark brown
suede velouS trimmed in Hudson seal,
and a panne velvet hat, and all her &C
cessories to match. Mrs. Jordan is the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Price,
of West Fisher avenue, and with her
family has made her home here for the
past two years, having come to this
city from Lynchburg, Va. Mr.. Price
has important BUSINESS interests here
and elsewhere in the State, and is
further interested in real estate. The
bride is an alumna OF Converse Col
lege, Spartanburg.l S.. c., and is at
tractive and accomplished in every
way. She is noted wherever she is
known for her beauty and great per-
sonal charm, and she has a host of
friends who will hear with deep inter-
est Of her marriage. She wore on her
wedding trip Hudson seal coat OF
unusual beauty, trimmed with deep
collar and cuffs of beaver fur, the gift
of her mother.
Mr. Jordan, who is the son Of the
late James F. Jordan, and Mrs. Jor-
dan, of Greensboro, comes of fam
lily that has been prominent in North
Carolina throughout the history OF
the State, and which has stood always
for the best interests of the State. His
mother, who was Miss Mary Waddell
before her marriage, is a descendant
of the first Governor of this State and
of a number of the foremost jurists
of North Carolina. Mr.. Jordan is an
alumnus of the Bingham Military
School at Asheville, and of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, where he
took first honors in French class of
$50 and was known as an athlete.
AT the opening of the world war, Mr.
Jordan was unable to enter the army
on account of a broken ankle and in
jured knee. He offered his services
to the government and was sent to
Mexico as vice-consul, where he
served until after the signing OF the
armistice He is at present with the
export department of the American
Writing Paper company, and is study
ing the work of this department at
Holyoke, N. Y. He will be there un-
Ill the first of the year, when he will
90 to New York for further instruc
ton, after which he will leave for
South America, Cuba and Mexico to
establish agencies. Following this ne
will be in charge of the export depart
ment of the company with head
quarters in New York. He is widely
popular both in business and socially.
and has many friends and admirers
here. Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan left last
night for Holyoke, where they will be
at home after December 1.-Greens-
poro, IN. c. Daily Record
The bride is a grand daughter of the
late Col |. " Johnson, and has spent
much time here. We join with her
friends in wishing for her great hap
piness.
An unusually beautiful wedding was
solemnized at ST. Johns Chapel, Rip
pom, last Saturday evening at six
O'Clock, when Miss Judith Ball
Thomas, daughter of Mrs. Howard o.
burn, of Rippon, became the bride of
Mr.. George Kearsley Wysong, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Wysong, of Charles
Town. The marriage ceremony was
performed by the Ri. Rev. W. L.
Gravatt, Bishop of West Virginia, in
the presence of a large number OF
friends and relatives of the bride and
groom. The bride, who was given in
marriage by her step-father, DR..
Howard Osburn, wore her mothers
wedding gown of heavy cream satin,
with veil of point applique lace, and
carried bouquet of white roses. Her
maid Of honor was her sister, Miss
Parthenia Thomas, who wore a cos
tune of pink and carried pink
and white roses. The bridesmaids,
Misses Cora Thomas, Eleanor Osburn,
Anna Wysong, and Susan Reyes Wy
song, were gowned in rainbow colors,
and carried arm bouquets of pink
chrysanthemam Little Miss Ruth
1nomas, cousin of the bride, was
the flower girl, and Master Battle
Kemp, the brides nephews, was the
ring-bearer. The groom's best man
was his brother, Mr.. J. j. Wysong, Jr.,
and the ushers were Messrs. Forrest
Wysong, Willard Osburn, Thornton
Perry and Frank Brooke. Following
the ceremony a reception was held at
the home of DR.. and Mrs. Osburn, after
which Mr. and Mrs. Wysong took the
train east at Shenandoah Junction.
Upon their return from their wedding
Journey they will reside in Charles
Town. The bride, who is very
beautiful and charming girl, was the
recipient of many handsome presents
including silver, glass, china, linen and
furniture.
Miss Edith Martel Wirgman, daugh
ter of Rev. and Mrs. Henry T. Wire-
man, of Chevy Chase, Md, and Mr.
Alfred Gilbert Masters, of Detro
Mich, were married or November
oath at the home of the brides ca
rents tv Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett Of the
Episcopal Church. The wedding 5
quiet one cny members of 'H' 40
families : 20 IRE sent TIE + -
wore "';.- = gown WITH
drar-y AL which was WorN a.
her gran 'mo;her's wedding sN'v
wears AGO. The groom IS attorney Tor
- House Financing Company Of De
lror The bride is charming Young
" man who hos frisn 5 in Sherhards
town. where size f7rm-r'v resides.
At,er a wc1d ng trio Mr.. and Ms
Masters will he at home at the Hotel
Pontchartrain in Detroit.
Mr.. L. A. Hord and Miss Orville