The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16

Welty and Mr.. John Parkinson.
The young people will remain in
Oherlin all week, and a number of
parties have been planned in their
| honor, among others, large dancing
party, to which over 100 invitations
have been issued, on Thursday eve-
ming. in the ballroom of the Benton
| home. An out-of-town orchestra has
| been hired for the occasion, and no
pains spared to make it an elaborate
and enjoyable affair.
An interesting engagement an
| nouncement is that of Miss Helen
Welty, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Kenneth Alexander, the wedding to
occur the last of this month. Miss
| Welty, who is a graduate of WASH
burn. and a Theta, is one of the very
pretty and popular girls of the young
! er crowd.
Mr.. Alexander, who is a son of Mr..
and Mrs. M. Alexander. was in France
with the Washburn ambulance COM
| pany, and was also a student OF WASH
burn. He is now in business in To-
peka, and he and his bride will make
their home in this city.
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The wedding of Miss Sierra Beggs,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. s. Beggs;
and Mr.. Howard Tyson Cox last Satur.-
day evening, was a quiet home affair.
the service being read by Dr. Edmund
]. Kulp in the presence OF the rela-
| tives and a few friends.
Miss Ruth Altar acted as maid of
honor, and Lieut.. Brain Muirhead of
Dresden, Kan, was best man.
The wedding march was played by
Miss Beatrice Rush, and Miss Esther
Lauterbach. accompanied by Miss
Helen Reinbach, sang a group of
songs.
The following young women and
men formed a pathway from the
stairway to the living room. thru
which the bride walked with her
father: Miss Annette ,Nicoll, Miss
Mary Weightman. Miss Eula Fleming,
Miss Helen Neese, Miss Ruth Foster.
| Miss Pauline Sanders, Miss Pauline
McVey, Capt. C. F. Dienst. Lieut.;
| Lloyd H. Benning, Lieut.. Frank Moy-
er, Lieut. Jack Erickson. Lieut.. Vim
| cent Kerans. Lieut.. William C. Men
ringer, Sergt. Kenneth Kerans, Sergt.
William Tomlinson, Corp. George
Washburn, Ensign Sam Heller. En-
sign James Lindsay, Ensign James
| Logan.
The bride was gowned in white
satin, with full length. train, and
she carried a bouquet of white roses.
valley lilies and sweet peas. Miss AL
Ter. the maid of honor, wore pale
green satin veiled in nnaline. with a
bouquet of red roses. The girls who
| formed the pathway were in light eve
ming gowns. and the men wore their
| army uniforms.
The house decorations were in the
national cplors. carried out with flags,
red roses, white carnations and blue
| larkspur. One feature of the decora-
lions was the use of the two service
flags which have hung in Washburn
chapel for the bridegroom and the
brides brother, Mr.. Percy Beggs.
Mrs. P. P. Womer. Mrs. Speed
| Hughes, Mrs. H. A. Heath, DR.. Doro-
thy Nicoll and Miss Virginia Scholle
ception which followed the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Cox have gone to
woodward, OKLA. and will go later to
New York City, where they will make
their home.
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Mrs. Charles Joslin and Mrs. Frank
Sturges will give an informal card
party Wednesday evening for Miss
Daisy Neil. the date of whose. mar
rage to Mr.. Tinkham Veale remains
a secret, tho there is much specula-
! ton as to the time. All that the S.
r. can guess at is that it will not be
until after Wednesday. Miss Nell has
been the honor guest of many social
affairs since the announcement of
her engagement, thereby attesting her
well-deserved popularity, and so long
as the parties continue. rer friends
know that 1t is NOT YET.
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The Topeka chapter Daughters Of
the American Revolution held their
annual Flag day party Saturday eve
ming at the home of Mrs. Theodore
Saxon. 238 Woodlawn avenue. A
! business session was held at 4 o'clock
with a cafeteria supper at $50. to
which the menfolk were invited. Cap
tain MacLean was the speaker of the
evening and made a talk on the Ar
! gonne battle.
Those present were Col. and Mrs.
J. W. F. Hughes, Capt. and Mrs. W. P.
Gregory, the Rev and Mrs Harry Mel
son. Mr. and Mrs. A. IT Modlin, Mr..
and Mrs. H. Ward Page. Mr.. and Mrs
Pope Walker Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. O..
L. Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Kings
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer Gragg,
Mr. and Mrs c. G. Blakely, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ
Linscott, of Kansas City; Mrs Kate
Freeman, Mrs. Morton Albaugh, Mrs.
T. J. Hankla, Mrs. P. l. Murphy Mrs.
Elden. Mrs. ]. E. Gossett. Mrs. ]. G.
Stricken, Mrs j. NJ. wallace. Mrs.
Eugene Stotts, Mrs. A. s. Amber, Mrs.
Mrs. H. H. Welty, Mrs. John L. White,
Mrs. j. NJ. Brunt. Mrs. W. D. Ross.
Mrs W. NJ. Macferran. Mrs NJ. NJ.
Miller. Miss Clara Francis, Miss Mat
tie Westenhaver. Miss Gertrude
Barnes, Miss Margaret Weiss. Miss
Bessie Boughton. Miss Gertrude
Boughton, Miss Mcclellan. Miss Belle
Ward, Mr.. w. NJ. Forbes.
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