New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Miss Ruth Caynor
Is to Become Bride
OF ]. T. Rennard
Among Other Engagements
Announced Is That of
Miss Katherine f.. Belt to
James Barkley Opdycke

Gany interesting engagements were
formally announced last week Ono
Of them was that Of Miss Ruth Mer-
ritt Gaynor, daughter of Mrs. William
J. Gaynor and the late Mayor Gaynor,
to John Townshend Rennard, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Clifford Rennard,
of 70 East Seventyseventh Street.
Miss Gaynor is q sister of Rufus and
Norman Gaypor, Mrs. William Seward
Webb jr., Mrs. James Park, the former
riage to Mr.. Park took place in Cali
fornia last July; Mrs. Ralph Hayward
Isham and Mrs. Helen Gaynor Bedford.
Mr.. Rennard served in France with
the 804th Field Artillery. He Is a
member Of the St. Nicholas Club His
sister, Miss Dorothy S. Rennard, was
married to Henry Rogers Benjamin.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Evarts
Benjamin., year ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred C. Sutro, of Ro-
land Park, Baltimore, announce the
engagement Of their niece. Miss
Barkley Opdycke, son Of Mr. and Mrs
Henry Gorton Opdycke. of Bound
Brook, N. J.
Miss Belt, who is member Of the
old Maryland family Of that name and
a direct descendant Of Colonel Rich
ard Belt, who fought In the Revolu-
tion, qualified during the late war
as q government licensed radio op-
orator, first class, and In 1918 was
an instructor of enlisted men Of the
army and navy at the Y. M. G. A. radio
school In Baltimore.
Mr.. Cpdycke volunteered early In the
war and served nineteen months in
France, where he was in charge Of
officer Of tho A E. F. He also comes
Of Revolutionary stock in direct line
from Captain Albert Opdycke, Of Cen
eral Washington's personal body
guard, and on the maternal side from
Major General William Maxwell, who
commanded . division in Washington's
army.
Announcement has been made Of the
engagement Of Miss Florence A van
Zelm, youngest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Louis van zelm, Of New Ro-
chelle, to Ensign Robert Sprague, U. S.
Sprague, 241 West End Avenue, and
also of Sharon. Conn.
Ensign Sprague is a graduate Of the
United States Naval Academy, class of
'19. He saw service during the war
In foreign waters and is at present sta
toned on the bsttleship Pennsylvania.
Announcement has been made OF the
engagement Of Miss Jessie Katharine
Lobdcll to John James Chew. Miss
Lobdell is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Watkins Lobdell, Of Laurel
Hill Road, Mountain Lakes, N. J. Mr.
Chew is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert S. Chew, Of Washington, and is a
graduate Of Cornell University. Dur
ing the war he was lieutenant in the
Naval Reserve.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Higgins. of
470 Park Avenue, have Issued invita-
tions for the marriage Of their daugh-
ter, Miss Rhoda Anderson Higgins to
Edward Willard Warren, of Scranton.
Pa, in the Brick Presbyterian Church
next Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The reception following the ceremony
will be at the Ritz Carlton.
Miss Higgins will have for her maid
Of honor Miss Helen F. James, of Hud-
son, N. Y, and the bridesmaids will be
Miss Grace II. Colgate, Miss Nancy
Walker, Mrs. James W. Cox jr., of this
WilkesBarre, Pa; Miss Jane Cowdry
and Miss Sarah Scranton, nieces of Mr..
Warren, will be flower girls.
The ushcrs will be Durham Barney,
Wilmarth Lewis, J. Philip Wiser. Mon
roe Parsons, William A. Forbes I'd,
Cassius Clay, William Jermyn and Ed
ward G. Paramore. Nathaniel G. Rob-
| ertson jr, Of Scranton, will act as best
man.
At Christ Episcopal Church, in And
over, Mass, yesterday afternoon. at 4
o'clock; Miss Katherine Menzies Pinck-
ney, daughter Of Mrs. Samuel Gray
Courtney Pinckney, Of III Main Street.
was married to Charles Wesley Purdy,
Harvard 'i6, son Of Professor and
Ms. Hervert Sidney Langfeld, Of
Cambridge. MAs%