The New York herald., 1922-11-26
Weddings Vie With
Debutante affairs
in Social Interest
Many Nuptials of Importance
Are Set for Month Of
December.
LTHoUGH December is usually

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"A given over to entertainments
for debutantes. next month
will not be without its weddings how
ever, for several have already been
arranged for the early days and dates
for others are sure to be announced
later
Miss Katharine Biggs. daughter OF
DR.. and Mrs. Hermann VI. Biggs OF
80 West Fifty-sixth street. has jus.
completed plans for her marriage 10
Mr.. Roesse Mckinney Of 1.lbany. n.
y. 1t will take place OH Saturday
afternoon. December g. in the Brick
Presbyterian Church. The ceremony
will be at O'Clock. and will be fol-
lowed by a reception at the Colony
Club. Miss Biggs, who is a graduate
of Miss Spences School and of Vas
sar College and a member of the Ju-
nior League, will have Miss Mary
Martin of Grand Rapids. Mch., for
her maid Of honor. Mrs. Morris Had
ley Of this city will be her matron OF
honor. and the brides other atteni-
ants will be Miss Mary Wallace of
Washington, ID. c., daughter of the
Secretary of Agriculture; Miss Susan
F'essenden OF Boston. Miss Margaret
Ryrie of Toronto, Miss Helen Reid of
New York and Norfolk, Va, and Miss
Dorothy Dunn. Miss Martha Keep and
Miss Carolyn Averbeck of this city.
Mr.. Mckinney will have hisGbrother,
Mr.. Edward Lawrence Mckinney OF Al
bany, for his best man. His ushers will
include the Messrs. James l.. Adams.
Richard Douglas and John De Witt
Peltz. all of Albany; Morris Hadley.
James +. Nagle, Pascal Narrower. How
ard Moncrieff and Edward Hunt of New
York. and Frederick J. Kingsbury OF
New Haven, a brother -in-law of the
bridegroom
The night preceding the wedding DR..
and Mrs. Biggs will give dinner at
the Colony Club for members OF the
bridal party
Miss Carolyne Hyde. daughter of Mrs.
Francis De Lacy Hyde. will be another
bride OF December 9. She will be mar
ried to Mr.. William II Woopin. Jr.. son
of Mr. and Mrs. William II. Woodn OF
I 50 Park avenue and East Hampton. l..
l., at the home of her mother in Plain
field. y. J. Miss Hyde. who was grad
uated from the Masters School at Dobb's
Ferry. was a debutante OF last season.
Mr.. Woodin attended the Browning
School in Connecticut He is engaged
in electrical research. The engagement
OF his sister Miss Elizabeth Foster
Woodin to Mr.. William Wallace Rowe
of Cincinnati. was announced last
spring.
Miss Sara Morrison Cunningham.
daughter of Mrs. James Cunningham OF
New York and San Francisco will be
married n Mr. C.orueIiuu Van Haracrt
Engert on December 16 in st. Lukes
Church. San Francisco. Miss Cunning
ham, who has been at the Hotel Chat
ham, this city. left on Thursday for the
Pacific coast to prepare for her we'd
ding. She has chosen her sisters. Mrs
Murray Sargent and Miss Elizabeth
Cunningham. for her matron end maid
OF honor Miss Cunningham. who is
cousin OF Mrs. Whiteaw Reid. did war
work In France with the American Red
Cross In Mrs. W. n. Vanderbilt's divi-
sion.
Mr.. Engert Is assistant chief OF the
Near Eastern division OF the Depart
ment of State. He was graduated from
Harvard in 1908. specialized in history
and was lie Contc Memorial Fellow at
Harvard in 1911-12. He had a wide
consular and diplomatic experience in
Turkey and the East during the world
war. He was appointed 20 HIS present
position at Washington last April.
Miss Mary Lewis. daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs Roger Lewis OF 112 East
Seventy-third street, will be married to
Mr. Russell Hopkinson. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs Ernest Hopkinson OF 525 Park ave-
nue.. on Saturday afternoon in st.
Thomass Church. The ceremony. at
o'clock. will be performed by the Rev.
Dr.. william W. Bellinger. vicar OF 81.
Agnes's Chapel. assisted by the rector.
the Rev Or. Ernest NJ. Stires. II will be
followed by a reception at the Hotel
Plaza. Miss Anna Lewis sister OF the
bride. and Miss Marion Hopkinson. sis
ter OF the bridegroom. will be the maids
OF honor. The other attendants will be
the Misses Edith Shearn. Hyacinth SUIT
phen. Lydia Comstock. Katherins
Thomas, Jean Whiting and Mrs. Adrian
Smith.
Mr.. John Hopkinson Will be bis
brothers best man. The usherr will be
the Messrs John b. Lewis. brother of
the bride: 2. Ritzema Perry. David II.
McAlpin 81, Edward L. Reyes I'd. Cor
nelus TTowbridge. George Corstcck.
Edgar Hackney and Luke Hopkins. Mr.
Hopkinson served in the army during
the war. His father Is counsel and vice
president for the United States Rubber
Company.
The marriage OF Miss Mary Hurd.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Richard NJ.
Hurd, 70 Mr. George Francklyn Law
renee. Jr.. WIFI take place tomorrow
afternoon IN st. Georges Church. stuy-
vesant square The ceremony will be-
performed by the rector the Rev. Kari
Relland. assisted by the Rev. Or. Endl-
colt Peabody OF Groton. A reception
will follow at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hurd at f2 East Sixty-eighth street
Miss Eleanor Hurd Will be her sisters
maid OF honor and her other attendants
will be Mrs Samuel Sloan Walker. Mrs
Louis Curtis. Jr. OF Boston. Mrs.
Thomas Mcmillan OF Philadeirhia and
Mrs Harold Harvey. Mrs. Frederick
Lund and Miss Helen Lee Of this city.
Mr.. Lawrence, who Is son Of Mr.. AMI
Mrs. George Francklyn Lawrence Of
1t2 East Fortieth street. viii havs hl-
brother. Mr.. John T. Lawrence. for his
best man. HIS ushers will be the
Messrs. F. Trtbee Dawson. Eigin r. T..
Gould. Reginald Coombe. Archibald g.
McIlwaine. Jr.. Arthur Crunden. Lester
Armour. Robert Holden. Arthur Terry.
Curtis Smith. wllmarth Lewis and
Frederick Beach.