The Washington times., 1924-09-20
NAVAL WEDDING FOR MISS
MAGRUDER AND ENSIGN CLAY

MAU6GDEkb AMI EN6AUCN NAAAHs
The marriage Of Miss Thelma
Francis Magruder, daughter Of Mrs.
Katherine Cleaver Magruder, and
Ensign James Powell Clay, U. s. NJ.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wellington
Stone Clay. Of Hutchinson. Mimi,
is taking place this afternoon at 4
o'clock In the Franklin Square
Hotel with the uncle of the bride,
the Reverend ]. H. Binstead, of
Petersburg, Va, performing the
ceremony.
The bride is wearing a gown of
white georgette beaded in pearls
q train Her bouquet is lilies
Of the valley. Her only attendant.
matron-of-honor. is Mrs. Lor-
raine Good, of Chevy Chase. who
is wearing cherry-colored taffeta
and picture hat and is carrying
a bouquet of sweetheart roses.
The best man Is Ensign Anthony
r. Brady. U. s. NJ, a classmate of
Lieutenant Carl Whitehead 0unicH
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Bellinger, u. s. M. c.; Lieutenant
Fitzgerald Junior grade, U. s. NJ;
Ensign Jesse Coward. Ensign q,
T. Boldizar, Ensign E. A. Tayloc,
Ensign L. A. Polykowski, Ensign T.
D. Wilson, Ensign A. e. Peasants,
Ensign L. E. Ellis, Ensign G. H.
Price, and Ensign A. " Wallace
All Of the ushers are Of the same
class at the Naval Academy-class
Pas the bridegroom. except Lieu
tenant Whitehead, class '21; Lou
tenant Fitzgerald, class 81, and
Lieutenant Bellinger, class "a.
The ceremony will be performed
in naval fashion. The matron.of.
honor, and the best man proceeding
to the altar first followed by the
ushers, who will then make an arch
Of crossed swords under which the
bride and bridegroom will walk. The
naval officers are wearing their
dress Of dark blue coat and white
trousers.
After the ceremony there will be
an informal reception at the hotel
when the couple will be assisted in
receiving by the brides mother, who
~ wearing gown of black georgetre
embroidered in beads of old blle
and black velvet hat trimmed with
blue and. silver. Her flowers are
sweetheart roses. i
Soon after the reception the bride
and bridegroom will leave for Min.
nesota, where they will visit the
bridegroom's parents. The brides
travelling costume is Of tan.
Among the out-Uf-town guests is
the brides aunt, Mrs. William e.
Smith, wife of Lieutenant Smith,
U. 8. NJ, who is attached to the
U. 8. s. West Virginia.
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Mrs. Lewis Hayes Watkins has
rejoined Major Watkins in Wash.
ington after spending the summer
in Europe with her mother, Mrs.
George Bliss. Mrs. Bliss returned
to this country with Mrs. Watkins
and is at her home in New. York.
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Miss Mary Worthington Pearre Isl
the guest for q few days Of Mr..
and Mrs. William G.. Hill at their
home in Chevy Chase, having come
from Bluemont, Va, where she and
her mother, Mrs. j. Graham Pearre,
have been spending the summer.
The marriage Of Miss Pearre and
Robert Travers Rohrer will be sol.
on September 81 at Stony.
void, the home of Mrs. Pearre at
Bluemont.
Mrs. Orme Wilson, of New York,
will come to Washington Monday
and will stay at the Hamilton Hotel
while in town.
Mrs. William. HI. Moses, auditor Of
the National League Of American
summer home at Jamestown, r. /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses have taken pos.
session of their new apartment In
the Presidential.
The Very Reverend Doctor
Hughes, of New York, is at the
Hamilton Hotel for a week.
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Herbert Gin and his daughter
Miss Mona Gill, will land In New
York the, end of the week, after
spending about six months In Eu.
rope. Mr.. and Mrs, Theodore Gin,
who spent the summer at Herbert
ellis home, at Bethesda, Md, are
opening their house in Cleveland
Park next week.
Doctor and Mrs. William c.
Gwynn, who have been motoring
through New England and Canada,
have returned to their Georgetown
home.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Baron Al.
nounce the marriage Of their daugn.