The Republican., 1925-12-31
MARRIED..

stephenson - LelgntOn-lhe we'd
ding of Miss Elizabeth Leighton,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. " Leigh
ton, of Mountain Lake Park, and Mr..
Lauer Whitmer Stephenson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Stephenson, of
Rosewood, Ohio, was solemnized at
the home Of the bride on Wednesday,
December 80, at 4:30 o'clock. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
R. Aspinall, pastor of the Park NJ. E.
church. The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, had as her
maid of honor her sister, Miss Marga-
ret Leighton. DR.. D. NJ. Sharp, a
brother-in-law Of the groom, was best
man. Miss Ilda Dicken, piano, and
Miss Ruth Dicken, violin, played 80
Promise Me-" and Mendelssohn's we'd
ding march. The ring ceremony was
used. The bride was very beautiful in
gown of powder bule georgette. The
maid of honor was gowned in yellow
georgette. Each carried shower bou-
quets of rosebuds and lilies of the val
ley. After the ceremony a wedding
dinner was served, the wedding party
leaving Immediately thereafter by au-
tomobile for Rosewood, O. From
thence they will go to Atlanta, Ga,
where Mr.. Stephenson is stationed as
a government employe and where they
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home was beautifully decorated with
potted plants, pine, rhodedendron and
poinsettias. The guests present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. G. f. Stephenson, par
ents Of the groom, of Rosewood, Ohio;
DR.. and Mrs. D. M. Sharp, Rockford,
O.; Miss Ida Dicken and Miss Ruth
Dicken, Cumberland; Miss Hilda
Thrasher, Deer Park; Mrs. Frank Jen-
kins and Miss Gladys Falkenstein, of
Terra Alta; Mrs. Karl Kahl, Misses
Grace, Eva and Mary Falkenstein, of
Oakland; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Leigh
ton, Miss Kathryn Stevenson, Rev.
and Mrs. Aspinall and Miss Blanche
Gale, of the Park.
Kenney-Maffett-A very pretty
and impressive wedding ceremony was
solemnized at st. Peters Catholic
church, Oakland, last Saturday morn
ing at 700 o'clock with Rev. John F.
Eckenrode officiating, when Miss Anna
Geraldine Maffett, daughter of Mrs.
Nellie Maffett, of Oakland, became
the bride of Mr.. James Estel Kenney,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Kenney, of
Westernport, Md A nuptial high mass
was sung by the choir of st. Peters
with Mrs. James P. Treacy at the or
gan. Miss Ruth Conley, of the high
school faculty, played the wedding
march. The bride was attired in a
Russian georgette dress with hat to
match and carried Ophelia roses with
lilies of the valley and was attended
by her sister, Mrs. Elwood Englehart,
of Grafton, West Va, who wore a
cocoa brown gown with hat to match
and who also carried a bouquet of
roses and lilies of the valley. Mr..
Kenney was attended by Mr.. William
R. Browning, of Oakland. After the
ceremony a delicious wedding break
fast was served at the Maffett home
on Green street, after which Mr.. and
Mr.. Kenney left for visit of two
weeks in Canton, Ohio. Many friends
of the couple, both of whom are very
popular in Oakland, witnessed the
ceremony. Mr.. Kenney has been asso-
ciated with Mr.. F. A. Smouse in Oak
( land for year and half. Those from
a distance who attended the wedding
were Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Englehart,
Grafton, w. Va; Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Kenney and Mr.. Thomas Kenney, of
Westernport, Md, and Mr.. and Mrs.
F. R. Ravenscroft, of Fairmont, West
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