Evening star., 1925-06-28
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George Cabot Lodge of WASHINGTON
and Boston. and grandson Of the late
United States Senator Henry Cabo,
Lodge. was best man for Mr. Mott
His ushers were Van Duzer Burton
Coates Landell, Martin Scott. Frank
w. McCabe, Wolcott Warner. Mar
shall Oliver, Charles Talcott. Edward
Mathews and John NJ. Schiff
| The engagement Of Miss Sparks and
Mr.. Mott was announced January 4
Miss Sparks was introduced to society
on November 90 at a large dinner
and dance held at the Park Lane. Mr.
Mott is the son Of Mrs. Lawrence
Mott. the grandson of Mr. and Mrs
Jordan l.. Mott. and the great grand
son of the late Jordon L. Mott
| founder of the Mott Iron Works
Through his paternal grandmother
who was Miss Katherine Jerome
| Purdv. he is related to the late Lady
| Randolph Churchill, a daughter OF
the late Leonard Jerome. whose sis
ters are Lady Leslie. wife of Sir John
Leslie, Bart, and of Mrs. Moretor
Frewen. Mr.. Mott was graduated
from Yale last year.
Riker-Duncombe Marriage.
Another marriage of the day was
that of Miss Frances Riker, daughter
of Mrs. Chandler w. Riker of Rum
son, y. j., TO Mr.. Herbert Sydney Dun
combe, jr., of So West Fifty-fourth
street New York City. The ceremony
| took place this afternoon in the little
Episcopal Church of ST. Georges by
the River. There was a reception al
the Riker home. The Rev. Arthur
Bumper, dean of Trinity Cathedral
Newark, and Rev. Dutton Dale, rector
of ST. Georges, off1ciated.
The attnnda nj Uyore Mrs Villa N,
Wurt Gamwell of New York, sister OF
Miss Riker, as matron of honor, and
the following bridesmaids: Mrs. Adrian
Riker. jr.. and Mrs. Charles c. High,
ley of Newark, Miss Elizabeth Clark
and Mrs. Edward Parry Sykes of New
York. The best man was Mr.. Logan
McMenemy of New York, and the
ushers, Messrs. William Wurt Gam.
we'll, Edward Parry Sykes, Howard
Sykes and Robert Paret, all of New
York: Harold kondolf of Montreal nd
Frederick Werlman of Rumson.
Miss Riker attended Bryn Mawr
College Mr.. Duncombe is a graduate
of Yale and is practicing law in New
York
We'd i'm st. James Church.
The marriage of Miss Helen Louise
knickerbocker Porter, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Nathan Todd Porter,
jr., of 5o7 Madison avenue and Mont
clair, \. j.. TO Kenneth Farrand
Simpson. son of Mrs. Willie Kelly
Simpson of $50 Madison avenue and
the late DIR. Simpson. took place
Thursday afternoon in St. James
Church. at Madison avenue and
Seventy-frst street. The ceremony
was followed by a small recep-
ton at the Colony Club. Their en-
gagement was announced in May.
The bride was attended by her sis
ter, Mrs. William ]. Curtis, jr., of Rye,
n. Y, as matron of honor. Her other
attendants were Mrs. Frederick p.
Warfleld and Mrs. Walter Abel, I'd,
cousin of the bride, Samuel
Sloan Duryee was the best man.
The ushers were Frank P. Shepherd,
jr., George w. Perkins. jr.. James P.
WarburG, Melzer NJ. Whittlesey, John
Jay McCloy, DIR. H. S. Fenimore
Cooper of Cooperstown. y. Y; William
]. Curtis, jr., and Henry Porter
Isham of Chicago. Rev. DR.. Luke
White. rector of ST. Luke's Church in
Montclair, officiated. assisted by Rev.
Sidney T. Cooke, rector of st. James
Church.
Mr. Simpson is assistant United
States district attorney for the south
ern district of New York and was for
merly associated with the law firm of
Cadwalader, Wickersham Taft. He
was graduated from Yale in 1917 and
during the war served as a captain
Of field artillery in France. He was
graduated from the Harvard Law
School in 1922.