Evening star., 1926-09-22
Afternoon Weddings of
Particular Interest Today.

Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South will be the
scene this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock of
the marriage of Miss Lillian Ophelia
Earnest, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Milton Earnest of Hyattsville,
Md, and Mr.. Herman Monroe Wilson,
son Of Mrs. Stella Wilson of Mount
Airy, Md. The ceremony will be per-
formed by the Rev. D. w. A. Lam
beth. pastor of the church. assisted
by DIR. E. V. REGISTER. presiding elder
of Washington, and DR.. Howard G..
Wells. presiding elder of Baltimore.
Mr.. Dean Shure will be at the organ
and solos will be sung by Mr.. Edward
Sheppe of Staunton, Va, and Mr..
John Knox of Atlanta, Ga.
The bride will be given in marriage
by her father, and will wear a gown
Of white satin with a court train, and
her veil will be caught with orange
blossoms. She will carry q shower
bouquet of roses and lilies Of the
valley.
The matron of honor, Mrs. Frank
Marcel Stephen, sister of the bride, OF
Hyattsville, will wear peach georgette
embroidered in rhinestones and crys-
tails.
There will be six other attendants.
Mrs. John H. Sadler of Chicago and
Mrs. William C. Cobb Of Baltimore
will be in blue taffeta; Miss Ellen Jane
Keiser and Miss Beulah Griffith of
Washington will be in green taffeta,
and Miss Yarda Anderson of Balti-
more and Miss Betty Harris of Chev-
erly, Md, will be in orchid taffeta.
All the gowns will be of bouffant
style.
Little Miss Elaine Thomas of Mount
Rainier, Nd, and Dorothy Smallwood
of Staunton, Va, nieces Of the bride,
will be flower girls and will wear yel-
low georgette. Master Frank Marcel
Stephen, jr., young nephew of the
bride, will be ring bearer and will
wear a black velvet suit.
Mr.. James Wilson of Mount Airy,
brother of the bridegroom, win be best
man and the ushers will be Mr.. Her
bert Southgate of Norfolk, Mr.. Conrad
Blackwell of Richmond. Mr.. Frank
Marcel Stephen of Hyattsville, Mr..
Nelson Anderson and Mr.. Ivan
Smalley of Washington and Mr.. Carle-
ton Molesworth of Baltimore. Upon
their return from a wedding trip Mr.
Wilson and his bride will reside at
New Haven, Conn, while each takes
postgraduate course at Yale Univer-
sity. A number of out town guests
attended the ceremony.
Prior to the wedding a group of in
teresting functions took place. The
bride-elect entertained her attendants
last evening at the Grace Dodge Hotel
and the bridegroom elect had his best
man and ushers at the Mayfiower.
Later in the evening, following re-
hearsal at Mount Vernon Place
Church. Miss Betty Harris entertained
the bridal party at her home in Chew
erly.
Saturday evening, September IS. a
surprise reception was rendered Mr..
Wilson and his bride-to-be at Mount
Vernon Place Church by members Of
the Epworth League Of Washington.
Following the wedding this after
noon there will be an informal recep-
ton at the church, followed by a re-
ception for the bridal party and men,
bers of the families at the home Of the
brides parents in Hyattsville.
Miss Elizabeth Roberts Ramsburgh,
daughter of Mrs. Edith Roberts Rams
burgh. and the late DR.. Jesse II.
Ramsburgh, and Mr.. Lawrence La
fayette Gourley, son of Mr.. Nathan
Joiner Gourley of Marion, ILL.,, and
the late Mrs. Gourley, will be married
this afternoon. The ceremony will
be performed at o'clock in St. Mar
garet's Episcopal Church, the rector,
the Rev. DR.. Herbert Scott-Smith, Off
ciating.
The bride will be escorted and given
in marriage by her brother, Mr.. J.