The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-16
DR.. THOMAS wTLLnT.
Matrimonial.
MAcMURrREE-HARRINaroN


A large company Of friends in the
First Presbyterian church Saturday
evening witnessed the marriage Of Miss
Helen Bawden Mac NJ urtie, daughter
|of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert ]. MacMur-
trie Of Freehold. and George Har-
rington Of Pittsburgh, son of MIR. and
Mrs. George d. Harrington of Jack
sonville, Fla. The ceremony was
followed by reception with supper
and dancing at the home of the brides
parents on Brinckerhof avenue.
The bridal party and the bride.
escorted by her father, entered the
Church at z o'clock and proceeded to
the chancel where the bridegroom
was waiting. Before bank of
asparagus fern and gladioh the
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
George Ct. Horn, pastor of the church.
The bridal gown was of white
crepe satin cut simply with q short
skirt and long tight sleeves fringed
with rose point lace. A long full
train fell from the shoulders and was
made Of Duchesse lace and edged
with satin. The veil was of net in
cap shape and trimmed with rose
point lace to correspond with the
cuffs on the gown. The bride car
red shower bouquet of lilies of the
valley.
The maid Of honor, Miss Emily
Foster of Philadelphia, wore q pow
der blue chiffon gown of simple de-
sign with q few embroidered flowers
across the bodice blue slippers to
match and flesh colored stockings.
The bridemaids, Miss Ann Baird.
of Fort Valley. Ga, Miss Helen Bak-
er Of Brookhaven, l.. |. Miss Carrie
Hanson of Wilmington. N, O., and
Miss Margaret Wilkerson of Pitts
burgh, Pa, wore gowns similar to
that OF the maid of honor but made
of flesh colored chiffon. They car
ried bouquets of autumn flowers.
The flower girl, Miss Gay Throck-
morton, 5-Year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Throckmorton OF
Freehold, wore dress of flesh coll
ored chiffon with pink silk socks and
white kid slippers. She carried by
flesh colored ribbon around her neck
a white leghorn hat filed winh au-
tumn flowers.
All of the brides attendants except
Miss Baird, who is q student at
college, Baltimore, where the bride was
graduated in the class of 1925. Miss
Foster and Miss Baker were also her
sorority sisters in Gamma Phi Beta.
The bride for year after her gradual
tion was engaged in social service
work in Baltimore.
The groom's best man was Raymond
| Van Buskirk of Montclair, N. j., and
the ushers were Wayland A. Dubois OF
| New York and Freehold, David Truck
Buck and John MacMurtrie of Free
hold, and Lawrence Harrington of
Jacksonville, Fla, John MacMurtie,
la brother of the bride, is student at
! Williams college, and Lawrence Har-
rington, brother Of the bridegroom
| is student at the
University of Florida. The other
attendants were friends of the bride
groom at Rutgers college where he
graduated in 1929.
After wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs.
Harrington will live in Pittsburg,
where Mrs. Harrington is connected
with the Westinghouse Electric com-
lpany.
The N embers Of the bridal party
arrived in Freehold Thursday and q
number of social affairs preceded the
wedding On Thursday afternoon
Miss Louise Lawrence, daughter Of
Judge and Mrs. Ruff ". Lawrence.
gave q tea for the party and also for
her sister, Mrs. Wyman Howells Of
Pittsburgh. On Friday Miss Ann
Baird, whose parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John FL. Baird, have summer home
near Freehold, entertained at luneh-
con. Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert j. MacMurtris gave q dinner
and the guests went to- be country
club to dance, and on Sd urday Miss
MacM urtrie herself entt tanned az
luachsol OF the OhIiat0pbeg House