Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-11-05
FORMER VEGAS GIRL
MARRIED AT CAPITAL
Miss Eleanor Siebert Weds
DR.. George w. Henry At
Senator Oddie's Home In
Washington.

Miss Eleanor Siebert, for the
past two years teacher of mathe-
matics in Las Vegas high school.
was married to DR.. George w.
Henry at the home of Senator and
Mrs. Tasker l.. Oddie in Washing
ton, d. c. Wednesday afternoon,
November 2. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Charles Wood
of the Church of the Covenant in
Washington, who read the rites of
the Congregational faith. Only
relatives and friends were pres
ent.
DR.. and Mrs. Henry plan to sail
today Saturday for a honeymoon
in Bermuda and will be at home
after December l in White Plains,
N. Y. where DIR. Henry is senior
physician in the Bloomingdale
hospital.
The bride is a favorite in the
school circles of Vegas and her
resignation of her position last
August because Of her approach
ing marriage caused general re-
gret. She is the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Siebert of Reno
Mrs. Siebert is sister of Senator
Oddie and Eleanor a niece. The
Siebrts lived in Las Vegas for
some time about 1910, and have
many friends throughout Nevada.
The bride, graduate of the
University of Nevada and one of
the first children born in Tonopah,
wore a gown Of white transparent
velvet with lace. Her veil, trim
med in orange blossoms, was
made from lace that long has been
in the family. She wore pearls
that have come down through the
family from her mothers great
great grandmother She was at
tended by Mrs. Gregory Zilboorg
of White Plains, as matron of
honor; and by the Misses Eleanor
Golden and Helen Merchant of
Reno. Miss Golden is the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Frank Golden, and
Miss Merchant is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart. Mrs.
Ztlboorg's husband, White Plains
physician, was the best man.
The ceremony was performed in
the living room of Senator and
Mrs. Oddie's residence at 2133 Le-
Roy Place. The decorations were
of chrysanthemums and autumn
leaves. A reception was held inn
mediately after the wedding.
When she was a little girl OF
ten years, Mrs. Henry was desig-
mated in 1914 by Senator Oddie,
then governor of Nevada, to
christen the battleship Nevada.
The ceremony was in Boston. She
is a member of the Society of
Sponsors of the Navy, and OF the
college sorority Pi Beta Phi, to
which Mrs. Calvin Coolidge be-
longs. After her graduation from
the University of Nevada she
taught school for two years in Las
Vegas.
Among the wedding guests were
the brides mother, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Samuel S. ArentZ,
Senator and Mrs. Guy d. GOff OF
Virginia, the former cousin OF
Senator Oddie, Mr. and Mrs. w.
Bladen Lownde of Baltimore, Miss
Margaret Bartlett, daughter OF
Judge and Mrs. George A. Bart
lett of Reno, Frank Samuels, son
of DR.. and Mrs. w. L. Samuels of
Reno and who is atttnding the
medical school at Cornell Uni
versity, Fred Siebert, the brides
brother, who holds the Nevada
Rhodes scholarship to oxford, Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Leonard and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Scarlet of
Columbus, Ohio.
The bride was presented to Off
cial Washington last week at
tea given in her honor at the
nome of Representative and Mrs.
ArentZ.