Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
ALEXANDRIA SOCIETY

The wedding Of Miss Frances Forbes
Cox, daughter of Mr.. Gilbert Jefferson
Cox, to. the Rev. Francis Eric Irving
Bloy, rector of All Saints Episcopal
Church, Reisterstown, Md, son OF the
Rev. and Mrs. Francis J. r. Bloy Of
Kirkwood, Miss, took place at IL O'Clock
noon Tuesday in st. Pauls Episcopal
Church. the ceremony being performed
by the father of the bridegroom.
The bride entered the church with
her father. who gave her in marriage.
She wore gown of white chiffon with
uneven hem line outlined with bridal
lace flounces, and jacket with full
sleeves. Her hat was transparent white
horsehair braid with facing Of bridal
lace and a big bow Of white satin. She
carried a shower bouquet of brides roses
and valley lilies.
Mrs. J. Wilson Hunter of Sykesville.
Md, formerly Miss Nancy Mccormick
Wattles of Alexandria, was the matron
of honor, and the Rev. j. Wilson Hunter
was best man. Mrs. Hunter wore q gown
of orchid chiffon, with hat to match.
Her flowers we're roses and delphinium.
The wedding music was played by Mr..
Ira I. Wales, organiSt, and two solos
by Miss Marguerite Lauterbach, soprano
soloist, both of All Saints Church,
ReisterStown. The church was dec
Grated with palms, ferns and cut flowers.
A wedding breakfast followed the
ceremony in the home Of the bride, 319
South st. ASaph street, where the dec
orations were ferns, brides roses and
gypsophelia. The Rev. and Mrs. Bloy
left for New York and sailed yesterday
to spend a month travelling in England
knaSr xrvtn la hai
home in Reisterstown.
Among the out =of-town guests at the
wedding ceremony were the Rev. and
Mrs. Francis J. F. Bloy, parents of the
bridegroom, and Miss Dulcie Bloy. a
sister, of Kirk wood, Mo-; Mrs. Morton
SchaeffeF and Miss Mary Bland Murphy
of Baltimore aunts of the bride Mr..
and Mrs. William HUMPHREYS of REFS
terstown, Md, and the Rev. Martin
Bran of Wilmington, Del.
Miss Katherine A. Leadbeater and
Miss Barbara Snow were among the
Alexandrians who attended the Orange
horse show last week.
Miss Franklin Neal, who has been
the guest of Miss Margaret Thomas
Moore, in her home on Prince street,
left last week on the return to her
Summer home at Brandy Station. Va.
Miss Inez Moore and Miss Margaret
Moore left Wednesday to motor with
friends from Washington to Virginia
Beach for visit of a week.
Miss Fanny Carter left Wednesday
for a trip to California. She will stop
at Reno, New, where she will be joined
by a sister who lives In that city, and
make the remainder OF the trip by
motor.
Mrs. Arthur M. King and two chill
dren, Betty and Frank King, are spend
ing several weeks at woodbury. Forest,
Orange County, Va.
Entertainments in Honor
OF Prospective Bride.
Mrs. Edward A.. German entertained
at bridge party last Thursday, at the
home of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. E.
A. Sweeley, in Rosemont, in honor of
Miss Mary Louise AitcheSon, whose
wedding to Lieut.. Edward M. Markham,
u. S. A., will take place August z.
Prizes were awarded Miss Rosa Murphy,
Miss Helen Kraft and the guest OF
honor.
Mrs. German left during the week
for New York, to join her husband, who
has just returned from a business trip
to California, and Mr.: and Mrs. Cor
man are spending several weeks at Long
Beach, Long Island
Miss Anna Mess entertained at bridge
evening at her home on Brad
dock Heights in honor OF Miss Aitche-
son. Prizes were given Miss Grace
Miss Emily Lannon and Miss
Aitcheson.
Miss kathleen Douglass entertained
for Miss Aitcheson in her
home in George Washington Park.
Miss Aitcheson was the guest of honor
at bridge party given Wednesday eve
ming by her cousin, Miss Gladys Aitche-
son, in her home, All North Washing
ton street.
Mrs. Sidney Jones and children. Sid
ney and Mary Anne, who have been
visiting relatives in North Carolina, ar
rived last week to visit in Potomac be-
fore returning TO their home in Chi
cago, Ill.
Miss Virginia Milton Timberlake has
from boswell, Va, where she
has been the guest of relatives and
friends for Six weeks. n
Miss Elizabeth Nicholson and Mr..
Charles T.. Nicholson jr.,' have returned
from visit to relatives in Frederick,
Md.
Mrs. Hugh Miller Dudley, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. John
K. Hutton, in Suffolk, was the guest
last week of her son and daughter-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. l.. H.. Dudley, en-
route to her home in Washington, Rap
pshannock County. Va. She was &C