Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Nuptial Ceremonies Mark
Calendar of Closing Year
Interest of Society Conferred in Group of Charmin
Weddings Recently of Record in Capital
and Vicinity.

Miss Rebecca Darby Nourse. daughter
Of DR.. and Mrs. Upton D. Nourse of
Jacksonville. Md, and Mr.. Raleigh
Stretchley Chinn of Rockville, Md, were
married at IL o'clock yesterday morning
in the home of the brides parents. The
Rev. James w. Lowden, pastor of the
Jamestown Presbyterian Church, off,
ciated in the presence of only the men,
bers Of the two families and few close
friends. The home was prettily deco
rated in palms and evergreenS.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father. She wore a gown of ivory
satin, made on straight, Semi-f1tted
lines, the skirt very long and fashioned
with a train and long. tight fitting
sleeves. The dress was trimmed in old
family duchess lace and her tulle veil
was becomingly arranged. She carried
q shower bouquet of white roses and
lilies Of the valley.
Miss Curry Nourse, sister Of the bride,
was maid of honor. She wore a blue
chiffon dress of uneven hemline. The
brides other attendants we're Miss
Esther Tannehill of GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
and Miss Gladys Benson Of Rockville,
who were dressed in beige and russell
princess lines costumes and carried yell
low roses, as did the maid of honor.
Mrs. Upton D. Nourse, mother of the
bride, wore a becoming dress Of blue
velvet.
Mr.. Warner E. Humphrey of Rock
vile was best man and the uSherS
were Mr.. Lawrence Haines, a cousin of
the bride. of Schenectady, N. Y, and
Mr.. Delmas Caps of Baltimore
The brides aunt, Mrs. Morris Haines
OF Linwood, Md, played the march and
preceding the ceremony Il Love You
Truly" was sung by Miss Catherine
Cocks of Cornwall-on-the-H Hudson, N. Y.
A wedding breakfast and reception
followed the ceremony, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chinn leaving later for a motor trip
South, the bride wearing a tailored suit
of brown tweed. with hat and Access
Sories to correspond. They will be at
AIRY l.
The out-of-town guests at the we'd
ding and reception included Mr.. and
Mrs. George Waters and Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Jackson Waters of Baltimore. Dr.
Stuart Muncaster, DR.. Thomas Kelly,
DR.. and Mrs. Reginald Walker, Mr.. and
Mrs. Preston Williams, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. T. Richardson of Washington, DR..
and Mrs. z. Fullerton Cook of Swarth-
more. Pa: Mr.. and Mrs Ashton Gouldin
Of Fredericksburg, Va; Mrs. William A.
Brockett of Alexandria, Va; Miss Eva
Burrows of WeStfield, N. j.; Miss Mar
garet WetSn of Chester, Pa. Miss Helen
Scott Of Philadelphia. Miss Louise War
rem Hurd of Montreal, Canada; Mr. and
Mrs. Carroll Chinn and Mr.. and Mrs.
Emory Chinn of LovettSville, Va; Mr..
John Settle of Culpeper, Va: Mrs. Nor
man Waters of Frederick, Md, and Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Haines of Linwood Md.
At the Chevy Chase Club last eve
ming, Dr. and Mrs. Reginald Walker of
Washington, entertained the bridal
party DR.. and Mrs. Nourse and a few
other guests at dinner.
Miss Miller Becomes Bride
OF Lieut.. C. L. Booth, U. S. A.
In the presence of members Of the
two families and a few close friends,
Miss Nancy Washington Miller, daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Evelyn Tyler Miller and the
late John J. Miller of Virginia, became
the bride on December "a of Lieut.
Charles LOOMS Booth, U. S. A, son of
Mrs. Lulu Loomis Booth and the late
Thomas G. Booth of New York City.
The ceremony took place at the Church
Of the Epiphany, this city, the Rev.
DR.. James W. Morris officiating. A
luncheon was given at the Willard
Hotel by the brides mother following
the wedding.
The bride, wearing becoming after
noon gown of brown crepe with a
shoulder corsage cluster of Sweetheart
roses and valley lilies, entered the
church with her brother, DR.. Henry
Taylor Miller of this city, who gave her
In marriage. Mrs. George Tyler Miller
of Front Royal, Va, sister-in-law of the
bride, was her only attendant, and
Lieut.. Churchill Hutton, U. S. A., was
best man.
AS the bride entered Adolph Torovsky,
organist at Epiphany, played the we'd
ding march from Lohengrin, closing
the ceremony with MendelSSohns we'd
ding march.
Mrs. Booth Is descended from a long
line OF distinguished ancestors. The
marriage of her mother to Senator
John j. Miller at the executive man
sion, Richmond, Va, during the ad-
miiistration CT her brother, Gov. j.
Hoge Tyler, was the second marriage
70 take place at the historic manson
since the Civil War, and was one of the
social events of the season.
Lieut.. Booth is a graduate of the
United States Military Academy, class
OF 1924, and is now a student at the
Artillery School, Fort Sill, Okla. where
the bride and bridegroom will be at
home after January l.
Brides Father OfficiateS
1t Wedding in Nearby Virginia.
The marriage of Miss EVELYN Kelly
Taylor. daughter Of the Rev. and Mrs.