Evening star., 1930-06-15

attended the North Carolina State Col
lege for Women.
Mr.. Moncrief Is the only son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Lee John Moncrief.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Thompson
Powell OF Brookeville. Md, announce
the marriage Of their daughter, Jane,
to DR.. John Ruxton Wood, u, 8. A.,
of Richmond, Va.
The wedding took place yesterday
morning at IL o'clock in the Mount
Vernon Place Church, the Rev. DR.. w.
arrangements for the wedding were
quite simple.
The bride has taught in the ele-
mentary school of Montgomery County
for the past four years, making q wide
circle OF friends. The bridegroom is
a son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ruxton j.
Wood Of Richmond, Va, and is a
graduate of the Medical College Of Vir-
ginia and Of the University Of Viz
After July is DIR. and Mrs. Wood
will be at home at Fort Hamilton,
Long Island. They left after the cere-
money for a motor trip to Atlantic
City.
The out-of-town guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Wood. Mr.. Wilfred w. Wood and
Mr.. Ralph z. Wood, parents and
ginia D. Holt, Mrs, Robert w. Wood,
DR.. and Mrs. Fred A. Wood, Mrs. Eula
Holt Merchant, all of Richmond, and
Mr.. Jack Merchant of Manassas, Va.
A very pretty wedding took place in
the Naval Academy Chapel, at An
napolis, yesterday at o'clock, when
Miss Elise jackson Collins, daughter of
Col. and Mrs. Robert Wilbur Collins of
Washington, became the bride of Lieut.
Glen Galloway Herndon, U. S. M. c.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Herndon of
Norwood, Colo. The chapel was beauti-
fully decorated with palms, ferns and
white flowers, and the ceremony was
performed by Chaplain Lash of the
United States Naval Academy.
The bride. who was given in marriage
by her father, wore a becoming gown
OF beige color chantilly lace made on
princess lines, with q small horsehair
hat and slippers to match, ard carried
an arm bouquet of Talisman roses and
lilies of the valley. Miss Dorothy Saun-
ders was maid Of honor and the only
attendant of the bride. She was in a
gown Of nile green chiffon made on
similar lines to that of the brides dress
| She wore q large horSehair hat and
shoes to match her dress and carried
an arm bouquet of garden flowers.
ALeub. EICkeHS OOlIlnS, DrObner OF the
bride, was best man. The ushers were
Lieut.. T. B. Hughes, Lieut.. w. B.
Steiner, Lieut.. A. L. Price Of the U. S
Marine Corps; Ensign Jack Moreno
Ensign r. B. Foster and Ensign r. P.
Davies of the U. s. Navy, and they
formed an arch of sabers under which
the bride and bridegroom left the
chapel.
Immediately following the ceremony
there was small reception for the
members of the bridal party and a few
intimate friends at the Blue Lantern
Inn In Annapolis. The young couple
were assisted In receiving by their par
ents, Mrs. Collins wearing a gown OF
pale blue Powered chiffon and Mrs
Herndon dress of black chiffon and
cream lace.
Later In the day Lieut.. and Mrs
| Herndon left on a motor trip, after
which they will be at home in Phila-
| delphia, where Lieut. Herndon has beer
ordered for duty. AS her going-away
dress the bride wore q green suit with
an eggshell blouse and accessories tc
match.
Before her marriage Mrs. Herndor
was popular student at George Wash.
ington University and a member of the
zeta Chapter Of the Sigma kappa
| Sorority. Lieut.. Herndon attended the
University Of Colorado. where he was 8