Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
Weddings Taking Place
Recently Hold Interest
Here and In Other Cities
Miss Virginia May Croker
Weds Mr.. Irving Linser
in Simple Ceremony.

The marriage of Miss virginia May
Croker, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard d. Croker of Country Club Hills,
Va, to Mr.. Irving o. Linger, son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Fred A. Linger of Washington
took place Wednesday morning.
The ceremony, charming in its SIM
plicity, was performed at the home Of
the brides parents, In bower of lau-
rel and palms. the Rev. George @. Gull
bertson of the New York Avenue PreSby-
terrain Church oficiating.
The brides costume was an ensemble
OF rayol blue faille, with eggshell blouse
and hat to match and she wore a cor
sage cluster Of sweetheart roses and
lilies or the valley. Mrs. Croker, the
brides mother, was in a frock of april
cot satin crepe and old lace and Mrs.
Linger the mother of the bridegroom
wore a gown Of golden brown silk and
transparent velvet.
A wedding breakfast followed, the
guests being Mr.. and Mrs. Irving O..
Linger, Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Croker,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Linger, Rev. George
@. Culbertson, Mrs. Percy Middleton
and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur w Croker
after which the bride and bridegroom
left for motor trip North and on their
return will make their home in Wash
ington.
d
nounce the marriage of their daughter,
Henrietta Louise, to Mr.. Mark Twain
Robinson, January %, 1880, Christ
Church, Alexandria, Va.
A wedding of interest to friends in
Washington, New Orleans, Meridian,
Miss. and San Pedro, Calf was that
Of Miss Margaret Persis Birtwell, daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs, Daniel r. Birtwell OF
washington, to Lieut. (junior grade)
Howard Walter Gilmore. The marriage
took place at Yuma, AriZ., Sunday, De-
cember %, 1929. The Rev. DR.. Brooke
of the Methodist Church performed the
ceremony.
The bride was charming in a travel
rieS to match. She carried q bouquet
of roses and lilies Of the valley. Mrs.
Gilmore, native of Washington, was
graduated with honors, and was class
poet of the class of 1924, Central High
School. She received her degree of
Bachelor of Arts from Goucher College,
class of 1928. While a student at
Goucher, Mrs. Gilmore was an active
member of the French and Spanish
Clubs and Of Alpha Gamma Delta.
Mrs. Gilmore Is a sister of Lieut..
0unior gradel Daniel T. Birtwell, jr.,
u. S. N.
Her American ancestry reaches back
10 generations, on the maternal side to
he Rev. Henry Ambrose, who came from
England in 1910, and established q
church In New Hampshire. A later an
cestor, Rev. Samuel Ambrose, married
Mary Goodhue and served In the 21st
New Hampshire Regiment during the
Revolutionary War. Her grandfather.
Nathaniel Merrill Ambrose, lawyer and
editor served as captain in the War of
the Rebellion. Her fathers people are
of English and Scotch descent and have
lived for a number of generations in
Pennsylvania
Lieut. (junior grade) Howard Walter
Gilmore is the son of Mr. William M
Gilmore and the late Mrs. Gilmore, for
merly Miss Howard of Meridian, Miss. |
His early education was received in the |
South. Later he starred through four
years at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, |
Nd. After graduating from the Acad-
envy in the class of 1925 he was as. |
signed to the U. s. S. Mississippi, where |
ne has served since that time as Ensign |
and lieutenant tjunior grade.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Grifith an
nounce the marriage Of their daughter, |
Helen Gertrude, to Mr.. Harry Wood |
Warner Of Rochester, N Y, on Novem- |
Der 30, 1929, at Baltimore, Nd, the |
Rev: DR.. w. T. Way Of Baltimore ON
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