Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-04
Tuck-Ledger Wedding Rites
Held in Bethlehem Chapel
Miss Phoebe Underestimate Becomes Bride of
Mr.. Lohr in Ceremony at Takoma
Park Church.

Church. with the Rev. H. A. Woolfall
of1ciating.
Mr.. Samuel Wood, organist at the
church. gave a program Of music and
Mrs. Charles Walsh sang a selection be-
fore the ceremony and during the cere-
mony she sang "Oh, Perfect Love" The
bride was given in marriage by her
father, Mr.. Harry c. Cragg, and looked
lovely in a gown of white bridal satin
in the prevailing mode, made with
square neck. long, tight-f1tting sleeves
and long train. Her veil of lace was
trimmed with orange blossoms and
pearls and she carried white roses and
lilies of the valley.
Her only attendants were her sister,
Miss Margaret Cragg, who was the maid
OF honor, and Miss Virginia Richards.
They each wore yellow taffeta dresses
with green velvet belts, their Empress
Eugene hats and accessories also being
In green. They carried Pernet roses.
DR.. Clarence E. Geiger was best man
and the ushers were Mr.. William Cum
ninghanl, Mr.. George E. Frazier and Mr.
william H. Lipscomb.
Miss Amelia Dalton and Mrs. John
Baptista presided at the tea table at
the reception which was held imme-
diately after the ceremony at the Dodge
Hotel. After reception Mr.. and Mrs.
Aston left on their wedding trip and
will be at home in Washington Octo-
Der 20.
Out-of-town guests at the wedding
were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry C. Geiger Of
Baltimore, Mrs. Margaret P. Donnally
and Mrs. Sadie Peddington of Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Miss Anne We're Fairfax Dashiell
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Dash
I g-I1 nj y H. = ~ -
Erdman, U. S. NJ, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Howard Erdman of Ridgway, Pa,
we're married Thursday evening in Bal
| t1more, the ceremony being performed
at $50 o'clock in the presence of only
members of the two families.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Erdman will make
their home at 1886 o street, the former
! being on Guty in the photographic ONCE
Of the Navy Department.
The marriage of Miss Mary Kath-
! crime Johnston, daughter OF Mr.. and
/ Mrs. B. H. Johnston of Backiey, w. Va.
/ to DR. Edward Wood. son Of Mrs. Wood
and the late Mr.. Edward T. Wood of
Claremont, near Petersburg. Va, WHICH
took place September 81 at Beckley. Is
| announced to Washington friends. DR..
and Mrs. Wood have been on a motor
/ trip in the east, including Washington
.
! Friends School in Washington and is
also a graduate of Mrs. Wright's School
! at Bryn Mawr and of the Katherine
Gibbs School in New York. DR.. Wood
/ attended William and Mary Collage and
/ took his medical degree at the Medical
( College of Virginia at Richmond DR..
and Mrs. Wood will reside at Beckley.
/ The marriage of Miss Dorcas Armi-
/ tage Andrews, daughter Of DR.. and Mrs.
! John Sedgwick Andrews. Orange, Va,
to Mr. Rodman Ward son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Christopher L. Ward, Wilmington
Del, took place Saturday, September
26, in the Presbyterian Church OF
! Orange, with the ceremony being per-
formed by the pastor, Rev. Charles r
Stribling. Mrs. H. Greene Shackelford
played the wedding music. The church
was decorated with yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS, michaelmas daisies, ferns and
palms.
The bride, who was escorted by her
father who gave her in marriage, were
her mothers wedding gown Of ivory
satin and old lace with an illusion veil
and cap of lace and carried an old
fashioned nosegay. Her maid of honor
was Miss Juliette H. Cooper, Glen
Ridge, N. J., and her bridesmaids were
/ Miss Rosalie Slack and Miss Barbara
T
Flushing, N. Y; Miss Allison Ward
sister of the bridegroom, Wilmington
Del, and Miss Elvira Boxley, Orange
N. j. They wore pale beige chiffon
gowns with hats to match, trimmed
with brown ostrich tips, and brown
| gloves and brown shoes, and carried
arm bouquets Of blue and yellow flowers
tied with long Streamers Of orange and
! pale yellow satin ribbon.
] to
| ton, served as best man. Ushers were
Mr.. W. M Conley, I'd, Philadelphia
Mr.. George N. Elliott. jr, and Mr.
George Winchester, Wilmington; Mr.
Lloyd Renshaw, West Chester, Pa. Mr.
John Power, New York, and Mr.. John
B. Cooper, jr., Glen Ridge, N. j.
/ Immediately following the ceremony
a wedding breakfast was serted at An
dreWsia, home of the brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward motored to wash
ington and went by train to Boston,
where they took steamer fer Europe.
where they will spend their honeymoon.
They will reside in Wilmington.
Miss Gretchen Amelia Bergner
daughter of Mrs. Sophie j. Bergner. and
1 Mr.. Robert Frederick Roemer. son of
Mrs. Kate Roemer OF CantonSville, Md.
were married Wednesday evening, Sep
TENDER %. The ceremony was per
formed in the Lutheran Church of the
Atonement. Rev. Howard E. Snyder.
pastor of the church, officiating, at 7:3o
o'clock. Mrs. Carlton Hoffner of New
York and Washington sang several
solos accompanied by Mr. Archie DYE,
organist, of New York and Washington.
who played the wedding music. Palms
and ferns wee used in the decoration
of the church and candles gave the
light.
The bride was given in marriage by
her cousin, Mr. George N. Walker, and
wore white satin made with a train.
Her tulle veil was trimmed with lace
and held with band of pearls, and
she carried a shower bouquet of white
roses and lilies Of the valley tied with
dainty lace and bow knots of white
satin ribbon.
Mrs. Marion Shade of New York was
matron of honor and wore a costume of
pale yellow mousseline de sole trimmed
with green, with which she wore a
toque of yellow chiffon velvet and car