Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
Miss Catherine Deming
Bride of Lieut.. FOrney
Pretty Ceremony Performed Yesterday Afternoon
at Home of Her Parents IN
Chevy Chase.

Miss Priscilla Moody, daughter OF
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Lucien Moody.
and Miss Fay Griffin, daughter OF
Capt. E. S. Griffin, were the brides
only attendants. They wore net frocks,
one in white and one in Nile grsn.
Mr.. j. F. A. Purcell of Newark, N. j.,
brother of the bridegroom, was best
man, and the ushers were brother OIL
GERS Of the bridegroom in the 1lth
Engineers, who formed an arch with
their sabers, under which the bride
and bridegroom walked after the cere-
mony.
Mrs. Jones, mother of the bride.
wore gown of fawn-color chiffon and
lace.
Later in the day Lieut.. and Mrs.
Purcell started for a short wedding
trip, the bride travelling in a suit OF
maise and black with accessories to
match. They will travel in Costa Rica'
visiting San Jose and Point Limon.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Maj. and Mrs. John A. Wogan OF
Camp Gatun and Col. and Mrs. James
S. Shelly of Fort Davis, Canal Zone.
The Church of the Covenant was the
scene of a pretty wedding Monday eve
ming at o'clock, when Miss Virginia
Walker, daughter of Mrs. Virginia G.
bride of Mr.. Lester L. SpeSsard OF this
city.
The floral arrangements in the church
were unusually effective, with hydran-
geaS and gladioli predominating in the
mass of palms and ferns. AS the guests
were assembling Prof A. r. Spessard.
brother of the bridegroom and head OF
the vocal department of Otterbein Col
lege, Westerville, Ohio. sang Because.
porkc ct Y0Il
Truly" During the ceremony the or
ganist of the church played "Oh, Sweet
Mystery of Life
The bride was given in marriage by
her brother Mr. George E. Walker. and
she wore a gown Of ivory satin FASH
toned on princess lines with lace yoke
and a full circular skirt. The sleeves
were long and fitted. and her tulle veil
was draped from a cloSe-fitting cap
held in place with a wreath of orange
blossoms She carried a shower bou-
quet of bride roses and lilies of the
valley.
Mrs. w. A Stenhouse was matron of
| honor for her sister, wearing a gown OF
pink mousSeline de sole with a picture
hat of transparent braid, pink slippers
and lace mitts and carrying a bouquet
OF pink roses and blue delphinium.
The bridesmaids were Miss Lottie
Spessard of the Philippines, sister Of
the bridegroom, and Miss Minnie Eli
son. They wore frocks of mousseline
de sole. Miss Spessard in yellow and
Miss Ellison in green. accessories match
ing their gowns, and they carried large
bouquets of Talisman roses and blue
delphinium.
Little Miss Hilda Parks of Ballston
was the flower girl wearing q long
dress of white organdy. trimmed with
applique of pink and yellow. She car
ried a basket filled with rose petals
which she scattered in the path of
the bride as she walked to the altar.
Mr.. A. r. Spessard OF Westerville,
Ohio, was the best man and the ushers
were Mr.. John Schaaff of Glencarlyn,
Va; Mr.. Eugene G. Shreve of Falls
Church, Va. and Mr.. w. A. Stenhouse
Of Merrifield. Va.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Spessard received the guests
at the wedding in the chapel Of the
church after which they left for a motor
trip through the North. Mrs. Walker
mother Of the bride, wore a gown of
orchid chiffon and a corsage bouquet OF
gardenias and roses.
Mrs. Spessards going away costume
was a skipper blue silk crepe jacket
suit with accessories to match.
The out-of-town guests included Mrs
James Gish of Vinton, Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. w. V. Spessard of Smithsburg,
Md; Mrs. Annie Slower OF Hagerstown
Md; Miss Helen Ward of Cumberland
Mrs. A. r. Spessard and son, Dwight,
of Westerville, Ohio; Prof. and Mrs
S. H. Denckson of Annville, Pa, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Slower Of Hyattsvilla,
Md.
The bridegroom is . plant guaran-