Evening star., 1933-09-03
Miss Rebecca Smoot
And Charles Seaman
Wed at Alexandra
RI. Rev. Arthur Selden
Lloyd. Grand Uncle of
Bride. Presides at Cere-
mony.

becca Lloyd Smoot, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Calvert Smoot, be-
came the wife of Mr.. Charles Marbury
Seaman, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Seaman of Washington. The church
decorations were gladioli and palms,
and Mrs. Howard Blandy, organist Of
the church, played the wedding music.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. DR.. William Jackson Morton, rec
tor of the church.
The bride entered the church with
her father, who gave her in marriage,
and she wore her mothers wedding
gown of white Chinese cloth. heavily
embroidered, with a veil of tulle, and her
flowers we're Talisman roses and valley
lilies.
Miss Frank Wood Smoot was maid
OF honor for her sister. wearing cos
tune of dusty rose fiat crepe with
small brown velvet hat and her flowers
were Pendleton gladioli and delphinium.
The bridesmaids were Miss Katherine
Griffith Smoot, sister of the bride; Miss
Julia Finley of North Wilkesboro, N. c.,
and Miss Nellie Selden Sommers of
Alexandria, cousins of the bride, and
Miss Courtenay Page Waller. Their
gowns were of pale pink with brown
accessories, small brown velvet hats and
brown shoes. Their flowers were pink
gladioli and blue delphinium.
Mr.. Fred C. Ruby of Washington was
the best man for Mr. Seaman and the
ushers were Mr.. Ernest c. Seaman,
brother of the bridegroom; Mr.. Thomas
Wagner Mr. F. D. Benny and Mr.. ].
Blynn Weldon of Washington and Mr.
Joseph Blackwell. jr, of Alexandria.
The ceremony was followed by re-
ception for the wedding party, relatives
and a few friends of the young couple
in the home of the brides great-aunt,
Miss Cora Smoot, 301 South st. Asaph
street, when Mrs Smoot and Mrs. Sea-
man mothers of the bride and bride
groom. respectively, assisted, the for
mer wearing a gown of brown chiffon
velvet and the latter in black satin.
Mrs. William J. Boothe and Miss
Katherin Griffith Uhler, the latter an
aunt of the bride, presided at the punc;.
bowl, assisted by Miss Elizabeth Lee
Boothe. Mrs A Herbert Oliver and
Mrs. John Thornton Ashton served the
wedding cake and Mrs. Alfred Thomson
poured coffee, assisted by Miss Ida Hill
and Miss Harriet Hill of Baltimore. Miss
Frances Sinclair, Miss Grace Powell
and Miss Elizabeth Rust.
Among out-of-toWn guests were MIR.
and Mrs. John Lloyd Uhler of Pitts
bureh Pa. uncle and aunt of the bride:
Mrs. James Clinton Smoot of North
Wilkesboro, N. c., grandmother OF the
! bride; Mr. and Mrs Ralston NJ Pound
of Charlotte, N. c., uncle and aunt OF
the bride: Mrs. Marvel H, Parsons OF
West Point, N. Y, aunt of the bride:
Mr.. and Mrs. Caspar Drueding of Phila-
delphia, Mrs. Clifton Williamson of
MONTGOMERY, Ala; Miss Florence Booten
of Orange, Va.
Following the reception Mr. and Mrs.
Seaman left for wedding trip and will
reside in Alexandria. Mr.. Seaman's
father has been an employe at the ex-
ecutive Office at the White House for
many years.
Among the entertainments given for
the young couple prior to the wedding
were a shower by Miss Nellie Seldom
Sommers, shower by Mrs. George
Bissett. sister of the bridegroom, and
buffet supper by Miss Courtenay Page
Waller.
Mrs. Walter Roberts, her sons and
daughters-in-law Mr. and Mrs James
W. Roberts Mr.. and Mrs w. Cameron
Robert sand Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hunt
Roberts; her son-in-laW and daughter,
Judge and Mrs. William P. Woolls, and
her daughters, Mrs. John Taliaferro
Worthington and Miss Mary Hunt Rob-
erts, attended the wedding in Char
lottesville yesterday OF Mrs Roberts
youngest son. DR.. John Edmund Rob-
erts, to Miss Lucy Amber Lee, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. Claude Marshall Lee.
Mrs. Charles T BoWdoin and her
daughters, Miss Louise Bowdoin and
Miss Grace Bowdoin, returned last week
from a visit at Woodberry Forest, IN
Orange County, Va Mr. Bowdoin mo-
tored to Woodberry for the week end
and accompanied his family home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur M. King and
their children, Betty and Frank King,
are on a motor trip to Chicago to visit
the Century of Progress Exposition.
Mrs Mary Whitton Leef ana her
brother Mr.. Robert Goodacre Whltton,
suent the week at Orkney Springs, Va.
Mrs. w H. Hayworth and Miss Mary
Ann Hayworth have returned from
visit to relatives in Orlando, Fla.
Miss Esther Holiday Green is the
guest of Miss Constance Boush in her
Summer cottage, at Orkney Springs, va.
Miss Lucy Uhler spent the last week
end on a motor trip to Philadelphia.
Miss Katherine G.. Smoot has re-
turned from visit to Miss Marian NC
kinzie in Norfolk, Va.
Miss Cora Smoot, who visited her
eister-in-law, Mrs. J. Clinton Smoot; IN
North W1lkesboro N c.. returned last
week. accompanied by Mrs. Smoot and
her granddaughter, Miss Julia Finley OF
North Wilkesboro, and Mrs. Smoots
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralston M. Pound of Charlotte, N. c.
Mrs. Parsons, wife of Capt. Marvel
n Parsons, u. S. A., stationed at West
Point, N. Y. is visiting her brother-in-
Law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. I. Anoer-
son Sommers.
MI. and Mrs. John Lloyd Uhler of
Pittsburgh also are guests OF MI.
Uhler's brother -in-law and sister, MI.
and Mrs Sommers.
Mr.. Leroy E. Peabody and his son, Rob-
ert Peabody, left last week for motor
"trip to Connecticut and will be accom-
panied home by Miss Elizabeth Pea
BODY. who spent the Summer with her
grandmother, Mrs Christine Peabody,
In Westbrook, Conn.
Miss Polly Ferguson of Annapolis was
the week end guest OF Miss Leila whey.
Miss Susan Anderson has returned to
her home. near Gordonsville, after
visit to Miss Wiley.
Mr.. and Mrs Leo P. Harlow are mo-
toring through the North and Will JOIN
their daughter, Miss Faith Harlow, at
ocean City. N. j. where she has spent
the Summer, to accompany her to Jef-
5erson Park by September l5.
Mrs. Jules Bayol and her daughter,
Miss Charlotte Bayol, of Chattanooga,
Tenn, are the guests Of Mrs. B. M
Bayol
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Schafe and their
son, Jack Schafe, jr., are visiting rela-
tives in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Leo Parsons Of Philadelphia Is
the guest Of Mrs. Bessie Heishley.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Morton OF
Braddock are visiting relatives in Rich
mond, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. william Wine, Miss
Anna tucker and Mr. Charles Tucker
of Ouicksburg, Va, were week end
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George Woods
on Mount Ida.
Miss Caroline Snyder Of Baltimore Is
the guest Of Miss Jane Dunn.
Miss Evelyn Redrnan has returned