Evening star., 1933-06-04
Miss Cynthia Crocker
And DR.. H. E. Warner
To Be Married June 80
Miss Marjorie Allemann to
Become Bride of Mr.. Percy
H. Russell, Jr.

Miss Cynthia A. Crocker, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick w. Croker
of Chevy Chase, Md, has selected as
the date for her marriage to DR.. Harold
Ellsworth Warner of Washington June
80, the silver wedding anniversary of
her parents. The ceremony will take
place in the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Crocker, and the only attendant for
the bride is her young sister.
Mrs. Crocker, formerly Miss Mabel
Allen of Elmira. N. Y, was married in
a gown of white satin, and Miss
Crocker will wear the same gown and
veil on her wedding day, thus rendering
the event of unusual interest.
Mrs. Harry Claf1in of Longfellow
street entertained at a charmingly ar
ranged buffet supper for Miss Crocker
and DR.. Warner last Sunday evening.
The marriage of Miss Marjorie Ale
mann. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Allemann of Manhattan, Kans.,
and Mr.. Percy H. Russell, jr.. Of Wash
ington will take place in Boston June 10.
Miss Allemann graduated from Mills
College, California, and recently re-
ceived her masters degree at Radcliffe
College Cambridge, Mass.
Mr. Russell is the son of Mr.. Percy
H Russell of this city and is a gradu-
ate Of Dartmouth College, after which
he graduated in law from Harvard
He and his bride will spend their
honeymoon in New Hampshire and Will
return to Washington the latter part
Of July to make their permanent home.
Mr.. Russell. accompanied by his father
and sister. Miss Charlotte Adelaide Rus
SELL will sail Tuesday for Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Carr Lewis of
Ivy, Albemarle County, Va have an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Mary Elizabeth, to Mr.. John
de Koven Bowen. son of Mrs. Jack Q.
H. Smith of New York and the late
Mr.. John de Koven Bowen of Chicago.
The marriage will take place Saturday
in st. Margarets Protestant Episcopal
Church in Washington. Only members
of the two families will be present.
There will be no bridal attendants.
Miss Lewis is a descendant Of Meri-
wether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition and a member of an old and
distinguished Virginia family. Meri-
Wether Lewis was grandnephew Of
Washington, sister of Gen. George
Washington.
Mr.. Bowen is a grandson of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Ledyard Stevens of New
York and a great-grandson of the late
DR.. and Mrs. Octavius White. Through
the family of Mrs. White. who was
born Chanler, he is a descendant Of
the original John Jacob Astor. On the
paternal side Mr.. Bowen is grand
son of Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen of Chi
cago and the late Mr.. Bowen and a
great-grandson of the late John de
Koven, who belonged to one of the
oldest families of Chicago.
Invitations have been received here to
the wedding of Miss Laura Virginia
Presgrave. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter r. Presgrave of Pleasant VAL
ley Va. ard Mr.. George Ray Harri-
son, son of Mr. and Mrs A. S. Harrl-
son of Floris. Va. The ceremony Will
take place June II at $50 O'Clock in
the M. E. Church South at Pleasant
Valley, the Rev. r. A. Bergdoll of1ciat-
ing. The couple will make their future
home at Floris, Va.
The marriage of Miss Nancy Haxall
Dudley. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Underwood Dudley of Exning.
Middleburg, to DR.. John Louis Newell
of Boston will take place Saturday in
Emmanuel Church. Middleburg, and
will be followed by a reception at
Exning. .
Miss Dudley will have as her maid OF
honor Miss Rosalie Merrill Noland OF
Richmond and FoXcroft. Her brides
maids will be Miss Susan Haxall Frost
and Miss Louise Haxall Harris OF Bal
timore,