Evening star., 1934-04-08

A wedding of unusual interest in
Army circles took place yesterday at
noon in st. Thomas Episcopol Church
when Miss Sarah WadhamS Pearson,
daughter of Lieut. Col. William F..
Pearson, U. S. A., and Mrs. Pearson.
became the bride of Canon William
Stephen Turner, son of Mrs. Turner
and the late Mr.. William Stephen
Turner of Atlanta. Ga. The cere-
mony was performed by the Bishop of
Atlanta, Right Rev. H. j. Mikell, as
sisted by DR.. c. Ernest Smith.
The altar and chancel were deco
rated with Easter lilies and Australian
fern and the family pews were
marked with similar flowers and
greens.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father and she wore white satin
gown trimmed with old point ap-
plique, similar lace trimmed the long
cuffs. She wore the lace veil of her
great-grandmother, built over a tulle
foundation and arranged in Spanish
fashion. The bridal bouquet was of
white iris and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Maxwell Wood Tracy of West
Point was the matron of honor, wear
ing a burnt orange chiffon with a
high neck line and long ruffled
sleeves. Her hat was of brown straw
and she carried a muf bag of ostrich
to match and wore shoulder cluster
of green orchids and lilies of the val
ley.
Miss Lucy Barnard Dodge of Pitts
field was the maid of honor, in a
tangerine chiffon with accessories TO
match, and she carried a mutf to
match and wore a cluster of bios
SONS in the same shade
The bridesmaids were Miss Ruth
Roberts of Montclair, Miss Jane Ban
nard Adams of Northampton ard
Miss Dorothy Gould Fowler of this
city. They wore costumes like the
other attendants, but in pale yellow,
and carried similar muffs and wore
clusters of flowers to blend with their
frockS.
Rev. John Turner of Jacksonville,
Fla, was the best man and the ushers
selected were Mr.. Harold R. Turner
of Greenville, S. c., brother of the
bridegroom; the Rev. Frank B. Daley
of Baltimore. Mr.. Samuel Y. Tupper
of Atlanta, Mr. Robert johnson and
Mr.. St Elmo Massengale of Boston,
Lieut.. James D. Taylor and Col. Hen
ry T Bull of this city.
The ceremnoy was followed by a
small breakfast in the home of the
brides parents on Tracy place. The
buffet table was laid with point de
Venise lace cloth and had a charm
ing centerpiece of fuchsia and yellow
roses. Mrs. Pearson, mother of the
bride, was in gown of brown moss
crepe trimmed with fox, a brown hat,
and her flowers were yellow fuchsia
and valley lilies. The bridegroom's
mother was in black crepe and white
chiffon, with large black hat and a
shoulder cluster of talisman roses.
After the breakfast Canon Turner
and his bride left for wedding trip
the bride wearing a gray silk crepe
gown with coat of matching wool
crepe and a baum martin scarf. Her
hat and other accessories were brown.
Canon Turner and his bride will be
at home later at 242 Rumson road
Atlanta.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Clark, daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. Charles Cleve-
land Clark, was married last evening
to Mr.. Robert Francis HaSsell, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Francis Hassell of
Scarsdale N. Y. The wedding took
place in the home of the brides par
ents in Chevy Chase, Md, the Rev.
Henry Teller Cooke, rector of All
Saints Episcopal Church of Chevy
Chase, officiating at 7:30 o'clock. Mr..
Leon Brusiloff, violinist, arranged a
program of music and played the
wedding marches.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father and chose for her costume
ivory satin made on princess lines
with long train. The sleeves were
full at the top and close fitting from
the elbow to the wrist where they
were finished in point The only
trimming on the gown was rare old
point lace, an heirloom in the brides
family and her only ornament was
diamond and sapphire bar pin. gift
Of the bridegroom. Her veil of ivory
net was held by a cap of rose point
lace and orange blossoms and she
carried white roses with shower of
lilies of the valley.
Miss Anita Swingle Clark was maid
Of honor for her sister and chose a
gown of pale blue silk net made with
ing of the net over the shoulders and
edging the low neckline in the back
The long flaring skirt had a similar
ruching at the knees and her slippers
matched her gown. She wore a tiara
of silver and brilliants, gift Of the
bride, and carried pink roses and
Spring flowers. Mr.. Donald Reed
Hassell of Scarsdale, N. Y, was best
man for his brother.
A reception followed the ceremony,
when Mrs Clark, mother of the bride,
received the guests, wearing gown
of flesh color lace made with slight
train and her flowers were a corsage
bouquet Of violets. Mrs. Hassell,
mother of the bridegroom. who as
sisted, was in dark blue net and had
a corsage bouquet of talisman roses.
Later in the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Hassell started for wedding trip, the
bride wearing a travelling costume Of
brown tweed with hat and accessories
to match and brown and beige plaid
topcoat. They will make their home
at 472 Gramatan avenue, Fleetwood,
N. Y. The bride is graduate of
Vassar College in the class of 1888
and the bridegroom, who graduated
from Cornell University in 1880, is a
member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon
Fraternity and the Cornell Club of
New York, where he is in business.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Miss Doris Hassell, DR.. and Mrs. D.
B. Street. Miss Dorothy Kipp, Mrs.
A. H. Stevenson, Mr.. Albert Steven
son, Mr.. Douglas Stevenson, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. B. Lee and Miss Constance
Lee Of New York; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
D. Bean, Miss Virginia Marshall and
Mr.. r. Powers Wilkinson of Phila-
delphia; Mrs. J. Archer Sellman, Miss
Tilly Matthews and Mr.. Stewart
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