Evening star., 1934-07-06
Cobey- Brewer Wedding
Notable Maryland Event.

The marriage of Miss Virginia Rus
sell Brewer, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Russell Brewer of Cumber-
land, Md, formerly of Rockville, to
Mr.. William Earle Cobey of Frost
burg. Md, son of DR.. and Mrs. James
c. Cobey of Frostburg, took place
June IS, in the garden of the home
of the brides parents. the Rev Henry
F. Kloman of the Emmanuel Episco-
| pal Church, officiating.
An improvised altar was arranged
in front of pine trees on the lawn
! and an aisle was roped off with rib
bons of tulle by 10 young ladies in
gowns of various pastel shades and
wearing hats in contrasting colors.
The young ladies making the aisle
were Miss June Bowie, Miss Sara
Shadt, Miss Elizabeth Matheney, Miss
Mary Roe. Miss Louise Finan. Miss
Virginia LeClair and Miss Evelyn
Claibourne.
Miss Marjorie Burford of Texark-
ana, Tex, played the wedding music.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father. She wore gown of white
satin, with long, white overjacket
of lace. a lace train and full sleeves
to the elbows and close fitting into
points over the hands. Her long tulle
veil fell from a cap of Duchess lace,
held in place by orange blossoms, and
she carried a shower bouquet of gar
denias, white roses and lilies of the
valley.
Mrs. I. William Hill, jr., cousin
Of the bride, was the matron of honor,
wearing a yellow mousseline de sole
gown. with small turban of the same
material, and carrying large bou-
quet of garden flowers.
Miss Peggy Moore Stalbaker of
| Cumberland, Md, cousin of the bride,
was the maid of honor in a nile green
chiffon gown with large white hat
of rough straw trimmed In dark green
velvet. She carried a bouquet of
| garden flowers.
Mr.. Milton Carpinter Cobey of
Durham, N. c., brother of the bride,
was the best man, and the ushers
we're Mr.. James Alexander Cobey,
brother of the bridegroom, of Frost
burg, Md; Mr.. James A. Virett and
Mr. Gordon Bowie of Cumberland.
T6CepJlOn IOllOWco Lie CeICIlOtly
on the lawn, when the couple were
assisted by Mrs. Brewer, who was in
flowered chiffon of deep orchid shade
with a corsage bouquet of pink roses,
and Mrs Cobey, mother of the BRIDE
groom, who wore rust lace with a
, picture hat and slippers of blue. She
likewise wore a corsage bouquet of
roses.
Later the couple left for a wedding
trip. the bride wearing brown chiffon
suit with a white blouse and a small
brown straw hat. They will be at
home later at FroStburg, Md. The
bride attended Sweetbriar College and
Simonds School in Boston. The BRIDE
groom is a graduate of Princeton
University and Harvard Law School.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Miss Virginia Russell, Mr. John r.
Brewer of Washington, Mr.. John
Brewer, Mrs. Will Waters, Miss Mary
Brewer, Miss Elizabeth Brewer. Miss
Martha Williams, Mr.. George Brewer,
Mr.. John B. Brewer. Mr.. Somerven
Dawson, jr., all of Rockville, Md.
Lieut.. Col Charles L. Candy, u. S. A.,
| and Mrs. Candy of Boston, Mass,
who are in Washington to visit Maj.
Douglas H. Mebane, U. S. A., were the
guests of honor for whom the latter
entertained at dinner on the terrace
of the Shoreham last evening. The
guests, many Of them officers who,
like Maj. Mebane, are attached to
Walter Reed Hospital, numbered 18.
Mr.. Thormond Klst, United States
commercial attache at Stockholm; Mr..
Hugh S. Hanna of the Labor Depart
ment and DR.. r. r. Sayers of the
United States Public Health Service
are returning from the International
| Labor Conference and will arrive in