Evening star., 1934-06-17
St. Marys County
: Residents Are Hosts
80.
10 To Many Visitors
odd Home Week a Feature
i of Tercentenary Celebra.
-, ton Festivities.

are playing hosts tonight to the hun
dreds of guests who have come from
afar to help them celebrate the Mary
land Tercentenary anniversary, being
observed here this week end. Every
house is filled to capacity. many hav-
ing returned for old home week, to
once again acquaint themselves with
their friends and the Colonial tradi-
tionS of the past. Hundreds of yacht
ing craft from all parts of the Atlantic
seaboard tonight at st. Marys City
are having parties aboard in honor
of distinguished guests who include
Governors of the States that were the
l3 original Colonies, Members of Con-
greSs and foreign diplomats.
Following the dedication of the
1876 restored State House this morn
ing, the thousands of visitors and
, spectators witnessed the pageant st.
Marys the Mother of Maryland" a."
which was written and directed by
Mrs Kathleen Reed Coontz of Wash
ington, D. c. The pageant depicted
the life and the leading historical
events of the first 81 years at the
site Of MarylandS first capital.
A large costume ball was held also
at St. Mary City tonight and at
tended by many of the visitors and
members Of the crew OF the English
warship Dundee and the two United
States destroyers Overton and Man
ley. The costumes and the naval
uniforms added a brilliant note to
the ball
A wedding of wide interest to
society circles in Washington, D. c.;
Baltimore, Md. Kalamazoo, Mich,
and Westchester County, N. Y, as
we'll as st. MaryS County. was that of
Miss Frances Manning Loker, daugh-
ter of Judge William Meverell Loker
of Leonardtown, on the Seventh
Judicial Circuit of Southern Mary
land, and Mrs. Loker, to Mr.. George
Peter Wigginton. son of Mrs. Mar
garet B. WiggintOn and the late G.. P.
Wigginton of Kalamazoo, Mich. and
Leonardtown. which took place at the
home of the brides parents June II
at high noon The wedding ceremony
was performed by Rev. Father Joseph
Sheridan Knight S J., rector of the
st. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church,
Leonardtown. The bridal music was
furnished by the church organist, Mrs.
Maurice Thrift of Leonardtown. The
ceremony was performed before an
Impoverished altar in the living room,
beautifully decorated with long frondS
of swamp green fern and red rambler
roses. The other rooms were decora-
ted in pink and red rambler roses and
fern.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father, Judge Loker with whom
she entered the room. Her gown was
of ivory satin, and she wore a three
fourth veil, with other accessories to
match and carried a bouquet of white
roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Margaret Wigginton, sister to
the bridegroom, was maid Of honor
and was in a gown of light blue
fnousseline de sole. and she wore a
coulee hat and carried a bouquet of
yellow roses.
, Little Miss Margaret NJ Mehaffie,
riece of the bridegroom. was the
fower girl. She wore light blue
mousseline and carried a basket of
rose petals, which she scattered before
ahe bride. Mr.. Robert Wigginton,
brother of the bridegroom, acted as
his best man.
. A wedding breakfast followed i'm
9nediately after the ceremony, which
jWas attended by more than 125 guests.
= Heading the receiving line were the
brides mother Mrs. William Meverell
Ioker, who wore a gown of white
chiffon and a shoulder corsage cluS-
ter of orchids, and Mrs Margaret
Wigginton. mother of the bridegroom,
who wore white crepe and a shoulder
cluster of orchids. Among the out-of
town guests attending were: Mrs. E.
d. Hathaway. Mr. and Mrs. L. P.
Yves. Mr.. ard Mrs. Aubrey Clarke,
all CT Washington. D. c.; Mr.. Loker
Fal-J and Mr.. Dyer Raley of New
York City, Mr.. H. F. Mehaffle Of Kali
anna co, Mich, DR.. William A. Scott
of Ypsilante, Mich. Mrs. James
Brown Montfort of Washington, D.
C., and Mrs &C. Peberly and fam
ily and Mr.. and Mrs BaScom Broun
of Leonardtown.
: The bride wore as her going-away
co5tume dark blue crepe with acces-
eories to match Mr.. and Mrs. Wig
Pinton left Immediately after the
ceremony by motor for New York,
Ehere they will take a boat for
Europe and spend their honeymoon
Of six weeks abroad.
y Mr.. and Mrs. Bascom Broun of
Towne House, overlooking Brettons
Bay at Leonardtown. have as their
Tercentenary house guests this week
MIR. and Mrs. Albert Morgan of Orange.
Na; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry J. Winters
and Mr.. and Mrs. 10 " Morgan Of
Washington, D. c.. and Mrs. Julett
Miles Perkins and her daughter, Miss
Ann Miles, of winston Salem, N. G.
Mrs. Perkins is formerly of ST. Marys,
but has not lived here for 25 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel D. Young of
Grand Rapids. Mich. have arrived
and opened their historic home, SuS-
uuehanna, on the Patuxent River, for
the Summer.
- Mr and Mrs. James S. Carr Of Pine
Shadows, St. Marys City, have as
their house guests for the Maryland
Tercentenary celebration this week
end Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Carr and their
daughter, Mrs. c. F. ClipSon, and her
Daughter, little Miss Sally Ann Clip
son, all of Swickley. Pa, and Mrs. Louis
y. Berger and Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
D. Gates and their daughter, Miss Reba
Gates, all of Baltimore. Md, and the
ears two neices, Miss Alma Robin
Son and Miss Clara Robinson of Park
ers Landing, Pa, and also Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Lloyd of Fort Wash
hgton, Pa
: Mr. ana Mrs. G. Morgan Knight. sr..
Of Tudor Hall Mansion, on Brettons
Bay, have as their house guest this
week END Mrs knights sister, Mrs.
William F. Beckner of Huntington,
w. Va
: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nathanson OF
this city will have with them this
week end their twin daughters, Miss
Miriam NathanSon and Miss Anna
Nathanson. and their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. David Deitz of
Trenton, N. j.
/. Count Louis la Bassatiere of Paris
A the house guest this week of his
Cousins Mr.. and Mrs. James Fenner