Evening star., 1934-09-09
Miss Emily E. Davis
Bride in Ceremony
At Charlotte Hall
Capital Girl Is Married to
William Rich Chesley at
Dent Memorial P. E.
Chapel.

LEONARDTOWN, Md, September
8.-The Dent Memorial P. E. Chapel
at Charlotte Hall, was the scene of q
simply arranged wedding wednesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, when Miss
Emily Elizabeth Davis of Washington
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Lynwood Davis of Charlotte Hall, Md.
became the bride of Mr.. William Rich
CheSley, son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
F. Chesley. il, also of Charlotte Hall
The ceremony was performed by
the rector, Rev. Franklin Lee Metcali
of Mechanicsville, Md. before large
company. The church was attrac-
lively decorated with palms, ferns and
seasonal flowers, and on the altar
we're lighted cathedral candles.
Mrs. Dale Cropper, organiSt, anc
sister of the bride, played the con-
ventional wedding marches, and also
accompanied Mr.. Cropper, who sang
preceding the ceremony.
The bride was escorted by he1
father. who gave her in marriage
on princess lines, with hat of same
material, and carried bride roses with
lilies Of the valley.
Miss Maria Strowd of Washington
was the maid of honor and wore a
gown of yellow satin, with a brown
velvet jacket, and hat with medium
brim to match the jacket, and carried
Talisman roses.
Mr.. Walter Dyson of Charlotte
Hall was the best man and the uShers
were Mr. Byron Davis, brother of the
bride, and Mr.. William Kenneth Ches-
ley, brother of the bridegroom.
Mrs. Davis, mother of the bride, had
gown of wine color crepe, with q
small hat to match, and Mrs. Chesley
mother of the bridegroom, wore flow
cred chiffon, with medium brim hat
Mr.. and Mrs. Chesley left imme-
diately after the ceremony for a
Southern wedding trip, the bride
travelling in black and white ensem-
BILE. On their return they will make
their home in the quaint old CheSley
homestead in Charlotte Hall.
Among those from out of the county
we're Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence T. Bur-
roughs, Miss Auda Mae Crocker, Mrs.
Annie May Clark, Miss Grace Soth-
oron of Washington, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. H. Kenly, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Chesley and Mr.. and Mrs. T. w.
Anderson and family of Baltimore,
and DR.. T. N. Rich, grandfather OF
the bridegroom of Clearspring, Md.
The bridegroom is the grandson of
the late Capt. w. L. Chesley, who
served as a member of the Maryland
State Senate, and comes from a
prominent old family well known in
Southern Maryland, as is the family
of the bride.
Col. Thomas Holcombe, U. S. M. c.,
stationed at the Marine headquarters,
in Washington, and Mrs. Holcombe,
who have been cruising in st. Marys
County waters on their yacht, have
returned to Washington. They were
hosts aboard the yacht Sunday to Col
William G.. Fay, U. S. M. c., retired,
and Mrs. Fay of Mulberry Fields on
the lower Potomac River.
Mrs. S. Paul Hayden of Mount
Osborne, spent 10 days with her SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
F. L. Beck, jr., and their infant
daughter Tululah in Washington
Mrs. Hayden has with her this week
her cousin, Miss zelena Jones OF
Baltimore.
Miss Janet Hamilton, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Hamilton, has
returned from trip through Canada
and the northern part of the United
States with her grandmother, Mrs
William Queen of Baltimore. She
has visiting her for a fortnight her