Evening star., 1935-05-26
WeddingList
Issued for
Miss Pickett
Miss Leary Maid Of
Honor at Old Christ
Church Ceremony.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 2S.-Miss
Evelyn Lewis Pickett, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George E. Pickett. whose
marriage to MIR. Selden Stewart Baker
of Cincinnati will tage place Saturday
afternoon, June /, in Old Christ
Church, will have Miss Virginia Leary
of Occoquan as her maid of honor,
and the bridesmaids will be Mrs.
Robert Blankenship Morris, sister of
Mr.. Baker; Miss Ann Carter, Miss
Elizabeth Swan and Miss Elizabeth
Nicholson. Little Mary Jane Rowan,
niece of the bride-elect, will be flower
girl. Mr.. Baker will have his brother,
Mr.. Mayo Baker, as best man and
the usherS will be Mr.. James Henry
Dodge and Mr.. John S. Donnellan OF
Washington; Mr.. Robert Blankenship
Morris and Mr.. Stanleigh Swan Of
Alexandria. Miss Pickett is being en-
tertained almost daily and was the
guest of honor at a dinner given last
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bridge Monday afternoon when Mrs.
Frank Clarke and Miss Ida Goodloe
entertained in Mrs. Clarkes home.
Saturday May 18, Miss Hilda Wade
entertained at luncheon at tea
room in Washington. and Wednesday
evening Miss Virginia Leary was host
ess in her home in Occoquan for
Miss Pickett. the other guests being
the bridesmaids and members OF the
Phi Mu Sorority, who were classmates
of the guest of honor at William ana
Mary College. which she attended
after graduating from the Alexandra
High School Mr.. Baker attended
Hampden-Sidney College and was
graduated In law from the National
University in Washington. Miss Eliza
beth Nicholson entertained about 200
guests at tea this afternoon for Miss
Pickett and Mr.. Baker. Tomorrow
afternoon Mrs. Clarke Slaymaker and
Miss Ann Carter will be hoStesses to
a large company at tea for them in
the Jennings Tea Room on South
Washington street.
Miss Mary Cootes returned Sunday
from Richmond where she was the
guest for a week of Miss Margaret
Anderson. Miss Cootes was among the
players in the Old Dominion Tennis
tournament which took place on the
courts of the Country Club of Vlr-
ginia from Wednesday to Saturday OF
last week.
Cards have been received from Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Niece Forbes an
nouncing the marriage of their daugh-
ter Mary to Mr.. Irvine White. ID
Saturday afternoon. May l6. in the
chantry of St. Luke's Episcopal
Church in Montclair. N ]. The cere-
mony was performed in the presence
of the two immediate families. the
rector of the church, the Rev. DR..
Luke M. White. father of the bride
groom, officiating Miss Cornella
Forbes. sister of the bride. was her
only attendant, and Mr.. Luke M.
White, jr., attended his brother as
best man. The bridegroom is a great
nephew Of Mrs. Eleanor S. Washing
ton Howard of this city and is a
grandson of the late Right Rev. Bev-
erley cambridge Tucker, bishop Of
Southern Virginia He is a nephew
Of the Right Rev. Henry St. George
Tucker, bishop of Virginia; the Rev.
DR.. Beverley D. Tucker. rector of St
Paul's Church in Richmond, and OF
the Rev. Francis Bland Tucker. rector
of st. Johns Church in Georgetown.
Mr.. White is descended on the ma
ternal side from John Augustine
Washington. brother of the first Pres
ident, and on the paternal side from
Gov. Alexander Spotswood of Vir-
ginia. founder of the knights of the
Golden Horseshoe; Richard Henry Lee,
signer of the Declaration of indie
pendence, and of Isaac Shelby. noted
Revolutionary soldier, of Kentucky.
Mr.. Tucker is graduate of the Mont
clair Academy and of the University
of Virginia. He is a librarian con-
nected with the Newark Public Lii
brary. The bride is a graduate of
Elmira College. New York. During the
coming Summer, Mr.. White and his
bride will live in the rectory in
Montclair.
Mrs. Chester A. Amos has leased the
estate. Summer Hall in Warrenton
for the Summer months and will take
possession early in June.
Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Reed have re-
turned from a visit to the latter's
brother-in-law and sister. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence H. Taylor, in Lin
coin, Va.
Miss Maizie Aestrop returned Sun
day after spending a week with rela-
tives in Chester, Va
The marriage of Mr.. Russell Bar
gan1in, jr.. formerly of this city, to
Miss Imogene Taliaferro Marston.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Caspar
Taliaferro Marston of Baltimore, took
place Saturday afternoon, May 49, in
the garden of Mr.. and Mrs Marston's
Summer home on the Severn River,
near Annapolis. Rev. Harvey Lee
Marston. brother of the bride and
assistant rector of ST. Luke's Church
in Montclair, N. j., of1ciated Mrs.
Silas Morton Creech, sister of the
bride, was matron of honor, and Mr..
John Bargamin Of Crozet, Va, was
best man for his brother. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bargamin will live during the
Summer months at the Bargamin
estate, Upway, near Crozet.
Mr.. Harvey Lunsford has an
nounced the marriage of his daugh-
ter Camilla to Mr.. John Carroll Chap
man of Laramie, Wyo, Wednesday.
May l, in Frederick. Md. the Rev.
DR.. Charles E. wehler, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, officiating. Mr..
and Mrs. Chapman are living at 223
North Columbus street.
Mrs. Elizabeth Keegan is home
from visit to her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Keegan in New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A Moore and
the latter's sister, Miss Mary Moore,
have returned from two weeks stay
IN Atlantic City.
Miss Ruth Weeks Of Des Moines,
iowa, Is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry D. Kirk.
Mrs. Margaret Berkeley of Atlanta
a visiting Mr.. and Mrs. George Rail-
ing. Mrs. Berkeley formerly lived In
Alexandria.
Mrs. william H. Wood entertained
ut dinner Sunday evening in honor
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