Evening star., 1935-11-10
St. Mary's S
Girl to Wed
|Novenber18
Margaret Belle Wig
CLINTON to Marry
Alex Loker.

S.-lNVltdLlOllS HdNe petH SSueQ lUT
the wedding of Miss Margaret Belle
Wigginton. daughterLof Mrs. Margaret
Belle Wigginton and the late Mr..
George p. Wigginton of Kalamazoo,
Mich, New York City and Leonard
town, and Mr.. Alex Loker, son Of
Judge and Mrs. William Meverell
Loker and Mrs. Loker, Monday morn
ing, November 18, at 8 o'clock in St.
Aloysius Roman Catholic Church in
Leonardtown. The rector, Rev. Joseph
Sheridan Knight, will celebrate the
nuptial mass. Following the cere-
mony large reception will be held
at Belvedere, the estate of the
brides mother, on the lower Potomac
River. Miss Wigginton is a graduate
of the Cathedral School for Girls in
Washington and popular member
of the younger set. Mr.. Loker is an
attorney in this city, graduate of
the Leonard Hall High School and the
University of Maryland Law School.
In 1927 he won the national oratorical
contest and went to Europe for that
Summer as a reward.
The members of the American
Legion Post, No. 54, of st. Marys
County will hold dance on Armistice
day at the Duke auditorium. from 9
until l o'clock. The new commander
of the post. j. Allan Cecil, and Mrs
Cecil of Great Mills, Md, will head
the Reception Committee and all of
the other numerous members and
their wives will assist in receiving the
guests.
Mrs. Albert Davis of Chaptico. Md,
entertained "a guests this afternoon
at bridge luncheon.
The Rev. and Mrs. ]. NJ B. Wood
row are entertaining this afternoon
and tomorrow in the st. Andrews rec
tory for the latter's brother-in-lau "
and sister. DR.. and Mrs. c. P. johnson
of Baltimore. and their own son, Mr.
Carol Woodrow, student at Washing
ton College in Chestertown, Md. Mr.
Woodrow won the county four-year
scholarship to this college last July.
Mrs. Frank Loftin, wife of Comdr
Loftin, U. S. N, stationed in Calf
ornia. is spending this month with
her sister. Miss Harriet Reeder, in
Morganza.
Mrs. w. Lester Baker entertained
yesterday afternoon in Washington a,
a bridge luncheon. The company in
cluded Mrs. R. H Sears of Society
Hill. on Bretton's Bay: Mrs. Frank
Camalier md Mrs. Louis Abel, both
of Leonardtown, and Mrs. William
Garland Fay of Mulberry Fields. on
the lower Potomac Covers were laio
for %. Mr.. and Mrs. Baker were din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sears the
first of this week here.
Mrs. Alice Whittingham Blackstone
of Ocean Hall. at Bushwood. on the
Wicomico River. had as her guests
Mr.. and Mrs. S. West Russell and their
two young daughters, Miss Emily
Russell and Miss Olive Russell: Mr..
and Mrs. George Ellerbrook of Wash
ington and Mrs Mary Schultz and her
daughter. Miss Mary Schultz, of Bal
timore.
NIL diiu V1TS. 1cofRc W. MdSTOSdIl
Of Compton, Md, had as their guests
the first of this week their two sons
in-law and their twin daughters. Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Woodmyer and Mr.
and Mrs. John Richards of Washing
ton.
Announcement was made Of the
marriage Of Miss Genevieve Mattingly,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. J.
Mattingly Of Morganza, and Mr.. John
Francis Wood. son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Wood of La Plata,
which took place November in the
home Of the brides parents. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
James I. Moakley. rector of St.
Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in
Morganza. and Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
left for wedding trip. They will
be in their new home in La Plata
after November Is.
Miss Edith Graves of Huntersville
is spending this week end with her
brother-in-law and sister. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Peterson. in Washington
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Abel Of
Bayside entertained at luncheon Tues
day afternoon in honor of Mrs. H. j.
Washburn and Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
M. Bartlett of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Missel and
their sen, Mr.. William Missel of Nor
folk, Va, will spend the Thanksgiving
holidays with Magistrate and Mrs. P.
T. Graves, in Laurel Grove, Md.
Miss Francis Bowen has returned
to her home in Prince Frederick after
spending the week in Washington with
Mr.. and Mrs. Berand w. Murphy and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Bowman.
Mr.. George w. Chesney of New
York City is spending this mouth with
his mother, Mrs. John A. Monnett. and
Mr.. Monnett in Prince Frederick, Md.
He will leave the first week in Decem-
Der for the Virgin Islands, and the
tour will include British and Dutch
Guiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Joseph Bou-