Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-17
Weddings
Of Late
Summer
Miss Tompkins Bride
OF Mr.. NJ a t h eson.
Virginia Wedding.


A wedding Of more than usual in
tereSt will take place this afternoon
when Miss Emma Henry Tompkins,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hook Tompkins. will become the bride
Of Mr.. Malcolm Matheson. jr.. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Matheson.
The ceremony will be performed at
4 o'clock at Battery Terrill, the BEAU
tiful and historic home of the brides
parents. and reception will follow
in the charming gardens of the estate,
which was used in Civil War days by
the Union soldiers as one of the first
line defenses against the invading foe.
The First Presbyterian Church in
Ballston. Va. was the scene today of
the wedding CT Miss Ellen Dunnette
SpanJer. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert William Spanjer Of Roseville.
Calf, and Mr.. Caldwell c. Kendrick.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. Garland Ken
drick of Ballston, Va, the Rev. L. L.
Strock officiating at noon.
The church was attractively deco-
rated with palms. ferns and dahlias
in the Fall shades, and while the
guests were assembling Miss Kathryn
Hayes gave program of nuptial music
and Mr.. John Hall, tenor, sang, ac-
companied by Miss Hayes.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father. Her gown was of white
net over taffeta, made form fitting,
with a drop shoulder cape of plated
net. The skirt, which terminated in
q slight train, had godets formed of
tiny ruff1es of the plated net. She
wore a small net turban with shoulder
length veil and carried a shower bou-
quet of white roses and lilies of the
valley.
Mrs. Allen D. Kemp Of Bethesda,
Md, was the matron of honor and
only attendant. She wore royal blue
crepe gown with long blue kid gloves
and an off-the-face hat which matched
her gown, and carried an arm bouquet
of talisman roses.
Mr.. Thomas Jackson of Washington
acted as best man, and the ushers
were Mr.. G. Lee Kendrick and Mr.. E.
Lee Douglas of Ballston.
Following the ceremony there was
reception in the home of the bride
groom's parents in Ballston, when
Mrs. Spanjer mother of the bride,
and Mrs. Kendrick. mother of the
bridegroom. assisted in receiving. Mrs.
Spanjer was in a gown Of powder blue
crepe, worn with corsage bouquet of
gardenias, and Mrs. Kendrick wore
brown crepe and a corSage cluster of
gardenias.
Later in the afternoon Mr.. Kendrick
and his bride left for the Pennington
Country Club, near Charlottesville, Va.
and on their return will reside tenn
porarily in Ballston, Va. Mrs. Ken
bricks travelling costume was a green
wool swagger suit trimmed in beaver
fur, with which she wore brown &C
cessories. The bride is a graduate of
the Conservatory Of Music at San
Francisco and attended the College of
Pacific at Stockton, Calf. Mr.. Ken
drick is a graduate of George Wash
ington University and the Harvard
Law School, and Is a member of Phi
Sigma Kappa and Delta Phi Epsilon
fraternities. He was recently admitted
to both the Virginia and District of
Columbia bars.
Out-of-town guests included the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
William Spanjer Of Roseville, Calf.
The marriage of Miss Margaret
Jane Maxwell, daughter Of Maj. and
Mrs. Alfred J. Maxwell, to Mr. Donald
Reginald Sickler, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. Vaughn Sickler, took place at
O'Clock Saturday afternoon in the
Church of the Epiphany the assistant
rector, the Rev. Harry Lee Doll, Off
Ciating.
The bride. who attended Oak Park
School in Chicago before taking her
bachelor Of arts degree from George
Washington University, had as her
maid of honor Miss Nancy Booth.
Dr.. John Ralston Pate of South Caro-
lima was the best man.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Sickler now are
studying medicine at George Wash
sngton. Mrs. Sickler Is a member Of
the Chi Omega, Chi Sigma Gamma
and Alpha Epsilon Iota Fraternities.
The bridegrooms fraternal Affiliations
are Sigma Chi and Phi Chi.
The wedding came as a distinct
surprise to the couples many ac-
quaintances, who were not expecting
the marriage until next year. Only
few close friends and members of the
families were present at the Gers
nony.