Evening star., 1935-09-08
Miss Potts
Is Married
InLoudoun
Becomes the Bride of
Luther Hale at Vir-
ginia Ceremony.

IEESBURG, Va, September IA
wedding Of much interest is that of
Miss Loudelle Potts, daughter of
Mrs. Laura J. Potts and the late
Edwin Potts Of Loudoun County, to
Mr.. Luther Hale, son Of the late Rev.
and Mrs. William j. Hale, Of South
ern Illinois, Tuesday at 4:30 O'Clock at
the brides ancestral home near
Hillsboro. this county. in the presence
Of the immediate families. The bride
was given In marriage by her brother,
Mr.. Thurston ]. Potts, and wore
travelling suit of navy blue with ac-
cessories to match. Her flowers were
cream color rosebuds. Mrs. Walter
Shale played Lohengrin's Wedding
March" and ITO a Wild Rose"
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. w. r. Hardesty Of the
Methodist Church and took place in
the living room of the home. The
house was decorated with fern and
Summer flowers.
Mrs Hale is a graduate Of the Har-
risonburg State Teachers College, and
Mr.. Hale received his degree from the
University of Tennessee and has done
postgraduate work at Cornell. Mr..
and Mrs. Hale are both members Of
the Handley High School faculty at
Winchester, Va, where they will be
at home following a wedding trip
through historic Virginia.
Miss Mary Simpson and Miss
Martha Cockerille were hostesses to "a
guests at bridge Tuesday afternoon at
Miss Simpsons home near Round
Hill. Their guests were Mrs. Charles
r. Whitley, Mrs. o. L. Williams. Miss
Myrtle Baber, Mrs. Heaton Purcell,
Mrs. William Lynch, Mrs Henry
Beatty, Mrs. c. J. Harley, Miss Eliz-
abeth Thomas, Mrs. Owen Thomas,
Miss Dorothy Harley. Mrs. Edna
Turner, Mrs. H. H. Cooley, Mrs. J. G.
Carruthers. Miss Lucille Best. Mrs.
Fred Best, Mrs. R. NJ Thompson,
Miss Irene Wright, Mrs. Albert
Hopes, Mrs. Hannah Norman, Miss
Frances Cockerille, Miss Perry, Mrs.
Anne Bookmiller and Miss Elizabeth
Cockerille. High scores were made by
Mrs. Beatty and Mrs. Purcell.
Miss Eleanor Brewer entertained
large number of her young friends at
her home in Purcellville, Friday eve
ming at a dance. Members OF the
younger set we're present from Lees
burg, Middleburg, Upperville and
other nearby points.
Members of the Pierpont clan, an
old Loudoun family, met at the an
ceStral home near Paeonian Springs,
this county, for their annual reunion.
This year marked the 300th anniver-
sary Of the coming of the first Pier
point to America from France Over
100 descendants of Henry Pierpoint,
who was the original settler in this
country, gathered for the reunion,
and were present at morning wcr-
ship in the Friends Meeting House in
Waterford where many of the Pier
point ancestors have worshiped. A
picnic luncheon followed the service
at the Pierpoint homestead. now oc-
cupied by Hugh Pierpoint and fam
lily. Clan members present were from
Washington, Alexandria, White Plains,
N. Y; Martinsburg, Fairmont and
other sections The Oldest member
present was John Pierpoint, 80, from
Fairmont. Rev. william Pierpoint,
Martinsburg, was made president;
Mrs. Horlone Pierpoint Helmick, Fair
mont, Secretary-treaSurer, and Mrs.
William Pierpoint, Martinsburg his
torian.
Miss Irene Wright was hostess at
luncheon yesterday, when her guests
were Mrs. Thomas Framer, Mrs.
Reeves Bell, Mrs. William Leahay and
Mrs. Raymond Walsh, all of Washing
ton.
Mrs. Charles J. Ford entertained at
bridge Wednesday, when her guests,
numbering 20, included Mrs. w. H.
Turner, Mrs. J. Samuel Patterson,
Miss Frances Hersperger, Miss Eliza
beth Thomas, Miss Lucille Best, Mrs.
Harriet Carruthers, Mrs. Ralph
Thompson, Mrs. c. F. Whitley, Mrs.
Otis Williams, Miss Myrtle Baber,
Miss Mary Simpson. Mrs. Daisy Har-
ley, Miss Dorothy Harley, Mrs. Alma
Lynch, Mrs. H. w. Beatty. Mrs. Her.
bert H. Cooley, Mrs. Owen Thomas,
Miss Elizabeth Hawthorne and Mrs
Fred Best. Prizes were won by Mrs
Turner and Miss Hersperger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Beatty enter