Evening star., 1935-02-10

A wedding of unusual simplicity
was that of Miss Anna jackson Pres
ton, daughter of Special Assistant
Attorney General and Mrs. Edmund
Randolph Preston OF Charlotte. N. c.,
and washington, and Mr. Emil N.
5haffner. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Fries Shaffner of Winston Salem.
N. c., which took place yesterday
The ceremony was performed in the
chapel of the Army War College, the
Rev. DR.. Howard E. Rondthaler of
the Moravian Church officiating at
o'clock. A string quartet played
the wedding music and the chapel
was decorated with tall palms and
brass shells held clusters of annuncia-
tion lilies while candelabra with white
lighted candles gave soft light
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore becoming
gown Of ivory white satin fashioned
on long princess lines. and having
rose point lace at her throat which
was worn by her great-grandmothe
Mrs. Thomas j. Jackson of North
Carolina, widow of Gen. "Stonewall"
OoNhoOAl. anu bloOSIl WIllCIl dlSU was
worn by Mrs. Jackson. Her white
tulle veil was arranged in a cap effect
and she carried shower bouquet of
white roses and lilies of the valley.
Her only ornament was a diamond
and sapphire bracelet, the gift of the
bridegroom.
Miss Courtlandt Preston, maid of
honor for her sister. was in green
taffeta with which she wore a brown
tulle hat and carried talisman roses.
MISS Julia Preston, sister of the bride,
and her cousin, Miss Peggy Christian.
were bridesmaids and were dressed in
taffeta in a tearose shade, fashioned
after that of the maid of honor. They
wore brown tulle hats and carried
talisman roses tied with brown tulle.
Little Miss Lalage Barringer had a
quaint Kate GreenaWay costume of
tearose tafteta with a brown bonnet
and she carried an old-fashioned
bouquet of taliSman rosebuds.
Mr.. Archie K. Davis of Winston
Salem was best man and the ushers
included Mr.. Ned Heefner and Mr..
Louis Shaffner. brother of the BRIDE
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A reception followed in the Off
GERS Club at the War College for
members of the families and out-of-
town guests. The wedding cake was
made in North Carolina and the bride
cut 1t with the jeweled saber belong
ing to her uncle. Maj. Thomas j.
Christian, U. S. A., stationed at the
Army War College Later Mr.. and
Mrs. Shaffner left for a wedding trip
and after March | will be at home in
Wlnston-Salem, where Mr.. Shaffner
is In the main Office of the Wachovia
Bank d Trust Co. of which his father
is chairman of the board of directors.
He attended Asheville School, received
his A. B. degree from the University
OF North Carolina and studied for a
year at Columbia University School
OF Business. He is a member of the
Delta Tau Delta, the Alpha Kappa
Psi and the Phi Beta Kappa Frater-
mites. The bride is a graduate of the
Salem College and has been field sec
retary for that institution for two
years. During her senior year she
was May queen and president of the
Student Self-Government. Among the
out-of-town guests were: Mr.. and
Mrs. H. F. Shaffner, parents of the
bridegroom; the Rev. DR.. and Mrs. H.
E. Rondthaler Miss Grace SieWers.
Miss Eta Shaffner, Mr.. Will Shaffner,
Mrs. r. F. Willingham, Miss Eleanor
Willingham, Miss Edith Kirkland, Mr..
T. A. Redmon, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Guthrie, Miss Virginia Shaffner, Miss
Mary Catherine Siewers, Mr.. Gray
don Peasants and Mr. Bill Turner
of Winston-Salem, N. c.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Ronald Slye of Jacksonville,
Fla; Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Wilson of
Raleigh, N. c.; Miss Beatrice Hyde
OF Buchanan. Va; Miss Frances Scott
Of Richmond; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Preston, Miss Janet and Mr.. Herbert
Preston, jr.; DR.. and Mrs. George
Preston and Miss Margaret Preston
of Baltimore; Miss Sara Lane Smith
of Atlanta. Ga; Mr.. Charles Pratt,
Mrs. William Allan. Miss Martha
MatheSon. Miss Katherine Couch,
Miss Sally Couch and Miss Carrie
Morris Kirkpatrick of Charlotte, N.
c.; Miss Minnie Atkinson of Conway.
S. c.; Miss Mary Penn of Kingsport,
Tenn; Miss Rachel Carroll of Will
mington. N c., and Miss Margaret
Mclean of Lumberton, N. c.
The marriage of Miss Ruth French
and Mr.. Edward Denniston took place
Thursday evening in the parsonage of
the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Chevy Chase, Md. The Rev. Edward
G. Latch, rector of the church.