Evening star., 1935-01-22
Wedding In Leesburg
Interests Society Here.


The Rev. A. D. Pollock Gllmour'
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church. Wilmington, N. c., and Miss
Nancy Lee Janney, member OF a dis
tinguished Virginia family, were mar
ried at Leesburg at noon today. The
ceremony, a simple one, was per-
formed in historic Presbyterian
Church, by the Rev. j. S. Mont
gomery, pastor. Only members of the
immediate families and lntlmate
friends were present.
The bride, given in marriage by her
brother, Mr.. Thomas Gordon Janney,
was unattended. She wore traVellng
dress of dark blue and carried Whlte
gardenias and heliotrope. The church,
an ancient edifice, was decorated In
pine boughs, yellow roses and candles.
Mrs. Gilmour, daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Phillips Janney,
has long been active in church Work
in Loudoun. She also served on the
committee of the Thomas Balch
Library, the Stratford Restoration
Committee and on charity committees.
She is a member of the Fauquler-
LOudOun GarQen OluO.
Mr.. Gilmour was attended by
Mathew Gilmour of New York as best
man. There was a small wedding
breakfast in the home of the bride.
The bridegroom, son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Mathew Gilmour OF Rich
rnond, Va, is a graduate Of Hampton
Sidney College and Union Theological
Seminary, Richmond. He also holds
degrees from Princeton University and
the University of Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmour departed I'M
rnediately after the ceremony Tor
brief wedding trip.
Among those who will attend the
recital debut in Washington of lit
tie Miss Slenczynski at ConStitu-
ton Hall this afternoon at 4:4O
O'Clock, are Nine. Alfaro, Mrs. Copley
Amory. Miss Mora Archbold, Mrs. w.
H. Baldwin, Mrs. Frank S. Bright,
Mrs. Edward Burling, Mrs. John C..
Breckenridge, Mrs. Paul Bastedo, Mrs.
E. v. Bookmiller, Nine. Julia Can
tacuzene-G Grant, Mrs. M. w. Dawley,
Mrs. George Eckels, Mrs. Henry Par
sons Erwin, Mrs. Tod Ford, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. v. Fletcher, Mrs. B. D. Foulois,
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock and Mrs F.
B. Gibson.
Others who have taken SlenczynSki
reservations are Mrs. Pierre Gaillard,
Mrs. Robert Giles, Mrs. Walter L.
Heiberg, Mrs. Charles L. HuSSey, Mrs.
Perry Heath. Mrs. Christian Heurich,
Mrs. Oscar Jarecki, Mrs. Hennen Jen-
nings, Mrs. Robert E. Lee, Mrs. Irwin
Laughlin, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willie
brandt, Mrs. Keith Merrill, Mrs. H.
C. Morris, Mrs. James R. Mann, Mrs.
George Morris, Mrs. Edward B. MeigS,
Mrs. George Hewitt Myers, Mrs.
Robert Giles, Mrs. George NeWgarden,
Mrs. Ord Preston, Mrs. A. K. Payne,
Mrs. John L. Proctor, Mrs. Alexander
Rodgers, Mrs. Thomas H. c. Reed,
Mrs. George Shiras, Sd; Mrs. William
Howard Taft, Mrs. Frances Nash
Watson, Mrs. Maude L. Whitman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Warren, Mrs.
Hugh c. Wallace. Mrs. Robert P.
Lamont, Mrs. Joseph H. Choate and
Mrs. Eugene Meyer, jr.
Mrs. Alexander Cole Columbus is
entertaining at luncheon today in
honor of Senorita Elvira Gonzales,
daughter of the Minister of Costa
Rica and Sonora de Gonzales.
Guests were Mrs. John Harrell Mrs.
Louis Schapiro, Mrs. Edwin White,
Mrs. Mary Williams, Mrs. John Daniel
Stevens, Mrs. George Scotten CARL,
ST.; Mrs. Frederick Edmonds, Mrs. Ed
ward Seabold and Mrs. George Scot
ten CARL, jr.
The Italian Ambassador, Signor
Augusta Rosso, heads the list of those
who already have reserved boxes for
the brilliant performance of Verdi's
la Traviata," which the Cosmopoli-
tan Opera Association of New York,
Max Rabinoff, general director, will
present at Constitution Hall next
Tuesday night at $3.50 o'clock.
Others who have taken boxes in
clude Mrs Robert Jackson Mrs. Law
renee Smith, Mrs Edward Beale Mac
Lean, Mrs. John H. Dwight, Mrs.
Oscar Jarecki, Mrs. George T. Marye
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Alexander
Julian.
This production, which is the first
operate event ever to be given in
Constitution Hall, has aroused enthu-
siaStic interest and support in all
circles of society. With Mrs. Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt as honorary
chairman and Mrs. James A Moffett
as active chairman the long list of
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