Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
MissSin1pson
Is Bride Of
J.. c.. Sanders
Home Is Decorated
With Palms and
White Flowers.

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, January 25.-
Miss Gladys Simpson, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Simpson, was
married Saturday evening. January
Is, in the home of her parents IN
George Washington Park, to Mr..
James G. Sanders of Arlington
County, formerly of Indianapolis.
The drawing room where the cere-
mony took place was decorated with
palms and white flowers, and the Rev.
DR.. John Paul Tyler, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
of1iciated in the presence OF a small
company of relatives and intimate
friends. The bride was given in
marriage by her father, and wore her
travelling costume of gray cloth with
a small gray hat and corSage
bouquet of gardenias. Mrs William
Coe was matron of honor and the
brides only attendant. Her gown
was of blue crepe and she wore
corsage bouquet of taliSman roses.
Mr.. Coe was best man for Mr.. San
ders. Following the ceremony there
was an informal reception and later
Mr.. Sanders and his bride left for a
northern trip. On their return they
will live in Clarendon.
The marriage of Miss Franklin
Carter Neal, daughter of Mrs. William
Greanor Neal and the late Mr.. Neal,
to Mr.. Pelham Blackboard, jr., will take
place Saturday afternoon. February s,
in the home of the brides mother,
the Monroe Terrace Apartment in
Richmond. Miss Neal has many
friends in Alexandria, where she
frequently has visited Miss Margaret
Moore.
Invitations have been received from
Mrs. Knox Crutchfield for the mar
riage of her daughter Frances to MI
Owen Magruder Jones, Saturday eve
ming. February 8, at 8 o'clock in the
Church Of the Epiphany in Rich
mond. The ceremony will be followed
by a reception in the home of Mrs.
Crutchfield.
Mrs. Frances Wiley Norton, widow
Of Judge James Keith Marshall Nor
ton. and Mr.. John Amber Nicholas,
jr, formerly of Richmond and now of
this city. were married Friday, Janu-
airy II. in Washington, Rev. Samuel
E. Rose, pastor of McKendree
Methodist Church, officiating. Mr..
Nicholas is a distant cousin of the
late Judge Norton, as both descended
from the Keith and Marshall families
of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas
will live at PIG Prince street.
The marriage is announced of Miss
Frances Lille, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Francis D. Lille. to Mr.. Lewis
Machen Hammond, son of the Rev.
DR.. Kensey Johns Hammond of
Baltimore and until recently rector
of st. Stephens Episcopal Church in
Culpeper, and the late Mrs. Ham
mond. The wedding took place
Saturday, January IL, in Decatur,
Ala, and the ceremony was per-
formed by Dr. Hammond. The BRIDE
groom is the nephew and namesake
of the late Mr.. Lewis H. Machen of
Alexandria, who was member of the
State Legislature and assistant at
torney general of Virginia.
DR.. Humphrey Back
From Richmond Wedding.
DR.. T. w. Humphrey has returned
from Richmond, where he attended
the wedding reception of Miss Doris
Woodson Ballou and DR.. Joseph Leroy
Parker, Dental Corps, U. S. N, Sat-
urday afternoon, January 10, in the
home of the brides father, Dr.
Nathaniel Talley Ballou in Richmond.
The reception followed the ceremony
in the rectory of the Sacred Heart
Cathedral.
Mr.. John B. Gordon has returned
from trip to Minneapolis.
The Twig Club will give a dance
Friday evening, February IA, in the
ball room of the Old Dominion Boat
Club. The dance will be leap year
party, the girls will ask the men and
the usual stag" line will be replaced
oy doe" line. The committee in
charge is composed of Mrs. Charles
Marbury Seaman, Mrs. Robert Wilson
Wheat, Mrs. Franklin Willoughby
Miss Frank Wood Smoot and Miss
Martha Louise Dinwiddie.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Lee Taylor went to
Norfolk for the wedding of Miss Hes
ter Braxton Tomlin, daughter of Mrs.
Robert Williamson Tomlin and the
late Mr. Tomlin, and Mr. Paul Stuart
Carter, son of DR.. and Mrs. Colin S.
Carter, which took place Saturday
afternoon, January Is, in the Episco-
pal Church of Christ and st. Luke.
The bride is the granddaughter of COL
Walter H Taylor, C. S. A., an aide de
camp of Gen. Robert E. Lee, and of
Carter Braxton, signer of the Declara-
ton Of Independence. Mr.. Carter is a
great-nephew of Chief Justice Charles |
Evans Hughes.
Mrs. Edwin D. Hook of Lynchburg
Is the guest Of her sister, Mrs. George
Baggett.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian D. Knight have
gone to Miami, Fla, to remain until
after Easter. Mrs. Paul j. Murphy
left Thursday to join them.
Miss Rosa Petty announces the mar
riage of her niece, Alma Evelyn, to
Mr. william Melvin Lyons, son of Mr..
and Mrs Henry Lyons. Sunday, Janu-
airy IL. in Frederick, Md.
Mrs. Rathbone Smith has returned
from visit to Boston. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith have with them their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frederick A. L. Charlesworth,
and Mrs. Hugh Guthrie, both of
Guelph. Ontario.
Mrs. Northcutt Ely, who has been
In Southern California for several
months, is the guest of Miss Nancy
Fleming.
Mrs. A. M Goldsmith of Perth Am
boy, N. j., is the guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Levinson.
Mrs. M E. Trueblood Of Elizabeth
City, N. c., is visiting her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. o. M.
Woodhouse.
Mr.. Robert E. Knight Is spending
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