Evening star., 1936-08-16
A SIMPLY arranged, but very
" pretty wedding took place last
~ evening in Somerset. Nd.
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~ pretty wedding took place last
~ evening in Somerset. Nd.
4 n when Mrs. Carole Garnett
Humphreys was married to Mr.. Henry
Stevens Wheeler of Newport, r. I.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William James Garnett of
Somerset, and Mr.. Wheeler is the
chief editorial writer of the Newport
Daily News, and at the present time is
also the Mayor Of Newport.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Claude A. Brubaker, pastor of
Mount Zion Baptist Church in Be
thesda, before an improvised altar
decorated with palms and huge baskets
Of gladiolus.
The brides gown was a Chantilly
lace Of soft shade of gray, made in
redingote style over a taffeta under
dress Of softer shade of gray tinged
with orchid color. The sleeveless waist
opened at the front, where two small
folds fell back to show a band of
green grosgrain ribbon across the top
of the gray underdress. A belt Of the
same ribbon was tied at the front of
the waist and fell in two long stream
ers to the hem of the dress.
With this dress she wore gray
velvet turban edged with small veil
of starched gray net, her slippers were
Of gray satin trimmed with bands OF
silver kid, and she had a corsage of
orchids and lilies of the valley.
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Homer B. Millard, who was matron
of honor, wore an afternoon gown
If black chiffon over white taffeta,
made with a long full skirt and wrist
length sleeves. She carried a bouquet
of white orchids and she wore slippers
of paisley satin and o turban OF
black velvet.
The only other attendant was Mr..
Thomas Ogden Humphreys, jr., son
Of the bride, who acted as best man
for Mr.. Wheeler.
Immediately following the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler and the we'd
ding party were entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. Garnett at dinner at the
Purple Iris in Chevy Chase. The
brides mother, who acted as hostess
for the dinner, wore a dress of Law
ender chiffon, with long sleeves and
long, full skirt. With it she wore
a leghorn hat, trimmed with orchid
color chiffon.
Later in the evening the bride and
bridegroom left for Newport, r. l.,
where they will be at home on Ay-
rault street. The bride Travelled in a
black crepe tunic dress trimmed with
braid and a small velvet hat with
lacquered black wings.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler have
many friends in Washington and IN
Newport, the bride having lived in
Newport during her early girlhood,
and Mr.. Wheeler having been a stu
dent at George Washington University
before going to Newport to enter the
newspaper business.
Mrs. Wheeler Is q descendant Of
Richard Garnett, one Of the early
settlers of King and Queens County,
Va. She is a member Of the F. F. v.
in Washington, and, like all real Vir-
ginians, she is an expert horsewoman
and has won medals in horse shows
in Fort Riley, Kans., and in Panama.
She was also member of the Amer
lcan Olympic women's swimming team,
in the fancy diving class, in 1924 and
1925.
Mr.. Wheeler has been active in
the political life of Rhode Island. In
August, 1885, he was elected mayor
of the City of Newport, being the
first Republican elected to that Of
flee in 16 years. He is a direct de-
scendant of Nicholas Easton, who set
tied Newport in 1889, and is a member
of the Rhode Island Society, Sons of
the Revolution: Of Lambda Chapter,
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity, George
Washington University. and Is cap