Evening star., 1936-04-05

Gibson Foster, and the late Mrs. FoS-
ter of Lexington, KY, was announced
by her parents on December 20.
The bride and bridegroom will be
unattended, but Mrs. Winnings son, Mr..
Heath Vining. and Mr.. Howard G.
Sykes of Englewood, N. j., class
mate of Col. Fosters at Yale Uui-
versity, will be present at the cere-
mony. Miss Dorothy Anne Jones.
sister of the future bride, who ar
rives in Washington this week, will be
present also.
A number of parties will be given
for Mrs. Vining and her f1ance before
their wedding and they were also en-
tertained many times this Winter at
the time their engagement was made
known.
Miss Edith Calender Prescott, daugh-
ter of State Senator and Mrs. Sted-
man Prescott of Rockville, Md, has
selected April Is for the date OF her
wedding to Mr.. Thomas j. OHutt OF
1877 Thirty-f1rst street, Georgetown.
The ceremony will take place in the
home of the bride Both Miss Pres
colt and Mr.. Offutt. are members Of
prominent old Maryland families.
A number of parties are being given
In honor of Miss Prescott. Miss Fran
ces De Lashmutt of Rockville gave
a shower Tuesday evening and the
Misses Lucy and Loretta Offutt gave
q cocktail party at their home on
Thirty-first street last evening. Mrs.
Edmund L. Jones gave dinner party
Friday for the bridal party in her
home in Wesley Heights.
The Minister of El Salvador, Senor
DR.. Hector David Castro, gave
Senorita Conchita ol-Esquivel.
daughter of DR.. and Sonora de Esqui-
vel of San Salvador, in marriage
FRIDAY evening when she became the
bride of Dr. Nathan Lester Ferris
son of Mrs. Georgia Lester Ferris of
Olean. N. Y. The ceremony was
performed by Msgr. Thomas at 6
o'clock in St. Patrick's Church.
The bride wore a gown OF ivory
satin, designed on simple lines with
a train. and her veil of tulle was held
In place by tiny clusters of gardenias.
She carried a shower bouquet Of
eardenias.
Her only attendants were two
flower girls. Theresita Castro, young
daughter of the Minister and Sonora
de Castro. and Maria Teresa Melen-
dez, daughter of the first secretary
of the legation and Sonora de
Melendez, who wore Kate Green
way" frocks of shell pink with bon
nets to match.
Following the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferris left Washington for
Virginia Beach The latter wore for
travelling a gray wool suit with hat
and accessories to match. Upon their
return they will make their home at
the Calverton Apartment.
The ceremony was performed in
the presence of the bridegroom's
family and a few close friends.
6enor and Sonora de Esquivel we're
unable to come from their home in
Ell Salvador to attend the wedding.
Among those present were Mrs
Georgia Lester Ferris, mother of
the bridegroom, and her daughter.
Miss Dorothy Ferris of Olean. N. Y.
and Miss Grace Wilhmarth of Wash
ington, cousin of the bridegroom.
The bride. who is a graduate Of
the Normal College of Ell Salvador,
has been residing in Washington for
several years.
Mr.. Ferris is graduate of George
Washington University, where he is
a member of the Foreign Service
Fraternity.
Miss Helene Alma Lanks. daughter
Of Mrs. Elizabeth K. Lanks, has set
April 18 as the date of her wedding
to Mr.. James Andrews-Speed son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Andrews-Speed
of London. England. and Gibraltar.
The wedding is to take place at the
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Miss Matilda Greiwer Sommerfield.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Will
liam Sommerfeld. was married to
Oscar Maxwell Miller of this city and
Washington yesterday afternoon at
her parents residence on Riverside
drive, New York City, by Supreme
Court Justice Edgar J. Lauer.
The bride wore directoire gown of
white satin and carried gardenias and
lilies of the valley. There were no
attendants.
Mr. and Mrs Miller will sail today
for Bermuda and on their return they
will live in Washington, where Mr..
Miller is associated with the Finance
Division of the Resettlement Admin
istration.
Charming in its simplicity was the
wedding of Miss Maxine Duval, daugh-
ter Of DR.. and Mrs. j. william Tell
Duval. and Mr.. Richard Larsen Tuve,
son Of Mrs. Ida Larsen Tuve of WASH
ington, D. c. The wedding took place
yesterday afternoon at o'clock In
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church. The Rev. Russell Clinchy
offlciated and Mr. Claude Robson
played program Of organ music dur
ing and preceding the ceremony.
The altar was decorated with palms,
snapdragons and forsythia. The bride.
who was escorted and given in mar
riage by her father, wore a gown Of
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