Evening star., 1936-01-19
Maryland Wedding
Invitations Issued for Humphreys
Bandel Rites January rs.

LEoNARDTOWN, Nd, January Is
An approaching wedding of much
interest to Southern Maryland's f1Ve
counties, as well as to the Eastern
Shore of Maryland. to which invita-
tions have Just been issued. is that
Of Miss Virginia Edgeworth Hum
-phreys, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Humphreys of Snow Hill and
Mr.. Morgan Bandel, jr., son OF Mr
and Mrs. Morgan Bandel of Mechan-
icsville and Linthicum Heights. the
wedding will take place Satrfday att
ernoon, January IS, at 4:30 o'clock, IN
Snow Hill. The bridegroom is the
grandson of Mrs. Nellie Adams Nor
gan and the late Dr. Zackariah Nor
gan of Mechanicsville and distin-
guished physician in Southern Mary
land and also great-nephew of the
county land assessor of st. Mary's and
Mrs. j. Franklin Adams of Mechan-
= icsville. MIR. Bandel is a graduate
of Johns Hopkins University in Bal
timore. The brides father is super
intendert Of schools in Worcester
County. A number of relatives and
friends from ST. Marys County and
other sections of the State will at
tend the ceremony.
Mrs. George A. Westchler Of Pear
son on the Bay gave large tea Sun
day afternoon at her cottage.
Magistrate of Clements and Mrs.
0oN,1 noS1oVr 1fc
Friday evening entertained at dinner
in honor of Mr.. George Morgan
knight, jr., of Leonardtown. They
also entertained Sunday at dinner in
compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Milton
w. Robertson Of Cheverly. Md, and
followed it by q yachting trip on the
bay.
A double wedding of special inter-
est was that which took place in
washington, January 6, in st. Aloy-
sius' Roman Catholic Church, the
Rev. Lawrence j. Kelly conducting
the uptial mass, when Miss Cath
crime Virginia Turner, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Marion Turner of Mad
dox, Nd. this county, became the
bride of Mr.. Joseph Richard Gibson
Of Leonardtown, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Edwin Gibson of Abel, Md.
Miss Eleanor Agnes Turner sister
of the bride. who was her maid Of
honor. and Mr.. James Milford
Thomas Hodges, a cousin of the
bridegroom, who acted as his best
man, were married Immediately fol-
lowing the first ceremony. A large
number of friends of both the young
couples attended the ceremonies. Mr..
and Mrs. Gibson have returned from
their wedding trip and will make their
home in Leonardtown. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hodges will for the present live with
the parents of the bridegroom at Oak
ley.
Mrs. Thomas A. Mckay Of Arling-
ton on Bretton's Bay, entertained at
q tea. followed by bridge. Monday
afternoon She entertained Sunday
for her daughter. Miss Mary Agnes
Dixon of Washington.
Mr.. Henry Fowler Of Mechaniscville,
Nd, gave q studio party Friday
evening
Mr. Albert Tippett of Helen, Md,
was the guest in whose honor Mr.
George Morgan knight. jr, entertained
at dinner Sunday evening at his home,
Tudor Hall Mansion, on Brettons
Bay.
The Christ P. E. Church in La Plata,
Saturday morning, January IL at
II O'Clock, was the scene of simply
arranged wedding. when Miss Betty
L. Stone, youngest daughter of Mrs.
Michael r. Stone and the late Mr..
Stone, became the bride of Lieut..
Robert Curtis Lybrook, U. S. Reserve
Corps, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
E Lee Lybrook of Roanoke, Va. the
new pastor, the Rev. William Curtis
Draper. officiating. The bride, who
is a graduate of the La Plata High
School, wore becoming brown suit.
with matching accessories, with a
shoulder bouquet Of miniature orchids
and yellow roses. She was given in
marriage by her uncle, Mr.. Randolph
Cough. Miss Margaret Stone, sister
Of the bride, was her maid of honor
and only attendant. She wore dark
blue suit and corsarge of gardenias
and lilies of the valley. Mr.. G.
Greenwood Edwards of Roanoke, Va.
was the best man. Lieut.. Lybrook is
. graduate of the Virginia Polytech-
nical Institute at Blacksburg, Va, and
received his masters degree from that
college. He is stationed at the c. c. c.
camp at Cedarville, in Charles County.
Following a southern motor trip, they
will be at home with the brides
mother, Mrs. Stone, at her new home
at Woodland Acres, near Waldorf, Md.
Mrs. Philip B. Bowling, with her
two infant daughters, who spent sew
eral months in Lee Hall, Va, have
returned to their home in La Plata.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Berry of
Waldorf, Md, announce the marriage
of their daughter, Emma Elizabeth,
to Mr.. George O. Hamilton of Wal
dorf, in Charles County. The cere-
mony took place December % in the
Christ p. E. Church, the Rev. Will
liam Curtis Draper. pastor of the Port