Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-23

Married in
Alexandria
Mr.. Tomlin B. Horsley
Bridegroom in Rites
at st. Paul's.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, February az
Miss Roberta Ansley Corbitt, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Howard Cor
bitt and granddaughter Of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrie Craig Ansley
Of Alexandria, was married to Mr..
Tomlin Braxton Horsley, son Of DR..
and Mrs. John Shelton Horsley Of
Richmond, at o'clock this after
noon in st. Paul's Episcopal Church
In Suffolk, Va. Several Of the brides
Alexandria relatives were present at
the ceremony, at which the rector
of the church, Rev. Herbert N. Tucker,
offlciated.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and had her sister,
Miss Harriet Fuller Corbitt, as her
maid of honor. A younger sister. Miss
Anne Middleton Corbitt, who was
graduated from Sweet Briar College
last June, was unable to be present,
as she is spending year in Paris
studying art. The bridesmaids were
Miss Alice Horsley, sister of the BRIDE
groom, and Miss Cyane Bemiss of
Richmond, Mrs. Philip Conner Kidd
and Mrs. William S. Gaud, jr., of
New York City. DR.. Guy Winston
Horsley of Richmond was his BROTH
er's best man and the ushers were
Mr.. Frederick Horsley of New York
City, another brother: Mr.. Albert Ans
ley Smoot of this city, cousin of the
bride; Mr.. Lewis Hopkins Renshaw
of Eastern Shore, Md; DR.. James
Porter Baker and Mr.. Daniel Lassiter
Williams Of Richmond and Mr.. VIII
liam Law Clay, jr., of New York, for
merly of Richmond. Following the
ceremony there was a reception in the
home of the brides parents, on South
Broad street.
The bride is graduate of Miss
Maderia's School in Washington and
of Bryn Mawr College. Mr.. Horsley
attended the Episcopal High School
in this city ana was graduated from
the University of Virginia. His father,
who is president of the Southern Med
ical Society, returned recently with
Mrs. Horsley from Cairo, Egypt, where
he attended meeting of the Inter-
national Association of Surgeons. Mr..
Corbitt is past president of the
Virginia State Bar Association and
is member of the Executive Com
mittee of the American Bar Associa-
ton. Among the Alexandrians who
are in Suffolk for the wedding are
Mr.. and Mrs. William Albert Smoot,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Ansley Smoot
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Montgomery
Ansley. The bride is a niece of Mrs.
w. A. Smoot and Mr.. Ansley.
Mr.. Laurence G. Fawcett of Cam
den, N. j., is spending the holiday
and week end with his sisters and
brother, Miss Susan Stabler Fawcett,
Miss Ellen Douglass Fawcett and Mr..
Lewis Hooff Fawcett.
Mrs. Richard Parker has returned
from a visit to her son-in-law and
daughter, Rev. and Mrs. H. e. Hen
derson, in Richmond
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dodd an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter Elizabeth to Mr.. Philip Bishop
Briscoe Tuesday, February II, in
Washington, the Rev. John C. Ball,
pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church,
officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Hulfish
of Havre, Mont, are visiting the for
mer's sister -in-law, Mrs. Raymond
Hulfish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry Schel-
horn have announced the engage
ment Of their niece, Miss Dorothy
Virginia Thomas, to Mr. Gilbert Jack
son Tobin Of Washington. Va.
Rev. Mr.. Doll Back
From Fredericksburg.
Rev. Harry Lee Doll, rector of
Old Christ Church, has returned
from Fredericksburg, where he de-
livered an address before the annual
State meeting Of the Episcopal Young
Peoples Service League.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Ryland Wash
ington, who have been living in
Georgetown, have moved into their
new home in Belle Haven. Mr. Wash
ington is a native of Alexandria and
is the son of Mrs. Lawrence Wash
ington and the late Mr.. Washington.
Mrs. F. Ryland Washington, until her
marriage about five years ago, was
Miss Rebecca Holmes Tyndell, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Noyes
Tyndell of Terra Haute, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Manger
and Miss Mary Agnes Manager en-