Evening star., 1936-10-11
Prominent
We d din g S
Out-of-Town
Miss Jane Wormeley
Conway Is Bride
at Culpeper.


copal Church, at Culpeper,
Va. was the setting at 9
i i o'clock last evening for the
wedding of Miss Jane Wormeley Con-
vav. daughter of Mrs. William Field
ZONES. to Mr.. Lewis Porter Nelson.
ir The Rev. Charles F. Penniman OF
Wilmington, Del, brother-in-law OF
the bridegroom, officiated. Miss Mary
Lee somerville, organist, played the
wedding music.
The bride, who was given IN mar
riase by her step-father, Mr.. Jones'
was eowned in imported. very sheer,
nina silk over white satin, made on
quaint lines with fitted bodice, short
nuffed sleeves and long, full skirt,
ending in a train. Her veil OF illu-
sion. which fell from a cap OF rare
duchess lace, combined with rose
point. was held by clusters Of orange
blossoms. A very handsome pearl
brooch. which had been worn py
lydia Smith Norris, great-grano-
mother of the bride, was her only
ornament. She carried a bouquet OF
brides roses, with streamers OF val
ley lilies.
Mrs. Arnold Eden Scott Of Knox
willie. Tenn, who was matron OF honor
Tor her sister, was dressed IN cerlse
MORE taffeta, made bouffant style,
and she carried an arm bouquet OF
yellow roses, Her small daughter,
b-vear-old Dorothy Scott, was mower
girl. in a Kate Greenaway frock OF
sheer white null and carrying oas-
ket of sweetheart roses.
The bridesmaids. Miss Betty Con-
Way, sister of the bride, and MISS
Letitia Nelson, sister Of the bride
groom, wore royal blue moire tafieta,
made like that of the matrons, ana
carried red roses. Mr.. Nelson had
as best man Mr.. Carter Page OF
Washington. His ushers were DR..
Byrd Stuart Leaye!l of New York, Mr
]. Clifford Miller. jr., Of Richmond,
MI. Thomas F. Miller of Fredericks-
burg, Mr.. D. French Slaughter, Mr..
Burnett Miller. jr., and Mr.. John
Mercer Slaughter Of Culpeper.
Following the ceremony recep-
ton for the wedding party and I'M
mediate families was held at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Field Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson left later IN
the evening for a wedding trip of sew
eral weeks, after which they will be
at home in Culpeper.
The bride has spent much time in
Washington and Baltimore. Mr.. Mel
son, the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
B. Nelson of Culpeper, is a graduate
Of Virginia Military Institute and Of
the University Of Virginia.
Miss Putnam and Mr.. Barber
Married Yesterday in Vermont.
Miss Elizabeth Putnam, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George R. Putnam.
2l26 Bancroft place, and Mr.. Cesar
Lombardi Barber, son Of Col. and
Mrs. Alvin Barton Barber Of Sky
Meadows, Bethesda. Md, were mar
ried at noon yesterday at the village
church in Dorset, vt. A wedding
breakfast followed at Kilden, the Sum-
mer home Of the brides parents.
The bride, whose father recently
retired as United States commissioner
Of lighthouses, after filling that post
for IS years, graduated from Miss
Madeira's School In 1882. made her
Washington debut in 1884 and at
tended Bryn Mawr for two years. She
- d.
The bridegroom, whose father is as
eociated with the United States Cham
ber Of Commerce, graduated from
Harvard in 1885, spent the last year
studying at Cambridge University,
England, on the Henry scholarship.
and has just received a three-year
appointment as junior fellow at Har-
yard.
Mrs. Barber wore a sheer white
wool dress, made on long princess
lines, with a short train. Her only
ornament was Norwegian medieval
silver brides ornament" handed
down from her great-grandmother's
family. Her only attendant was her
sister, Miss Kristi Aresvik Putnam, q
student at Bryn Mawr. She wore a
gown OF Autumn red sheer wool,
trimmed with Norwegian pewter but
tons. Mrs. Putnam, mother Of the
bride, wore a suit Of brown Rodier
wool.
Mr.. BARRIERS best man was his
brother, Mr.. Godfrey Barber Of Roch-
ester, N. Y, and the ushers were
Harvard classmates.
The Washington guests Included Col.
and Mrs. Barber and their son, Alvin
Barton Barber, jr., and Mr.. Nathan
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