Evening star., 1936-11-24

Yesterday
Afternoon
Miss McGehee Bride
ofLieut. Waters at
st. Albans.

M McGEHEE, daughter Of Mr..
V and Mrs. william N. Nc
4 Gehee, and Lieut.. 0g)
Debney Waters, jr., U. s. NJ, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Waters of Manassas,
Va, were married yesterday after
noon. The wedding took place in st.
Adams Episcopal Church, the rector,
the Rev. Charles T. Warner, of1iciat-
ing at 4 o'clock. Mr.. Walter N. Nash,
organist of the church, played the
wedding music, and the quaint little
church was decorated with white
chrysanthemums. palms and the
chancel was lighted with tall white
candles.
Mr.. McGehee gave his daughter in
marriage and she wore for her we'd
ding gown ivory satin made after an
old-fashioned model with oouffant
skirt and basque waist which had
an off-the-shoulder effect made of
plated tulle. The sleeves tapered
into points over the hands and the
skirt had long circular train. Her
tulle veil was arranged after a modi-
fed Mary Stuart style and was held
with orange blossoms. She carried
gardenias and lilies Of the valley.
Mrs. James Lemon, sister of the
bride, was her matron of honor, wear
ing a Cinnabar velvet gown cut on
empire lines, with an entrain and
small stand-up sleeves. In her hair
she wore a twisted band of fabric
trimmed with natural yellow roses.
She carried a bouquet of yellow roses.
Miss Helen Bell Of Atlanta, Ga, cou-
sin Of the bride, was the maid of honor.
wearing a chartreuse velvet gown cut
on princess lines, with a heart-shape
neckline and open short sleeves. She
wore a headband of natural roses and
carried bouquet of yellow roses.
The other attendants were Miss
Nancy Waters, sister of the BRIDE
groom, of Manassas, Va; Miss Virginia
Reed Of San Antonio, Tex; Miss Betty
Crane. Mrs. Joseph Flournoy, Miss
Mary Katherine Perry and Mrs. Ed.
ward Sullivan Of Washington Their
gowns were Of sea-green velvet with
open short full sleeves. and in their
hair they wore matching bands OF
twisted velvet.
Lieut.. q. g. Samuel Pemberton
Moncure was the best man and the
ushers we're Lieut.. E. S. Pearce, Lieut..
Comdr. j. Conover, Lieut.. q. g. ]. w.
Leverton. jr.; Lieut.. d. g. L. M.
Muslin, Lieut.. q. g. J. C. Wylie and
Lieut.. q. g. w. c. F. Robards.
Following the ceremony the ushers
formed an arch with their swords,
under which the bride and bride
groom passed as they left the altar.
A reception was held at the Army
Navy Club, where the bridal party
received on the sun porch, which was
banked with flowers. A string
orchestra played during the reception.
Following the Navy tradition the bride
cut her wedding cake with. her hus-
bands sword.
Mrs. McGehee wore a gown of gold
lace fashioned on fitted lines with a
small brown velvet hat and a shoulder
bouquet of brown orchids. Mrs.
Waters wore a gown of dubonnet vel
vet made on empire lines with
matching turban and shoulder bou-
quet of gardenias. Assisting at the
reception were Mrs. Hanson Lemon,
Miss Mary Baldwin. Mrs. Earl D.
Krewson. Mrs. C. M. Robert. Mrs.
Carlton Malone. Mrs. Robert Newly,
Mrs. Thomas DeLashmutt and Mrs.
John Monroe. The rooms of the club
were banked with palms, ferns and
clusters of white chrysanthemums.
Later Lieut.. and Mrs. Waters left
on wedding trip, the latter travelling
in a black wool suit with flared
coat and a collar of natural wolf.
With this the bride wore a black
Lily Dache hat with a high crown
and black accessories. Her blouse was
Of white satin. They will make their
home at the Northshore Apartments, |
Hampton boulevard, Norfolk. Va.
The out-of-town guests were Miss
Mary Baldwin of Atlanta. Ca; Miss
Eleanor Ann Bailey of McComb H.;
Mrs. C. M. Hobart of Springfield,
Mass; Mr.. Alan Little, jr., of Boston,
Mass; Mr.. Robert Franklin of Louis
vile, KY: Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gala.
han of Baltimore, Md; Miss Ruth
Hart Of New Rochelle, N. Y; Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Crigler Of Baltimore,
Md; Miss Jean Hunt OF Orilla, On
tario; Miss Jane Elliott of Charlotte,
N. c.: Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Longwell
of Wheeling, w. Va; Mrs. C. r. c.
johnson of Manassas, Va, and Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Jamison of Manas-
sas, Va.
Mrs. Waters attended the National
Cathedral School for Girls and George
Washington University, where she was
Q member of Phi Beta Phi Fraternity.