Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-23
Mr.. and Mrs. Mard F. West jr shown in their home
Porter street.
Wedding of Miss Walker
To Mr.. Snodgrass Marked
By Brilliant Gathering
Old Residential Society Attends Ceremony
Miss Virginia Frances Squires Bride
of Mr.. Gerald Barclay Thorne.

A Midwinter wedding Of more
than usual interest to old residential
society as well as members of the dip
lomatic circle took place yesterday
afternoon, when Miss Helen Walker,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Walker, became the bride Of Mr.. Rus
sell Leigh Snodgrass, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William T. Snodgrass of New
Brunswick, Canada. The ceremony
was performed in the home Of the
brides parents, the Rev. William Joyce
Russell, pastor Of the Church of st.
Thomas the Apostle, officiating, at $3.50
O'Clock. in the presence of only men,
bers Of the two families and a few
intimate friends. An improvised altar
was arranged before the fireplace. Tall
palms, ferns, Easter lilies and snap
dragons, with tall candelabra holding
lighted candles, made an effective
background for the white satin prize
Dieu. Miss Junia Culbertson, daugh-
ter of former United States Ambassa-
dor to Chile and Mrs. William S. Gull
bertson, sang solos preceding the cere-
mony, accompanied by organ and a
violin obligato.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father and wore striking gown
of off-white satin, severely plain after
an empire model fashioned with long
fitted sleeves, high neckline and a long
train made into the skirt. Her tulle
veil was becomingly arranged in cap
effect and held by orange blossoms
and she carried gardenias and lilies
of the valley.
Miss Evelyn Wlker was maid of
honor for her sister and was in dusty
pink net dress made with bouffant
skirt, fitted bodice which had a round
neck and short pulled sleeves. With
this she wore quaint poke bonnet
in delphinium blue, the streamers of
pink, and she carried pink roses and
blue iris.
Mr.. Jack Koehler Of Baltimore was
best man and the ushers included Mr..
Alanson Wilcox, Mr.. Richard Quay,
Mr.. Campbell Carney of New York
and Mr.. Francis Stoughton Walker,
pTOCIleT OF The DrlQe.
A. reception followed, when Mrs
Walker, mother Of the bride, received
the guests, assisted by Miss Florence
Snodgrass of New Brunswick, Canada,
sister Of the bride. Mrs. Walkers
gown was of pervance blue lace with
which she wore starched lace, and
net hat with brim in the same shade,
and wore orchids. Miss Snodgrass
chose gown Of black velvet for the
wedding, wearing a small hat to match
and had spray Of gardenias.
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Snodgrass left
for wedding trip to Mexico, the bride
wearing a sage-green suit with top
coat Of tweed in the same shade which
had a collar of blue fox fur and a
small hat to match. They are making
the trip to the southern republic by
train and will return by boat, arriv-
ing the first Of April in Washington,
where they will make their home.
Mrs. Snodgrass is a graduate Of the
Georgetown Visitation Convent, Miss
Bouligny's School at Warrenton, and
received her A. B. degree from George
Washington University She was pre-
sented in Washington q few seasons
ago. Mr.. Snodgrass graduated from
the New Brunswick University, the
Dalhousie Law School in Canada and
received his doctor of laws degree
from Harvard. He now is assistant
general counsel Of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp.
The wedding of Miss Virginia
Frances Squires, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Brown Squires, and Mr..
Gerald Barclay Thorne of Linneus,
Mo-, son of Mr.. A. H. Thorne of Lin
neus, took place yesterday afternoon
at 4:30 O'Clock in AL Souls Memorial
Church, the Rev. H. H. Sterrett on
ciating. The altar was decorated with
palms, ferns, Easter lilies and white
snapdragons, and was lighted with
tapers.
The bride, who was escorted by her
father, wore q white satin gown with
q soft cowl neckline and q long train
trimmed with seed pearl lace which