Evening star., 1937-09-11
Miss Phyllis Wilcox
Is Married to
Mr.. Shaw

n PRETTY wedding took place
Thursday night when Miss
Phyllis Jane Wilcox, daughter of Mrs.
Wilcox and the late Mr.. Claude Ray
nond Wilcox of Detroit, Mich, be-
came the bride of Mr.. Houston Shaw.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Cobble
Shaw of Camden, s. c. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev.
Daniel A. Ochs in the Takoma Park
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The church was decorated with
ferns and palms, making background
for baskets of white gladioli, dahlias
and roses.
short program of music was
given by Mr.. Fenton Froom, who
sang THE Sweetest Story Ever Told. :"
and Mr.. Raymond Casey, violinist,
who played Il Love You Truly" They
were accompanied by Mrs. Ethel
Knight Casey at the organ, who played
the wedding march.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her brother, Mr.. Roger Will
cox of Jersey City, N. j., wore a gown
princess lines with draped neck and
long sleeves full at the shoulder but
close fitting at the wrist. Her veil
of white silk net was trimmed with
lace. She carried a shower bouquet of
white roses.
Mrs. Melvin d. Russell was the ma
tron on honor. Her gown was of yell
low MORE taffeta. made on tailored
lines with buttons at the back of the
waist and pulled sleeves. She carried
a bouquet of delphinium and Talisman
roses.
The maid of honor was Miss Betty
Ellen Wilcox, sister of the bride. Her
gown was of pale pink taffeta. made
on princess lines, with fiaring skirt
and fiat, ruffled collar. She car
ried pale pink roses.
The brides other attendants were
Miss Elizabeth Riddle and Mrs. Eta
Fisher. Miss Riddle, whose gown was
of pastel green taffeta, made similar
TO that of the maid of honor, carried
yellow tea roses, and Mrs. Fisher, wore
a gown of soft blue taffeta made in
the same style and carried a bouquet
of yellow tea roses.
The best man was Mr.. Grayson
Shaw, brother of the bridegroom, and
the ushers were Mr.. Sumner Bar
rows and Mr.. John Kelcher.
The flower girl was little Miss
Coralee Errigo, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Errigo.
After the wedding a reception was
given at the home Of Mr.. Jesse S.
Barrows, assistant commissioner of
Federal prison industries, and Mrs.
Barrows, in Takoma Park Mrs.
Barrows wore a gown of powder blue
chiffon with corsage bouquet of
pink roses. Mrs Wilcox, mother Of
the bride, wore a fowered evening
gown of marouisette, with a corsage
bouquet Of white roses. and Mrs. Shaw
wore a blue taffeta gown. Her cor
sage bouquet was Of talisman roses.
Later in the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Shaw, the latter wearing a navy
blue triple sheer travelling dress,
trimmed with dubonnet, and a coat
of lighter shade Of blue with a
squirrel fur collar. left for their
wedding trip to the mountains of
Virginia. Later they will go on to
Worthington. Ohio, where Mr.. Shaw
has accepted a position at the Hard
ing Memorial Ssnitarium. They will
be at home to their friends after
September IS.
Among the out-of-town guests we're
the parents Of the bride and bride
groom and Mr.. and Mrs. Roger VIII
cox Of Jersey City, N. J.
Mrs. Shaw is a graduate of the
Senandoah Valley Academy and the
New England Sanitarium in Melrose.
Mass Mr.. Shaw graduated from
Camden IS. c. High School and
the Greenville (Tenn) Business Col
lege, and later the Takoma Sani-
tarlum, also in Greenvile.