The Washington times., 1937-07-03
Lotimer-T aft
Weddinq

w COOHHS
Another brilliant wedding,
which took place last night, united
Miss Agnes Louise Latimer, daugh-
ter of the Special Assistant to the
Postmaster General and Mrs. John
Austin Latimer, and Perry Hazard
Taft, son of Mrs. Frederic william
Teschke, of Hollywood, Calf.
The ceremony was performed in
the beautiful Sixth Presbyterian
Church of Washington on Six
tenth Street. The brides family
pastor, the Rev. j. Herbert Gar
ner, officiated. The bride was
given in marriage by her father.
Mr.. Taft Sherman Taft, the bride
groom's brother, was the best man.
Wearing a gown Of brides satin,
princess style, with train and
coronet of rose-point lace. her long
tulle veil on a coronet was caught
under the chin with satin rib
bon, the petite bride made a
pretty picture, indeed. The rose
point lace worn by the bride is
an heirloom in the bridegroom
family. She carried colonial bou-
quet of lilies of the valley and
maiden-hair fern, with a back
ground of Chantilly lace.
Sister Maid Of Honor
Miss Ruth Marie Latimer. sister
of the bride, was the maid of
honor. She wore a gown of peach
mouSSeline de sole, with a ban
deau of flowers on her head to
mate her bouquet-TaliSman
roses, lilies of the valley and del
phinium.
The two bridesmaids, Miss Mary
Lee Owens and Miss Julia Riley
Kennedy, cousins of the bride,
wore gowns of periwinkle blue
mouSseline de sole, and their Co
lonial bouquets we're made of pink
roses and blue and white flowers.
Their bandeaux were of the same
flowers with peach ribbon stream
erS.
The attractive little flower girls
were Elizabeth Ramsay Latimer,
sister of the bride, and Diana Fare
Teschke, sister of the bridegroom.
Their ankle-length dresses were of
peach mousseline de sole with slip
pers to match, and each carried a
nosegay of pink roses and blue
delphinium, with bandeaux to
match, and streamerS of peri
Wrinkle blue.
The ushers were Mr.. John
Austin Latimer, jr., and Mr.. James
Kennedy Latimer, brothers of the
bride: Mr.. Frank Hand, of Wash
ington; Mr.. Stewart Curritan, of
Stockton, Cal, and Washington;
Mr.. Henry Nichol and Mr.. Roy
McDavid, of North Carolina and
Washington.
Immediately following the cere-
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Latimer en-
tertained with a reception at
their home, which was beauti-
fully decorated with palms. ferns,
baskets and vases of flowers. On
the dining table we're decorations
of fern and vases of white roses,
and candelabra in which burned
white tapers. The three-tier we'd
ding cake was adorned with a
miniature bride and groom.
Prominent Guests
The Postmaster General and
Mrs. Farley, the Secretary of Com
merce and Mrs. Roper, and other
prominent persons in the official
life of Washington attended the
wedding and reception. Among
the out-of-town guests for the we'd
ding were the mother of the
groom, Mrs. Frederic Will a m
Teschke, with her son, Taft Sher-
man Taft, and her daughter,
Diana, all of Hollywood. Mr.. Sid
ney Kingsley and Miss Haila Stod-
dard. of Hollywood and New York;
Mrs. William Douglas Mcintosh,
Mrs. JeSSica Barham and her
daughter Patricia, of Los Angeles;
Miss Josephine Roberts, Of
Charleston, S. c.; Mrs. B. D.
Carter and Miss Sarah Carter, of
Bamberg, S. c.; Miss Lily Rogol,
of Williston, S. c.; Mrs. 10y 3D.
lick, of Hickory. N. c.: John Rich
ards McRae. of Columbia, s. c.
and New York city. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fitzhugh Briggs Richardson,
of Richmond, Va.
Miss Edna Barron. of Lovelady,
Tex, is spending a brief time at
the Dodge and is accompanied by
Miss Hoye jenkins. of Gallatin,
Tex.