Evening star., 1938-10-02
Le0nalr:dtown
Church Scene
OfWedding
Miss Anna Combs
Is Bride of
MIR. Hodges.
EONARDTOWN, Md, Oct. L.
The st. Aloysius' Roman Cath
olic Church in this city WAS

7 EONARDTOWN, Md, Oct. l.
The st. Aloysius' Roman Cath
olic Church in this city was
- the scene of the wedding this
morning of Miss Anna Greenwell
Combs Of this city and Mr.. Thomas
Allen Duckett Hodges, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ramsay Hodges Of Davidsonville,
Md. The pastor Of the Wayside
Catholic Church at Chaptico, Nd;
the Rev. Father Joseph Greenwell,
S. j., a cousin OF the bride, oficiated.
Preceding the mass Mr.. Alexander
Loker sang and the organist was Mrs.
Upton Thompson of Hollywood. The
church was decorated with fall flowers,
palms and ferns, with cathedral can
dies in golden candelabrae on each
side of the altar. The bride was
given In marriage by her brother, Mr..
William F.. Combs of Philadelphia, for
merly of this city. She wore white
satin gown made on princess lines
and long tulle veil held by coronet.
Her bouquet was of bride roses and
lilies of the valley.
Miss Helen Combs Is
Maid Of Honor.
Miss Helen Combs, sister Of the
bride, OF this city was maid of honor.
She wore blue MORE gown with
matching accessories, a poke bonnet
and carried an old-fashioned bouquet.
The two bridesmaids were Miss Mary
Morse of Ellicott City, Md, and Miss
Violet Mattingly of Medleys Neck.
They wore gowns Of rose MORE, poke
bonnets and carried old-fashioned
bouquets.
The little flower girl was Miss Fran
cis Jacqueline Goldsborough, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Goldsborough Of
Medleys Neck. Her gown was made of
pink tulle and she carried a basket
filled with flowers.
Mr.. Ramsay Hodges, jr, of An
napolis, brother to the bridegroom,
was best man. The ushers were Messrs.
Frank and Patrick Combs, brothers Of
the bride; Mr.. Bird Duckett of An
napolis, and Mr.. Bowie Duckett Of
Broomes Island, Md.
Following the ceremony a recep-
ton was held at the home of the
brides brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Goldsborough in Med
leys Neck. The bride wore a going
away costume of dubonnet, with
brown accessories, and a corsage of
roses and valley lilies. On their re-
turn from their wedding trip Mr.. and
Mrs. Hodges will make their home in
LeonardtoWn. Mrs. Hodges is the
county health nurse there, and she is
a graduate of St. Mary,s Academy and
Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. p. Hayden
Entertain Mrs. L. F. Beck.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Paul Hayden of
Mount Osborne have with them for a
fortnight their daughter, Mrs. Louis
F. Beck. and her two infant daughters,
Tulula and Betsy Beck of Washington
Mrs George Knott and her sister,
Mrs. Maria Knott Palmer, entertained
at their home at Palmers Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mamie D. Ford an
nounce the approaching wedding of
their daughter. Agnes Marguerite of
Fair Haven, to Mr.. William Fills
Ward, son of Mrs. Eta Ward of
Owings, which will take place at
Friendship Methodist Episcopal Church
Wednesday at o'clock, with the cere-
mony being performed by the pastor,
the Rev. j. H. Snyder.
Miss Ruth Elizabeth McCready.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John w.
McCready of Coster, and Mr.. Irving
R. Traband, jr., were married August
20 in Lower Marlboro, Md.
Mr.. Clyde Bowen and his daughter.
Miss Thelma Bowen, have gone to
Bermuda.
Mrs. j. Edward Burroughs of WASH
ington is spending week as the guest
Of Miss Louise Matthews at her La
Plata home.
The Rev. and Mrs. Nelson Ma
Conomy entertained at their parish
house at st. Marys City Tuesday aft
ernoon In honor Of Capt. c. L. .Conder
Of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick T. Bowling
Of Hughesville announce the marriage
OF their daughter, Virginia Marie, to
Mr.. Walter Chadwick Kemon, son Of
Mrs. Ethel Byrd Kemon Of Washing
ton, which took place September II
at the st. Marys Roman Catholic
Church, Bryantown, at 10 o'clock.
The pastor of the church, the Rev.
Thomas McKew, celebrated the nuptial
mass.