The Washington times., 1938-06-15
Andrea and Billy
Defy Pappy, Sail
For Honeymoon
Luckenbach Heiress
Butter -and-Egg
Salesman Wed


family has more ships than lots o1
folks have dollars, was married tC
her butter-ande Prince Charm
ing late yesterday despite all her
pappys objections.
The ceremony that made the
Uillful 18,year-old blonde heiress
the bride of young Billy Dobbs
took place at $50 p. m. at the
Great Neck home of Mrs. Adolph
Garni, mother of one of her
school Chums.
1t was a short and simple ser
vice. performed by Methodist
Episcopal clergyman. The 35 wit
nesses we're mostly young friends
of the bridal couple and did not
include choleric old Edgar F..
Luckenbach, m ul tt millionaire
dean of shipping magnates, who
had almost ruined his daughters
plans the night before by pre-
vailing on an Episcopalian min
lister not to perform the cere-
mony.
Papa Edgar, a white goateed
autocrat of the old school and as
colorful character as any Cappy
Rlcks that ever sailed the pages OF
fiction, ignored the incident com
pletely after his outburst of the
previous evening. He remained at
the office OF the LuCkenbach
Steamship Lines, giving orders
that no one thought Of disobeylng.
But out at the White-Clap'
boarded Colonial home of Mrs.
Garnl, his mutlnous young daugh-
ter was exercising the rights she
had acquired just two days before,
on her eighteenth birthday.
Armed with a day-old marriage
license that a supreme court JUS
tice had made effective by waving
the usual three-day wait, Andrea
was repeating a ritual intoned by
the Rev. Richard Hegarty, rector
of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. of Port Washington
L. l., an eleventh-hour choice to
perform the marriage rites.
Mrs. Garni, fairy godmother of
the young couple since they first
became attached to each other
four years ago, Immediately Of
fered the use of her home for the
nuptials. She is the wife of the
first vice president of w. R. Grace
& Co., rival shipping ConCern-a
fact which presumably aided not
at all in cooling the old Commo-
oore'S ire.
WANTED BLESSING
It was Mrs. Garni who per-
suaded Billy and Andrea to give
up their intention of eloping.
II think it would be terrible
thing for those poor children to
be cast out in the world with.
out the blessing of God" she
said.
And so. while she beamed hap.
PLY, Billy and Andrea knelt on
two white satin cushions before a
table covered with a white altar
cloth in the center of her flower
banked living room.
In fact, the Rev. Mr.. Hegarty
had been approached shortly be-
fore noon by Adelaide Garnl, An
drea's girl friend, while a hair
dresser was arranging Andrea S
bobbed, honey-colored tresseS Tor
the important occasion.
Unlike the Rev. William Crime,
rector of st. Paul's Episcopal
Church IN Great Neck. who an
nounced yesterday he had decided
not to marry the couple because
their social and financial status is
at such variance" the Rev. Mr..
Hegarty had no objections.
ALL IN WHITE
Everything was in white, from
the brides White-draped crepe
dress and white kid sandals to
the masses of Easter lilies, peonies,
iris and carnations that occupied
every available nook and Granny
in the room.
Andrea was given away by her
half brother, Lewis. her only rela-
tive to attend. Lewis has had
four WiveS-none of whom has
stuck very long but he perspired
il his first role as glVer-aWayer.
OF course, it was warm day.
AS noted heretofore, the COM
nIodore was not present. But his
close friend, Mrs. Bessie Upjohn,
Of Babylon, was. Mrs. Upjohn
was questioned about the com
modore's attitude.
Nobody THINKS about the com.
modores attitude" Mrs. UpJohn
replied meanlngly
But didn't he say anything?'
Apparently" she said stlffen,
ing, you don't know the commo,
dore."
LEWIS ESCORTS EX.ACTRESS
Lewis escorted Alice Alexander
pretty, blonde and 2O7somethlng
who used to be a vaudeville part
ner of suffering Joe Frisco. She
quit the footlights when she struck
it rich in California oil. anc
plunged in musical comedy this
season with Right This Way
It ran two weeks and Miss Alex
ander lost S150,000 or so. but with