Evening star., 1939-10-01
5Oth Wedding
Anniversary
Celebrated
Elder Skinner
And Wife Feted
By Church Session

The Session of the Sixth Presby-
terian Church gave a delightful re-
ception in the chapel of the church
Wednesday evening in honor of Ell
der Mitchell A. Skinner ard Mrs.
Skinner to celebrate the fiftieth an
niversary of their wedding. The
invitations had bands of gold with
the years-1889- -1939-also in gold,
and those invited included many
members of the church as well as
number of associates of MIR. Skim
ner, who retired in 1884 as director
of an insurance company, after a
service of 46 years. During the
evening duplicate ceremony was
performed, the pastor of the church,
the Rev. j. Hubert Garner, ofnciat-
ing. Mrs. Tew, organist of the
church, arranged the music for the
wedding" and the vested choir sang.
Miss Helen Dunbar sang a number
Of songs of other years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Skinner received
the ITS guests, the latter wearing a
becoming pink silk gown fashioned
on simple lines. Quantities of early
autumn blossoms with palms and
fern decorated the chapel and a
buffet supper was served and an
orchestra played during the recep-
tion hours from to 10 o'clock.
Mrs. SINNERS Sisters
In Receiving Line.
Assisting were Mrs. SINNERS
sisters, Mrs. Agnes Miller and Mrs.
Owen Keith, and Mr.. Keith; Miss
Miller, a niece; Mrs. Gertrude Hams,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Davis and Mrs.
Ethel Mills of Gaithersburg, Md,
and Mrs. Esther Keehan of Virginia.
Among others assisting were Mr..
and Mrs. Allen c. Clark, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilbert A. Clark, Mr.. Henry P.
Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Phil
lips, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Living
ston, Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Shaver,
Mrs. William E. McReynolds, Mrs.
Charles Turner, Mrs. Edna Muth,
Mrs. Thomas Somerville, Mrs. Edith
Dunbar, Mrs H. B. Claflin, Mrs. Mel
lie Prender, Mrs Alice Willard, Mrs
Clara Tice, Mrs. Tyrell Ferrenz, and
Mrs. j. Herbert Garner.
The large number of guests in
cluded Mr.. Charles L. Turner of
New York, Mrs. M. F.. Thompson,
Mrs. Frank Havens, Miss Violet
Murray, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward F.
Croggan, Mrs. William Hartman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. F. L. Fridley, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. T. Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper
Lightbrown, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. John T.
Skinner, DR.. and Mrs. F. v. Atkin-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Munroe,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. C. Grain, Mrs. Inez
Acammel, Miss Roberta Briesen and
Miss Suzanne Briesen, Miss Mabel
Byrne, Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Fish, Mr..
Walter j. Baker, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Disne and Mr.. E. K. Staley.
Mr.. Charles Anderson, who was
postmaster for the Byrd expedition
to the South Pole, and Mrs. Ander-
son also attended the reception and
others. there included Mr.. and Mrs
j. Selby Edgerton, Miss Hunter,
Miss Mabel Duehay, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry K. Muir, Miss Dora Muir,
Mr.. and Mrs. Marian Boat, Mr.. and
Mrs David Lum. Mr.. I and Mrs.
Ernest Lee. Mr.. w. B. Thompson,
DR.. and Mrs r. G. Richardson, Mr..
and Mrs. George E. Muth, Mrs.
Grace Bentzel. Mrs. Carrie Koenig,
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Koenig, Mr..
and Mrs. F. M. Nettleship, Miss
Emile Buhler, Mr.. and Mrs. E. j.
Fabrey, Mrs. Agnes Wilson, Mrs.
George Peter, Mr.. and Mrs John
Hoffman, Miss A. M Filler, Miss M.
I. Schulteis. Mrs. c, c. Roger of
Gaithersburg, Md; Mrs. T. T.
Buzzard. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Thompson, Miss Nellie Jenkins, Mr..
and Mrs. James Corey and Miss
May Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Skinner are natives
of the District of Columbia and
were born in the once fashionable
portion of the Southwest formerly
known as the Island" Mr.. Skinner
is the son of the late Mr.. and Mrs
Frank M. Skinner. of this city and
Mrs. Skinner, who formerly was
Miss Amelia Turner, is the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Y.
Turner of Washington.