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Miss Agatha Emma Guilford
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James E.
Guilford of Boston, Mass, became the
bride of Mr.. Emilio A. Lanier, son of
Mrs. William H. Lanier of Nashville,
Tennessee and the late Mr.. William
H. Lanier in a beautiful four o'clock
ceremony at the home of the brides
parents solemnized by the Rev. Elmer
E. Thompson on Thursday, July 25.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and chose as her we'd
ding gown beautiful, white, bouffant,
rose-figured organdy with a tight
fitting bodice and full skirt, and car
ried a shower bouquet of white roses
and baby's breath. She wore a single
strand of pearls which constituted her
only jewelry.
Miss Carolyn johnson of the Liberi-
an Consular Service in New York was
the brides only attendant and maid
of-honor. Miss johnson wore a but
ter-cup yellow, dirndle gown of
marquisette, and carried a shower
bouquet of Tea-roses, bluebells, asters.
and baby's breath.
DR.. William H. Dean of Atlanta
University was the best man.
The brides mother wore blue and
white georgette and a corsage of gar
denias.
Among the guests present at the
marriage and reception following
were: Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Guilford,
parents of the bride; Mr.. James E.
Guilford, Jr., Mr.. Richard Guilford,
Mrs. George Guilford, all brothers.
Other relatives included: Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Snowden. Mrs. Samuel Johns,
Miss Vera Guilford, Mr.. Clarence
Guilford, Mrs. Mary T. jenkins, Mr..
and Mrs. Adolph Peterson, Mrs. Nellie
Jackson; the latter three relatives of
New York. Also Mrs. Rose Randolph.
great-aunt of the bride.
Out of towners were: Mr.. and Mrs.
James Dorsey of Lincoln, Pennsyl-
vania, sister and brother-in-law of the
groom; Mr.. and Mrs. John Hope
Franklin, newlyweds, of Raleigh,
North Carolina, Miss Jeanne Chand-
Ter of Birmingham, Alabama, Miss
Teddy Mays of Brooklyn, New York,
Miss Anna Vivian Brown of West
Virginia and Miss Florita Pritchard of
No. Carolina.
Others included: DR.. and Mrs.
Alfred Otway, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Jay
Groce, DR.. and Mrs. John B. Hall, Mr..
and Mrs. Everett Yates, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Ransom, DR.. and Mrs. Franklin
Pierce, Atty. and Mrs. Irwin T. Dorch,
Mr.. and Mrs. William N. Goodman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Richardson, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Powell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Mclean, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Diggs, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Butler,
Mrs. Edna Williams and daughter
Thelma, Mrs. Mabel Richardson, Mrs.
Ella Mae Ford, Mrs. Geraldine Tripp,
Mrs. William Allen, Mrs. Elnora Key
and daughter, Regina, Mrs. Mary
Lewis, Mrs. Vilver r. Moore. Mrs.
Jeanette West, Mrs. Mildred Otway,
Mrs. Jennie Leftwich and daughter,
Mildred, Mrs. Alberta Patrice, Mrs.
Catherine Wallace, Mrs. Eva Pitt and
grandson, Danny, Mrs. Gertrude
Cromwell, Mrs. Cornelia Bellinger and
daughter, Barbara Godfrey, Mrs. Cor
nelius Vincent and daughter, Ruth
Vincent, Mrs. Joseph S. Mitchell and
son, Joseph Jr., Mrs. Esther NJ. Emer-
son, Mrs. Margaret Murphy and
DAUGHTERS, Jacqueline and Janet, Mrs.
William Wheeler and children: Robert,
Charlotte, and Dorothy Wheeler.
Also the Misses Virginia and
Josephine Roundtree, Beulah and
Gladys Wood, Louise Scot, Eleanor
Trott, Anita Snowden Rosamond
Campbell, Henrietta Lanier, Olga
Parrish, Elva Mahn, Katherine T.
Watson, Doris and Priscilla Jemmotte,
Vivian Hodge, Evelyn and Myrtis
Andrews, Lucille Norman, Doris w.
Jones, and Julia Richardson.
Also the Messrs. Herbert Wolff and
Charles Ambush.
Mrs. Lanier was educated in the
Boston Public schools and was gradu-
ated from Girls High School, and
from the Teachers College Of the City
of Boston in 1886. She has pursued
courses at Boston University and has
taught Special Glasses in the Boston
Public schools for the past four years.
She is a member of the Junior League
of the League of Women for Commu-
nifty Service and Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority.
Mr.. Emilio A. Lanier was gradu-
ated from Talledega College, and pos
sesses an ABB. from Dartmouth and
MA. from Harvard He is a teacher
of English at Fisk University, Nash
vile, Tennessee, and a member of
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
The newlyweds will spend the sum-
mer in Cambridge, Mass, where Mr..
Lanier will continue work towards his
doctorate. They will be at home after
September 20 at Fisk University,
Nashville, Tennessee.