Evening star., 1940-06-28
Miss Nellie King Becomes
Bride of Mr.. Barrie Blake.

Miss Nellie King, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard John King,
and Mr.. Barrie William Blake, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NJ Blake,
we're married in the Great Choir
Washington Cathedral, at 4
o'clock the afternoon of June by
the Rev. Henry J. Miller of st.
Georges Episcopal Church, Airing
ton, Va.
Immediately following the cere-
mony a large garden party was
held at the home of the bridegroom
on North Pershing drive, Airing
ton.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore quaint
period gown fashioned of white
embroidered organdie with a
square neck, puffed sleeves and the
skirt with long train trimmed in
sheer lace ruff1es. She wore a veil
of illusion held in place by a tiara
of orange blossoms and her white
mitts were of sheer lace, she car
ried a bouquet of gardenias and lilies
OF the valley.
Miss Mary Irene King was maid
of honor for her sister and wore a
peach-colored organdie frock with
full skirt made similar to the brides
gown. With this she wore picture
hat of pink horsehair trimmed with
matching net bow, and carried an
arm bouquet of pink roses and blue
delphiniums tied with blue satin.
The bride had as her other at
tendants her sisters, the Misses
Doris, Vivian and Mildred King, and
Miss Loys Marian Blake, sister of
the bridegroom. The Misses Doris
and Vivian King wore gowns of
peach pink f1owered organdie and
large horsehair hats of pink. They
carried large bouquets of pink roses
and yellow snapdragons tied with
blue satin ribbon. Miss Mildred
King and Miss Logs Blake wore soft
blue fowered organdie made along
the same lines as those of the
other attendants and wore blue
horsehair hats. Their matching arm
bouquets we're tied with yellow
satin ribbon.
The bride had as her flower girl
her niece, 5-year-old Peggy King,
who wore long dress of blue Or
candle trimmed in pink and blue
satin ribbon with ribbons in her
blond hair. She carried a small
bouquet of pink roses, scattering the
petals as she preceded the bride
down the aisle.
Mr.. Blake had as his best man
his brother, Mr.. Robert Blake of Ar
lington. The ushers were Mr..
Charles Ernest Moorefield, Mr..
Robert Emory Kirwan and Mr..
Douglas A. Smith, all of Arlington,
and 1t. Walden A. Sundell Of SYRIA
cuse, N. Y.
At the reception the couple were
assisted in receiving by their par
ents. Mrs. King wore a soft flowing
gown of gray, white and yellow print
with a large white hat and white
accessories, and her corsage was OF
white gardenias.
Mrs. Blake wore pale blue gown
with an eyelit bodice and full tulle
skirt and also wore white acces-
sories and a gardenia corsage.
The bride wore travelling en-
semble of sheer dubonnet and a
white redingote with white acces-
sories when they left on an extended
motor trip through the Great
Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.
They will also spend sometime in
Florida before returning to Mclean,
Va, where they will make their
home.
Among the out-of-town guests
who attended the wedding were
Mrs. Ida Quinn and Miss Mae New
ton of New York City, Mrs. Cora
Hutchinson, Richmond, Va; Mrs.
Axel Lindstrom, Linton, N. OAK;
Mr.. and Mrs. ivan Munroe, Wolf
Point, Mont; Mrs. Maurice Judd,
Indianapolis.