Evening star., 1941-06-08
Bright Sun Returns
To Smile Down on
First June Brides
Weddings of Miss Coleman and
Ensign Roddis and Miss Wilmer
And 1t. Aiken Lead in Interest
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ington Hills and cousin of the
bridegroom. Their gowns were ex-
actly like that of the maid of honor
and their bouquets were of white
iris with golden centers.
Mrs. Coleman. the brides mother,
wore a gown of soft green chiffon,
her hat trimmed in orchid and
corsage of orchids pinned on the
bag of deeper purple which she car
ried. The bridegroom's mother,
Mrs. Roddis, was in coral figured
chiffon with a black hat and she
wore corsage of gardenias.
Mr.. William N Thomas, jr, son
of Chaplain Thomas, was the best
man. The ushers were 1t. John
Splain, C. A, U. S. A; 1t. Frank
Thorp, Sd. U. S. A. R.; 1t. E. Roger
Kirk, U. S. A R; Ensign Frank G.
Jones, U. S. NJ. Ensign A. P. Hirth,
U. S. N. R.. Ensign Croydon Cope
land, U. S. N. R. Ensign Paul Mac
Arthur. U. S. N; Ensign Victor
Boatwright. U. S. N. R.; Mr. Edwin
wilkins Kent and Mr.. Harry Brog-
den.
Small Reception Is Held
At Home of Brides Parents.
Immediately after the ceremony
a small reception was held at the
home of the brides parents and
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Evans Mauldin, where delicate
green ferns banked the ivory and
black mantelpiece before which the
bridal couple stood to receive the
wedding party, out town guests
and members of the immediate
families.
The house was decorated with
yellow roses and white peonies and
carnations. In the dining room,
tall lighted candles gloWed on the
wedding cake, whose top tier made
by the bride will be kept for fu-
ture anniversary of the wedding.
Small pieces of wedding cake were
wrapped and tied with white rib
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brides cake dish from which, after
the custom of that country, the
guests take a bit of cake to dream
upon: A champagne punch was
served on the porch overlooking the
garden where late roses were in
bloom. Mrs. Coleman and Mrs.
Mauldin. who was dressed in blue
chiffon and wore small blue flower
hat. were assisted by Mrs. Luke Gill
bert and Mrs Ernest Logan HaW-
kins, aunts of the bride.
Out-o town guests were Comdr.
William Thomas, chaplain of the
Naval Academy, and Mrs. Thomas
DR.. and Mrs Robert V. Funsten of
Charlottesville, Va, and a number
of friends from Philadelphia.
For travelling the bride wore
beige costume with brown acceS-
sories, a beige hat with white veil
and a corsage Of orchids. Ensign
and Mrs Roddis will travel by au-
tomobile to the West Coast, where
they will be temporarily in Bremen
ton, Wash.
The bride is a graduate of the
National Cathedral School for Girls,
where she was made a bishops
scholar, one of five girls to receive
this honor since the school was
founded. She made her debut last
May in Washington at tea at the
home of her parents and her grand
parents.
Miss Wilmer and 1t. Aiken
Are Married in Garden.
The lovely garden at Stone House
Farm, home of Mr. and Mrs. Pere
Allison Wilmer of this city and
Leesburg, was the scene of the
wedding of Miss Wilmer and 1t.
Aiken, who is the son of Mrs. Alex
Rnder Ewing of SWarthmore, Pa.
The ceremony was performed on
a terraced hillside, surrounded by
rows of lockwood. The Rev John
j. Callaghan of Baltimore, assisted
by the Rev Michael Igoe of Lees
burg, performed the ceremony,
giant urns filled with garden flow
ers enhanced the beauty of the
scene and a string orchestra played
the wedding music.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore lovely
white tulle dress made with a full
skirt The long, pulled sleeves were
finished with lace as was the sweet
heart neckline. Ruffles of lace ex-
tended down the skirt and to the
end of the long train and the finger
tip tulle veil, which fell over her
face, was held in place by coronet
of orange blossoms tied in the back
with white ribbons, which fell in
streamers over the veil. Her only
ornaments were a string of pearls
and pin which her mother wore
at her wedding She carried an
old-fashioned bouquet of gardenias,
sWeetpeas and gypsophila, sur
rounded by real lace.
Miss Marguerite RoWell of Falls
Church. Va. was the maid of honor.
She wore yellow marquisette and
lace, made with long, full skirt,
tucked bodice and puffed sleeves.
She carried an old-faShioned bou-
quet of yellow daisies and corn
flowers, surrounded by real lace, and
TIED with blue ribbon Yellow dais-
les and cornf1oWers also formed her
head dress.
The bridesmaids were Miss Eliza
beth Ogilby of Chevy Chase, Md,
and Miss Nell Alexander of Owens
boro, KY, and this city. Their
dresses we're of cornfower blue mar
quisette and lace, and we're fash
toned like that of the maid of honor.
Their flowers we're also similar to
the maids and were tied with yell
low ribbon.
Best Man and Ushers
Are Naval Officers.
The best man was Ensign Edward
y. Foote, U. S. n, of Charleston, S.
c., and the uShers were 1t. Robert
w, Shaw. 1t. Russell Duncan, 1t.