Evening star., 1942-05-17
Miss Nell Childs
Bride Yesterday
Of R. S. Garner
All Souls Church
Prettily Decorated
For the Ceremony

White gladioluses and snapdrag-
ons were the effective setting for
the wedding of Miss Nell Monroe
Childs, daughter of Mr.. William
Henry Childs and the late Mrs.
Childs, to Mr.. Russell Spencer Gar
ner, son of Mrs. Herbert Wahl
Garner of Philadelphia and the late
Mr.. Garner. The ceremony was
performed at o'clock yesterday at
All Souls Unitarian Church with
DR.. Ulysses G. B. Pierce officiating.
The organ was played by Mr.. Lewis
Corning Atwater.
Preceding the bride to the altar
was Miss Georgella Hefty as brides
maid. who wore a gown of dolphin
ium blue chiffon made on flowing
lines with full bishop sleeves. She
carried bouquet of pale pink
sweet peas and blue delphinium cor
responding to the flowers worn in
her hair.
Mrs. Edwin B. Patterson
Matron of Honor.
The matron of honor Mrs Edwin
B. Patterson. wore a deep blush rose
chiffon gown matching that of the
bridesmaid. Her tiny hat was of
flowers. Her bouquet was Of deep
pink sweet peas and blue del
phinlum.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore gown OF
white marquisette made on princess
lines with a train and full bishop
sleeves with lace cuffs. She also
wore a f1nger-tip veil with a simple
wreath of pearls and orange bios
SONS. Her only jewelry was an
heirloom brooch Of pearls and her
flowers were white roses and baby's
breath.
The hast man for the bridegroom
was his brother, Mr.. Clifford E.
Garner OF Philadelphia. Ushers
were Mr.. Howard F. wentworth and
Mr.. Edwin B. Patterson of Arlington
At the reception after the we'd
ding, held in an adjoining room in
the church. the young couple re-
ceived with Mrs. Thomas N Copen-
haver of Baltimore, maternal aunt
of the bride, and the mother of the
bridegroom, Mrs. Copenhaver wore
an afternoon gown of black with
deep pink roses at the waist and
her hat was a black straw toque
trimmed with cluster of big pale
pink and blue blossoms. Mrs
Garner wore an afternoon dress of
powder blue lace and small match
ing hat with tiny forget-me-nots
and rosebuds. Assistants at the
reception were Miss Doris Joan
Fisher and Mrs. Howard F. Went
worth.
Bridal Couple
Leaves on Trip.
Upon her departure for wedding
trip in the South, Mrs. Garner
wore two-piece brown and white
polka dot silk frock with a wide
embroidered collar of white organdie
and small off-the-face hat of
brown stitched felt with veil.
The bride attended George Wash
ington University, where she was a
member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority.
The bridegroom attended Temple
University in Philadelphia and Co.
lumbus University Law School in
this city.
On her mothers side the bride
Is related to the Bowies and Clagetts
of Maryland and on her fathers
side she is a descendant of James
Monroe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Out-of-town guests attending the
wedding were Mrs. Albert Feery,
sister of the bridegroom, and Mr..
Feery; Mrs, Clifford E. Garner, Mrs.
Walter S. Langebartel, Mr.. Thomas
N. Copenhaver and Mrs. Copen-
haver, Miss Margie C. Copenhaver.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Kenneth Satchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. John C. Stephenson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Garner, Mr..
Edward L. Garner. Mr.. Robert T.
AlllnSon, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas G.
Nicholson. and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
r. Owens.