The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Edward Smouse and
Jean Engelbach Wed

Miss Martha Jean Engelbach.
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Miles V.
Engelbach, Of Chevy Chase, became
the bride on Sunday evening, April
%, Of Sgt Edward Fraley Smouse, in
ceremony taking place at 8 o'clock
in All Saints Episcopal church, Chevy
Chase, with the Rev. Dr.. Charles W.
Lowry officiating
Lighted candies with showers of
white snapdragons and gladioluses
against Il background OF ferns and
palms made a lovely setting for the
wedding and Mrs. Charles Carroll
Haig sang solo selections, accom-
panied by Mrs. William H. Taylor,
who also played the wedding music.
Escorted and given in marriage by
her father, the bride wore a dress Of
white organza and lace with veil of
illusion that draped from a headdress
of fresh lilies of the valley. Her bou
uuet also was of lilies Of the valley
and other white spring flowers fash
Toned into a shower.
Mrs Robert B. Hammond, matron
of honor, wore white organza and car
ried a shower bouquet Of spring flow
crs, as did the maid Of honor, Miss
Evalyn FraIey, Of Oakland, and the
bridesmaids, Miss Nancy Troth, Miss
! Claire Booth, of Salisbury, and Miss
! Betty Beelis, of Richmond.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A.
/ Smouse, of Oakland, the bridegroom
: had for his best man Mr.. James D.
| Shields, and the ushers included Mr.
! Thomas P. Graham, Midshipman Will
liam B. Cooper, Midshipman Bernard
de Hosson, Sergt. Robert H. Fitch
and Sergt. Howard j. Rhine.
i The brides mother was attired in a
/ light blue lace gown, with a corsage
| Of pink and blue rose buds. while the
groom's mother wore a dusty pink
crepe dress with a corsage of green
orchids.
After a reception at the home of
the brides parents, the couple flew to
New York for a one-Week honeymoon.
Mrs Smouse's travelling costume was
q yellow wool suit with gray hat and
, gray accessories.
The bride was graduated from the
| University Of Maryland in December,
1914, where she was a member of Al
pha Omicron Pi and Omicron Nu So
rorities.
Sgt. Smouse is a member of Alpha
Psi chapter of Theta Chi fraternity,
at the University of Maryland, where
he was taking a pre-law course when
indicted into the armed forces in
June, 1913. He was graduated from
! Oakland High school in 1910 where he
was editor Of The Acorn and active
in number Of organizations He is
now located at the national airport at
Washington with the airways COM
munications department of the Army
All Forces.
Among those attending the cere-
mony were Mr.. and Mrs. F. A.
Smouse, Mr.. and Mrs Neil c. Fraley,
Lawrence NJ. FraIey, Mrs. Ellen
Thompson, Mrs. Robert Lohr, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Echard, all Of Oakland;
Lieut.. G,gD William w. Grant, now
stationed in Washington; Mrs. Viii
liam c. Robinson and Miss Margaret
Rudy, Of Annapolis; Miss Ann Law
renee, Misses Mary Virginia and Nan
cy Bolden, OF Baltimore; and Miss
Nancy Dawson, of Westminster.
Mrs. Franklin E. Rathbun is in
Baltimore with her husband, County
Superintendent, F. E. Rathbun, who
underwent a major operation in Johns
Hopkins Hospital Monday morning.
Reports from the sick room indicate
that Mr.. Rathbun is recovering salts
factorily but will remain in the insti-
tuition for some time before returning
to his home here