The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-05-02
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Heights Presbyterian church, Wash
ington, D. c., was the scene of an
impressive wedding Saturday after
noon, at 200 o'clock when Miss Re-
becca Ida Smith, of Circleville, w.
Va, became the bride of Mr.. Bayard
Thistle Keller, son of Mrs. Frances
H. Keller and the late DR.. Bayard
Thistle Keller of Grantsville.
The double ring ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Robert f. Sher-
rill, pastor of the church, before an
altar decorated with ferns and myrids
of lighted candles.
Preceding the ceremony an organ
recital of nuptial music was played
by Gertrude Smallwood Mockbee,
organist. The soloist, George A.
Myers sang Because" and cave
Marie" AS the organist played the
"Lohengrin Wedding March the
bride entered the church on the arm
of her father who gave her in mar
riage. The bride was attired in a
gown of white marquisette over
satin with brocaded bodice. The
finger tip length veil was caught by
a coronet of pearls. She carried a
shower bouquet of white roses and
lilies of the valley and wore a neck
lace of pearls.
Miss Mary Smith, maid of honor
for her sister, wore an aqua blue
marquisette gown over satin and car
ried an arm bouquet of yellow roses.
Miss Katherine Smith was brides
maid for her sister. She wore a shell
pink marquisette gown over satin
with a bouquet of pink roses and
orchid sweet peas.
The brides attendants wore ostrich
hats of pastel shades. Joanna Smith,
a niece of the bride, was flower girl
and carried nosegay of rosebuds.
The groom's best man was Harry
Patton, of Grantsville. The ushers
were Mark l.. Schaefer of Grantsville
and Washington, and William Smith,
brother of the bride, of Circleville.
At the close of the ceremony "The
Lords Prayer" was sung by Mr..
Myers, the soloist.
J The brides mother was dressed in
blue marquisette with bodice of
spanish lace and a corsage of pink
rosebuds. The grooms mother wore
an ensemble of powder blue crepe
with accessories to match and cors-
age of talisman roses.
J Following the ceremony, a recep-
ton was held for the wedding party
and members of the immediate fam
lilies at the brides apartment in
Washington.
! Miss Smith is a graduate of the
Circleville High school, class of 1910.
/ She attended Bridgewater College,
Bridgewater, Va, and Mountain
State Business College, Parkersburg,
w. Va, and during the last three and
one-half years has been employed in
the United States Department of
Agriculture's office of foreign Agri-
cultural Relations, in Washington.
Mr.. Keller is a graduate of the
Grantsville High school, class of 1910.
He attended Bridgewater College,
Bridgewater, Va, the University of
Wyoming, at Laramie, and the Uni
versity of Indiana, at Bloomington.
He was outstanding in -Colleg-
late athletics, being member of the
basketball team and captain of the
soccer and track teams in 1941-1942
and 1942-1943 at Bridgewater Col
lege.
He enlisted in the Army, Octo-
Der 7, 1912, and was honorably dis
charged December 30, 1915. Two
years were spent in the European
theatre, where he served as criminal
investigator with the Third Armored
Division, and with the United States
Military Forces in Germany. He is
wearer of five battle stars for Nor
mandy, Northern France, the Arden
mes, the Rhineland and Central Eur
ope plus the Good Conduct Medal and
the Victory medal.
Mr.. Keller is a member of prom
inent Western Maryland family. He
is grandson of Mrs. Ella B. Keller
and the late DR.. George Charles Kel-
Ter, of Grantsville.
Besides the members of the brides
immediate family who participated in
the ceremony others who attended
were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith, of
Baltimore; Conway Smith, of Circle
vile; Garth Hoffman, of Baltimore;
other relatives and friends from Cir
cleville and Washington; the groom's
mother, Mrs. Frances H. Keller; the
grandmother, Mrs Ella B. Keller, of
Grantsville; Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Kel-
Ter, Rowland Wayne Keller, of Will
mington, Del; Miss Emma Caulk and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Gortner and
daughters, Louise and Marjorie, of
Grantsville.
The bride chose for her travelling
ensemble an aqua crepe suit with
matching accessories.
The couple left by automobile for
a short trip to New York City and