The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-13


5 tan, second vice-commander; Mrs
Mrs. L. M. Todd, finance officer;
ding bells the young lovelies are
leaving daily for "all points. To-
day Saturday. at an afternoon
ceremony vivacious Jean Horton
Lyon, daughter OF Colonel and Mrs.
Terry Lyon became the lovely bride
of Captain William George Thomas
III, USA in the Walter Reed Mem
orial chapel, leaving Immediately
after the reception at the home of
her parents, for a brief wedding
trip, thence to New Jersey where
the young couple will establish
their home. Standing out in the
1916 calendar as the most monen-
tous day in both their lives will be
this Saturday when charming T.
r. Fore, Ensign, USNR and
Lieut. Richard Greenwood Cread-
lex, USNR will be married, like
wise at the "witching hour" OFFS
o'clock in st. Bartholomew'g
Church in New York. Mrs. Fore
who is the daughter Of Mrs. Theo
T. Roberts has spent much of her
young life in North Carolina and is
the niece of Mrs. May Thompson
Evans of Washington and Raleigh,
and DR., Sam Thompson of New
York.
Another nuptial event centering
much Washington and North Caro-
lima interest is the wedding of Mrs.
Ariel McNinch Splitter who will be
married next Saturday to 1t.
Comdr. Lawrence Welt Of Cincin-
nita, Ohio with the Fort Meyer
Capel as a setting for the cere-
mony. In the very near future
1t. Comdr. Welt and his bride
will leave for Ohio to make their
home. Mrs. Splitter is the youngest
daughter of Mr.. Frank R. McNinch,
special assistant to the Attorney
General and has made her home
in Washington for a number Of
years.
February Wedding
Calendared for early February is
another wedding that is whipping
up pleasant excitement in the Capt.
toll, according to today's announce
ment for the very charming and
brunette Miss Stanley, former as
sistant to the Attorney General,
daughter of Mrs. Will Stanley will
be married to Major Wayne Al
bright of Raleigh, now on ''ter-
minal leave. The wedding will
take place in the very spacious
home OF the SANKEY'S and will be
followed by a large reception with
the brides parents receiving with
the couple. 'tMayne' as he is
known to his hundreds of Washing
ton friends has been on Military
Leave and overseas for something
like three years. After a Southern
wedding trip the Albrights will
make their home in Raleigh,
where Major Albright will resume
his position as head of the United
States Unemployment Bureau in
the Capitol.
1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Newman
"A. Townsend, Jr., who are visit
ing the Commanders parents,
Judge and Mrs. Townsend, are
being roundly feted since MAT,
Jr.'s" return from foreign SER
vice, with little time left for Ann
and Nat to shop for the "civ-
vies" the young Naval officer is
anxious to don.
Through the springlike air the
North Carolina Congressional Sec
retaries trekked Thursday after
rann. after calling s'finis'' to
the day for the Cocktail hour At
the Arlington home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley Mcdonald. Monday
night members of the Tar Heel
contingent attended the first of a
series of quizzes on international
affairs. conducted by Mrs. James
Doolittle and Miss Meredith Ho-
ward at the United Nations club
and the next evening a number
OF North Carolina Legalites were
among the women lawyers who
gathered for dinner in the
Chinese room of the Mayflower
to discuss 1.-The International con-
troll OF the Atomic Bomb. To
name few present, there were
Mrs. Sallie Presley, Miss Louisa
Wilson, Miss Louise Foster, Mrs.
William H. Hessick, Jr. and Mrs.
Grave Stiles Brown.
Humans Entertain
Many North Caro1inians ming
led in the merry throng that at
tended the reception given FRI
day by the American Newspaper
club and its associate memDerS'