Evening star., 1946-05-08
Recent Weddings
OF Interest Here
Are announced

Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Idwal H. Ed
wards announce the recent marriage
Of their daughter, Miss Ann Louise
Edwards, to 1t. Comdr. William A.
Robie, United States Navy, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William C. Robie of
Collingswood, N. J. The ceremony
took place in st. Luke's Episcopal
Church, San Francisco, and was per-
formed by the Rev. John c. Leffler.
Mrs. Bruce Simonds of Washing
ton and San Francisco attended the
bride as matron of honor and
Comdr Jacob A. Benz, United States
Navy, was best man.
The bride attended Colby Junior
College and graduated from the
University of Texas and Katharine
Gibbs School. Comdr Robie grad
uated from the United States Naval
Academy in 1912. The newlyweds
temporarily are living in San Diego
while Comdr. Robie is awaiting or
ders after an extended tour of
destroyer duty in the Pacific theater.
Miss Anne Butler, niece of Mrs.
Annie c. King, was married recently
to Maj. James T. O'Connell, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy ]. O'Connell
of Los Angeles. The Rev. Eugene B.
Frein off1ciated at the ceremony in
the Memorial Chapel of the Army
Medical Center, and a reception in
the home of the bride followed.
Miss Hilda Brown of Boston, Va,
was maid of honor and Maj. John R.
Kennedy served as best man. Mr..
Morris Butler, brother of the bride,
and Capt. Dolph Hays were ushers.
The recent marriage Of their
daughter, 1t. Kate Hopwood Kinnee.
u. S. N. r., to 1t. Col. John Daniel
Payne. Corps of Engineers, A. U. S.,
is announced by the formers par
ents, Col. and Mrs. Lucius Locke
Hopwood. The wedding took place
in the Twenty-f1rs Avenue Baptist
Church in. San Francisco.
Mrs. Payne is graduate Of the
National Cathedral School in Wash
ington and George Washington
University. She is on duty with
Convoy and Routing Of the Western
Sea Frontier in San Francisco. Col.
Payne is graduate of Cornell Uni
versity. He served overseas with
the 9Th and 18th Air Forces, and
at present is on duty with the 4th
Air Force in San Francisco. He is
the son of Mrs. Thomas Courtenay
Locke.
The National Baptist Memorial
Church was the scene of the recent
candlelight wedding of Miss Geretha
Verl Mc1ntire, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy F. McIntire of Silver
Spring, and Mr.. Leon H. Yeckley,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Yeckley
Of Kalamazoo, Mich. The bride
wore white slipper satin and carried
white carnations and orchids. A
reception was held in the church
dining room Immediately following
the ceremony, after which the cou-
pie left for motor trip to Charles
ton, S. c.
Announcement is made of the
recent marriage of Miss Goldie Mae
Burns, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Merson Burns of Etchison, Md, to
Mr.. Raymond Rogers Burdette, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd w. Burdette
of Hyattstown, Md. The ceremony
took place in the home of the brides
parents, the Rev. Dillon B. Groves of
Laytonsville officiating, and a re-
ception followed.
Mrs. Rebecca Price, sister of the
bridegroom, attended the bride and
Mr.. Dyson Burns was best man for
Mr.. Burdette.
1t. Thomas Earle Mardis and his
bride, the former Miss Helen
Thomas, are living in Hawaii,
where the former will be on duty
until December They left Wash
ington Immediately after their re-
cent marriage, which took place
in Washington Cathedral of st.
Peter and St. Paul, the Rev. Haskell
Deal officiating. The reception was
held in the home of Mrs. Mardis'
aunt, Miss Sue Penn, where Mrs.
Mardis made her home for a year
or more.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Augusta Penn Thomas of Winston
Salem and the late Mr.. T. P.I
Thomas. 1t. Mardis, who is serving
with the Army, is the son of MI.
and Mrs. Paul Lester Mardis of
London, England.
Mr.. H. Penn Thomas of Winston
Salem gave his sister in marriage.
She was attended by her niece, Miss
Carolyn Ann Thomas of Winston
Salem. and Mr.. James Fitzpatrick
Of Boston was best man.