Evening star., 1951-12-23
Mr.. Cun0n1inQ
And Mr.. Clark
7 axe Brides

In st. Peters Episcopal Church
In Charlotte, N c., yesterday
afternoon. Miss Edith Westbrook
Shepard became the bride of Mr..
Samuel C. Cumming, jr.. son of
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Cumming of
Upperville, Va, and godson of 1t.
Gen. Lemuel c. Shepherd. newly
appointed Marine Commandant.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Norman w. Shepard of
Lexington, Mass.
The Rev. Robert l.. Crandall of
Charlotte officiated at the 4 o'clock
ceremony which was followed by
a reception given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Shepard at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Kinney.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride was attended by Miss
Phyllis Brown of Boston. Mr..
Allan Cumming was best man for
his brother and the usherS were
the Messrs. Roy Palmer and Rus
sell Kinney of Charlotte and Ed
ward Cumming and Robert Cum
ming of Davidson, N. C.
The young couple will reside in
Davidson where the bridegroom
will receive his BIS. degree from
Davidson College in June. He at
tended the Augusta Military Acad-
emy. served for two years in the
Marine Corps and is a member of
the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
Mrs, Cumming went to Daycroft
Preparatory School in Stamford,
Conn, and graduated from Queen
College in Charlotte where she was
a member of the Phi Mu sorority,
Queens Players, The Quill and the
International Relations Club.
Clork Griffin
Well known Capitalites in Off
cial and press circles attended the
wedding Yesterday of Miss Char
mian Griffin. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bulkley Southworth Griffin,
to Mr.. John Clark, jr., of Fayette-
vile, Ark. All went on to the
Washington Club afterward for
the reception that was gay with
Christmas greetings and decora-
tions.
The ceremony that united in
marriage the daughter of the
heads of the Griffin News Bureau
to the son of Mrs A. A. Esson of
Lindsay. Calf, and Mrs. John R.
Clark of Dallas. took place in the
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. Dr. Hillman j. Hollister
oficiated at 4 o'clock.
Mr.. Griffin escorted his daugh-
ter. She wore a white satin gown
with a sheer yoke edged with
Chantilly lace petals. The skirt
swept into long. wide train and
her illusion veil fell from a cap of
heirloom lace.
Mrs. John NJ. Corbett of Troy.
N. Y. was her matron of honor
and the bridesmaids were Miss
Jean Dunn of New York, Miss
Alice Middleton of Sumter. S. c.,
and Miss Phyllis Buckley of
BronXville, N. Y. /
Mr.. James w. Clark of st. Louis
was his brothers best man and
the ushers we're the Messrs. John
S. Ewing of Lexington. Mass; /
Thomas j. Cawley of Annandale, .
Va; Stanley Miller and Leonard
H. Marks, jr.
After wedding trip south. the |,
couple will make their home in
Fayetteville, where the bridegroom
Is assistant professor of manage
ment at the University of Arkan-
sas. He received his master of
business administration degree
from Harvard Graduate School
where he was subsequently a
member of the faculty. He also
attended the University of Ar |!
kansas. During World War II he
served as a captain in the Army
QuartermaSter Corps in the Pa
ciflc. His bride attended Sidwell
Friends School. Rollins College
and graduated from the University
of North Carolina in 1949. She
has been an assistant editor of an
insurance magazine in Boston. +,