1954 - Special Collections

YEAR BOOK A MERICA N CLAN GREGOR SoCIETY 6S
Mr . Rodriguez graduated from the Nava l Academy on June 4, and now has
the rank of Ens ign. Among the graduation presents which he received was the
sword , scabbard and belt from his g reat-uncle, Rear Admiral 1. H. Mayfield,
U.S .N., Retired, of La Jolla, Calif.
Th e minister who performed the ceremony was the Rev. Norris L. T ibbetts.
T he bride had graduated the previous Monday at Mary Wa shington College,
Fredericksburg, Va. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mr s. B. C. Holsten, 2600
Univ ersity Avenue, New York City.
Four of Ensign Rodriguez's classmate s served as best man and gr oomsmen.
The y were all in Nav y whit es with swords. A reception was held at the churc h
after the ceremony and a cocktail hour at the Gotham H otel followed by a dinnerdance.
CAROLINE M ARI E M URRAY TO G EORGE LLOYD M AGRUDER, II
Miss Caroline Ma rie Murray and George Lloyd Magruder, II , were married
on June 12, 1953. Miss Murray is the daughter of Mrs. James Roy Murray and the
late Mr. Mu rra y of San Ant onio, Tex. Mr. Magrud er is the son of Mr. and
Mr s. Lloyd Burns Magrud er of Rumson, N. J. He and his son are both Clansmen.
LOUISE D U KES M AGRUDER TO TH O~I A S A U STI N C LARY
Miss Louise Dukes Magrud er, daught er of Mr . and Mr s. John Baldwin
Magrud er, of Baltim ore, became the brid e of Thomas Austin Clary, son of Dr. and
Mr s. Austin J . Cla ry of Auburn , N. Y., on Aug. 28, 1954. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Frances X. McGuire at 55. Philip and James Church. Miss
Magruder is the niece of our Chart er member, Mr s. Mary Sprigg Belt Magruder
Wade, deceased.
G LORIA J ANE O ZM ENT TO LA UCH
M cLAURI N MAGRUDER
Th e F irst Methodist Church in Dyersbur g, Tenn ., was the setting for the
wedding June 25, 1954, of Miss Gloria Jane Ozment and Lauch Mclaurin Ma gruder,
Jr. Th e Rev. Andrew leRoy Dickerson officiated.
Th e bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mr s. James Hubert Ozment of Dyersburg.
Mr . Magrud er is the son of Mr. and Mr s. Lauch McLaurin Magruder.
Mr s. Richard Mace Avison of Dyer sburg was her sister's matron of honor. Mr .
Magruder served his son as best man.
A reception was given at the Dyersburg Country Club. After a Nor thern
wedding trip, the couple will live in Oxford , Miss., where the bridegroom is a
law student at the University of Mississippi.
JESSIE J EROON E EWELL TO WILLIAM ELIGJO M ENDEZ, J R.
Miss Jessie Jerdone Ewe ll, daughter of Capt. and Mr s. Nathaniel McGregor
Ewell, of Char lottesvi lle, Va. , was married to William Eligio Mendez, J r., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Mendez of New Orleans, La., and Havana, Cuba, on Dec. 26,
1954. The ceremony was performed in Gibson chapel of St. Paul's Memorial
Church, with the rector, the Rev. Dr. Theodore Evans, officiating. Miss Ewell
is the granddaughter of Dr. Jesse Ewe ll, one of the founders of the American
Clan Grego r Society.