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THE INDEX, Saturday, April 28, 1928
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T H E wedding of Mrs. Mary Weimer
Spencer, daughter of Mrs. Margaret
Weimer, of the Schenley Apartments,
and tlie late Mr. Samuel Clarence Weimer and
Mr. Robert Gaylor Morrison, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Morrison, of the Schenley
Apartments, was solemnized Wednesday,
April twenty-fifth, at half after twelve o'clock
in the Twentieth Century Club. The Rev.
Dr. A. R. Robinson, of the Sixth United Presbyterian
Church, officiated, and only a few
intimate friends were present in addition to
the families.
Upon their return from a motor trip
abroad, Mr. and Mrs. Morrison will reside in
the Schenley Apartments.
Among the out of town guests present
were Mr. and Mrs. C. Edward Murray, Jr., of
Princeton, New Jersey; Mr. and Mrs. Harry
V. Maxwell, of Spring Lake, and Pinehurst,
North Carolina; Miss Sarah Mary Barnes, of
Haverford, whose engagement to Mr. Thomas
Morrison, Jr., of Trenton, New Jersey, was
announced recently; Mr. David Garrett Kerr,
of New York; Mr. and Mrs. T. 0. Andrews,
Mr. and Mrs. Jufah Colt Spencer, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Hunter Willis and Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Moore, all of Erie, and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Ogden Beatty, of Hamburg, New
York,
Thursday evening at half past six o'clock,
the wedding of Miss Dorothy Thompson,
daughter of Mr. Edward Thompson, of Wallingford
Street, and Mr. James Russell Dodworth,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. James Russell
Dodworth, of Pittsburgh, took place in the
Thompson home. The Rev. Dr. William R.
Farmer, of the Western Theological Seminary,
performed the ceremony. Cibotium
ferns, with silver candelabra holding white
candles provided the setting before the fireplace
in the living room, and decorations
throughout the home were Spring flowers,
with greens.
The bride, who was given away by her
father, wore a bouffant gown of white satin
and Georgette, trimmed with pearls and built
with a train. Her tulle veil fell from a band
of duchesse lace and her flowers were white
roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Annabel Thompson, as her sister's
maid of honor, wore a gown of peach-tint
Georgette and carried an armful of Spring
flowers. Frocks of aqua-marine green
Georgette were worn by the bridesmaids,
Miss Constance Varney, of Fall River, Massachusetts;
Mrs. Henry M. B. Chamberlin, of
Mt. Vernon, New York; Mrs. George L. Hoffmann
and Miss Margaret M. Farmer. They
carried peach-pink roses. Mr. John McFadden,
of Ebensburg, served as Mr. Dodworth's
best man and the ushers were Mr. Edward
K. Thompson, brother of the bride; Mr. Stanley
Dodworth, Mr. Paul Dodworth, brothers
of the bridegroom; Mr. Rowland Kenah and
Mr. Henry Kenah, of New Brighton.
Among the guests at the wedding were Mr.
and Mrs. Henry A. Craig and Mrs. J. Henry
Graham, uncle and aunts of the bride, of
Philadelphia.
Bachrach.
MISS WINIFRED GRAHAM CROFT
Miss Croft, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
W. Croft, of the Schenley Apartments, has chosen May
nineteenth as the date for her marriage to Mr. William
Stavely Wilson, of New York. The wedding will take
place at the Croft Summer home in Greenwich,
Connecticut.
Miss Marion Coates, president of the Sarah
Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York,
spent Wednesday and Thursday of last week
in Pittsburgh. Wednesday she was entertained
by Miss Cora Helen Coolidge of the
Pennsylvania College for Women, and Thursday
she was the guest of Miss Mitchell of
the Winchester School. On the same day
Mrs. Hallock C. Sherrard gave a luncheon for
Miss Coates in the Twentieth Century Club.
Thursday night Miss Mitchell gave a dinner
in the University Club in honor of Miss
Coates, the guests including prominent educators
of Pittsburgh. The guest of honor
gave a talk on the ideals to be carried out at
the new Junior Sarah Lawrence College at
Bronxville.
Miss Alice Orr, of Howe Street, sailed Wednesday
on the George Washington for Cherbourg,
to join her mother, Mrs. Charles P.
Orr, who is now in Rome. They will spend
the Summer in Europe, going first to the
Italian Lakes and later to the Engadine.
Miss Elizabeth Dierks, and her mother,
Mrs. W. C. Dierks, of Locust Street, Edgewood,
will sail today from New York on the
Duilio, for a three months' visit in Europe.
Miss Margaret Davidson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. J. Davidson, of Oakwold, Coraopolis
Heights, was one of the bridesmaids
at the wedding of Miss Mary Gordon, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Gordon, of New
York, and Mr. A. Arthur Staugh, of Winston-
Salem, North Carolina. The ceremony took
place yesterday in the Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. A. Stewart, Jr., who
have been motoring on the French Riviera
and through Spain and Northern Africa
since their wedding, arrived in New York
Monday, crossing on the Isle de France. They
will remain in the East a month before going
to their ranch at Jackson's Hole, Wyoming.
Mrs. Robert Lee Wilson, of the King Edward
Apartments, who has been in San Antonio,
Texas, for several weeks, goes from
there to Denver where she will be the guest
of friends for two weeks.
Something quite rare, a Summer "coming
out" party, will be a welcome diversion after
all the weddings that June will bring. Miss
Virginia Willock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Scott Willock, of Academy Avenue,
Sewickley, is to be presented June twentyninth
in the Allegheny Country#Club. Several
other Sewickley girls may be presented in the
Summer instead of next Fall.
At a luncheon given April twenty-first by
Mrs. A. Frank Hess, of Clarion, the hostess
announced the engagement of her daughter,
Miss Ruth Leslie Hess, to Mr. Case A. Foster,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Case A. Foster, of
Carnegie. Sharing honors at the luncheon
were Miss Harriett Wilson and Miss Kathryn
Graham.
The wedding of Miss Sarah Barnes, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Barnes, of Haverford,
and Mr. Thomas Morrison, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morrison, of Pittsburgh
and Pinehurst, will be one of the
Autumn events. October sixth has been
decided on as the date.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart H. Robinson, who
spent the Winter motoring in Florida, have
returned to their Sewickley home, The Barracks.
Mrs. Alexander M. Brooks, of Bank Street,
Sewickley, and her sister, Mrs. Richard G.
Jennings, of East Drive, Edgeworth, have
left for Ventnor, New Jersey.