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THE INDEX, Saturday, January 14, 1928
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THREE sisters of the bride are to be
members of the bridal party at the
wedding- of Miss Hallie Virginia Hill, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Schuyler Nicholson,
of Shady Avenue, and Mr. Frederick
Rufus Crawford, son of Mrs. Rufus Crawford,
of Albemarle Street, which is to take
place in the Sixth Presbyterian Church the
afternoon of January twenty-fifth, at half
past five o'clock, with a reception following
in the University Club. Mrs. John Floyd
Kizer, of Towanda, Pennsylvania, and Mrs.
Charles Bedell Monro are to be matrons of
honor and Miss Janet Schuyler Nicholson is
to be one of the bridesmaids. Miss Jean
Drown Scott, of Philadelphia, a familiar
figuie at horse shows where she drives her
own entries, is to be Miss Hill's maid of honor
and the other bridesmaids will be Mrs.
Charles Henry Altmiller, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania,
a sister of Mr. Crawford, and Mrs.
Albert Home Burchfield, Jr. Mr. James Haller
Hardie is to serve as Mr. Crawford's best
man and his ushers will be Mr. Charles Henry
Altmiller, of Hazleton; Mr. Albert Home
Burchfield, Jr., Mr. Charles Bedell Monro, Mr.
William Todd, Jr., of Pittsburgh; Mr. John
Floyd Kizer, of Towanda; Mr. George E. W.
Cornelius, of Beaver; Mr. Rozier James
Beech, of Washington, and Mr. Edwin Ashley
DeWolf, of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Turnbull, Jr., and
their daughters, Miss Harriet Turnbull and
Miss Janet Turnbull, of Western Avenue,
North Side, left Wednesday for New York
and sail today on a cruise to Africa. They
will stop at Madeira, the Canary Islands,
Sumatra, Sierra Leone and St. Helena, going
from there to Cape Town and later up the
East coast of Africa. At Cape Town they
will visit Mrs. Turnbull's brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. A. Lochner de Villiers,
who will give a garden party in their honor
February eleventh, with several other mem-
! ers of the cruise as their guests.
Also taking the same cruise are Mrs. Birney
K. McMechen, Mr. and Mrs. William B.
Schiller and Mr. and Mrs. George A. Howe.
The Turnbulls and Mrs. McMechen will return
in April, sailing on the Aquitania the
middle of the month.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Hanna, of the Bellefield
Dwellings, left Tuesday for Winter Park,
Florida, where they will remain at Virginia
Inn until Spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Schaefer, of Devon
Road, will leave tomorrow for California and
Honolulu.
Ex-Attorney General George Wickersham,
who speaks at the luncheon of the Public
Charities Association of Pennsylvania today
in the William Penn, is to be guest of honor
at a reception that Dr. Theodore Diller, his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Cameron Mann, will give this afternoon at
the Mann residence in Negley Avenue. When
the Wickersham family lived in Old Allegheny
Mr. Wickersham's sister, Lillian, now
Lady Hadfield, was an intimate friend of
Mrs. Mann's mother, then Miss Rebecca
Craig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Craig.
Trinity Court Studio.
MISS JANET McLEAN
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McLean, of Stratford
Avenue, whose engagement to Mr. Karl Straub, son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Straub, of Pittsburgh and
Clinton, has just been announced.
Mrs. Edward M. Quinby, of Zanesville,
Ohio, and Pittsburgh, has announced the engagement
of her daughter, Miss Anita Quinby,
to Mr. Henry S. A. Stewart, Jr., of Pittsburgh.
Miss Quinby is a niece of Mrs.
Thomas 0. Cowdrey, of Denniston Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. George Phelps Rose and Miss
Lillian Rose, of Thorn Street, Sewickley, left
Sunday for Augusta, Georgia, where they
will spend the remainder of the Winter, at
Partridge Inn.
Miss Martha Brooks, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Faber Brooks, of Shields, will go
to New York next week to be one of the
bridesmaids at the wedding of Miss Cornelia
Neilson Simmons, daughter of Mr. E. Henry
H. Simmons and the late Mrs. Simmons, of
New York, and Mr. Theodore Cole Romaine,
son of Mrs. Louis T. Romaine and the late
Mr. Romaine, of New York. The wedding is
to take place January nineteenth in St. Bartholomew's
Church, a reception following at
Sherry's.
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The wedding of Miss Dorothea Chess,
daughter of Mrs. Walter Chess, of Bennington
Avenue, and Mr. Robert Markham Marshall,
of Pittsburgh, will take place at half
past twelve o'clock today in the Protestant
Episcopal Church of The Redeemer, a small
reception following at the house. Cynthia
Stowe Heffron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John M. Heffron, of Greenwich, Connecticut,
and a niece of the bride, is to be her only
attendant. Mr. Simon Patterson, as Mr.
Marshall's best man, and the ushers, Dr. Gilpin
McKain and Mr. John B. Luckie, complete
the bridal party.
Mrs. Chess gave the rehearsal dinner last
night in her home; Thursday night Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver Ledlie Smith gave a dinner at
their home in St. James Street for Miss
Chess and Mr. Marshall and Tuesday Mrs.
Philip S. Chess gave a luncheon at her home,
Rose Hill, Beechwood Boulevard, for her
sister-in-law.
Miss Emma Cordier, of Friendship Avenue,
has gone to Los Angeles where she will spend
the remainder of the Winter with her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A.
McDonald.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rodgers Blair, of Overbrook,
is occupying Mrs. William M. Dravo's
house in Thorn Street, Sewickley, during the
latter's absence for the Winter at Mt. Dora,
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert DuPuy, of Morewood
Avenue, left this week for Palm Beach. Their
granddaughter, Miss Eunice DuPuy, who
spent the holidays with them, has returned
to her home in Indianapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. U. W. Tinker, of South Dallas
Avenue, accompanied by their daughters,
Miss Betty Wainwright Tinker and Mrs. Paul
Sexton Hardy, are now at their Winter home
in La Jolla, California, where they will remain
until early May.
Mrs. William Marcelin Scaife, of Sewickley,
gave a small luncheon Wednesday. The
guests were asked to meet Miss Marjorie Patterson,
of Deal Beach, New Jersey, who is
visiting Miss Emma Price, of Sewickley.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Marsh and their
daughter, Miss Katharine Modisette Marsh,
of Woodland Road, left Monday for the Hotel
Ormond, Florida, where they will spend the
remainder of the Winter. During the season
Mr. and Mrs. Marsh will be joined by their
other daughters, Mrs. J. S. Payton, Mrs. E.
F. W. Salisbury and Mrs. James Ingraham
Marsh.