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T H E bridal party to be in attendance at
the wedding of Miss Ellen Stone,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Stone, of
Forbes Street, and Mr. Charles Chester
Bailey, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Bailey, of Hulton Road, Oakmont, includes
Miss Marian Stone as her sister's maid of
honor; two other sisters, Mrs. Sidney Stewart
and Mrs. James Shirley Austin, as matrons
of honor; Miss Ellen McClay, Miss
Martha Green, Miss Elinor Munroe, all of
MISS JOSEPHINE AND MISS REBECCA ADAMS
Twin daughters of Mrs. Charles J. Knowles, of Easton,
Pennsylvania, and the late Mr. Joseph W. Adams. The
Adams girls, who are of special interest to the Pittsburgh
friends of their mother (she was Reba Thomas
before her marriage to Mr. Adams) made their debut
this season after spending several years at Miss Masters'
School, Dobbs Ferry and studying last year at
the French School, New York. Last week they sailed
with their aunt, Mrs. James Gilmore Strean, for extended
travel abroad. Another aunt, Mrs. Thomas D.
Chantler, of The Ruskin, who is now visiting her son,
Mr. Everett Chantler, in Philadelphia, went to New
York to see them off for Europe.
Pittsburgh; Miss Cassandra Stewart, of Baltimore;
Miss Dorothy Vilas, of Chicago, and
Miss Ruth Jones, of New York, as bridesmaids;
Mr. Wilson Shaw Bailey, who is to
serve as his brother's best man and the
ushers, Mr. Sidney Stewart, Mr. James Shirley
Austin, Mr. Morris Scott Verner, Jr., Mr.
Alexander Johnson Robertson, Mr. Maxwell
McCreery, of Pittsburgh; Mr. Howard Levi,
of Evansville, Indiana; Mr. Thompson Morris
Wakeley, of Chicago; Mr. Roger Wolcott
Hooker, of Niagara Falls, and Mr. Howard
Stanley Judd, of New York. The wedding is
to take place in the Sixth Presbyterian
Church at five o'clock the afternoon of Wednesday,
February eighth. The ceremony will
be performed by the Rev. Dr. Henry Forsythe,
assisted by the Rev. Dr. Edgar Jones,
rector of St. Thomas' Memorial Protestant
Episcopal Church of Oakmont.
Tonight Mr. Clarence Nesbitt and Mr.
THE INDEX, Saturday, February 4, 1928
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Kemp Fuller will be hosts at a dance in the
University Club; tomorrow night Miss Helen
Murdoch gives a buffet supper; Monday
night Miss Green gives a dinner; Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Plumer Austin and Mr.
and Mrs. James Shirley Austin give tlie rehearsal
dinner in the University Club and the
day of tlie wedding Miss Munroe gives the
wedding breakfast. Last night Miss McClay
gave a dinner, Miss Eleanor Longeneckei's
bridge in the Pittsburgh Golf Club preceding
the affair in the afternoon; Thursday night
Mrs. Sidney Stewart gave the spinster dinner
and Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Gordon
Fisher, Jr., entertained at bridge for Miss
Stone.
Thursday afternoon, at half past five
o'clock, the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Lewis,
daughter of Mrs. Laura Fawell Lewis, and
Mr. John Haynes Follansbee, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Follansbee, of Squirrel Hill Avenue,
took place in the Lewis home. The Rev.
Dr. Hugh Thomson Kerr, pastor of the
Shadyside Presbyterian Church, performed
the ceremony before a background of cibotium
ferns. The bride wore a gown of white
satin, trimmed with rose point lace. Her veil
of the same lace, held in place with orange
blossoms, fell to the hem of the court train
and she carried orchids and lilies of the valley.
Miss Rebecca Follansbee, a sister of Mr.
Follansbee, and the bride's only attendant,
wore a frock of satin, in two shades of pink,
with a small rose pink hat, finished with a
pink flower. She carried an armful of pink
roses. Mr. Robert K. Follansbee served as
his brother's best man. A reception and dinner
followed the ceremony, with Mrs. Lewis
and Mr. and Mrs. Follansbee receiving with
the bridal party. Mrs. Lewis wore a gown
of tan chiffon and lace and Mrs. Follansbee
was in blue lace. Yellow roses were used on
the bride's table.
Miss Craigie McKay, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Albert McKay, of Amberson Avenue,
was one of the bridesmaids at the wedding
of Miss Barbara Brokaw and Mr. Leonard
Jarvis dishing, son of Mr. Harry C. Gushing,
Jr., and the present Mrs. J. Henry Linau,
which took place Wednesday, in St. Thomas'
Church, New York. Mrs. Richard Graham
Croft and Princess Lobkowicz, who came on
for tlie wedding of Miss Sarah Mellon and
Mr. Alan Magee Scaife in the Fall, also were
bridesmaids at the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Findley, of Centennial
Avenue, Sewickley, left Tuesday for St.
Petersburg and Havana, where they will remain
until the late Spring.
Several affairs have been given for Miss
Frances Schoen, daughter of Mrs. William
Henry Schoen, of Fifth Avenue, whose marriage
to Mr. Lewis A. Park takes place today
in the Schoen home. Thursday afternoon
Mrs. T. Howe Nimick gave a luncheon at her
home in Fifth Avenue for Miss Schoen; Wednesday
afternoon the tea given by Mrs.
George A. Kelly, III., of Beechwood Boulevard,
was followed by a dinner given by Mr.
Alexander Hunter in the Pittsburgh Club;
Tuesday Mrs. Louis Robinson Schmertz gave
a tea and Monday night Mr. and Mrs. William
Larimer Jones, Jr., of Fifth Avenue, were
hosts at a theatre party, followed by a supper
dance in the Pittsburgh Club. Last Sunday
Miss Josephine Nicola, Miss Schoen's only
attendant, gave a tea at her home in the
Schenley Apartments and the evening before
Miss Priscilla Hall gave a dinner in the Pittsburgh
Golf Club.
The evening- of February twenty-first General
John J. Pershing will give a dinner at
the Carlton Hotel, Washington, for men and
women of prominence who have been associated
with him on the Executive Committee
of the National Cathedral at Washington.
Among those who will be General Pershing's
guests are Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Rust, of
Murray Hill Avenue; the Secretary of the
Treasury, Mr. Andrew W. Mellon, and Mr.
and Mrs. David Aiken Reed.
Strickler Studio.
MISS SALLY RAWSTHORNE
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Rawsthorne, of
Denniston Avenue, whose engagement to Mr. John C.
Bane, Jr., of South Atlantic Avenue, has just been
announced.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert DuPuy, of Morewood
Avenue, made a short stop at Palm Beach
before going to Ormond.
Another Pittsburgher at Palm Beach is
Mrs. Alexander Laughlin, Jr., who has
opened her house at the Beach.