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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 15

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Theaters and rh'otoplayg SECTlOIf 1 Rooks Schools Helen Worth Dr. Brady Brooklyn Society L. I. Social News Editorial BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE TEN CENTS NEW YORK CITY, SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1931 11 JJ 'V I) tmh ii ltd Jr i.f-,r Art. t-ii -fc A n3 Mrs.

6R0NSOH WNTHQOP E.T.MOHKOE' if'' kf MBS. A.LUDLOW A 1 it rJy MPS. JOHN HUR.O A ThOMAS L. LAUEQ 9 Mrs. Hurd Is the former Miss Cecile Fuller, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Paul Fuller of Four Winds, Hewlett, L. Her wedding took place on Friday at Four Winds. Mrs. Lauer's marriage is of particular interest to Brooklyn.

She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Montgomery Marshall of Manhattan; great granddaughter of the late William Marshall, trustee of the Brooklyn Bridge and a grandniece of Mrs. William Wallace Marshall of Manhattan and formerly of Brooklyn. Miss Phebe Field Selects Sept.

4 as Date of Her Marriage to David H. Gray Henry Hamilton to Marry Miss Jane Davey Waller; Hackett-Riggio --Wedding Mas. MONTAGUE HORACE HACKETT Mrs, Henry Davey Waller, 291 The marriage of Miss Phebe Field of 70 Remsen St, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Manning Field, and David Howard Gray, son of Mrs.

Percy H. Gray of 12 Clark St, and Be 1 1 port, L. will take placo on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 4, Only the members of the families of Miss Field and Mr. Gray will a shower bouquet of white orchids i i Sanford Ave, Flushing, L.

announces the engagement of her Mr. Glentworth R. Butler And Grandmother to Sail For France on Thursday Mrs. Glentworth Reeve Butler of 226 Gates Ave. will sail on the S.

S. Degrasse on Thursday to spend the summer in France. She will be accompanied by her granddaughter, Miss Cornelia Butler Hewitt of New Haven, Conn Miss Hewitt, who is 18 years of age, has been graduated from Mrs. Bay's School In New Haven with highest scholastic and athletic honors and was leader of the Glee Club and vice president of her class. Mrs.

Butler and Miss Hewitt will return on the De Grasse on Sept. 18. Rev. Leslie Barnette Marries and lilies of the valley. Mrs.

John Tomson of Manhattan and Scarsdale was matron of honor and Miss Marcella Modra also of Manhattan was maid of honor. Carrying out the bridal color scheme they wore frocks of jonquil yellow Chantilly lace and tulle, the bodices being formed of the ace with soft, peplums below the hips and the skirts consisting of fluffy masses of the tulle. They wore matching hats of stiffened lace, the brims turned up off the forehead and encircled with pleated ruffles. They carried overarm bouquets of pale Belladonna delphinium and yellow Fernet roses. The bridesmaids, Mrs.

Robert Baker of Bay Shore, L. sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Marcella Ferril of Belle Harbor, L. I were gowned in delphinium blue Chantilly lace with huts to match. Their bouquets were of yellow Per-net roses and blue delphinium. The flower girl was Mary Hill, 7-year-old daughter of Mr.

Hill. She wore a frock of delphinium blue with a ruffled skirt of sweeping length, the bodice being made of Chantilly lace with short puff sleeves. Her hat, of stiffened lace to match the bodice, was turned up off the forehead, a tiny pleated ruffle encircling the brim. Her brother, Percival Smith Hill 2d, acted as ring bearer. He Mist Searcy of Kentucky The marriage of the Rev.

Leslie J. Barnette, executive secretary of the New York City Congregational Church Association, to Miss Thelma Jean Searcy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Searcy, of Carrollton, Kentucky, on Tuesday, June 18, is witness the ceremony, complete details of which will be announced later. Miss Marjorle Schwab wtll maid of honor and only attendant for Miss Field, and Edward G.

Bcr gen will be. Mr. Gray's best man. Mr. Gray and his bride will mak their home In Flntbush.

Miss Field and Mr. Gray are at Bellport this weekend visiting Mr. Gray. Dr. and Mrs.

Charles S. Amsterdam, Mr. and Mr. Frederick Barthman, Mrs. Oliver G.

Carter, Miss Stella Rae Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Hunter, Mrs. Eleanor B.

Shtllaber, Miss Beatrice D. Ruckgaber, all of Brooklyn, sailed yesterday on the Reliance for a cruise to the Norfh Cape and Russia. Miss Katherine Normile Guest At Surprise Party Yeterdy Miss Katherine Normile, who will be married to Charles Mylod on July 15, was guest of honor at, a surprise luncheon given by Misa Elinor Woods at the Nassau Shores Country Club yesterday. The other guests Included Mrn, Martin Charles, Mrs. E.

F. Curley, Mrs. John T. Normile, Mrs. Harry T.

Woods and the Missei Rcgina Farrell, Helen Kilgallen, Marie Massenant, Rosemary Mc-Dermott, Louise McGough, Eileen McLoughlin and Margaret Normllo. daughter. Miss Jane Davey Waller, to Henry Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hamilton, of 2 Montague Terrace.

Miss Waller attended Timothy's School, Catonsville, and was graduated from Miss Chapin's School, in 1929. She made her debut the following Winter. Her father, the late Henry Davey Waller, was rector of St. George's Parish, Flushing, for many years, and was the author of "The History of Flushing," and several other books of note. Her great-grandfather was Gen.

Lewis Richmond, who was a member of General Burnside's staff. Mr. Hamilton was graduated from South Kent School, Connecticut, in 1929, and attended St. Stephen's College, Annandale, N. Y.

He. is now connected with the Brooklyn Trust Company. His father is a vice-president of the Lawyer's Mortgage Company of New York. No date has been set for the wedding. Mr.

Hamilton is a brother of Miss Anne Franklin Hamilton, whose engagement to Edward Towne Lockwood was announced in April. -Milt Flavi Riggio Married To Montague H. Hacktt At Smart Home Ceremony The marriage of Miss Flavla Riggio, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Riggio of 784 Park Ave, Manhattan, to Montague Horace Hackett of Long Island and formerly of Brooklyn, son of Mrs Horace Hackett and the late Mr.

Hackett, formerly of London, took place at 4 o'clock yesterday after-1 noon at Richmond Hill, the resi announced. The wedding took place at Emerson, N. the Rev. Carl Agee, of Columbia, officiating. Mr.

Barnette, formerly postor ol the Lewis Avenue Congregational church, Brooklyn, was last fall elected executive secretary of the Congregational Association which comprises the churches of the five Boroughs and Westchester and Nassau counties. He Is a graduate, of Transylvania college and the College of the Bible, Lexington, Ky, and of Union Theological seminary, Manhattan. Mr3. Barnette Is a Xaiisijjljp-y august 9h "I 1 lk- AMWf 1 Contemporary Comment carried a pillow of white satin and Chantilly lace combined with orange blossoms and ribbon. Frank Riggio, a brother of the bride, served as best man and the ushers were Louis Riggio, another brother, and Harold and Cecil graduate of Columbia University.

Hackett of Brooklyn, brothers of Mr. and Mrs. Barnette will leave next week for their summer home in the Thousand Islands and will the bridegroom. A large reception followed in the French room, the bride and bridegroom receiving under a large bell of white carnations suspended over a bower ar make their permanent home in Mjji (,,, Whimore MPS mrtiiiiniita ii unci orr i.nnijr:, FQANK. Wed to John Nugent Jacknn XX.

HEQ.BEDT Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burdirk of At Eat Orange Yejterday ranged in the bay-window whicn consisted of ferns and Southern smilax interspersed with yellow Per- HODGMAM lyieiia. Aoams ar. ner summrr nnme at.

Central Valley, L. I. this FROM MOUNT CARMEL comes the tale of a Brooklyn maiden who is a genius at surprising the opposite sex. Having been introduced to a young man. who believed himself to be "God's gift to women," she Immediately desired to tone him down.

Apparently not knowing how to swim she begged lessons from this young Apollo. Succeeding In this she tried desperately to learn. Even though it rained, that, did not stop her after all he was wonderful. The storm grew worse, but they continued with the lessons until lightning flashed. That was enough for our heroine for as quickly as the lightning flashed she swam to shore.

The young man was speechless. However, he called the young lady on the phone during the week and she didn't even remember his name. wearing In church a white suit and a bright orange necktie. AS WE PASSED WE HEARD that a young man with the initials A. F.

craves mention in these columns, that Dorothy von Glahn will play the organ at the wedding of Dorothy Green and Alex Masterton, that a recent, bride left town to avoid bothersome photographers, that not only spinsters are knitting, but that married women have taken it up again, that black cloth gloves will be popular soon and that Dorothy Parr is back In town after managing the publicity at Mount Holyoke with eight assistants. PROBLEMS "OF THE YOUNG matrons are ever Increasing. Additional to the difficulties of living in apartments and having food turn out in an unexpected way. Miss Constance Whittemorft, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

FranlC Bruce Whittemore of East Orange, N. was to John Nujcnt Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry James Jackson of 10 Montgomery yesterday at noon. The ceremony was performed in Christ Church, East Orange, by the Rev.

Charles E. Hutchison in tha presence of the Immediate families. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W.

Brock-way, Miss Billie Brockway, Chapman Beauregard and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Savage are at Providence, R. I. for the weekend.

Yesterday they attended the wedding there of Miss Frances Rile and John Miss Whittemore was given in I marriage by her father and was un- Stewart. attended. Edward Purvis of Bello Lausser i Terre. L. acted as best man for there is a new worry.

This is quite Miss Betty Loretto Mr. Jackson. An informal followed at the home of tho bride's parents The bride was graduated from daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P.

Lausser of 656 Marlborough Road and Miss Frances Marie Phelan. rimiffhf.er nf Mr nrirt Mrs Pranpis important and particularly young mothers must take heed that when they send the name of their babv to their alumnae organization they must put so-and-so, II, for if they are not. careful to do that it will dence of George Washington Hill. Irvington-on-Hudson. The Rev.

Thomas Donlon, rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Irvington, performed the ceremony in the ballroom, which was transformed into a garden setting. Lofty palms Intermingled with cybotium ferns formed a natural canopy, against which were banked Annunciation lilies and white delphinium. Tall gold standard baskets filled with the same flowers were placed around the room. The aisle posts were tied wt'h small clusters of. lilies of the valley and feathery fen.

The bride was escorted by her father, who gave her in marriage She wore a gown especially designed for her, a combination of white tulle and Alcncon lace, the fitted bodice beins formed of the lare and the circular skirt, edged with pleated ruching, terminating in a trailing mass of the tulle. Her cap. also of Alencon lace, had a stiffened uffle of the lace. Encircling her head was a wreath of tiny orange blossoms caught on each side in a cluster. Her long veil of tulle, which fell from the cap, was sprayed with tiny clusters of orange blossoms.

To correspond with her cap she wore long Alencon lace mitts with stiffened gauntlet cuffs. She carried net and Hill roses and blue delphinium. The same flowers were used in the Italian room, ferns and tali palms being placed around the fountain. The bride attended the Hamilton and Scudder schools in this city. Mr.

Hackett was bom in London, where he received his early education. He later attended St. John's Academy and the University of Michigan. Upon their return from their wedding trip Mr. and Mrs.

Hackett will live at 180 E. 79th St, Manhattan. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert F.

Gunnison of 8311 Ridge Blvd. will leave on Tuesday for New Haven, where they will remain for a few days as guests of Mrs. Gunnison's son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Legg.

They will leave from there for their summer place in Highmount, N. for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Norman M.

Suttie of 1175 Dean St. announce the recent birth of a daughter, Jean Suttie, at the Brooklyn Hospital. Mrs. Suttie was Miss Frances I. Hounslea, daughter of Mrs.

Frances M. Hounslea, of the Mime address, before her marriage, I Mrs. Hackett was Miss Flavia Riggio before her marriage yesterday at Riverdale-on-Hudson. An account of the wedding appears on this page today. St.

Andrew's Dune Church at Southampton, L. was the scene last week when Miss Sophie' Gay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Gay of Southampton, was married to Mr.

Griscom. Mr. and Mrs. Griscom who have gone abroad later will make their home in Manhattan. Another wedding of importance to Long Island society was that of Mrs.

Kramer, the former Miss Mary Delafield. Mr. Kramer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.

Ludlow Kramer of Westbury, L. I. Mrs. Hodgman was Miss Katherine Siemon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Carl Ferdinand Siemon of Bridgeport, and Lake Waramaug. Conn. Her marriage to Mr. Hodgman of 314 E. 17th St.

took place at the Summer residence of her parents. One of the season's most attractive brides was Mrs. Belmont, the former Miss Elizabeth Saltonstall of Boston. Mr. Belmont is the son of the late August Belmont Jr.

of 'Manhattan and Long Island. AS WE PASSED WE SAW Florence Ridgely looking demure in her sweet little old-fashioned gown and wrap to match with huge leg-o-mutton sleeves, the O'Mallev sisters on the marine roof of the Hotel Bossert, one wearing white and the other red, and on the street the Van Cleef sisters dressed in symphony of brown and white. Mrs. Tracy Higgins in town wearing a becoming red outfit, C. H.

Jr. Mrs. Franklin Orvis, president of th Vermont State Woman's Golf W. Phelan of 644 Marlborough Road i Wellesley College and Mr. JacKsoo will sail on the Europa on July 7 fr' Princeton Univ.

rsitv. for a two months' European holi- "cddinj trip Mr. and day. They will visit France. Italy I Mrs.

Jackson will reside at 35 Mon- Switzerland. Austria. Germany. roe Belgium, Holland, England and Czecho-Slovakia. Ml, Jt1 Smal1 Hoe turn out to be a second son.

Perhaps this sounds confusing but it has actually happened and how do you suppose the little fellow will feel robbed of the right of being the eldest son? R. G. D. Mrs. Brower Hewitt (Antoinette Reeve Butler) of New Haven, Conn, with her children.

Lydia. Nnia and Glentworth Butler Hewitt, will spend the summer at the Hewitt farm in North Stonington. Conn. Mr. Hewitt will spend weekends with his family.

Association, has appointed Miss Cy- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Monfort Meserole of 334 Clinton will leave next week for Huntington, L. I. where they will be the guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles A. Van Iderstine at their summer home for the holiday weekend. They will attend the opening of the Crescent Athletic Country Ctub. rene Duncan chairman of the prize Brooklyn Colony.

New England Juniors were entertained by Miss Janet Small at her home in Hewlett, L. I. yesterday. The tennis match in the morning was followed by luncheon, after which the guests swam in Jamaica Bay. Those pres Turn to Pme I committee for the Woman's State Tournament In Manchester.

Vt lulv 13 to 16 at the Equinox Link.s Club..

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