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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 23 Jun 1928, p. 37

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36 WINNETKA TALK June 23, 1928 Many North Shore Young People Take Plans Complete for Scott-Keep Wedding June 30 Miss Isabel Scott is at present in Detroit attending the wedding of Miss Romayne Warren and John P. Wilson, Jr., both of whom will take part in Miss Scott's wedding next Saturday afternoon. A week or so ago Miss Scott went east to attend the gradu- ation of her fiancé at Princeton and went directly to Detroit from there. She is expected to return to Winnetka early next week and will crowd a great deal of activity into the few remaining days before she becomes the bride of Albert Keep. On Tuesday, June 26, Mrs. John W. Scott is entertaining in her honor at a sports party and luncheon. That eve- ning Mrs. Robert Cluett is to give a dinner and later take the guests to Ravinia for the opera. On Wednesday evening Miss Eleanor Dennehy will give a barn dance for Miss Scott and Mr. Keep. Thursday evening brings the spinster dinner given by Miss Winifred Smith and Miss Emily Otis and Mr. Keep's bachelor dinner. The last affair will be the bridal dinner given Friday evening by Mr. and Mrs. John Edwin Scott for the bridal parties and the two families. The wedding ceremony is to take place on the afternoon of June 30, at the Winnetka Congregational church and the reception will follow in the gardens of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Scott, of 175 Sheri- dan road. Miss Scott will have as her attend- ants, her sister, Mrs. F. Langdon Hub- bard of Detroit, as matron of honor; Miss Ellen Ewing of New York as her maid of honor; and as bridesmaids the Misses Eleanor Dennehy, Barbara Mettler, Emily Otis, Winifred Smith, Ellen Stuart, Mrs. John P. Wilson, Jr., (Romayne Warren), Cynthia Wil- son, Virginia Wilson, and Mrs. Donald Phelps Welles. The men in the wedding party will be John P. Wilson, Jr., of Chicago, C. T. Williams, Jr., and Gordon H. Harp- er of Baltimore, A. Z. F. Wood of Terre Haute, Emory Ford of Detroit, Clement Hackney of Milwaukee, F. Langdon Hubbard of Detroit, and Francis Drake, John M. Blair, Thomas P. Field, George T. Bunker, Jr. of Chicago, and Frederick H. Scott, Jr. Julian Woodward Weds Eastern Girl June 18 The marriage of Miss Winifred Scott Walz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred- erick W. Walz of 1165 Park avenue, New York City, to Julian Laurence Woodward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Woodward of 685 Ardsley road, took place Monday afternoon, June 18, in New York. The Rev. Clifton Macon read the marriage serv- ice at 4 o'clock in St. Bartholomew's chapel, and a small reception for rela- tives and a few close friends followed at the family residence. Miss Miriam Dwight Platt attended the bride as maid of honor, and Miss Dorothy Adams Dunn was the brides- maid. Waldon Moore served the bridegroom as best man, and the ushers were John M. Congdon, Ogden H. Freeman, Herbert Brucker, and Robert C. Hayes. Mr. Woodward and his bride will make their home in Ithaca, N. Y., where Mr. Woodward is on the faculty of Cornell university, from which he was graduated. Miss Ellen Henderson, formerly a member of the New Trier High school faculty, was married Wednesday after- noon to I. H. Tarsons of Rockford. Miss Henderson was married in her home in Rockford. Helen Motty Is Bride of William B. Renshaw When Miss Helen Motty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Motty of Ev- anston, became the bride of William Beresford Renshaw of Winnetka she wore a becoming bouffant bridal gown of white satin trimmed in seed pearls and Chantilly lace. A train of heavy satin and heirloom rose point lace fell from her shoulders under her veil of rare rose point which was brought from Europe last summer by the mother of the groom. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. The wedding took place Saturday evening in the Lady chapel of St. Luke's church at 8:30. Dr. George Craig Stewart performed the cere- mony. The matron of honor, Mrs. T. B. Tate of Lexington, Ky., was gowned in a bouffant frock of orchid taffeta and lace. She carried an armful of roses and daisies. Miss Jane Renshaw and Miss Elea- nor McDonnell, as bridesmaids, wore frocks of green taffeta and lace, and carried yellow daisies and butterfly roses. John Sheppard of New York served as best man for Mr. Renshaw. Isaac Dixon of Princeton, N. J., and Harvey Knight of Evanston ushered. Follow- ing the ceremony a reception was held at the Evanston Woman's club. Mr. and Mrs. Renshaw are motor- ing to Cape Cod and New York. They will be at home after August 1 at 1018 Main street, Evanston. Helena Bradford Weds at Union League Club 'When Miss Helena Crews Bradford of Winnetka became the bride of Garold Clairmont Jenison Saturday evening, June 16, she was simply gown- ed in white satin embroidered with pearls. Her veil hung from a coronet of Brussels lace and she carried a shower bouquet of roses and lilies of the valley. Her sister, Miss Virginia Bradford, who was her only attend- ant, wore a gown of pale green chiffon and carried pink roses. Just previous to the ceremony, which was performed by candlelight at the Union League club, Mary Mitchell Maier, soprano, sang "Perfect Love," James Mitchell sang "Loves Corona- tion" and there was a duet, "At Dawn- ing." A reception followed immediate- ly after the ceremony had been per- formed by the Reverend J. Findlay Brown and later there was supper and dancing. The rooms in which the ceremony was performed and the re- ception held, were decorated with many palms and summer garden flow- ers. Among the out-of-town guests were Mrs. G. Jenison, the mother of the groom, Mrs. Ralph Crews of New York and Thomas P. Bradford and his daughter, Isabel, of Springfield, Ill Mr. and Mrs. Jenison left for north- ern Wisconsin where they will spend several weeks. They will make their home in Oak Park. Announce Troth at Tea At a tea given last Saturday after- noon Mr. and Mrs. Irving G. King of Rogers Park announced the engage- ment of their daughter, Lucille, to Thomas Adams Fitch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude E. Fitch of Wilmette. Both Miss King and Mr. Fitch are graduates of Northwestern university in the class of 1927. The former is a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority and the latter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Bride of Today N The marriage of Miss Carolyn Case to Lawrence Norem takes place this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the garden of the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Case of 160 Sheridan road, Hubbard Woods. The Rev. James Austin Richards will offi- ciate at the ceremony. Marriage of Helen Bruch Takes Place in New York In New York City on Saturday, June 16, in the Bride's chapel of the Little Church Around the Corner, Helen Bruch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bruch of Evanston, formerly of Wil- mette, was married to Robert Frazier Lewis, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Lewis of Hartford, Conn. The Rev. Randolph Ray officiated. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Marcia Louise Bruch was her sis- ter's only attendant and Richard Lewis of Hartford served his brother as best man. A wedding breakfast at the Hotel Roosevelt for eighteen intimate friends and relatives followed the ceremony. Miss Bruch is a graduate of Welles- ley college of the class of 1924 and Mr. Lewis was graduated from Yale in the class of 1921 and is connected with the engineering department of Dillon, Reed and company. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are honeymoon- ing in the White mountains and upon their return will make their home in New York City. Mrs. Newell S. Knight, Jr. of Kenil- worth and Mr. and Mrs. Dwinell Slater, formerly of Kenilworth, were among the guests. To Marry Today Miss ILeonore Dingee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Dingee, 912 Lake avenue, Wilmette, will become the bride of J. Brewster Kimball at 7 o'clock this evening. The ceremony will take place in the home of the bride. The Rev. Horace G. Smith of the First Methodist church, Wilmette, will officiate. Miss Dingee is a member of Alpha Phi sorority at Northwestern univer- sity where she attended school. Mr. Kimball is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Kimball of Glencoe. He is a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and attended Beloit college. Wedding Vows Frances von Hofsten Plans Out-of-Door Wedding on July 7 The plans for the marriage of Miss Frances von Hofsten and Kenneth Price, which is to take place on July 7, at the bride's summer home near Leland, Mich., have been completed. The setting for the wedding will be a rustic spot at the edge of lovely Lake Lelanau if the weather permits. Dr. J. W. F. Davies will perform the ceremony. Miss Mary Louise von Hofsten will be her sister's maid of honor and her cousin, Miss Carolyn Case, who becomes the bride of Law- rence Norem today, will be the matron of honor, The bridesmaids are to be Mrs. Richard Buck, Jr., of Columbus, Mrs. George Northrup Simpson and Miss Anne Smith of Chicago. Tyler G. Price, the groom's brother, will be his best man, and the ushers are Herbert Sieck, Lawrence Norem, K. Vergil Bollinger of Winnetka, George Northrup Simpson, Jr., of Chicago, Richard Buck, Jr., of Colum- bus, and Elmer Wieboldt of Glencoe. Mrs. George Northrup Simpson of Chicago entertained friends of Miss von Hofsten last Monday afternoon in her honor at a kitchen shower. Knackstadt-Adams Wedding Solemnized Last Saturday A very small but pretty wedding was solemnized last Saturday afternoon, at the Winnetka Congregational church when Miss Vivian Elizabeth Knack- stadt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Knackstadt of 878 Ash street, became the bride of A. Luther Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Adams of Win- netka. The Rev. James Austin Rich- ard officiated at the ceremony which took place at 4 o'clock, with only the immediate families and a few close friends as guests. The bride wore a simple gown of peach chiffon with a garden hat to match and carried yellow tea roses and lilies of the valley. Her sister, Doro- thy, who was her only attendant, wore orchid chiffon over pink with a large pink hat. Her bouquet was of pink roses. Frank Fulman of Riverside was the best man. Mr. and Mrs. Adams will make their home in Riverside after a short wed- ding trip. Winnetka Man Marries in Evanston Tonight Miss Gertrude McBrady of Evans- ton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McBrady of Evanston is to marry Frederick Salmen of Winnetka this evening in the Lady chapel of St. Luke's church, Evanston. The recep- tion following will be held in the bride's home. Miss Ruth McBrady will be her sister's maid of honor, Mrs. Edward Capps will be matron of honor, and Jean McBrady and Frieda Salmen will be the little flower girls. Adolph Salmen will serve his brother as best man, and John McBrady, brother of the bride, will usher. Miss McBradv has just returned from abroad where she spent the winter in study. Wed Tonight The Church of the Holy Comforter in Kenilworth is the place where Miss Catherine Hinman will become. the bride of Perry B. Buchanan. son of Louis I. Buchanan at 8:30 o'clock this evening. A reception at the close of the service will follow at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. George W. Hinman, 576 Oak street, Winnetka.

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