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THE HARTFORD DAILY COURANT: SUNDAY, MAY 28, 1939. Hannah Cheney To Be Bride At Home Wedding Ceremony To Be Held June 23 in Presence of Families and Intimate Friends of Bridal 4 8 A' SOCIETY ii.iiii.iiw inn ii ii iim.miii iu m.i iiiii i i milium iiiii i. i. m. M1 1 1 i i uui.iiiim nm uniw mm jui i mi ll.mi II 7 MLss Hannah Latimer Cheney will become the.

bride of Dr. Byard Wil-: llama of New York, son of Dr. and Mrs. William R. Williams, at an afternoon wedding Friday.

June 23, at the home of her mother. Mrs. i Horace Bushnell Cheney, of Forest I Street, Manchester. Tine 4 o'clock ceremony will bej performed by Rev. Warren S.

Archi-; bald of South Congregational Church. Hartford, in the presence of intimate friends and relatives of the bridal couple. Miss Cheney will be attended by her two nieces, Miss Mary Crocker, as maid of honor, and Miss Antoi- nette Crocker, as flower girl. They i are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs.

Frank W. Crocker of Westwood, 5 John Haley Photograph MRS. WILLIAM H. HUN'ITING Mrs. Huntting of l-'arminuton Avenue and Mrs.

William W. Symons of Saginaw, will be matrons of honor at the Sessions-Woodhouse wedding on June 2 i. MISS I RANGES VIVIAN Miss Vivian will be maid of honor for her sister, Elizabeth Vivian, when she is married on June 10 to Mr. Frederick Carlos Ferry, Jr. wmm WILLIAM INGRAFiAM TREAD May 20, is the former Mary Virginia I lA imnatrri rMMirrr -ihuti TiMiiiiniiffitrTftiiiiiiimntMWtrttifmirimiii miiiwiri Mass.

Dr. Williams' brother, Mr. Clarke Williams of New York, will serve as bis best man. Mr. and Mrs.

George E. Kohn of Walbridge Road, West Hartford, will give a bridal dinner Wednesday for their son. Mr. Henry Cor-bin Kohn, and MLss Marion Perkins, whose wedding will be held Thursday at St. John's Episcopal Church.

Mr. and Mrs. P. Corbin Kohn of North Steeie Road, West Hartford. Mr.

Kohn's brother and sister-in-law, will entertain the bridal party at luncheon the day of the wedding. Mrs. Morgan H. Stedman of Bloomfield Avenue was among those who entertained for Miss Perkins this week. She gave a luncheon party Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Johnson of Windsor will sail June 21 on the "Queen Mary" for a three months' stay abroad. They plan to travel in England, France, Italy and Greece.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Bissell of Colton Road. Farmington, have as their houseguests for the weekend, Mr.

and Mrs. Francis Bacon and Miss Frances McFadden, of New York. Mr. Ernest Walker Smith. will return Friday from Harvard Business School to join his mother Mrs.

Ernest Walker Smith of Farming-ton. Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Storrs of High Farms Road.

West Hartford, will be in New York over the holiday. Mrs. C. B. McCoy of London, Mrs.

Storrs' sister, was their guest for a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Huntington of Bloomfield Avenue will drive to Hanover.

N. this week to visit their son, Mr. Trumbull Huntington, at Dartmouth College. Colonel and Mrs. Louis R.

Cheney of Woodland Street will return Monday after a sojourn in Baltimore. Mrs, G. Gardiner Russell of Colony Road. West Hartford, has been visiting her mother, Mrs, Victor Seggerman, In New Jersey this week. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles E. Shepard of Sycamore Road. West Hartford, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary Tuesday evening with a dinner at the Greenbriar. White Sulphur Springs.

Va. They wera joined there by their daughters. Mrs. J. Bernd Rose and Mrs.

Robert H. Merrill. Miss Ellsworth To Be Bride. Miss Anne Greenleaf Ellsworth of North Whitney Street has selected Saturday. June 10, as the date for her wedding to Mr.

William James Sexton, son of Mr. and Mrs. William James Sexton of Windsor. The ceremony will be performed at 4 o'clock in Center Church with Rev. Dr.

Russell J. Clinchy and Rev. Dr. Rockwell Harmon Potter officiating. A small reception wil! follow at the home of Miss Ellsworth.

Lieutenant Ernest B. Ellsworth of Perth Amboy, N. will give his sister in marriage. MLss Eleanor Webster Ellsworth will be maid of honor for her sister and the bridesmaids will be Mrs. Ernest B.

Ellsworth and Mrs. Frederick Y. Briscoe of Boston, sister of Mr. Sexton. Mr.

Emerson Welch of Windsor will serve as best man. The ushers will be announced later. Mr. and Mrs. Walter B.

Allen of Concord Street. West Hartford have as their guest for a week, Miss Irene Adler of New York. Miss Gail Ripley of Highland Street, West Hartford, has been the guest this week of Mrs. Henry F. Perot of Bryn Mawr, Pa, Mrs.

Arthur L. Shipman and Mr. Arthur L. Shipman, of Asylum Avenue, attended a party given recently by Mr. Paul Cravath of New York, chairman of the board of the Metropolitan Opera Company, at which Mr.

Hubert Niebeiung sang. Other guests from prominent musi I i I ilc5Sk Courant rhotOKTph Admiring one of the mounts of the Farmington Valley Polo Club are Miss Nancy Ward of Sunset Farm, West Hartford, and Miss Margaret Hunrting of Colony Road, West Hartford, who were among the spectators at Saturday afternoon's game between the Farmington Club and the Governor's Horse Guard. and of Dana Hall. Ls a member of the Junior League of Bridgeport. Mr.

Reinhardsen was graduated from Swarthmore College. Following a weddinz trip the couple will' live in Redding. L. Barton Wilson Engaged. Mr inri Mrs R.

Porter MRS. Mrs. Treadway, a bride of Franklin Wade of Bristol. Engagement Of AlysGriswold Is Announced! Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Todd Gris-wsld of CXd Lyme announce the en- gagement of their daughter. Miss I Alys Elizabeth Griswold. to Mr. Ed- I ward Denison son of Mrs. Denison of Essex.

MLss GrLswold is the granddaugh- i ter the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sill Griswold of Old Lyme, and of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Hayes del Grella of New Haven, She is a graduate of the Hoimqvnst School.

New Hope. and of Con-! necticuf. College, New London. Mr. GaKaudet.

a direct descend-i ant of Thomas Hooker, is the eldest grandson of the late Dr. Edward M. Gallaude-t of Washington. D. and Hartford.

He is a graduate of Yale University, where he was a member of the senior society, Elihu. Ls employed in the Pratt and Whitney Division of the United Aircraft Corporation in East Hart-: ford. Mr. and Mrs. George W.

See ton of Foxcroft Road. West Hartford, 1 Wlth their daughter. Miss Martha Seeton. and son, Mr. Leland Seeton.

were guests week-end of Mrs. A. Franklin Emery in Newton. Mass. Mr.

and Mrs. Robert D. Chapin of Huntington Street are at their summer place in Clinton for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs.

Horace R. Grant of West Hill Drive. West Hartford, departed Wednesday for a week's stay in Bermuda. Mrs. Norman B.

Bertolette of Pi'- parents. Dr. and Mrs. Carroll C. Beach of North Oxford Street.

On June 2 Mr. Beach will receive his medical degree from the New York Medical College. Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals. Dr. and Mrs.

Beach and their daughter, i MLss Marian C. Beach, will attend the graduation exercises. Miss Nancy Brayton. daueher of Dr. Howard W.

Brayton of Belknap Misses Knowlton, Woodhouse Choose Wedding Attendants Ernest Walker Smith, and Bride-Elect to Be Married at St. John's; Sessions-Woodhouse Cer-s emony to Be in Garden A wedding of wide to and Mrs. William Hunt-Hartford society will take place on i ttn? of Farmington Avenue i The bridesmaids will be Mrs. Wil- June 17 when Mu Elizabeth Green liam of Mr. ses- Knowlton.

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. gjons, MLss Constance Hall of Walk-Robert H. Knowlton of Westwood ley Road. West Hartford.

Miss An- Road. West Hartford, becomes the i ne" e11 Mlss Virginia Wells of Ledyard br.de of Mr. Ernest Walker Smith, Roac, wt Hartford. Bachrach Fhotcgraph WAY Wade, daughter of Mrs. John June Bridal Dates ing attendants: Mrs.

Stewart P. hJI "4" Stillman West Newton. Mass, iss France's p. maid of honor: Davis. of iJ ThetrftZ ft." Tt "nd Mlss Ferry.

Mr. Chamberlain Ferry has been named as best man bv his brother who," ushers will be Mr. Bryant P. Lindle- of Montclair, N. Mr.

C. Mr. Sessioas will serve as best man for his son and the ushers will Mr. Arthur P. Funk and Mr.

William P. Gordon of Bristol. cal circies included Mr. and Mrs. I gnm Koad.

west Hartford, will W. Francis Gibbs. Mrs. Otto Kahn. spend this werk at Sky top Lodge in Mr.

and Mrs. David Mannes. Miss the Poconos. Pa. Harriet Johnson.

Mr. Walter W. i Naumburg. Mr. and Mrs.

John Hop- Mr. and Mrs. Carroll C. Beach. kirson Baker and Mme.

Samaroff New York are spending the hoh-Stokowska. i day week-end with Mr. Beach's f- lift -1 airfitniffiiiiii' iliifriifiiiiiinirnm i if r.s" Edwin Cons'antinides of Rutherford, I N. Mr. Richard U.

Sherman, of Utiea. Mr. Charles Thomp- son of Buffa.o. and Mr. Alvah D.

Root and Mr. John C. Vibberts of New Britain. Pillsbury's Bridal Party. MLss Priscilla Pillsbury.

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Charles PilLs-! bury of Manchester, has planned hpr weadmg to Mr. John Andrew Teeden. son of Mrs.

Frank C. Hop- i kins of Pawtucket. R. and the i late Dr. John Andrew Teeden, for i the afternoon of June 24 at Center Congregational Church.

Manchester. Rev. Dr. Watson Woodruff will officiate. The bride-elect has chosen Mrs.

Raymond F. Costello of Providence as her matron of honor. Other attendants will include Miss PersLs Bevin of East Hampton. MLss Mary Alice Andrews of West Hartford. Mlss Clarinda Godfrey of Forest HkIs.

L. MLss Patricia MacalLster of Rumford. R. Miss Shirley Rice of Canton. and Mlss Barbara Mathews of Providence.

Mr. Teeden wil! have Mr. Richard Holt of Pawtucket, R. as his best man. Ushers named are Mr.

Charles Shartenberg. Mr. John i S. Cumming. and Mr.

Henry C. i McDuff of Pawtucket. Mr. Randall Pillsbury. the bride-elect's brother, Mr.

Raymond F. Costello of Provi- dence and Mr. Eben S. Church, of Mount Kisco. The 4 o'clock wedding will be followed by a reception at the Manchester Country Club.

Miss Shaw's Wedding To Be Friday. Of interest to many Hartford friends is the coming marriage of Muss Margaret Elizabeth Shaw, daughter of the late Judge and Mrs. Samuel C. Shaw of Redding Ridge, to Mr. Milton Reinhardsen.

son of Mrs. Gustav Reinhardsen of Redding and Mount Vernon, N. Y. Rev. Raymond Cunningham, rector of Trinity Church.

Hartford, will perform the ceremony at 4:30 o'clock on Friday afternoon in Christ Church, Redding. A reception will follow at "Piermont," the home of Mr. Kempton Adams, half-brother of the bride, and Mrs. Adams. The bride-elect will be attended by Mrs.

Edward Neil Anderson of Silver Spring. as matron of honor, and by four other attendants: Mrs. Kempton Adams. Mrs. Frederick Shaw and Mrs.

Jesse P. jSanford of Redding and Mrs. John i Willis of Winchester, Mass. 1 Mr. Reinhardsen's best man will be Mr.

Ralph Hall of Crestwood. N. and ushering will be Mr. Raymond Reinhardsen and Mr. Reinhardsen, brothers of the bridegroom: Mr.

Pierpont Adams and Mr. Kempton Adams, the bride's half-brothers; Mr. Leonard Taylor jand Mr. Stephen Sanford. i The bride, a graduate of the Fan- inie A.

Smith school In Bridgeport Barhrach Fhotoeraph MISS ELIZABETH HUBBARD Miss Hubbard has shown her three-gaited saddle mare, "Coquette," in shows in the Connecticut circuit during the past two years. A student at Oxford School, she is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dudley W. Hubbard, of Walbridge Road, West Hartford.

of Watertown. N. announce the engagement or tnsir naugnter. mw Anne M. Porter, to Mr.

L. Barton Wilson. 3rd. of Hartford, son of Mr. and Mrs.

L. Barton Wilson. of Roland Park. Baltimore, Md. MLss Porter was graduated from Albanv Academy for Girls in 1933 and from Smith College in 1937.

She Ls a great-great-granddaughter of Williams C. Bouck. governor of New York State from 1843-'45. Mr. Wilson attended the Boys' Latin School in Baltimore and was graduated in 1937 from Trinity College, where he was a member of Psi TTrvcilnn PVatprnitv He i.s associated with the advertising department of; Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufac- turing Company.

No date has been set for the wed- ding. I Mr. and Mrs. Johan Eric Hallden of Troy Street, West Hartford, an- nounce' the coming marriage of their daughter. MLss Martha Erika Hail- den, to Mr.

Gordon Lewis Parlee. son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Parlee of Putnam Street, The weddinz wih take place on Saturday afternoon, June 10, in Trinity College Chapel. Mr.

and Mrs. William O. Thomson of Bloomriold Avenue. Bloomrield, entertained at dinner Saturday evening preceding the Bachelors' danc; in honor of Miss Ann Greenleaf of Hartford. Miss Ells worth wi'J be married in June to Mr.

William James Sexton, of Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. Thomson nave as their houfieguest, for the week-end Aries; T3a-trl 3 tr IrfSO tf KInrt Haven. Mr.

and Mrs. J. Frederick Bitzer of Westfield Road. West Hartford, have as their guest for some time, Mrs. Bitzer's mother, Mrs.

Walter Gannon of San Francisco, Calif. MLss Margaret Cunningham, who is training at Presbyter'an Hospital in New York, will return this week to spend her vacation with her parents. Rev. and Mrs. Raymond Cunningham of Sigourney Street.

Professor and Mrs. Morse S. Allen of Fern Street are opening their i cottage in this week-end. i I Mrs. Lucius B.

Barbour of Wood-jside Circle was in New York for a lew aays mis wees. The annual members dance of the Farmington Valley Polo Club will held on Saturday evenir.g, June 17, at the club. Mr. Niebeiung Ls the husband of i Miss Harriet Johnson, who gives the Laymen's Music Courses in Hartford. Mr.

and Mrs. Herbert C. House of Farmington have as their guest. Mrs. House's, sister.

Mrs. William 6. Hoj't of Chicago. Their daughter. Miss Constance House.

Ls entertaining with a houseparty this week-end with Miss Kate Rennell of South- oort. Mr. Donald MacAlister of son of Mrs. Ernest Walker Smith of "Clatter Valley." Farming-ton. The ceremony will be held at 4 in the afternoon in St.

John's Episcopal Church. A home reception will follow. The bride-elect has named Mrs. Richard Channing Moore of Fleet- wood, N. as her matron of honor and her sister, MLss Nancy H.

Knowlton. as maid of honor. Brides- maids will be Miss Jane A'ton and, ss Barbara Glazier of Hartford, Miss Helen P. Goss of New Britain. MLss Anne Edmondson of Pittsburgh.

MLss Barabat W. Miller of Cleveland and MLss Lois Taggart of Scarsdals, N. Y. I The prospective bridegroom wiU i be attended by his brother. Mr.

Burges Smith, as best man. and the ushers will include two other brothers, Mr. Herbert Knox Smith and Mr. David G. Smith: Mr.

H. Bissell Carey. of Farmington; Mr. Robert Ferguson. of Hartford.

Mr. Luciits Evans of Wakefield, Mr. Robert Davidson of Pasadena. Mr. William B.

Marshall of Sharon, Pa Mr. Spencer Montgomery of Suffield. Mr. George Trues-riel of Albany. N.

Mr. Rankin Johnson. a cousin, and Mr. David H. Smith both of New York, and the bride-elect's brother, Mr.

Robert Knowlton. To Wed In Garden. MLss Phoebe Dudley Woodhouse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David R.

Woodhouse of Griswold Road. Weth-ersfield. has announced the plans for her marriage to Mr. William Kenneth Sessions. son of Mr.

and Mrs. William K. Sessions of Bristol. The ceremony will be performed at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. June 24.

in the garden of the woodhouse home. Rev. Dr. Karl Reiland. rector-emeritus of St.

George's Church, New York, tme'e of the bride-elect, and Rev. Dr. Arthur Goodenough, grandfather of Mr. Sessions, will officiate. Miss Woodhouse will have two-matrons of honor, her sister.

Mrs. William W. Symons of Saginaw, rTiJ-r-m Vivian And Hi khiirv Mr. and Mrs. John T.

Austin of North Beacon Street have returned aftPr spending May in Atlantic city. jjss Peggy French, a student, at lnP Masters School. Dobbs Ferry. N. return Wednesday to spend tn'e SUmmer with her parents.

Mr. ancj Mrs Carlos H. French of West- wooci Road, West Hartford. VTr HnnarH Turner of MvstlC nppri this week with her nurent.s Mr. and Mrs.

George H. Bartholomew of North Quaker Lane, West Hartford. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.

Ferree of Lexington Road. West Hartford, are guests for the week-end and holiday of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Chandler of Westwood Road.

West Hartford, at their summer home in Madison. Miss Jean Day will return Saturday from the Low-Hey wood School in Stamford to spend the summer holidays with her parents Judge and Mrs. George H. Day of North Beacon Street. Mrs.

James A. Burbank of Mohawk Drive, West Hartford, spent several days this week in New York, Middleman Bridal is June 29. Announcement is made of the coming marriage of MLss Elizabeth Middlemass. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

William F. Middlemass of Golf street. Maple Hill, to Mr. iam Arnold Comstock. son of Mr.

and Mrs. George W. Comstock of Sequin Street. Maple Hill, which will take place June 29. at 4:30 o'clock in the South Congregational Church in New Britain.

Rev. Theodore Dunn will perform the ceremony and a reception for relatives and a fe friends will follow st the home of Mr. and Mrs. Middlemass. Announce Daughter of Dr.

and Mrs. C. W. Vivian to Be Married In Trinity Chapel; Teeden-Pillsbury Ceremony Will Be Held in Manchester Church 7 Shannon of Boston Buta I Miss House cave a dinner nartv i at the Farmington Country Club preceding the Bachelors dance 1 Saturday night, for her houseguests, and for MLss Leslie Hart Fenn and MLss Heath Hinsdale of West Hartford, Miss Ann Orr of New Haven and Mr. Al Thomas of New York.

Mrs. Clement Scott of Atwood Street and Mrs. Joseph R. Proctor of West Hill Drive, West Hartford, went this week to Sailers Point. to open the Scott cottage there.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Russell of Bloomfield Avenue are at their mmmer place on Fishers Island for the week-end. Mr.

A'fred Wheer Robert. ci Nw York, arrived Friday to a fortnight with her raren's Mr. irri Mrs. wam P. Kirk, of Beverly Koad, West Hartford.

yHy. Baltimore. Md. The fol'mv- ln8 wee attend her c.ass reunion at Vassan Mr DT1 lmsUH of Whitinsr Lane. West Hartford, are spending the holiday week-end at tEllSmer homeVt owveBeU! i Mr.

David weid. a student at the I anS Mrs. Stanley B. Weld, of Steele Road. West Hartford.

Mrs. Weld will leave today to spend a week at her summer home at Chebeague Island, Me. I of Four Mile Road. West Hartrord. have as their guests for several days, Mr.

and Mrs. Hardin Cox Graham, of Ekin, N. C. Mrs. Philip C.

Steiger of Birch Road, West Hartford, has been at her summer place in Groton Lone i Point for a few days this week. i The wedding of MLss Elizabeth i Jane Vivian, daughter of Dr. ni Mrs. Clifford W. Vivian of E'bridge Road.

New Britain, and Mr. Freder- sVreet NVw BriUin' wi the afternoon of June 10 in Trinity College Chapel. Rev. Dr. B.

Ogilby will perform the 4 o'clock I ceremony and a reception will fol- I low at the Shuttle Meadow Country 1 Club Miss Vivian has chosen the follow.

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