May 11, 1917. 
Miss Anne Middleton Means, 2d, became the bride of 
Valentine Worthington of New York, where they now 
reside. ‘The bridal reception was held in “The Old School 
House,” the Beverly Farms home of the bride’s parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Little (formerly Mrs. Robert Law- 
rence Means). Miss Jessie K. Means was her sister’s 
only attendant. 
NovEMBER WEDDINGS. 
November’s weddings closed the society events upon 
the Shore. Miss Edith Deacon of West Manchester and 
Boston, had a charming and simple wedding in the beau- 
tiful home of her friends, the Hon. and Mrs. George von 
L. Meyer of “Rock Maple Farm,” ‘Hamilton. On Novy- 
ember oth, she was married to Henry Gunther Gray of 
New York. The affair was as simple as possible, there 
being no attendants whatever for the bride. 
On Nov. 11 Miss Norma R. Waterbury, daughter of 
Mrs. Henry W. Peabody of ‘“Ledgewood,” Montserrat, 
was married to the Rev. Raphael C. Thomas of New 
York. They sailed in December for Ilo-lo, Philippine 
Islands, where Dr. Thomas is in charge of hospital work 
in a medical mission. 
Fat, AND WINTER WEDDINGS. 
Among the North Shore young folk who married late 
in the fall and during the winter season are noted the 
following : 
Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers Wood, Jr., (Katherine B. 
Turnbull) of New York and Ipswich. 
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Moreton Foley Gage (Frances 
Lippitt). Mrs. Gage is the daughter of Senator Henry 
F. Lippitt of Beverly Farms. She was married to the 
English officer when she went abroad in the early fall to 
do hospital work. 
-Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Ellis (Dorothy Leila Leonard) 
of Chicago. Mrs. Ellis is the daughter of the Arthur G. 
Leonards of Eastern Point, Gloucester. 
Prince and Princess Andrea Boncompagni (Margaret 
Preston Draper) of Rome and Washington. The Drapers 
formerly summered in Manchester. 
- *Mr. and Mrs. Harrison K. Caner, Jr., (Uytendale 
Baird) of Philadelphia and Manchester. 
Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Chalifoux (Elizabeth A. 
Burrage) of Manchester and Boston. 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Stevenson, Jr., (Alice Lee 
Whitridge-Thomas) of Boston and Nahant. 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Rowland (Selby Zell) of 
Baltimore and the Oceanside hotel, Magnolia. 
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lee Steinert (Louise F. Krug) 
of Boston and Beverly Cove. 
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Day Farwell (Edith H. Foster) 
of Charles River and Marblehead. ‘They live in Chicago, 
Mr. Farwell’s home. 
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duff Frazier (Brenda Germain 
Williams-Taylor), of New York and West Manchester. 
The wedding took place in Montreal, Can., at the home 
of the bride’s parents, Sir Frederick and Lady Williams- 
Taylor. 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hurd Howell (Margaret Rus- 
sell, daughter of the late Gov. Russell of Mass. and Mrs. 
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Michael Foster of Cambridge, Eng.) The Russells have 
long been of the North Shore colony. The wedding 
took place in Cambridge, Eng. 
Winter weddings which have been of much interest 
to the North Shore were those of Miss Mabel Norman, 
Miss Margaret Lyman and Miss Helen ‘Howard Draper. 
Miss Norman of Newport was married to Dr. George 
Cero of Rome. Miss Lyman of Boston is now Mrs. Ken- 
neth B. S. Parson of Cambridge. Miss Draper of Bos- 
ton was married to Walbridge Smith Taft of New York. 
Miss Doris Fletcher Ryer, who married Stanhope Wood 
Nixon, in New York, had many North Shore friends. 
Also Miss Mary Elliot Vaughan, sister of Samuel Vaughn 
of Beverly Farms, who became the bride of Langdon P. 
Marvin of New York. 
WEDDINGS OF EARLY SPRING, 
An April wedding of interest to the North Shore, 
particularly the East Gloucester colony, was that of Miss 
Lila Leonard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Leon- 
ard of Chicago and the East Gloucester colony, to Carle- 
ton B. Swift of Boston. The ceremony took place in 
Chicago on April 14. Mr. and Mrs. Swift will live in 
Portland, Ore. 
One of the early spring weddings was that of Miss 
Dorothy Mandell, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 
liam D. Mandell (Caroline Braman) and granddaughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Mandell of Boston. and Bev- 
erly, to Dr. Francis Minot Rackemann, on April 28. The 
wedding took place in the Arlington street church, Boston, 
Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham, D. D., officiating. 
Another April wedding was that of Miss Christine 
Snelling, daughter of Mrs. Russell G. Fessenden of Bos- 
ton, to Loring Wilkins Coleman of Chicago at Trinity 
church, Boston on April 30. The ceremony was _ per- 
formed by Rev. Samuel Snelling, uncle of the bride and 
he was assisted by Rev. Alexander Mann, pastor of the 
parish. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman will make their home in 
Chicago. 
A recent wedding, and the first on the North Shore 
. this season, was that of Miss Mary Katharine Ayer, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ayer of Boston. and 
Pride’s Crossing, to Keith Merrill of Minneapolis. The 
ceremony was performed at “Avalon,” the Pride’s Cross- 
ing home of the Ayers, at noon on Monday of this week. 
Because many of the men of the bridal party have been 
called for military duty, the wedding was a quiet one and 
limited to the family and a few friends. 
- Miss Evelyn Linderman, daughter of Mrs. Robert 
P. Linderman of Lehigh Country, Pa., was married May 
5 to Edward Moore Robinson, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. 
John Markle of New York and Manchester, and son of 
the late Mr. and Mrs John Robinson, who were well 
known in New York society. The wedding was hastened 
by the war because the bridegroom is a member of the 
Officers’ Reserve Corps, United States Army, and will get 
a call next week to go into camp, probably at Fort Niag- 
ara. The father of the bride is a grandson of Aso Packer, 
founder of the Lehigh Valley Railroad.. There were one 
thousand guests. 
Winter Engagements and Coming Spring Weddings of Interest to 
North Shore Folk ° 
N important January engagement was that of Miss 
Edith Fabyan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frances 
Wright Fabyan of Boston and West Manchester, and 
William Augustus Read, son of the late William A. Read 
and Mrs. Read of New York, The wedding was in the 
Old South Church, Boston, yesterday—May 10. 
Miss Mary Riker Haskell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
J. Amory Haskell of New York, whose engagement to 
Joel E. Fisher of New York was announced in December, 
has many relatives on the Shore. 
