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Note: Atlanta Journal, May 7, 1929 (THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION) 'HARBOUR-BOOKOUT ENGAGEMENT OF SINCERE INTEREST' The engagement of Miss Robert Lester(Jester, HWB III) Harbour and Mr. Henry Wade Bookout (II) was announced as a surprise feature of the Spiker School Monday night at the Woman's Club auditorium. Interrupting the applause that demanded an encore to the last number, in which Miss Harbour led, Mrs. W. Claer Spiker told the audience that she had an important announcement to make. Recalling Miss Harbour to the stage, Mrs. Spiker assembled a bridal party of youthful dancers and presented the bride-to-be with a gorgeous bouquet of roses and orange blossoms. A wedding cake was brought in and members of the Spiker group and friends from the audience were invited to the stage for a mock wedding party. The bride-elect is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.(eorge) Alfred Harbour (I), of 516 Ponce de Leon Avenue, and the granddaughter of Mrs. W.R. Jester, of a prominent Georgia family. She attended Washington Seminary and Ward-Belmont Seminary, at Nashville, and as an assistant in the Potter-Spiker Dancing School, has for several years delighted Atlantians with a grace and technique of interpretive dancing that is rarely equaled in any circle. Vivacious and delightful in person as in the role of a dancer, she has been a most popular member of the younger set. Mr. Bookout is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J(ohn) J.(ames) Bookout (Sr.), 968 Virginia Avenue. He completed an academic course at Emory University and has since been prominent in the jewelry trade as assistant to his father, retail jeweler. The Bookout family is also from Georgia, having moved to Atlanta from Greenville, Ga. Mr. Bookout is a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity, and has been widely k(nown) and universally popular in college andin Atlanta Social and business (circles). (From an Atlanta newspaper, no date) MISS HARBOUR AND MR. BOOKOUT WED AT HOME CEREMONY SUNDAY (6/30/1929) THE INTEREST of a wide circle of friends was centered in the marriage of Miss Robert Jester Harbour, and Mr. Henry Wade Bookout (II), which was solemnized Sunday morning at the home of theparents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Harbour, on Ponce de Leon Avenue, at 9 o'clock in the morning, June 13 (the announcements read, "Sunday, the thirtieth of June/ Nineteen hundred and twenty-nine), in the presence of only the immediate families and a few very close friends. The impressive marriage service was read by Rev. Al Pierce, D.D., of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Throughou the entire lower floor stately palms and graceful ferns were combined with quantities of cut flowers in the artistic decorations. Hundredds of white roses and lilies were placed in tall pedestal baskets adding their grace and charm to the quiet elegance and dignity of this wedding of these two popular members of the younger social set of Atlanta. LOVELY BRIDE The bride, entering with her father, Mr. G.A. Harbour, was radiant in her youthful beauty, wearing a smart toilet of Lido blue flat-back crepe with hat and accessories to match; the costume completed with a shoulder corsage of sweetheart roses and valley lilies, was met at the improvised altar by the bridegroom. Mrs. Julia Womack Jester, and great-grandparents, Mr. A(lfred) J.(ackson) Womack, and his wife, Mrs. Julia Dinkins Womack, Miss Harbour represents families of outstanding social position and culture in this state, while her paternal forebearers, beginning with her great-grandparents, the late Doctor William Farrel (sic) and his wife, Elvira Hubbard Farell (six & correct) of Virginia and Georgia, also link her with the highest expression of citizenship and learning elsewhere in the south. Miss Harbour attended Washington Seminary, and later Ward Belmont College in Nashville, Tenn., and is recognized as one of the most talented dancers in Atlanta, being an instructor in dancing and dramatic art at the Potter-Spiker School of Dancing for some time. The groom is he youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Bookout, and is a popular member of the younger set. He completed his education at Emory University after graduating from Tech High School, is a member of the Kappa Omega, and Kappa Alpha Fraternities, and is also a member of the Yaarab Temple of Shriners. Mr. Bookout is associated in business with his father, being a member of the firm of J.J. Bookout Company. The Alanta Journal, Monday, August 28, 1967, 8B OBITUARIES HENRY BOOK SR., 61, RETIRED JEWELER HERE Henry Wade Bookout Sr., 61, retired owner of the old Bookout Jewelry Co. in Atlanta, died Sunday. Entombment servies will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Westview Abbey. Dr. W. Thomas Smith will officiate. Mr. Bookout operated the jewelry firm, which was established in 1912 by his father, John J. Bookout, until his retirement in 1964. A native of Greenville, Ga., he attended Oglethorpe and Emory universities. He was a member of the Druid Hills Methodist Church and lived at 968 Virginia Ave. NE. He is survived by his son, Henry W. Bookout Jr., New York; a daughter, Mrs. Anton Brice of Decatur; a sister, Mrs. Mary Watters, and a brother, John J. Bookout, Jr., both of Atlanta. Descendants Online: 1.Henry Bookout <hbookout@@suffolk.lib.ny.us> s/o Henry Wade Bookout Sr. (II), s/o John James Bookout Sr., s/o John Moon Bookout, s/o Charles L. Bookout, s/o Marmaduke Bookout, s/o Joseph 1.
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