Show colorful ceremony at chemical center post chapel units couple in marriage rev vaugn of salt lake city presides the n of mrs margaret 0 over ind colonel adrian st to n U S army took place in the ort chapel western chemical I 1 T pway f vay proving ground tooele thoele utah on thursday 29 may I 1 william E vaughn of silt salt lake city utah performed the amov mrs leon E nixon was matron 0 honor she wore an ensemble of oli Tim silk crepe with a mat ch cli ng champagne hat of buka str straw tw her gloves and shoes were of cocoa brown mrs nixon carried i bouquet of yellow roses ip A sars were major frank ebaugh and captain robert K bradford of deseret chemical depot major leland E anderson and major W W campbell of dug way proving ground colonel st john was attended by lt colonel I 1 pon E N xon executive officer of western chemical center deseret chem cal depot as best man the br de entered with lt col sam efnor jr abst commanding off cers dugway proving ground by whom she was given in mar nage she was in a of aqua silk with an aqua hat and gloves she wore cocoa brown shoes she carried a bouquet of red roses corsage surrounded with white carnations and baby breath frances nagel sang I 1 love you truly and because mgt mary brewster accompanied at the organ following the ceremony a re caption was held in the officer officers s club dugway proving ground mesdames leon E nixon sam am efnor jr leland E anderson W W campbell R S mcdougall lt marion schultz and miss inn ann la foy assisted in serving miss grace M cowie was in charge of the bride brides s book later in the evening the couple left on a wedding trip to sun val ley idaho mrs st john is the daughter of mrs benjamin oxley of dallas texas she lived abroad for seven years having lived two years in manila and one year in dabao mindanao islands she was with the under general chenault after the collapse coll of burma she flew to calcutta and thep then went to bangalore mysore india until her return to the states in 1942 she has traveled and visit ed in south africa china and jap an mrs st john has held many lectures about her travels to the woman s group in dallas texas and is a member of th the travel group of the woman s forum in dallas her address in dallas is S versatile versaille st colonel st john brother of miss cecilia st john astoria long island and mrs william mitchell chicago illinois entered the army in 1912 following his graduation as an honor student from the hersity of vermont he served the entire world war I 1 in france with the engineers gas and flame regiment as operations officer and is credited with 5 battle stars he served at governors island as staff off officer beer for fot four years and was on the staff at quarry heights for chemical warfare from 1933 to 19 36 at this time he was an out standing polo player and took the departments polo team to acua dor and chile prior to world war II 11 colonel st john was sent on a mission to china and acted as observer in the early chinese combats against the japanese around chang sha after the war started he was flown to from hong kong and remained as an observer with the china mission on christmas day 1941 he reported to rangoon bur ma and served as contact officer for the united states and china at british headquarters he ile was in charge of the lend lease supplies to china and the control of es flowing into rangoon and along the burma road from mandalay his was the last detal detachment ament out of rangoon where he stayed to destroy the docks warehouses and gasoline supplies for the chinese the detachment left rangoon on washington s birthday 1942 and arrived in chunking a month later with all trucks personnel and sup plies intact in chunking general stillwell appointed colonel st john as his administration officer and contact man of the chinese army later when general stillwell moved to maymor for the burma campaign colonel st john became chief quartermaster for him and the chinese armies fighting in that campaign when the burma cam laign collapsed colonel st john went to india with general still well and worked with G 4 for him there he contacted malaria and re turned to the united states in aug 1942 col st john taught at the gen eral staff school until ordered to england as chemical adviser G 5 division supreme headquarters cham under general eisen hower when it was evident gas would lot be used he was put in corn com nind nand of the opus a comb ned british american staff operation to run down german gov agencies personnel and records a task that won him the leg on of merit in 1945 colonel st john returned to the united states in august 1945 and arit as command ng officer to san sari jose island off of panama city chere scientific work was being conducted he reported as corn com manding off western chemical center in late june 1946 11 s son canta n adrian st john II 11 and his wife were unable to at tend the wedding due to captain st john having just returned from beri berl n on may 23 last out of town guest included mrs st jol n s two sons robert and richard clover after june 10 colonel and mrs st will be at home at west ern chemical center deseret chem ical depot tooele thoele utah |