Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-09
SEPTEMBER WEDDINGS.

A Pretty Ceremony at McKeesport-other
Marriages at Williamsburg, East End and
Allegheny City-Reunion of the Wine
man Fami'y-Gossip of Society.
ONE of the important weddings of this
week was that of Miss Della M. Chester,
daughter of Captain L. P. Chester, of Nc
| keesport, and Rev. Charles L. Smith, son of
Rev. G. W. Smith, editor OF the Christian
Advocate. The marriage was performed by
the father of the groom, at the residence of
| Captain Chester, in McKeesport, Wednesday
| evening. The wedding was to have taken
| place last evening, but was anticipated be-
| cause the boat upon which the young couple
were to go to Les Cheneaux, in Canada,
started on Wednesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
| Will divide the period of their honeymoon
| between Mackinaw and Les Cheneaux. The
| bride wore a handsome white silk gown,
elaborately trimmed with point lace, bright
ened by diamond ornaments. She carried
white roses. During the service the bridal
| pair stood under an arch draped in apple
| green silk, looped up here and there with
| white rosebuds. Miss Chester was q grad
uate of the Indiana State Normal school,
| college society. That sh was "true to her
| colors" was demonstrated by the TACT that
she had the whole house decorated with
| them in various FORMS
| There was large company to witness the
| ceremony, nearly all of whom were rela-
| tives of either the bride or groom, including
DR.. and Mrs. Norcross. Mr. and Mrs. E. s.
Smith, W. a. Lewis. E'q, and Mrs. Lewis,
Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Lindey and DR.. l. W.
Lindley, of Perrysville; DR.. and Mrs. S. L.
Blackly, OF W ashington county; DR.. 7. H.
| Woodring of McKeesport; Rev, s. w. Ter
| beush. pastor of the First NJ. E. Church, of
McKeesport; Rev. T. H. Wilkinson, assistant
| editor OF the Christian a duo cate; Captain and
Mrs Freeland Chester. Miss Callie O'Neil,
MIR. and Mrs. S. F. Finley, Miss Lizzie Stone,
| Miss Carrie Stone, Miss Jennie Knox, Miss
| BERTHE Ludwick. Prof. Shanor and Harry
Murphy, all OF McKeesport; Miss Minnie
Boyle, Braddock: John Armstrong and wife,
| OF Brownsville; Prof.. T. d. Blaisdell, of Allie
gneny High School; Mrs j. NJ. Henphill and
daushter Edna, Of Allegheny, and Mr.. and
| Mrs. Burt Collingwood and Miss Winfred
| Miller, of Swlssvale; Rev. and Mrs. NJ. A.
R!gs, OF Reynoldton, and DR.. and Mrs. J, E.
| of the First NJ. E. Church at Brownsville.
! Pa, where the couple will reside on their
return from their honeymoon trip. Some
| very beautiful presents were received,
which will add to the beauty as well as con-
venience of their new home.-
Rev. G. w. Smith, Sr., presented the couple
Will handsome volume entltied Ine
| riage certificate and the autographs of all
the witnesses OF the ceremony. A number
to love and conjugal happiness, tend to
make the book essentially wedding gift.
LAST evening Miss Clara E. Muntzig, of
| Williamsburg, became the bride of Mr.. E. r.
Baldinger, of Allegheny City. The service
was performed at the home of the bride,
Rebecca street. Williamsburg, Rev. Mr.. Shue,
| of the German Lutheran Church. Allegheny,
| officiating. The wedding was a quiet, home
| one, only the relatives and intimate friends
being present. The attendants were Miss
Louisa, sister of the BRIDE, and Mr.. Frank j.
Hummer. After supper. Mr. and Mrs.
Baldinger left for an Eastern trip. Their
| permanent home will be on Arch street,
Allegheny.
THE residence of Mr. W. H Banker,
Ellsworth avenue, was the scene of an in
teresting ceremony last evening. His
daughter, Miss Florine E. Banker, was
| Joined in ma rimony to Mr.. G. L. r. ice, Rev.
Mr.. Schmidt, OF the East End being the
| officiating clergyman. The wedding was a
very quiet one, the bride wearing dark
L travelling dress, and leaving for an extended
Yves ern tour on the Pennsylvania Railroad
| Immediately after the ceremony.
A NOON wedding took place in Ale
| gheny City yesterday. Miss Helen R. Giles
| pie, daughter of Mp: and Mrs. William X.
Gillespie, of Western avenue, was married
| at the house of her parents to Mr.. Barker C.
Wilson, proprietor of the Seventh Avenue
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| Church of Pittsburg, read the impressive
ritual of the Episcopal Church, using the
| ring and informing to all the usages of the
Episcopalians. This is something rather
unusual, but It was done at the request of
the young lady, who admired the marriage
service of that den ON ;nation and has always
declared that it should be used when she be-
came q bride. She wore handsome white
silk, garnished with point lace while long
tulle veil enveloped her as in a cloud, and
was held in place by spray of orange bios
SONS. She carried bouquet of white rose
buds. Her little sisters, Ada ana Mabel,
gowned in white silk with rosebuds twined
prettily in their corsages, were flower girls,
and charming they looked, with their long
dark hair hanging loosely over their
shoulders and their eyes glistening with
the unwonted excitement. They walked
before the bride to the arch of snnilax and
rusebuds near which the minister stood
ready to receive the couple. After the we'd
ding breakfast Mr. and Mrs. Wilson left for
a Western trip of three weeks duration.
They will be "ar home" at the Seventh
Avenue Hotel on the 1st of November.
INVITATIONS are out for the marriage of
Miss Josephine Carlotta Renshaw to Mr..
Samuel Clarke Barbour, which is to take
place Thursday evening, the 2ed instant, at
the Oakland NJ. E. Church. Rev. T. n. Eaton
will perform the ceremony. The ushers will
be Messrs Frank Stewart, Isaac Jenkins,
Charles Bradshaw, William Winterhalter,
Lew Brecht and james Horne. After the
wedding there will be reception to the
intimate friends of the couple at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. and Mrs. George C. Roll, in
Oakland. Among those who will be present
will be the only sister of the bride, Mrs. A.
Bilkovsky, of Boston, herself a bride of last
spring, and Mr.. Montague Renshaw, OF
Detroit, a nephew of the bride. After the
reception the young couple will leave for
two weeks trip through the East, taking up
their permanent residence in Oakland upon
their return. Mr.. Barbour holds q position
of trust with the firm or Horne and Ward
and is an active member of the Oakland M.
E. Church. Both he anu the bride are well
known in Oakland social circles
B. G. Wilson, proprietor of the Seventh
Avenue Hotel. was married at noon yester
day to Miss Helen Gillespie, a daughter of
W. X. Gillespie. The knot was tied at the
brides home on Western avenue by Rev.
David Jones' The flower girls were Mabel
and Ada Gillespie. The couple left in the
afternoon for a trip to the Pacific slope.
THE descendants of John and Maria
Wineman, who came from Philadelphia and
settled in Indiana township, this county, in
1914. assembled in Ridgeview Park, West
moreland county, yesterday. Bright skies
and a glorious yet solemn mountain view
furnished a fitting surrounding to the pleas
ure of the living and the recollections of the
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