Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-08
LIST-BASSELL.
A NOTABLE WEDDING IN CHRIST OHUROH,
CLARKSBURG, LAST EVENING.
Many Guests Present from This Ciy-Oihsr We'd
dings and Social Entertainments Past and
Prospective.

Christ Episcopal Church, In Clarks-
burg, was the scene OF notable we'd
ding last night. The groom was Mr..
Charles w. list, of this city, and the
bride Miss Ellen Graham Basel,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Basel,
OF Clarksburg. Pink and white were
he prevailing colors in the decorations
and costumes. The church was taste
fully trimmed with laurels and ferns,
relieved by lavish display OF chrysan-
themums. The assemblage was COM
posed of society persons from Clarks-
burg, Wheeling and other cities.
Precisely at nine o'clock. the hour
appointed for the ceremony, the bridal
party entered the church, proceeding
up the aisle to the tuneful strains Of the
Lohengrin march. The bride leaned
upon the arm of her father, and was fol-
lowed by the maid of honor, two bride
maids and six ushers, At the chancel
they were met by the groom and his best
man. The officiating clergyman was
Rev. DR.. Douglas Forrest. During the
beautiful and impressive ceremony,
selection from the oratoria "Rebecca"
was played softly upon the organ. The
party retired 10 reverse order, the or
ganist rendering the Mendessohn
march.
The costumes OF the bride and her
attendants were strikingly handsome.
The bride wore a dress of heavy white
satin, pearl and chiffon trimmings, high
neck, long sleeves, traine, veil and
orange blossoms, white roses and lilies
of the valley. No ornaments, no gloves.
The maid of honor, Miss Caroline Bas-
sci, sister OF bride, wore pink brocaded
satin, chiffon, old rose ribbon trim
ming. The brides maids, two youn g
sisters of bride, Cornela and Gene
We've Basel, were attired In mousseline
bessie aud pink ribbons. The maid of
honor and brides maids carried shower
bouquets of La France roses.
Ths ushers wore the conventional
evening dress, with bOutonneirs OF lilies
Of the valley. They were Messrs. Ed
ward c. Basel, brother OF the bride;
George Calvert Lewis, OF Pttsburg,
cousin of the bride; r. c. Haase, Charles
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ing; Lloyd Reed, of CiarEsburg. The
best man was Z. b. Franzheim, Of
Wheeling.
After the ceremony reception was
held at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. r. H.
jackson, relatives Of the bride. The
decorations at the house were pink and
white, to correspond with those in the
church.
Among the guests from a distance
were the following named persons:
Mr.. d. C. List. father OF groom,
Wheeling; Mrs Mary Warner, sister Of
groom, Knoxville, Tenn; Mrs i. b. G.
List, sister-n-aw OF groom, Washing
ton, D. c.; Mr.. and Mrs Benz. R. Black
ford, Miss Meigs Jackson, MIR. and Mrs.
David Burns, Misses Jennie and Florence
Louise Smith, Miss Mary Murdoch,
Petersburg; Mrs. T. c. Moffat, Mrs.
Frank J. Hearne, Miss Sarah Meade,
Miss Florence OFT, Mrs. Gibson Lamb,
Miss Bessie Lamb, Mr.. and Mrs. Pee
blees Tatum, Mr.. aud Mrs. A. f. Hus-
tead, Wheeling; Mrs. Walter Fleming,
Elizabeth w. Va; Prof. and Mrs, l. c..
White, Morgantown, w. Va; Miss
Louise Roman. Mr.. Charles LowndeS,
Cumberland, Md; Miss Sherlock, Gin
cinnati, o.; Miss Ida Fleming, Fairmont,
w. Va.