The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-11-14
WINSTON SALEM UNITED.
MARRIAGE OF DIR. SUMMERS
AND MISS HALL.
A Large Concourse of Wen-W ishers
Witness the Enchanting Scene
Exquisite Decorations-Hand-
some Presents-Luncheon.

A beautiful wedding
So it.was and so everybody is saying
about the marriage of two of our pop
ular young people, DR.. Charles L.
Summers, of Winston, and Miss Bessie
Carter Hall, of. Salem, which was
solemnized at the First Presbyterian
church., Wednesday afternoon, Nov.
9Th, at o'clock, the pastor, Rev.
Robert E. Caldwell, otficiating
The church was OVERLOOKING with
the friends of the contracting parties
and the vast throng of spectators will
ever nurture as pleasing, memory
the beautiful and enchanting scene OF
Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by
the wish that the surrounding radiance
and picturesqueness may prove typi-
cal Of the serenity and happiness that
shall attend these young people
through long and prosperous life.
The attendants were: Miss Sadie
Hall, Maid OF Honor, with Mr.. Barney
Douglass, best man; Miss Delphine
Hail with Mr.. E. W. O'Hanlon, Miss
Addie Fries with Mr.. Frank Spencer,
Miss Bette Carter with Mr.. G. A.
Penn, Miss Katie Hanes with Mr..
w. B Merrimon, Miss Abbie Caldwell
with Mr.. FL. O. Henderson, Miss Del
phine Carter with Mr.. w. b. Shaffner.
The ushers were Messrs Jeff Hall,
A. Ii. Galloway, Will. Brown, J. S.
Dunn, A. 1T. Eiler and D. Ii. Blair
The ceremony was both beautiful
and unique and every detail was sue
cessfully executed. simultaneously,
the bridesmaids by twos, dressed in
corresponding colors, entered from
the right annex and the groomsmen
10y twOs entered from the left annex.
Arriving at the head of the center
aisle the column of groomsmen halted
until the column of bridesmaids had
passed down the center aisle, when
the grOOmsmen followed and upon
reaching point about the center of
the church the procession halted and
opened ranks. Then from the front
door entered and proceeded up the
middle aisle and through the open
ranks, first the little cushion bearers,
Master Archie Dalton and little Miss
Mary Carter (who, by the way, in the
language of the fair sex, ''looked too
sweet for anything") These were
next followed by the Maid of Honor,
Miss Sadie Hall, sister of The bride,
and next came the bride leaning upon
the arm of her brother, MI. Willis
Hall. By countermarch movement
the bridesmaids and groomsmen fol
lowed these to the altar. In the
meantime, the ushers proceeded up
the east and west aisles and took posi-
tions on the right and left of the
bridal party. The groomsmen stood
to the right of the groom and the
bridesmaids to the left of the bride,
while the little cushion bearers stood
on either side of the minister, facing
the bridal party.
After the positions had been taken
the marriage cermony, with the ring
service, was very impressively per-
formed by Pastor Caldwell, amid the
whispered melodies of the great Or
gan.
The exit from the church WAS made
by the center aisle, and the grooms-
men were accompanied by their re-
spective bridesmaids.
Five of the bridesmaides wore blue
silk gowns, and two wore pink silk,
while the bride was attired in white
satin, with white veil, and bore in her
hand bouquet of exquisite brides
roses.
The decorations in the church were
tasteful and beautiful and consisted
of net work fence, trellised with
| ivy, with several posts densely wrap
ped with evergreens, and each sur
mounted by a pot plant, while imme-
| diately in front OF Lhe pulpit were two
| banks Of very lovely chrysanthemums.
The,church had been darkened and the
effect of the decorations under the
electric glow was enhancing.
| Mr.. James Shepherd presided at the
/ organ with his accustomed skill.
| After the ceremony, an elegant
| luncheon was served the bridal party
at the home of the brides mother
| Mrs. Willis e. Hall, in Salem, where
| also were to be seen the numerous and
handsome bridal presents.
| DR.. and Mrs. Summers left on the
o'clock train. over the Southern, for a
| bridal tour to New York and Boston
| They expect to be "at home," after
the 10Th, at the residence of Mr.. w
T. Brown. corner Cherry and Fifth
| streets, Winston.