The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-24
FAIR HAVEN OCCURRENCES
THE HLTCHCOCK-PREST VED-
 DING LAST EVENING.

Celebrated at Grand Avenue Babtist
 Church-Endeavorors Entertained by
 MT. and Mrs. John Shepard.
 A 8 o'clock last evening large as- semblage gathered in the Grand ave- nue Baptist church to witness the mar riage of Miss Harrie Monson Hitch cock and William Preston. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Harriet F. Hitchcock of 15 Vine street and has been a stenographer in the office of Charles p. Corwin, First National bank building. MT. Preston is a son of MT, and Mrs. James Preston of Clinton ave- Electrical Engineering company. The church had been prettily decorated with daisies and ferns. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Twitchell, pastor of the Dwight Place church, of which the bride is a member, assisted by Rev. pr. Sage. The bridal party entered the church in the following or der: The ushers, Henry E. Strassburg, Clarence L. Kilbourn, Merwin J. Gib bons and Mark Hare; maid of honor. | Miss Evelyn R. Clark of Vernon Cen ter; the bride and groom; the best man, | William H. May of New York city, and the mother of the bride, and the brides maids, Miss Louise and Miss Ruth A. Hitchcock, sisters of the bride. The bride was attired in white silk null, cut walking length, trimmed with ruff | f1es edged with satin ribbon and a silken girdle, with dainty lace in neck and sleeves. She wore flowers in her hair and carried bridal bouquet Miss Clark, the maid of honor, was gowned in white organdie, garniture with lace and ribbon and carried carnations. The bridesmaids, the Misses Hitchcock, were dressed alike in figured organdie over pink, trimmed with lace and rib bon. Their flowers were pink carna- | ttons AS the party proceeded up the aisle Miss Ida Barnes of this city play ed the bridal march from Lohengrin. The bride was given away by her l mother, Mrs. Hitchcock, and the cere- mony was performed with the exchange of rings. As the party retired from the church Mendelssohn's wedding march was rendered on the organ and imme- l diately following an informal reception was held in the church oarlors, al which time piano selections were given by Miss Cora Rood of this city Hear ty congratulations were rendered by MT. and Mrs Preston's many friends The couple received many handsome and useful gifts, including linen, silver china, furniture lace draperes, glass pictures, bric-a-brac, etc. They vii reside at 255 Ferry street in house ljust furnished and will be at home aftel June 30. Il was strictly a card we'd
 ding and the invited guests included the following: MT, and Mrs. Benjamin s. Monson, grandparents of the bride
 Mrs. Harriet E. Hitchcock, Mrs. Mary Goodsell, Mrs. Sarah Bailey, Miss Bes. sic Bailey, MT. and Mrs. Samuel Good sell, MT. and Mrs. Robert Grant. MT and Mrs. Edward Baldwin, Thoma: Baldwin, MT. and Mrs. David Harper Mrs. Orrn Searles the Misses Cora an( Maud Root, MT. and Mrs. Lucius P Deming, Charles F. CorWin, MT ant
 Mrs. N. A. Beebe, MT. and Mrs. Jame!
 w. Preston, Miss Marion L. Preston Miss Lillian Preston, Mir. and Mrs. Johf
 Preston, MT. and MT. Julian F. Den
 nison, MT and Mrs. F. M. Dennison
 all of this city; MT. and Mrs. Waite
 Conner, Holyoke, Mass; Mrs. A. B
 Dodge and Mrs. E. B. Woodward O
 East Haven; MT. and Mrs. Charles w
 Walkley, Guilford; Miss Susan Ives
 Hartford, and Miss Annie Styles ant MT. and Mrs. E. A. Thompson of Nev
 Rochelle. N. Y.
 MT. and Mrs. John Shepard of Eas
 Ferry street entertained the member , of the Endeavor society of the Firs
 Baptist church and theiF friends, Tues
 day evening. Several members of tn 2 Hope Baptist church and the pastor
 Rev. MT. Elder, were also present. Tn | grounds were extensively decorate'
 with Chinese lanterns and bunting , while within the house were plants an, | cut flowers in tasteful array.