The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-25
Well Known Worces-
ter People Welded
Last Night.
MARRIAGE At MARIEMONTE.
Mgr. Thomas Griffin Of St.
Johns Church Of
ficiated.

A wedding of interest to Worcester
people was solemnized at Mariemonte
yesterday evening, when Georgia
Frances Crompton and Albert Bow
man Wood were united in marriage by
Mgr. Thomas Griffin of st. Johns Ro-
man Catholic Church.
The bride is a daughter of the late
George Crompton, the inventor of the
famous Crompton loom. The groom is
a son of DR.. Albert Wood Mr.. Wood
studied four years at the Lawrence
scientific school at Harvard University
with the class of '93. He holds a
responsible position in the Crompton-
Knowles loom works, and is member
Of the Worcester, Grafton Country and
Quinsigamond clubs. Monday evening
Mr.. Wood gave dinner at the Wor-
cester Club to his best man and ush-
ers, at which he presented the former
with a turquoise and pearl scarf pin
and the latter with pins consisting of a
circlet of pearls.
Owing partly to the fact that the
Crompton family is not yet out of
mourning, all the details of the mar
riage were kept very quiet, only about
so guests, including the two families,
the relatives and a very few intimate
friends being present. The ceremony
took place in the bay window in the
drawing room, which was banked in
sprays of purple and white lilac. A
marriage bell daintily fashioned out of
white lilac hung above the heads of
the bride and groom, and there We're
palms everywhere.
1t was lilac wedding and the fra
grant purple and white flowers were
arranged about the room with ex
quisite taste by Lange. Six pieces
from the Germania of Boston were To-
Gated in the hall behind a thicket of
greenery.
The bride, who entered on the arm
of her brother, Charles Crompton, to
the notes of the wedding march from
'Lohengrin," wore an elegant bridal
robe of white satin trimmed with old
point that had belonged to her mother
Her veil of tulle was fastened by a
wreath of orange blossoms and fell in
graceful folds over the court train.
She carried bouquet >of lilies of the
valley.
The bride was preceded by her little
nephew, Crompton Smith, and by the
ushers, George Crompton and Ran
dolph Crompton, her brothers, Ruel c.
futile of Windsor, Conn, her cousin
and Charles NJ. Thayer, who was head
usher
Two priedieux, draped in white silk,
stood in the bay window, and here the
bride was met by Mr.. Wood and the
best man, Henry w. Doe. AS the bridal
party turned, at the conclusion of the
service, the orchestra played Mendels-
sohn's wedding march.
Among those who were present were
the Mathewsons of Pomfret, Conn,
cousins of Mr.. Wood, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
H. Tuttle, Miss Crompton, Miss Kath-
arine Crompton, Mrs. e. C. Johnson
and Miss Marjorie Johnson, all of
Windsor Ct; Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Lin
coin, Miss Rose Lincoln, Miss Dorothy
Lincoln, Merrick Lincoln and Dan Lin
coin.
Following the ceremony there was a
reception, when those who were IL ere
pressed forward to tender their con-
CALCULATIONS to Mr.. and Mrs. Wood.
The orchestra played merrily from the
hall and delicious supper was served
by Barthlome Of Boylston street, Bus-
ton Those of the wedding presents
that had not been taken over to the
future home of the Woods were dis
played in the sittingroom.
Later, Mr.. and Mrs. Wood left the
city for a honeymoon of about two
weeks. They will be at home to their
friends at the new house that Mr..
Wood has built on Winthrop street,
after June %.