Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16
GAM E-BlSSELL.
A Very Charming Wedding at Arbol
Vitae On Wednesday Afternoon.

Last Wednesday afternoon, at 800
O'Clock, October 10th, 1900, the we'd
ding of Mr.. William Wallace Gamble
to Miss Maye Clare Bissell, was solemn
lied at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. .Bissell, at Arbor
Vitae, in the presence of quite num-
Der of intimate friends and relatives.
The Rev. Frank A. Pease, of the First
Methodist church, of Wausau, tied the
nuptial knot most impressively. Miss
Ella Hall, of Prentice, attended the
bride and Mr. Frank Bissell, brother of
the bride, was the groom's best man.
The bride was handsomely gowned
| in white dotted null and carried
white roses. The groom's costume was
a conventional suit of black.
At promptly o'clock the beautiful
strains of Mendelssohns wedding
march, rendered by Mrs. Murray Bis
sell, floated through the rooms and the
wedding party marched from the upper
rooms to the parlor, where the cere-
mony took place, in the following or
der: Officiating clergyman, little Mar
garet Bissell, flower girl, and Master
Wells Turner, page; maid of honor and
groomsman and the bride and groom.
The home was handsomely decorated
with cut flowers and potted plants.
After cordial congratulations were
said, the assembled relatives and
friends, to the number of fifty, sat
down to wedding repast, prepared
and served by Mrs NJ H. Bedell, of
this city.
The contracting parties are very well
known to Wausau people and are pop
ular with all. w. w. Gamble is the
oldest son of Mrs. VIM. Gamble, of this
city and he has lived here nearly all his
life. After securing his education he
entered at once into numbering, and
spent three years with Z. p Crosby,
afterwards he organized the Wausau
Lumber Company, of which firm he
has been from the start, and is now,
manager The company operates at
Edgar where it has saw mill and lum-
Der yard. The first season Mr.. Gamble
handled over 100000 feet of lumber.
He has handled the business like an old
timer. He is az exemplary young, full
of business and has a brilliant future
before him. The bride is the oldest
daughter of w. H. Bissell and is a
charming young lady of culture and re-
finement. She is a graduate of Ripon
college. Since graduating she has Wis
tied in Wausau frequently and has
made many warm friends here and all
join in hearty "best wishes" for the
future welfare and happiness of the
newly married couple.
The wedding gifts were very numer
Gus, costly and elegant,
Mr.. and Mrs Gamble took the even
ing train for points in New York and
Connecticut, where they will visit for
several weeks, and will then return
and go Immediately to housekeeping at
Edgar, Wis.
The guests from abroad were Mr..
and Mrs. l.. G.. Bissell, VIM. Mac
Dermott, of Fond du Lac; d. j. Peter
son, of Toledo, Ohio; w. r. Mackenzie,
of Madison, Wis; Mr.. and Mrs. Murray
X. Bissell and Clement Bissell, of Es-
canada; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G. Bissell
and Schuyler p Bissell, of Edgar; Miss
Susie Freel, of Green Bay, Wis; Miss
f Leonore Moore, of Richmond, Mich
Mrs. G. L. Boardman, of Watertown,
s. D.; Chas. f. Rea, of Madison, Ind;
J. Mack Smith, of Appleton; Mrs. M.
2. Beebe, of Minocqua; Mrs. VIM
Gamble, Ed. Gamble, Charles E. Turner,
Wells Turner, Grace Turner, Mr.. and
| Mrs Joseph Gamble. Rev. Frank Pease,
Chas. r. Winton, David n. Winton
and Miss Mollie Murray, of Wausau.