The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-16
A NOVEMBER WEDDING.
Miss Florence Buckingham and Stanley
z. PaIkIll

Miss Florence Buckingham and Stanley
E. Parkill.
From the Flint Evening Journal
The marriage of Miss Florence Buck
ingham, daughter of Major George w.
Buckingham, and Mr. Stanley e. Park
i'll, of Owosso, took place Wednesday at
o'clock p. m. at the home of Mr.. Buck
ingham, 204 Court street east. 1t was a
charming but quiet wedding with every
arrangement in the most exquisite taste.
The decorations throughout the house
were highly effective. The parlor was
decked with pink carnations and palms,
the supper room with American Beauty
roses and maidenhair ferns and the sit
ting room where the ceremony took
place presented beautiful picture with
its handsome decorations of palms, the
glossy foliage of the holly and quanti-
ties of great white and gold chrysanthe'
NUNS. The marriage ceremony wa
performed by the Rev. James Gale Ing
lis, the regular Episcopal service being
used, and was witnessed by company
of The immediate friends and relatives
of the families.
Before and during the ceremony Mrs.
Lindgren, of Chicago, played wedding
march. The bridal couple were unat-
tended save by Master Harrington
Shortall, of Chicago, and little Miss
Elizabeth Platt, of this city. The bride
was most becomingly dressed in white
French lawn, made over white silk and
dainty trimmed with lace and inser'
ton over which a tulle veil was grace
fully draped. Her bouquet was of mag
nificent American Beauties. After Mr.
and Mrs. Parkill had received the con
gratulations of their friends the com
pany sat down to an elaborate wed
ding supper.
The bridal couple received host OF
beautiful wedding gifts which included
silver, china, cut glass, fine linen, etc.
Among the guests from out of town
were Mrs. Shortall and son, Harrington,
and Mrs. Lindgren, of Chicago; Mrs. j
w. Gilbert, Miss Martha Cole, Justice
and Mrs. Charles ID. Long and Mr.. and
Mrs. c. S Mcbride, of Detroit; Mrs
Parkill, of Owosso, and Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Bird, of Lansing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parkill took the TOE
p. m. train for some unannounced des
tination followed by the best wishes o.
their many friends.
The TIMES adds it's heartiest cOngra
tulations to Mr.. Parkill and extends it
best wishes to him and his estims bl,
bride. Both are we'll known in Owos
so. Mr.. Parkill has long been regarded
as one of the most public spirited ant
best of Owosso's business men and Is |
man of exceptional ability. Besides be
ing a member of the drug firm of Park
ill & Son, he is secretary and treasure
of the Owosso Telephone Company, ant
is President of the Board of Publi
Works. He has always taken a promi
nent part in politics and is also promi
nent in the social life of the city. H
has friends on every hand. Mrs. Park
ill is also we'll know in this city wher
she had visited at various times an
every time added to the circle of he
friends. She has already impressed al
who have met her with her charming
ladylike character and her coming t
the city is regarded with the greatest
pleasure by all friends of both hersel
and her husband and by all who ma.
have met her even for but moment
The TIMES is sincerely pleased to b.
able to assist in welcoming Mrs. Park
ill to her new home in this city and i
helping to extend the best wishes of tn
city to Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley E. Parkil