The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-24
WORCESTER GROOM
PORTLAND BRIDE
DR.. Arthur C. Doten of This City
and Miss Ethel S. Norton of
Portland Married-Many From
Worcester at the Ceremony

Special to The Spy
Portland, Me-, Oct 3-The marriage
of DR.. Arthur Chapman Doten, ambu-
lance surgeon of Worcester, and Miss
Ethel Sturdivant Norton of this city
was solemnized here tonight at the
Chestnut Street Methodist Episcopal
Church. The wedding was one of the
social events of the year in Portland.
The bride is daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene S. Norton, her father be-
ing prominent shoe merchant of this
city. The ceremony was Witnessed by
a large number of friends of the con-
tracing parties from this city, Worces-
ter, Boston and other New England
cities.
The church was deliberately decorated
by the Rammyheckt Club Of which the
bride is a member. White chrysanthe-
NUNS were the predominatlng flower.
The chancel rail was banked with fes-
toons of evergreens. Along the CEN
tire aisle torches of evergreenS with
white crysanthemums formed a flow
cry path for the bridal party. The or
gan was hidden behind a massive ar
ray of crysanthemums and evergreen.
Fifteen minutes previous to the hour
than True conducted an organ recital.
When the bridal party reached the
portals of the church the organ gave
forth the strains of Lohengrin's we'd
ding march.
The ushers, Chester w. Doten of
Worcester, Harold G.. Norton of Port
land, DR.. Carl r. Doten of Howard,
r. l., Clarence P. Doten of Portland,
Harry A. Neyens of Portland and G.
ne Iad
down the aisle, for the bridal party.
Then came the bridesmaids the Misses
Clara B. Panooast of Portland, Mabel
Wood of Portland. Katherine e. Hunt,
of Portland and Edna M. Mills of Port
land. Miss Pancoast was attired in
white silk muslin, Miss Wood in pink
muslin, Miss Hunt in pink crepe de
chene and Miss Mills in white crepe
de chene. All carried daybreak carna-
lions.
Miss Marjorie Doten Noyes of Rox-
bury, the three wear old niece of the
groom, dressed in white muslin over
pink silk, followed the maids and car
ried the ring.
Miss Helen Maud Norton, a sister
of the bride, was maid of honor and
preceded the bride down the aisle. She
was gowned in a dress of pink lans-
downe and carried a bouquet of pink
came the bride leaning on the arm of
her father She was charming in
gown of white crepe de chene with
lace trimmings and wearing a brooch
of diamonds and pearls, the gift of
the groom. She wore a veil held in
place by a crown of roses and carried
a shower bouquet of bridal roses.
The bride was met at the altar rail
by the groom and best man. The lat
ter was Forest w. Doten of Boston,
brother of the groom. The officiating
clergyman was the pastor of the Chest
nut Street M e. Church, Rev. Luther
Freeman, the double ring service being
used. At the close of the ceremony
the oragn which had been giving forth
soft music burst into Mendelssohn'S
wedding march for the occasional.
A wedding breakfast was served at
the home of the brides parents, SO
Grant Street. for the immediate fami-
lies. after the church ceremony.
DR. and Mrs Doten left upon their
wedding journey after the reception
at the home. They did not divulge the
place where their honeymoon was to be
spent but are expected to be at their
new home. State Street, Worcester,
by the early part of next week
DR.. Doten's bride is an accomplished
young woman, being a graduate of
Wellesley College, class of '99 and has
taught school in the Portland High
School for the past two years. DR.. Do
ten is a graduate Of Long Island Col
lege and has practioed medicine and
surgery in Worcester for the past two
years. He has been ambulance sur
geon since Oct. IS, 1900.