Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-25
PRETTY AFTERNOON WEDDING
MISS LEILA RUTLEDGE BECOMES
THE BRIDE OF mR.w N. KEsAuvER
The Ceremony Performed az the Home
ofthe Bride and Was Followed by a
Reccption-The Happy coapie
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Reccption-The Happy coapie
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Point.
The home of Mrs Anna Rutledge.
n Queen street was the scene Of a
quiet but pretty home wedding Thes-
day afternoon at 5:80 O'Clock,
when her daughter, Miss Leila. became
the bride of Mr.. Webster Maddox Ke-
fauver, a well known contractor and
civil engineer Of Bal timore.
PROMPTLY at the appointed hour the
wedding party entered the parlor TO
the strains OF the wedding macrh
from Lohengrln, rendered bv Thomp-
sons Orchestra. The bride entered
by one Dor bennington the arm OF her
brother, Mr.. Edward Rutlesge cash :
Ter Of the Citizens National Bank.
who gave her in marriage, and the
groom entered hv another door with
his brother, Colonel Charles B. Kefan-
yer, OF ParkersDurg, brigade adjutant
general of the West Virginia Nation
al Guard
The couple met III front of an i'm.
provlsed altar and under canopy OF
crow foot moss where they were join
ed In II arriage bv the beautiful and
impressive wedding ceremony of the
Episcopal church, Rev. John S Douglas
officiating During the ceremony the
orchestra PLAYED softly The Evening
Star. !" After the ceremony making
them man and wife had been per-
formed Mr.. and Mrs. Kefauver were
kept busy receiving the congratuia-
tious of their friends and guests pres
ent
The bride was attractively attlred
in an imported robe gown of biscuit
colored cloth over white taffeta elah-
orately trimmed in white applique on
cloth of gold. She carried shower
boouet of violets and maiden. hair
ferns. The bride was attended by
her niece, little Miss Louise Rutleoge,
dressed in PerIan lawn, trimmed
with light blue r. bbons. who held the
flowers while the ceremony was being
performed. The groom and his best
man wore cutaway coats.
The parlor in which the wedding
ceremony took place was tastefully
decorated with crow-foot moss and
red and white caronations. The. dun
ing room was decorated with La
France roses. smilax and trailing
vines. Numerous candles SET in beau
tiful candeiabra spread n soft light
over the whole scene.
After the wedding IA reception fol
lowed, at which only the relatives
and most intimate friends OF thu two
families numbering a. out twenty
five, were present
The out-of-town guests present
were:
Col. and Mrs. Chas 3 Kefauver,
Parkersburg Mayor p II. Irwi and
Mrs Irwin, Baltimore Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles NJ Kefauver, parents Of the
groom, Baltimore: Miss Bessie HAITI.
Lancaster. Pa. Mrs. Samuel Emmert,
Mrs. Jno. Feldman and two SONS
Hagerstown, Md
Mr. and Mrs Kefauver left on train
No. as over the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad Oh bridal trip to Old Point.
Va, after which thew W i'll return to
Baltimore, their future home.
The groom was at one time located
in Martinsburg with a civil engineer
ing corps and is one of many of the
civil engineers who have made offer
ings at the shrine of Hymen for the
Martinsburg fair sex, noted for their
beauty and attractiveness. He is now
in the contracting and civil engineer
ing business. The bride received
many beautiful and costly presents
Ambrose House.
MIR. Isaiah III. Ambrose, a Baltimore
and Ohio engineer RAINING between
Pittsburg and Wheeling, and Miss
Mary r.. House. formerly Of Magno-
liza, bur lately of this city. were mar
risd Tuesday afternoon at the home
of Nh J Harry Smith, No. 1876 r.
Race street The ceremony was DER
itmed Ivy Rev j r.. Chamberlain
lhe happy couple left ON Baltimore
and Ohio train No. 6 on a bridal trip
In the east after which they will re-
tnrn ~ piltsburg. where they will
reside.
BIake--R eei
Mr. Cuas. Fl. Blake and Mrs. Emma
G Reel were married Tuesday at $
o. lock at the parsonage of the First
Nj noiist Episcopal church by
thr Rev. W. w. Barnes. The bride
j. NE dauhgter OF the late Furlough
Bed and was formerly Mrs Heck