The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-04
LAKE MINNETONKA

Maple Heights 1nn upper lake, was the scene
OF festal affair yesterday afternoon and eve
nfng. At o'clock in daintily decked parlor
was pronounced the marriage service that: united
Alexis +. Spencer of st. Paul and Miss Ger
trude Conklfnl Of st. Louis, Mr.. Spencer is a
prominent young business man connected with
Nichols d Dean, while the bride is the niece
OF Mrs. j. H. Woolnough, whose signal success
~ the management: Of the inn I1as been crowned
,his year by the erection of spacious new
building. The bride has spent several sum-
mers at the lake. and it was there the romance
began which had such a fitting elimination yes
terday., She wore a beautiful gown of white
mousseline de sole ard satin. and was attended
by Miss Mclaughlin of ST. Paul Mr. Spencer's
best man was J. F. Proctor of St.. Paul. In the
bridal party also were his father. who lives in
st. Louis, his two sisters from Madison, Wis.
his brother from Washington, D. c., George
Spencer of Minneapolis, his uncle; the brides pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Conklin, and her
sister, Miss Juanita Conkiin Of ST. Louis. The
service was performed by Rev. Irving P. John
son of Gethsemane church, Minneapolis. Only
the Immediate relatives and friends Saw the
pretty ceremony. The occasion was made unique
by the fact that it also the twenty fifth we'd
ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wool
nough and the twenty eighth of the brides pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs ". w. Conklin. A large
company of their friends Joined those of the
young people at the wedding supper served in the
large dining-room of the inn. The evening was
spent In dancing and social converse until the de-
parture of the last train for the city took away
most Of the guests, WHO showered their congratu-
lations on all Of the brides"
The formal opening Of Lafayette Club will be
held Saturday evening and will be one of the
notable affairs Of the season. The house and
the grounds are in the finest condition, and the
whole aspect of the club speaks eloquently of
pleasure invigorating sport and gratefully lazy
ease. These June days are the very crown Of
perfection of the summer and there is place
that this is more emphasized than at the club
In its exquisite setting of velvet lawns, cool
fountain, dense green hedges and encircling
woodland, hemmed in on two sides by blue ex-
panscs of sunny wa ter.
a much appreciated improvement of the club
house is the enclosing in glass of the large
west veranda. This has always been used an
outdoor dining room and now with the protection
Of the glass it can be used constantly and is the
favorite spot of all the frequent club visitors.
For the opening Harry Mel1ette is planning to
array the club festively in flowers, ferns and
trailing vines, and to serve dinner that will
satisfy the most fastldious. An orchestra will
furnish music in the evening for dancing. Many
parties from town and at the summer colonies
about the lake are planning to attend.
About 500 people gathered at the new Casino
hail. which had heen kindly lent by the manage
nent for the occasion Tuesday evening to witness
the exercises Of the eighth grade OF the Excelsior
school. The auditorium was appropriately deco
rated and the class motto was blazoned in large
letters at the front of the hall. The program
was well presented and proved interesting, not
only to the friends and relatives present but also
graduated from the eighth grade. was. "a large
one and H. these pupils all enter the high school
in the fall st will make q freshman class to be.
proud or ~. ~ s-sssE.syts@ d
Arrangements have been made for dancing
at NIinnetonka club Saturdays in June and DUR
ing July and August there will be two parties
a week. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Sacred
concerts will be given Sunday afternoons and
evenings for the special entertainment of the
large number fof launch parties which nuke the
club the objective point Of their Sunday cruises.
LAKE NOTES.
Mrs. N. Shepard. of Minneapolis, is guest at
the home Of Mrs. IS. Irwin, in Excelsior.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII. Marsh and Mr.. and Mrs.
]. T. Marsh are az Brentwood for the summer.
Mrs w.<P. Mcdonald returned this week from
West Baden Ind, where she had been spending
several weeks g
Mr. and Mrs, C. w. Sampson, of Edgwood, at
tended theEwedling of D. Sherwin and Miss Edna
Machen, In sMinnea polls yesterday.
The Piccadilly Mandolin Club, of Cottagewood,
has the pleasIresfo having with 1t again It's old
member, John Bayley, who has been on. an ex11
tended trip thru the northwest.
Rev. Donald Mckenzie is In Wisconsin this
week on aS lecture tour. His lecture Is sentitled
THAT Boy, .is being delivered III the vari-
GUS towns OF the state with great success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Brown, ofHsnssex,.
Wis, have been guests at the home of their
cousins YMr. and Mrs. F. J. Lyman, in Excelsior.
They will spendssthe early part of the summer
at the lake,. s.