The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-11-15
Matha. Cook Wedding.
NEBRASKA, PA, Nov. 0, 1905.

NEBRASKA, fA', NOV U, lo"o'
The event of the season took place to-
dap, being the marriage of Miss Phoebe
Elizabeth Cook to Mr.. George Wallace
Matha.
The ceremony was performed In our
pretty little church, witnessed by about
$50 guests. The church was tastefully
decorated in green and white; above the
altar was suspended an arch of green,
from which hung beautiful large clus-
ter of white chrysanthemums. In the
pulpit we're palms and ferns forming
very pretty background. The aisles were
festooned with white ribbon and smilax.
At promptly one O'Clock, with Miss
Winifred Noyes of Pleasantville, as or
ganist, the ceremony began. To the
beautiful strains of Mendelssohn's We'd
ding March the bridal party entered as
follows: The ushers, William McCul-
Tough and Lewis Cook, brother of the
bride, were followed by the bridesmaid,
Miss Alice Arner, of Tionesta, who was
accompanied by Earl Small; both young
people were cousins of the bride. Then
entered the maid of honor, Miss Augusta
Cook, sister of the bride. Both ladies
wore gowns of dainty white, the former
carrying bridesmaids roses and the latter
bouquet of asparagus green.
Next came the little people of the bridal
party, Miss Martha Brown, of Tionests,
as flower girl, and Master Alon Shew-
man, of Kellettville, as page, who both
did their parts in their own sweet little
ways. Both were dressed in white with
blue ribbon accessories and looked very
dainty and pretty.
Then entered the bride, on the arm of
her father, Mr.. Lyman Cook. The bride
wore a beautiful gown of white silk chif-
fon over white taffeta and carried a shower
bouquet of swansonia. At the altar they
were met by the groom with his best
man, Ralph Cook, also brother of the
bride, thus completing semi-circle
about the altar.
While the soft strains of music contin-
ued the impressive Methodist Episcopal
ring service was performed by Rve. G. @.
Rumberger, of Big Run, Pa, after which
the bridal party left the church in the
usual manner.
All proceeded to the pleasant home of
the bride, where most delightful after
noon was spent.
The home was also most tastefully dec
Grated with chrysanthemums and smilax,
the prevailing flower being the lemon
chrysanthemum. To the left OF the en-
trance, under festoon of ribbon and
smilax, stood the bride and groom for
congratulations which were most numer-
Gus and hearty, they being two of our
model young people. In The dining
room, decorated in green and yellow,
was the brides table, at which were laid
covers for twelve. After all the guests
could be seated a sumptuous luncheon of
three courses was served under the able
direction of Mrs. Bickner, of Oil City.
The guests were served by eight girls;
members of the choir of which the bride
was leader and organist, and the bridal
party by Misses Florence Hagerty and
Marie Matha, cousin and sister of the
bride and groom.
The gifts were most numerous and
beautiful, consisting of linen, silver, cut
glass, furniture, rugs, bedding, paintings,
hand painted china, fancy work, ETC., and
showed that the bride was held in very
high esteem.
Guests we're present from Pleasantville,
Tionesta, Randolph, N. Y, Jamestown,
N. Y, Golinza, Kellettville, Big Run,
German Hill, West Virginia, Washing
ton, and Nebraska.
The bride and groom left on the eve
ming train with plenty of rice and good
wishes for Kittanning, where they will
spend few days with friends, and on
Monday will leave for the Pacific coast,
where they will spend the winter.