Amador ledger., 1906-08-31
The Richards Thomas Wedding.

Thursday, August %, 1906, will al
ways be memorable day to Mr. ano
Mrs. William Il. Richards of Amadol
City, who we're on that day united
in holy wediock. Great preparation
had been making for the occasion for
some time, and everything arranged
to rightly celebrate the happy event
and to impress both upon the bride
and groom and the guests the sacred
ness of the marriage VOW in view of
theobligations it requires.
Mr. Richards is the eldest son of MI
and Mrs Thomas HI. Richards of Anna
dor City, the father now being fore
man of the Keystone mine, and the
son being employed as one of the
tiremen at the same mine. He is a
young man of splendid habits and
reputation, highly respected by all
his friends and acquaintance, both
as to his character, talents, ability
and ambition as a workman.
The bride, Miss Wayne V. Thomas,
youngest child of Mr. and Mrs Joseph
II. Thomas, was educated as a teacher,
and for several years has been en-
ployed in this county, the last two
years having been one of the teachers
IN the Amador City school. She is
charming young woman, both i'll
personal and social graces,-a woman
of bright mind and practical in her
outlook upon life, as we'll as holding
to high moral ideals. She is cal
culated to make home happy place,
being thoroughly domestic in her
tastes, and all predict for the new
household pleasant journey through
happy world.
A little before O'Clock Of the
morning of the 22d the bridal party
entered the front parlor of the Thomas
home, the bride accompanied by her
father, and preceded by the grooms-
man, Tommy Richards, brother of the
groom, and the bridesmaid, Miss
Lily Thomas, niece of the bride, the
ring bearer, little Mable Sowden,
youngest niece of the bride, the groom
being accompanied by Mrs II.
Thomas, the BRIDES mother. The
couple took their places under the
wedding bell in one corner of the
room, and the pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church, Rev. Hugh Baker,
read the marriage service and pro-
nounced them husband and wife. 1t
was as delightful an occasion as has
taken place IN Amador City for
some time. Only relatives of the
couple were present as guests, with
the exception of the minister and his
wife, and Miss Cora WrIggleswoIth of
jackson, an intimate friend of the
bride. The double parlors were de-
corated IN pink and green, and the
dining room in red. The bride was
pressed in white eolimne silk, which
was later exchanged for gray tailor
made travelling suit. The bridesmaid
wore pearl gray dress of elimone
silk. the bride carrying a bouquet of
white carnations and the bridesmaid
"a bouquet of roses. After con-
CALCULATIONS we're said and few tears
mingled with happy laughter and
kisses, the company partook of a
bountiful wedding breakfast. line
BRIDE and groom were showeIed with
rice by the rejoicing friends, and
drove to Martells to take the morn
ing train for Oakland and other coast
points. They were accompanied by a
number of the young ladies of the
as far as Martells, each of
them anxious to catch the BRIDES
bouquet in order to bring the same
happy event speedily to them. This
honor fell jointly to Misses Lily and
Alice Thomas. The guests present
we're:
Mr. and Mrs Fl. Thomas, Mr. and
Mrs L. b. Richards, Rev. and Mrs
Hugh Baker, Mr. and Mrs Richard
Sowden. Mrs j. W. Lean, Mr. Frank
Clemmens, Misses Lily Thomas, Alice
Thomas, Mary Thomas, Lillian
Richards. Mabel Sowden, Cora
WriggIeswortb, Messrs Tommy Rich
ards, Arthur Richards. Joe Thomas,
John Lean, Francis and Marion
CIamp,apS