The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-21
Social and Personal Mention


| A wedding which was marked by
every detail, was that of Mr.. Wilbur
Carl Hibberd and Miss Lena Coffin
which took place Saturday evening at
seven o'clock at the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Coffin, on South
Fifteenth street. Sixty friends and
relatives were invited to witness the
ceremony, which was The impressive
one of the Friends Society and which
was performed by DIR. David w. Den
mis-, of Earlham college. At the APP
pointed hour, to the strains of the
beautiful and popular Lohengrin we'd
ding march. played by Miss Elizabeth
Newman, the bride came down the
stairway and was met by her father,
who gave her away. The ceremony
was performed under the arch of the
broad doorway between the parlors,
where the bride was met by the groom
and minister. Immediately following
the ceremony, the Mendelssohn we'd
ding march was played.
The bride wore a beautiful gown of
white radium over taffeta, with point
lace trimmings and her boquet was a
shower of valley lilies, tied with a
cause butterfly bow.
The rooms were converted into
scenes of beauty, by the lavish floral
decorations. In the first parlor were
lavender sweet peas arranged in bowls
with the shower effect on the mantel.
Gracefully entwined over the windows
and around the chandeliers were aspar-
agus fermosa. In the second parlor
were pink sweet peas with the same
arrangement on the piano and mantels,
while in the window recess punch was
served by Mr.. Irwin Coffin and Mr. Ed
ward Davis, of Elknart, Ind. The
decorations in the dining room were
entirely of green and white with white
sweet peas, white hydrangeas and
white roses with the asparagus ferns
arranged with beautiful effect on the
buffet and mantel. Here also the as
paragus ferns served to decorate the
windows and chandeliers. In the
center of the brides table was a
French basket. filled with white by
drangeas and sweet peas and ferns tied
with cause and scattered over the ia
BILE were tiny vases of sweet peas tied
with bows of cause. Covers at the Ia
bic were laid for Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Holton, Misses June Elmer, Josephine
Gates, Elizabeth Newman, Marie |
Juliet Swayne and Messrs |
Tom Kaufman. Roscoe Cook of In |
John Starr. Ray Shiveley, !
Byron Robbins. Henry Bulla and |
Wiles Elder. The other guests were |
rooms. The supper was in two cours-
rs.
At nine o'clock the bride and groom
eft on an extended trip east, visiting
Buffalo, New York and other Eastern
titles. On their return they will be at
home to their friends at 134 South
street. The brides going
away gown was a gray travelling suit
With a black hat Mrs. Hibberd is
he daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Toffin and has long been prominent
n the city. Mr. Hiboerd is the son of
dr. and Mrs. Elgar G. Hibberd and
S connected with the Richmond Trust
company. Both are receiving many
congratulations from their friends
Among the out-of-town guests at the
Wedding were Mr. and Mrs s. s. Sax
on, of Chicago. Mrs. Luther Lands of
'arlyle. Pa, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Da-
is and son, Edward, of Elkhart. Ind.
hrs. Belle Ratliff of Spiceland. Mr..
nd Mrs. Frank Burr of Detroit, Mr.
nd Mrs. Foster Scudder and Miss
larry Carson of Knightstown.
!. /. !.
Miss Lydia Needham entertained at