The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11

coming home by way of San Francisco.
Their future home will be in New YORK,
where Mr.. Hennessey is assistant dis
trict attorney
The wedding of George H. Richard
son, the well known attorney of Oak
land. and Miss Flora /. Raw of Berke-
ley took place Tuesday October 3, at
high noon at their new home In the
Berkeley hills. 1914 Bonte avenue. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. j. T.
Moore. pastor of the Methodist church
South of Fresno, an old friend of the
brides family Only the immediate
relatives and one or two friends of the
bride and groom were present. A we'd
ding breakfast was served, after which
Mr.. and Mrs Richardson left for the
south. where they will remain until the
1st of November, when they will return
to Berkeley and take possession OF
their new home.
Miss Ruth Steere, daughter of Cap
tain and Mrs. Henry Steere. and Cap
tain William w Reno, medical corps,
u s. A., We're married at Manila on the
18th of August at the Episcopal ca
thedral by Rev. Mercer G. Johnston
The wedding was one of the prettiest
though simplest ceremonies ever wit
messed in Manila. The cathedral was
filled with friends of the happy couple
when the first notes of the Lohen-
grin wedding march gave notice or the
approach of the bridal party. The
bride bridesmaids. ushers and flower
girl were all in white. The bride was
escorted to the altar by her father, who
gave her in marriage. The groom and
his best man. Lieutenant Charles G. Al
len, met the party at the altar, and the
ceremony was performed in accordance
Ivr1ic oil ,1I11 1r>al1
After the ceremony Captain and Mrs.
Reno held an informal reception In the
vestibule of the cathedral and were then
driven in a gayly decorated carriage to
the transport dock, where they boarded
the Thomas. They will spend the next
two months in Japan and will then re-
turn to Manila, where Captain Reno is
stationed The bride was attended by
Mrs. Ellis Cromwell, matron of honor;
Miss Julia Steere, flower girl, and the
Misses Dorrington, Stewart, Ribelin and
Wolfson bridesmaids. The ushers were
Captains Kelley, Saxton and Halloran,
T. s. A., and Lieutenant Conger, U. S.
NJ c. The wedding music was played
by Myron H. Chandler, with a solo be-
fore the ceremony by Mrs. l. w. War
dell.
The reception given Captain and Mrs.
Reno on the transport dock and the
manner in which their friends rallied
round them on the transport almost up
to the moment the big ship sailed will
live long in the memory of the newly
welded pair and those who saw it. The
arrival of the bridal party on the dock
was heralded by a fanfare of trumpets
and the wedding march, played by the
Twenty sixth infantry band. Amid
showers of rice the couple made their
way to the deck of the Thomas, where
they were Immediately surrounded by
friends who continued to shower them
with rice during the almost continuous
stream of greetings the couple received
The bridal party was photographed on
the deck of the vessel. From the time
of the arrival of the party until the
departure of the ship the Twenty sixth
infantry band played continually. On
the way out of the harbor. the Thomas
was saluted by the shipping in the bay
and was accompanied a short distance
outside the breakwater by the naval
ferry. which made a trip through the
canal and the inner basin for the pur-
pose. The charming bride is the grand
daughter of Mrs. Julia E. Steere of East
Oakland. who is now visiting with her
grandchildren in San Jose, and is a.
cousin of the Misses Minty, Barbara
and Dorothea Richardson.
Tomorrow evening the first meeting
for this year of the Skating club will
take place. 1t was feared last year.
when Mrs. Inez Shorb- White became