The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10
APRETTY WEDDING
HISS SElNALLA VAN DEMAN BRIDE OF
R. JAMES CAPEHART.
Ceremony Was Made Doubly Inn
pressive Because OF It's Simplicity
Reception Follows At Home OF
The Brides Parents.

Ihe Brides Parents.
From the Delaware cohlo !, Gazette.
The marriage Thursday evening, at
half after six o'clock, at St. Peters
Episcopal Church, of Miss Enualla
Runkle Van Deman, eldest daughter
of Hon. ]. D. and Mrs. Van Deman,
to Mr.. james capehart, ofpoint
Pleasant, W. Va, was one of the
prettiest weddings of the season, be-
ing made especially impressive byits
simplicity. The reception at the Van
.Deman home Immediately following
the ceremony was a very pleasant
affair.
Prior to the ceremony several Sc
lections were rendered by Miss Eath-
crime Hills at theorgan. and prompt-
ly at the appointed hour, to the
Swedish wedding march by suder-
man, the bride and groom entered
the church froms the Parish House
entrance, and advanced to the chan
eel, where they were met by Rev. A.
C. Jones, the rector, who performed
the Episcopal service, and by the
brides father, who gave her away.
There were no attendants. During
the ceremony selections from the
Marriage Mass of Dubois we're play
ed by Miss Hills, and the recessiOnal
march as the bride and groom left
the church was also by this composer.
Messrs. Give Jones, E. NJ. Semans
and Robert Powers were the ushers.
The bride was attired in a travel
ing dress of blue, and presented a
appearance. The church
decorations were simple, in keeping
with the service.
At the Van Deman home over a
hundred guests were received, the
invitations being confined to the
members of the three clubs to which
the bride belongs, the French Club,
the Shakespeare Club, and the North
End Reading Club, and very few
friends. The home was very
prettily decorated, the color scheme
of yellow and white, the colors of
the French Club, being extensively
used. Chrysanthemums of these hues
were arranged throughout the house,
and pepper berries, sent from Cali
fornia by DR.. Caroline McElroy, and
smilax were also employed to ad-
vantage.
In the receiving line were Mr.. and
Mrs. Van Deman, the bride and
groom, and DR.. and Mrs. Walter
Lincoln. Assisting throughout the
euening were the following ladies:
Mrs. H. E. Buck, Miss Clara Nelson,
Mrs. Leroy Battenfeld and Mrs.
Louis WeIch, assistant hostessess;
Mrs Give Jones and Mrs. R. /. Full
ton, who gracefully presided in the
dining room; Miss Ethel Uford, Miss
Helen Parsons, Miss Grace Parsons,
Miss Alice Dimmick, Miss Natalie
Bodurtha, Miss Mary Thomson and
Miss Rebecca Van Deman, who sery-
ed, and Miss Ada Weleh and Miss
Edna Hall, who presided at the
punch bowl.
In the west library of the home
the many beautiful presents received
by the bride were displayed and
greatly admired during the evening.
The bride and groom left on the
nine o'clock train, south, on the Big
Four for Columbus, from where they
left this morning for Point Pleasant,
and after a stay there of fseveral days,
will go to Florida for the winter.
The bride is one of Delaware's most
accomplished and popular young Ia
dies. The groom is prominent
banker of Point Pleasant, and is also
the owner of a large orange grove in
Florida.
The guests from out of the CITY