The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-10-12
BRILLIANT wedding

The First Baptist Church, Seventeenth
and SAMSON streets, Philadelphia, was the
scene of brilliant wedding Wednesday
evening, when Miss Nella Thatcher, of
Florence, was united in marriage to Mr..
Collin Cameron, of Tuscon, Arizona.
! Promptly at o'clock the bride entered
the church leaning on the arm of her
brother, DR.. George Thacher. of Philadel-
phia, and to the strains of Lohengrin's
| Wedding March. beautifully rendered by
Professor George Maxwell, organist of the
church, she followed her bridal party to
the altar. where she was met by the groom
accompanied by his best man, Wayne
Leinbach, of Reading, Pa.
The wedding was one of the most beau
tiful ever held in the church. Palms, cut
flowers and greens of all kinds were used
in great profusion in decorating.
The bride was exquisitely gowned in
white embroidered satin, trimmed with
rose point lace and long beautiful veil
held in place by plain gold band. Her
bouquet was white orchids The maid of
honor, Miss Katherine Gratz, of st. Louis,
Mo-, was attired In very pale green
moonbeam MORE silk. She carried migno-
nette and lilies of the valley.
The six bridesmaids, Miss Anna Allen
of Buffalo, NY; Mrs. Franklin W. Thach
er, of Edgewater Park, N. j.; Miss Nellie
Wait, of Auburn. N. Y, Miss Kate Spen-
Ger, of Pittsburg, Pa; Miss Dorothy Lis
ter and Miss Helen Barnes, of Philadel-
phia, wore apricot salmon silk and carried
huge bouquets of nodding bronze chrys-
anthemums and autumn leaves.
The ushers were: Nome Barnard, of
Tucson, Ariz.; Browning Clement. Jr.,
Sleeper Dixon, Morgan Lister, John A.
Bradley, D. H. Evans. Frank Simmons,
all of Philadelphia, and Frank W. Thach- |!
er, of Edgewater Park.
Every detail of the wedding party was
perfect and more beautiful picture as
the party slowly entered the churchscould
not be imagined. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. G. II. Ferris, pastor Of
the church, and was witnessed by hosts of
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people, over five hundred invitations hav-
ing been issued. Guests were present
from New York. Philadelphia, Buffalo,
N. Y, Auburn, n Y, st. Louis, Mo,
Tucson, Ariz., Reading, Pa, Pittsburg,
Pa, Florence, Beverly, Edgewater Park,
and Burlington.
Immediately after the ceremony large
reception was held at the Hotel Roosevelt, |
2027 Chestnut street.
The reception room was beautifully dec
grated for the occasion and Mr.. and Mrs.
Cameron received their guests amid the
most brilliant surroundings.
The bride and groom will make an ex-
tended tour through the Eastern States,
after which they will leave for Tucson,
Arizona, where Mr.. Cameron has built a
beautiful home for his bride.
Mrs. Cameron is the daughter of Mrs.
Ella Hoover Thacher, of Florence, Worlds
Superintendent of the Soldiers and Sailors
Department of 1.-THE W. G. T. u, and
County President of the W. q. T. Q.
work She is graduate of Bryn Mawr
College and is very well known in Bur
lington and vicinity. Some years ago
while on trip to Arizona for her health
she first met Mr.. Cameron, a prosperous
young ranch owner, and from this meet
ing the romance dated, which eliminated
in beautiful wedding Wednesday even
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