The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-01
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The first wedding at the Governor
House, at least since the residence at
Eighth and Buchanan street became
the state executive residence, will take
place tonight when Miss Anna Hoch,
second daughter of the Governor and
Mrs Hoch, Will be married to Mr..
James Winfred Reid, a young lawyer
of Chanute, and a graduate, like the
bride, of Baker University. Baldwin,
where their acquaintance started. The
event is, of course, the most important
of the season and many invitations
have been extended in Topeka and
throughout the state for the ceremony,
which will take place at seven o'clock,
and the reception which follows. The
Rev. DR.. Frank N. Lynch, of the First
Methodist church, will read the service
which will be preceded by a short
musical programme. Miss Hortense
Imboden of Wichita, at the piano, will
play the wedding marches and Miss
Fern Hoover of Baldwin will sing a
love ballad. During the ceremony Miss
1rma Doster, violin, and Miss Myrtle
Radcliffe, piano, will play The process
sion will include chorus of girls who
will sing God Bless Thee and Keep
Thee, a bridal choral by Charles Alum,
and which will include Miss Iva Mark
ham of Lamar, Colorado, Miss Bere-
nice Fuller, Miss Agnes Husband of
Mcpherson, Miss wilma Edwards
Miss Hortense Smith of Ottawa, Miss
Nellie Raster and Miss Elizabeth Voor-
his of Russell The brides attendants
will be her sister, Miss Edna Hoch,
maid of honor. Miss Ora Allen of Cha
mute and Miss Gertrude Clevenger,
bridesmaids, and the following garland
girls who will lead the professional
and, carrying sn1ilax garlands, mark
the pathway for the others: Miss
Laura Wiley of Ell Dorado Miss Mar
garet Better, Miss Louise Allison, Miss
Emma Fowler of Baldwin, Miss Eliza
beth APPEL of Marion. Miss Rachel
Locke, Miss Josephine Lynch and Miss
Grace Frost. Mr. Reid will be attended
by Mr.. Harry ], -Harker of Kansas
City, also Baker University man.
Most of the young women of the bridal
party except some of the Topeka girls
are students or alumni of Baker.
Green and white the New Years COL |
ors, will prevail at the wedding which
will be pictorially notable. Miss Hoch
is an exceptionally pretty girl and has
surrounded herself for this occasion
with an uncommonly attractive collec-
ton of bridesmaids. The bride and her
maid of honor will wear white, and the
bridesmaids will be gowned in pale
green. The other girls will wear white
sashes, couture ornaments and so forth.
The Governors House will be elabo-
rately decorated with Christmas greens
and garlands blooming plants and cut
flowers. Among the out-of-town guests,
beside the members of the bridal party,
will be Miss Emma Holm of Baldwin,
Miss Josephine Kibbler of WellsVille
Miss Marguerite Hanks, Miss Marjorie
Simmons, Miss Maurine Hoover, Miss
Nora Ames, Mr.. Lloyd Beaton, all of
Baldwin, Miss Grace Tinkham of Kan
sas City Miss Camilla Pearson of Osa-
watomie, Miss Grace McKenney of
Winchester, Mr.. Dale Farrar of Oketo, |
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mitchner of Kansas
City, Mr.. Allen Beck of Yates Center,
Mr.. Albert LeVerance and Mr.. Herbert
Cavaness of Chanute, Miss Ruth Grigs-
T1l,v Tor1 II "
and Mrs. Thomas Jones Of Chanute.
Mr. and Mrs David w. Mulvane's
New Years eve WATCH party for about
warming for their beautiful new resi-
dence at Eleventh and Van Buren,
streets, it being the first formal en-
tertaining they have done there. The
house is not yet completed to the
last detail of the furnishing but it is
near enough to be mighty attractive
and there is no house in Topeka to
compare with it in the beauty of it's
design and the artistic charm of it's
decorations and appointments. Sup
long table and four small tables in the
dining room. The table flowers were
pink roses and narcissi and there
were New Years place cards on
resolutions, which were afterwards |
read to the company who guessed the |
authors. Some of the resolutions
were particularly clever. Mr.. Fred L. |
Vandegrift's took the form of clever
verses addressed to Mrs. Mulvane. |
Mr. Charles Gault resolved to Ego on
looking pleasant and wearing a |
pompadour." Mrs. George Crawford |
will make all her own clothes. all her i
husbands clothes. all the children's !
clothes and the dogs blanket" The |
hosts resolution was characteristic |
and the author was named i'm |
mediately and unanimously. RE |