The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-05
WEDDING BELLS.


schoppe and Miss Marguerite Dorothy Pills.
bury were married Wednesday, August 4th. at
the home of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cnaries A. Pilsbury, No. Court street. The
lawn was enclosed with 10 feet of netting
closely covered with green, forming an en-
closure in which the ceremony took place at
nigh noon. Miss Amy E. Stoddard played
Mendelssohns wedding march, at the first
strains of which Misses Elizabeth A. Quimby
and Cora s. Morrison entered the lawn from
the side door bearing garlands to form the
aisles for the bridal party. The six bridesmaids
then appeared and formed semi-circle under
the hawthorne tree. The bride, escorted by her
father, followed and were met by the groom and
his best man. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. David L. Wilson of the North
Congregational church, who used the single
ring Episcopal service. The bride was given
away by her father. Baskets of pink sweet
peas were suspended from the trees, and tall
jardineres of ferns were used with charming
effect on the lawn. The bridesmaids were
Misses Alice Belle Farnsworth of West Sulli-
van, Maine '08, the brides roommate at Maine;
Joanna Carver Colcord, Searsport, Maine 'O7;
Sarah Ellen Brown, Old Town, Maine 'Os, all
members of the brides fraternity, Gamma
Chapter Of Alpha Omicron Pi, and three
Belfast young ladies, Misses Clara Russell
Steward, Mary Helen Bird and Evelyn Phil
brook Morrison. DIR. George A. Phillips of
West Sullivan was best man. The bride was
charming in beautiful gown of white crepe
de-chene over taffeta, cut en- princess style,
with yoke and undersleeves of lace net and
trimmings of old point lace. She wore bridal
veil and carried shower bouquet of white
sweet peas and ferns. Miss Farnsworth wore
pink sash; Miss Steward, white batiste. with
silk stripe and insertion over pink; Miss Bird
white silk muslin. with pink figures over pink
and pink sash; Miss Morrison, pink batiste,
with embroidered trimmings over pink; Miss
Brown, pink silk muslin, white lace yoke over
white; Miss Colcord, pink muslin, silk stripe
and embroidered bands. They carried round
bouquets of pink sweet peas and ferns.
The dining room was decorated with pro-
fusion of pink and white sweet peas, and a
huge basket of sweet peas occupied the center
of the dining table. A lunch of chicken terra
pin, lobster salad olives, rolls, ice-cream, cake
and coffee was served by members of the
Bridget Club-Misses Sara Edith West, L.
Grace Chadwick, Florence M. Hill, Katherine
c. Quimby, Margaret L. Keene and Alice l..
Nickerson, assisted by Miss Marion Hazeltine
The library was decorated with dark pink
sweet peas, where the A. o. P. punch was
served by Misses Cora S. Morrison, Elizabeth A.
Quimby, Frances Howes and Marion Wash
burn of Lewiston. The parlor was decorated
with lavender sweet peas and the sitting-room
with mixed sweet peas. When the bridal cake
was cut and served by the bride the ring fell
to Miss Elizabeth A Quimby, the coin to Miss
Alice B. Farnsworth and the thimble to Miss
Sara Edith West
Miss Maud B. Steward had charge of the
gifts, and Miss Margaret N. Hazeltine assisted
in the dining room. The decorations were de-
signed and executed by girl friends of the
bride. The presents consisted of cut glass.
sterling, hand-painted china, pictures, en-
broidered linen, brass, and money gifts in gold,
bills, checks, and bank of England note A
family. The groom's gift was cluster pin of
four-leaf clovers and diamonds The bride is
the only child of Mr.. and Mrs c. A. Pills.
bury has charming personality, and is popu-
lar with young and old. She is a graduate of
the B. H. S., '02 and after post graduate
course took special course at the University
of Maine. She is member of Gamma Chap
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Maine Press Association, has been four years
on The Journal editorial staff, for some time
an active and interested member of the North
church, Y. P. S. c. E., Guild and Auxiliary, a
charter member of John Cochran Chapter, d.
A. R. and member of the girls clubs, Brid-
gets and j. KS. The groom is the only child
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Schoppe of West Au-
burn. He graduated from Hebron Academy
in 1903, from the University of Maine B. S. in
Agrieulture) 1907, and is member of Maine
Alpha Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and of
Alpha Zeta, the honorary agricultural frater-
nifty. After leaving Maine he was an assistant
at the Rhode Island Experiment Station,
Kingston, R. l., and then went to the Montana
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts in Bozeman, Montana, where he is an
instructor and assistant in the experiment
station.
The out-of- town guests were the
groom's parents; Mr.. John C. Strout of West
Auburn and his cousin, Mr.. William N Todd
of Portland; Misses Maude B. Colcord of Py-
mouth, Mass and Estelle NJ. Perry of North
Penobscot; Mrs. Carrie C. Pendleton of Stam-
tore, Conn; Mrs. H. Folwell and Miss Edith G.
Folwell, Philadelphia; Mrs. Edith Brown Arnold
of Springfield, Mass; Rev. and Mrs George S.
Mills of Bennington, VT; Mr.. and Mrs. w. R.
Howard of Pennington, N. H.; Miss Ellen D.
Townsend. New Haven, Ct; Mrs. Perley D.
Stanley, Cranberry Isles.
The brides travelling suit was dark blue self
stripe serge, with silk waist and hat to match.
The intention of the bridal couple was to make
their exit unobserved and depart on a bridal
trip, destination for a time secret but now
known to have been the Hazeltine cottage,
Pitchers pond. Their young lady friends
caught them, however, they We're depart
ing and showered them with confetti, but they
finally got away in single team, only to be
pursued soon after by party in an automo-
bile.
An outdoor wedding is something of an in
novation here and all depends upon the weather