The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-01
nOBEY-RITCHlE
Well Known Bennington Girl Bride of
Pittsfield Man.


The Pittsfield Journal had the fol-
lowing account OF the Tobey-Ritchie
wedding: I'm the presence or mum
erous relatives and friends Miss
Daisy Dean Richie, daughter of AL
exander X. Richie of Bennington.
VT, and Harry Willard Tobey of this
city were married at the South Con-
gregational church Tuesday night.
The ceremony was performed
promptly at $50 O'Clock with Rev.
George S. Mills of Bennington, the
brides home pastor officiating. He
was assisted by the Rev. Payson f.
Pierce of the South church.
1t was a yellow and white wedding
those colors predominating in the
bank of flowers arranged about the
pulpit by Mrs. Frank E. Pierson and
Miss Mary p. Hibbard Tney used
hemlock boughs and palms, laurel
and daises. Flowers were also tied
to the ends of the pews The floral
decorations of the church ere arts
tic and beautiful
From to 1880 while the guests
were arriving at the church Clarence
Adams Waugh. in the absence of Mrs
Fred A. Cooley, gave a brief but de-
lightful organ recital, playing tne fol-
J lowing program:
st. Cecilia offertory by Batiste.
The Spring Song by Mendelssohn.
The Gayotte Mignon by Thomas.
Andantino by Lemere.
The Chanson Ballade by Bachman.
The Serenade by Moszkowski.
As the wedding party formed in the
vestibule of the church Mr.. Waugh
played the Lonengrin wedding march.
In the procession up the aisle the ush-
| ers led followed by the bridesmaids
the maid of honor alone an finally
the bride accompanied by her father,
who gave her away.
Miss Mary Lampson of West New
| ton as maid of honor and the brides
| maids were Misses Mamie d. Person
| of this city, cousin of the bride, and
( Miss Lois Russell of Schenectady.
| Keeneth Richie, the brides brother,
was Mr.. Tobeys best man and the
ushers were Lawrence Hawkins of
Schenectady. Harry Il. Robbins,
| Charles II. Wilson, Loring ]. Robbins,
|. p. Thompson and Paul r. Smith of
| this city.
IVY uStu lIt
ring service in the ceremony and at
its conclusion for tne occasional Mr..
Waugh played the Mendelssohn we'd
| ding march. About $50 invitations
were issued for the wedding.
Gowns Of Bridal Party
The bride wore a beautiful liere
| lace robe over white duchess satin
cut princess style. Her veil was
| caught up with orange blossoms and
| she carried white roses The maid
| of honor wore an empire gown of
| yellow messaline. Sac carried white
carnations. The princess gowns of
| the bridesmaids were of white ba-
| tiste over yellow liberty satin. They
carried yellow marguerites. 1t was
very charming wedding party.
A brilliant reception was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. William b.
| Foote, No 80 Buel St.. after the
church ceremony, Mrs. Foote being
an aunt of the bride. Invitations to
| the reception were limited to the
| relatives and more immediate friends
of the bride and groom. TIE house
was very handsomely decorated with
| field daisies, ferns, roses and other
garden flowers of the season. Carl
| Escher's orchestra played for the re-
ception and Lucas of Troy catered.
Many beautiful and costly gifts
were shown without cards. The Pipe
| and Pen clubs present was a ma
hogany table. The bride presented
her attendants with daisy pins; tne
grooms gift to his best man was a
| scarf pin of pearls and emeralds and
the ushers received pins of circles of
| pearls.
Wedding Trip to Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tobey departed late
| last night for a wedding tour and
| early in July will sail for Europe
| They will tour England, Scotland,
Ireland, France and Germany,
special leave of absence having been
granted to Mr. Tobey by the General
| Electric Co. They are to reside after
| their return in September at No 40
oxford street.
Mrs. Tobey was brought up in Ben
| nington. She made one trip to
| Europe and for the past year has
| been teaching at the Jacob Tome In
stitute in Port Deposit, Md, When
| in Pittsield she makes her home
with her aunt, Mrs. William b. Foote.
Mr.. Tobey is son of Mrs. Miner
va B. Tobey of No. 40 oxford street.
| He was graduated from Cornell Uni
versity with the class of 1897 and for
| the past II years has been an engi-
neer in the transformer department
of the Stanley Electric Co. He is
| thoroughly skilled in his profession.
Mr.. Tobey is member of the Pipe
and Pen club, the University and
Country clubs and the Pittsfeld
| branch of the American Institute of
Electrical engineers. The Success of
the University club dinners for sew
eral years and the meetings of the
Engineers has been largely due to
the painstaking care and work Of Mr..
! Tobey.
Out of town guests here for the
wedding included Mrs. NJ. L. Church,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Church, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark T. Durant, Mrs. Francis
Whitley, Miss Augusta Loop, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Robbins of Great Bar
rington, Mrs. William Lloyd of
Lowell, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Copper,
Mrs. Charles Cooper, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
K. Richie of Bennington.