Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-27
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WEDDING AFTER
MOCK CEREMONY
Kearny Couple, After Pooling
Friends Since Summer,
Fool Them Again. .
rwo-score OF relatives and frisnds Of

Two-score OF relatives and friends of
Justice of the Peace Charles C. Heck
and Mrs. Rick, of Kearny avenue and
Berlin street, Kearny, were Invited on
Sunday night to attend the marriage
of their son. Edwin B., and Miss NAL
VIVA Parker, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew G.. Parker, whose home adj
joins Public School No. q in Kearny,
near Johnston avenue. Everyone In
vlted responded to the invitation of
Mr.. and Mrs. Rieck, and to Miss Parker
was allotted the task Of inviting her
family and friends; but. to the surprise
of the guests of the Rick family, none
of the Parker connections put In ap-
pearance. Miss Parker, who was pres
emit, could not account for their, alb
sence. "a
while we are waiting for a minister
to arrive" said Edwin to Marshal Con-
gleton, brother of Councilman Jerome
r. Congleton, of this city, would @
please entertain the guests by reading
the wedding service. Miss Parker and
/ will stand up and the rest of the COM
pany will think you are marrying US"
Mr.. Congleton, who is q surveyor,
readily agreed to perform the mock
marriage and read the service like a
veteran. Scarcely anyone present sus-
pected III the ceremony was other
than real. Even Miss Elizabeth Man
deville played a wedding march 20
heighten the effect. Finally, after the
bridegroom had duly taken the bride as
his welded wife. and she in turn had
token hin for better or worse" etc.
the big surprise came for ths entirs
party.
springs Big Surprise.
Edwin thanked the minister for his
| service and then announced that the
| ceremony that had beer gone through
was only a bit of play, and hat there
would be no need OF waiting longer
for q minister or magistrate, as both he
and Miss Parker had already been duly
and legally married. In proof OF this
he produced from his pocket a certifi-
cate showing hat he and Miss Parker
had been united in wedlock by a minis
ter in Metuchen on June s, 1910.
Justice Rieck, like the others pjres-
ent. even doubted at first the genuine
ness of the certificate. but he found
that 1t was the real thing and so adj
NlSeq mis- guests. One OF the moStfSur-
prised persons in the house was the
Justices wife, who has been seriously
i'll. She could not believe the
ment at first, but on being treasured OF
its truth she became r~econciled and
finally gave her son and his bride her
best wishes.
The bridegroom, being pressed for an
explanation, said that the reason he
and Miss Parker did not announce their
marriage sooner was because they We're
not ready to go housekeeping, and he
selected Christmas night as a good time
to break the news. Immediately after
the declaration the couple were
showered with congratulations n a
supper was enjoyed. Yesterday the
couple started housekeeping in an
apartment at 2O2 Brighton avenue
which the bridegroom had completely
furnished for his bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker. the brides
parents, were also astonished to hear
the news, but made the best of it and
yesterday wished the couple the utmost
success. DR.. Walter r.. Rieck is a
brother of the bridegroom.