The Forrest City times., 1910-07-01
FUSSELL-F0RD
 MARRIAGE
Most Notable Event for Many Years in History of Two Counties
 Wealthy Families United.
REVEREND RlGHTOR OFFICIATED
SPECIAL TRAIN HANDSOMELY DECORATED. TRANSPORTS PARTY OF NEARLY AN HUN.
 DRIED FRIENDS AND AN ORCHESTRA

Aside from it's most solemn and beautifully impressive features, We'd nesday, June 29, 1910, the wedding day of MT. James Russell, Jr.. of For rest City, and Miss Mildred Hewitt Ford of Mariana, was a great day of mirth and festivities, fulfilling the highest expectations of the happy principals, their many relatives, and scores Of near and enthusiastic friends to whom the details of the most inn portant event had been all-absorbing topics of deepest interest fos several weeks.
 Invitations were issued early in June, and though there were several hundred, it is very probable that even then many were overlooked, because Of the wide circle of their friends and well-wishing acquaintances, who could only be reached in a general and most cordial public invitation in which the hospitalities of the lovely home of the | brides parents were rendered 10 all who had an interest in the happy event, or any desire to be present to add their congratulations and witness the perfect happiness of the high con- tracing parties.
 Here in Forrest City, the home and birthplace of the groom, the interest was keen and active Enthusiastic friends made elaborate preparations for transportation, chartering a special train which arrived during the after noon, and in the interim before leav- ing at : o'clock sharp, was artistically decorated with bunting in the color scheme of the occasion which was white and pink. An orchestra of four pieces from the famous Saxby organi- zation of Memphis. furnished music enroute, and for several hours at the brides home during the reception and wedding festivities. An artistically arranged badge of white and pink satinribbon on which was printed.
 Forrest City-Marianna Arkansas
 Russell l-Fofd
 June 29, lgl0
 was distributed, and worn by each one who boarded the train, of whom there were about eighty-Hve as follows
 ]. L, Scott MT. and Mrs. ! w AL derson, c N Warren, N $. Alley Jas. L. Alley, Devine Carr, D. E. IIo- shall, Tom Bridgforth, Lawrence Mar shall. Jno. W. Naylor Fenner Eldridge, (. R. Izard. J. c. Bridgforth, Willie Campbell. Donnie Schlosser, Tom Tarver Foreman Kelley. Will Pope, W, F. Kirby. Mr and Mrs. Berry Russell. NJ. (. Hambleton. Chas Blu ford, oliver and Tom Rowland, Bruce Smith, JHo. Grobmyer and wife, J. NJ. Davis, Lee Dougherty, Jas. Walker, Miss Ruth Carr T. ]. Murphy, MT. T. l. Manson, Frank Swartz sam Burd, John Cargill, John Nichols, Mf. and Mrs. Monte pickerson, MT. and Mrs. A. !. Naccaro Leo Naccaro. Gazzola Naccaro, MT and Mrs. F. r. Taylor, Q. B. Rollwage, Mrs. l. F. Rollwage, NIT, and Mrs T G Green. Harry Gill, Dr. and Mrs L. II Mer- ritt, NIT. and Mrs II A Knight, Misses Myrtle and Elizabeth Davis, DoHie Gammel, Frances Christian. Mr and Mrs. Will Barnes MisFouise Barnes. Mr and Mrs. A. Beckfr. \. II. Mann. Miss Frances Mann Mr and Mrs. Ed Allen, MT and Mrs NJ. L Bowers and Bryan EoWef>, G. N LaugAinghouse. Miss Irene Freeman. Mrs L. S. Mar shall Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Taylor. F. L.. Nadakin Tom and Fred Stout and Ernest Nee
 Gpan arrival the speei8 train was met by Mr. W B. Mann and the en- tire party escorted to his lovely home awaiting the hour of tAe ceremony.
 There were perhaps twenty-five other citizeuS-reiatiyes and close friends members of the wedding party. etc, who had gone down previously. and many of them, and some few citizens of our sister city. were deco rated with these badges soon after ar riyal Of the train.
 At Mariana, the home and birth place of the queenly bride, the inter- est and enthusiasm was even greater than here if possible, and the ar rangements, altogether of q different nature, were magnitcently elaborate.
 The cards announced the ceremonies to take place at St. Andrews Episco- pal church, but that splendid little editice was discovered 10 be entirely inadequate to accommodate the at tendance, and the scene was shifted to l the preSbyterian church. which al-