The Forrest City times., 1911-08-25

Notable Wedding of Highly Cultured and Lovely Forrest City Girl to Prominent Little Rock
 Business Man.
FRIENDS TAKEN BY SURPRISE
Event Informal and Witnessed by
 Immediate Family Only.

Miss Olive Gillian Gatline. ITS; daughter 0f Hon and Ms. leHa Cat ling. of this city and one uf tie most cultured, highly intellectual and bril- liant young women in the State. was quietly married on Tuesday night, August. 22, lqll. at : o'clock, in the lovely home 0f her parents n this city. 10 MT. Larmartine Bascom Leigh. prominent and wealthy business man and banker of Little Rock. Rev Chas H Lockwood. n. h, of Helena, ofti- ciatiug. and reading the be2atiful and holy rit lalistic ring ceremony of the Protestant Episcopal church. ot which he is venerable priest. and of which the bride has been deyoat and consistent comm cnicant since early girlhood, in Lis usual saiemnly beautiful manner.
 The wedding was very quiet and al- together informal, and complete surprise tO the very large circle Of friends of the bride here and else where, and in Little Rock. where she had been teacher in the high school for number Of years, and was great Y beloved for her quiet. modest wo- manly virtues and natural and cul- tured intellectually. She was edu- cated here and in the University of Arkansas, Nandereil t and got her A. B. degree at Randolph Macon No- man $ college at Lynchburg. Virginia, also studied at [ niyersity of Chicago and other great educational instu- tions where she finished with highest | honors. both in literature and music and had considerable ability as a writer. though she did not pursue her l talents in this later respect, at least not for the public eye.
 She is highly esteemed and justly popular here and wherever she has made her home while pursuing her studies and profession. She also held the chair of English in the Stanton 1 College at Natchez. Mississippi. for several years, and BalliDger, Texas, one year, and il was with sincere regret that the officials there accept ed her resignation and allowed her to | 70 elsewhere
 The lucky groom is the senior mem- Der Of the popular insurance firm of
 l.. E. Leigh k Co.,. of Little Rock, and is one of that city's most promi- nent and active business men, having
 resided there the greater part Of his life He is at present president of the Little Rock School Board. and it
 was to that fact that he owes his first
 acquaintance with the beautiful and
 talented girl whom he has chosen as
 a life partner 10 share his triumphs
 and comfort him in his vicissitudes.
 He is also vice president of the Bank
 of Commerce, one of Little Rock
 leading financial institutions, besides
 holding official positions on the boards of number of other lead Ing
 corporations and business enterprises
 of that city, and is prominent in so-
 cial and religious circles as well.
 The ceremony was witnessed by the
 immediate family, near relatives and
 MT. Bard Nichols, and immediately
 afterwards he drove them 10 the Iron
 Mountain depot in his car. whence
 they started upGn an extended tour which will include St. Louis, Chicago,
 St. Paul, Winnipeg, and thence over
 the Canadian Pacific Railway to the | Pacific Coast thence to seattle, San
 Francisco. Los Angeles, California the Grand Canon, Colorado Springs,
 and many other most interesting I points, and returning to Little Rock
 where they will be au home after Oc 1 teber lst, and thereafter reside per manently.
 While waiting for their train d the
 Iron Mountain depot, the news Of their marriage flew upon swiftest
 wings and quite number Qf friends | quickly gathered To congratulate them and wish them gOdSpeed. great happiness and continued prosperity,
 and d number of teIegrams of con graduation and good wishes from friends and relatives of the groom in | Little Rock. reached them, among
 them being one each from Mr Reese | P HorrockS, F. II. Hill, MT and Mrs. Gilbert (. Leigh, and others
 Notwithstanding the quietneSs of
 the affair and there being no cards or other cOnyentionaIitieS the bride re- ceiNed number of magnificent pres ents as small tokens of the love and l esteem in which she k held by rela- tlHeS and friends, and The Times de sires to add its congratulations and
 best wishes for long life of health fulnesS happiness, and all that goes 1 to make life one long sweet joy Re gretting as we do to lose her citizen ship, for her absence will be felt in the circles in which she moved, and her influence for all that is good and pure, k great loss 10 our city, yet
 We hope that she will find her new station in fife genial, and that her surroundings may aid greatly to the charm of living