The Caucasian., 1911-07-09
Notes and News
Of Interest
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been gay the past week with SOcla
pleasures extended in honor of their
son, Ensign Frank Scanland and his
lovely bride As the marriage OF En-
| sign Scanland-a worthy son of q
noble sire-is Of special interest to
the friends of the Scanland family
found numerously all over the State
Iwho will rejoice in the happiness
and honors heaped upon this distin-
guished young son of Louisiana, we
reproduce in full the interesting
notice of Mr.. Scanland's marriage
clipped from The Sun and Visitor
of Winthrop, Mass, June "a:
Ensign Francis w. Scanland, U. S.
N, of Benton, La, and Miss Mildred
Florence Boyd, daughter of Lieuten-
ant Harry L. Boyd of the revenue
cutter Winnissimet, and Mrs. Boyd
of ii9 Bartlett road were united in
marriage Thursday evening at 8
O'Clock at st. Johns Episcopal
church, by the rector, Rev. Charles
w. Henry.
The wedding party entered the
church to the strains of the wedding
march played by Miss Helen Ray, a
cousin of the bride. The bride, who
was given away by her father, was
gowned in white satin, with an over
dress of chiffon. The trimmings
were pearls, crystals and duchess
rose point lace. Her long veil was
caught back with orange blossoms
and in her hand she carried show
er bouquet of orchids and lilies of
the valley. The maid of honor was
Miss Gertrude O'Reardon of Balti-
more, Md, who wore gown OF blue
satin, with overdress of lowered
trimmed with pinks, and
she also carried a bouquet of pink
roses. The groom, the father of the
bride, the best man, Ensign James
Boyd Rutter u. S. ~, the ushers and
many of the guests were in full
dress uniform.
About 400 invitations were sent
out for the church service and near
ly all to persons living in this vicin-
ity were accepted, so that the
church was crowded. The church
was very handsomely decorated
with white roses, daisies, palms and
ferns.
AT the close of the service the rel
atives and close friends of the bride
returned to her home, where re-
oeption was held. Mr.. and Mrs. Scan
land received their friends in a cor
ner bower of a lattice work of
white satin ribbon covered with
pink roses and ferns. All of the dec
orations in the different rooms of
the house were of roses and ferns.
The ushers both at the church and
house were Ensigns Thomas Van
Metre, Luther Welsh, Spencer Lewis
and VIM. w. Smith, all classmates
Of the groom. Mrs. Boyd, the mother
Of the bride, was -gowned in black
messaline under chiffon, and the
brides sister, Miss Margaret Vir-
yinia Boyd, who is a very handsome
all blonde, wore gown of white
trimmed with white
satin. An elaborate wedding supper
vas served.
The wedding is the result of an
,arly romance, the young people
having met at Annapolis where the
groom was at the naval training
school.
Their wedding trip will be to
louisiana to visit the parents and
'elatives Of the groom, and they will |
ail for New Orleans on Saturday, !
to be absent a month. On
he homeward trip they will visit |
he grandmother of the bride, Mrs. |
Boyd of Annapolis, Md, who was too
II to attend the wedding ceremony, |
)ut sent gift of choice silver and |
tea set of Chinese rose medallion |
ware.
The gift of the bride to the groom |
vas a coral pendant; those to the
)est man and ushers were stick |
,ins. From her father the bride re-
'eived a valuable watch and from
Ter mother diamond ear rings. The
L. j. M. Boyd of Annap-
Ills, sent very handsome check. |
from her aunt, Mrs. Ray, came a |
much priced gift of a hat pin in
which was set a cairngorm, the
tone Of the clan McIlvaine of Scot
and, for Mrs. Boyd is of Scotch de-
cent and this is indicative of the |
Ian of her people. There were val
liable gifts from the warrant officers
# the North Dakota and the junior
Ulcers of the mess, from the war
ant officers and enlisted men of the
evenue cutter and an unusually
arge number from personal friends
md relatives, for both the young