St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-06-28
RECENT WEDDINGS.

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contracting parties were Miss Mary
Florence Hyde, elder daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Goodrich, and
Sceva Speare of Boston occurred
last evening at the home of the bride
on Clinton Avenue. The house
was very attractively decorat-
ed in green and pink and
white, trailing evergreen, aspara-
gus fern, daisies, pink peonies and
roses being used. The banister
was wound with evergreen, aspara-
gus fern, and daisies, in the parlor
an arch of evergreen was formed in
the bay window, filed with pink
peonies, under which the ceremony
was performed, and asparague fern
ropes extended from the electOlier
to the bay window; in the library
there were pink peonies and pink
rose. The guests, of which there
were about 125 present were received
at the door by Miss Bertha Silsby
and were shown to the dressing room
by Miss Dorothea Clark. The ushers
were DIR. Wills B. Fitch and William
A. Peck of Boston. To the strains
of Mendelssohn's wedding march
played by Miss Louise B. Tyler at the
piano and Miss Marguerite Tyler,
violinist, the wedding party descend
ed the stairs, preceded by the ushers,
and entered the parlor through an
aisle formed of pink ribbons. Then
came the bridesmaids, Misses Ethel
M. Speare, the groom's sister, of
Lynn, Mass, and Helen G. Stevens;
the maid of honor, the brides sister,
Miss Gertrude Hyde; and Mr.. Good
rich and the bride. They were met
in the ,parlor by the groom and his
best man, his brother, Alden Speare of
Honolulu, and the double ring cere-
mony was performed by the brides
pastor, Rev. George w. G. Hill, D.
D., the bride being given in marriage
by her father. The brides gown was
of ivory white embroidered chiffon
cloth over white satin, and she wore
a veil caught with orange blossoms
and carried a shower bouquet of lilies
of the valley. The maid of honor
wore pink chiffon over pink silk,
trimmed with embroidery and carried
pink Killarney roses. Both brides
maids wort white embroidered wolfe
and also carried pink Killarney roses.
FoillWing the ceremony, Misses Louise
and Marguerite Tyler played the we'd
ding march from Lohengrin, congrat-
ulations we're offered, Mr.. and Mrs.
Goodrich receiving with the bride and
groom, and refreshments of cake and
ice cream were served by Misses
Mabel Spencer, Maude Menut, Ger
trude E. Franklin, Louise B. Tyler,
Marguerite Tyler, Ruth Tyler, Mil
dred Foster, Mary J. Nelson Joseph
inc E. Peck, Marion Stanley and Mrs.
w. Edmund Blodgett. The punch
bowl in the dining room was presid-
ed over by Misses Margaret Clark and
Mathilde Foster.
The bride was for some time en-
ployed as bookkeeper in the Office of
the Berry-Ball Dry Goods Co., and
for the past tire years has been en-
ployed as bookkeeper by the Blake
ley Printing Co., at Chicago. Mr..
Speare is travelling salesman for the
Brown-Durell Co., of Boston, and
both have a host of friends in this
town and elsewhere. The bride was
the recipient of an abundance of ex-
quisite wedding gifts of china, cut
glass, silver, linen, embroidered
pieces and pictures.
Relatives from away who attended
the wedding were Mrs. D. j. Foster
and two daughters, Mildred and
of Washington, d. c.,
of Lynn, Mass, sisters of the groom,
NH, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
R. Corwin of Somerville, Mass, and
Miss Flora M. Winch of McIndoes.
Bennett-Lyster.
A quiet home wedding took place
at the home of the bride in Water
ford Thursday afternoon, when Miss
Fannie Isabel, only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. w. A. Lyster, was united in
to Herbert Leslie Bennett,
the ceremony being performed by
Rev. A. B. Enright of Danville, be-
fore a few near relatives. The
bridesmaid was cousin of the bride,
Miss Jane A. Silsby of Claremont, N.
H., and the best man was the brides
brother, Merton e. Lyster. The bride
wore a white muslin dress and car
ried shower bouquet of pink peonies
and maiden hair ferns, and the
bridesmaid also wore white muslin.
Inc room was prettily decorated with
evergreen, daisies and peonies. Mr..
and Mrs. Bennett returned from a
short wedding trip Saturday after
noon and were given a very pleasant
reception at the home of her parents
Saturday evening, when about rs
relatives and friends were present
The guests were presented to the
ter and congratulations and best
wishes were extended. During the
evening ice cream and cake were serv-
ed by Mise Hazel and Hildred Lys-
ter and Mabel Miles. Punch was
served by Misses Bertha Daniels and
Irene Ellis. The bride was the re-
cipient of many beautiful presents
including a. piano and a check for
800 from her father. Mr. Bennett
is employed at Danville and Mrs. Ben
nett will remain at her fathers for
the present, and later they expect to
locate in st. Johnsbury. Among the
guests present were Mr. and Mrs.
]. r. Lyster of Littleton, Mrs Geo.
Garyin and daughter Candace of
Danville, Mr. and Mrs Will Ranney
and daughter Marjorie from Concord,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Clark and two
children from Peacham, Mrs. H. F.
Colby, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy P Metcalf, |
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