The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-07-13
Recent Weddings.
TRUAX-CARNELL.

Truax, of Slpes Mill, and Miss
Maye CARMEL, of Dott, were unit
ed IN marriage by Elder A. Gar.
land, of the Baptist church, in
the presence of a large number
of friends. The bride is daugh'
ter of John Carnell, and has been
living with her grandmother ever
since she was II months old, at
which time her mother died,
The groom is a son Of Joseph
Truax, of Slpes Mill.
The parlor was handsomely
decorated, and the wedding
march was rendered by Miss
Goldle Mason of McConnellsburg,
cousin of the groom. The music
continued throughout the cere-
mony and congratulations. The
bride wore a handsome gown of
white silk embroidered Brussels
net trimmed in linen lace and in
sertion, made over plain net, with
a large white sash, and wore hat,
gloves, and white sandals to
match, and also wore a gold
breast pin that her grandmother
Mrs. Carnell, wore when she was
married, and two gold bracelets
that her mother wore when she
was married, and carried white
roses. The groom wore a becom
ing suit of black. Miss Verda
Sharpe, daughter of County Com
missioner James h. Sharpe and
cousin of the BRIDE, was maid of
honor, Mrs. A. j. Garland was
bridesmaid, and Mr.. Sherman
Bernhard was best man.
Among the guests from a dis.
tance were Charles d. Sherman
of New Haven, Conn, and the
largest automobile manufacturer
in the world, and r. A, Benning.
ton, of Hagerstown, Md.
After the ceremony the guests
were all invited to the dining
room, where sumptuous dinner
of turkey and many other good
things awaited them. There
were forty-plne present and their
names are all recorded in the
brides book. The bride recelv.
ed many valuable presents, some
of which are, two sets of silver
knives, forks and spoons, silver
butter knife, cold meat fork, a
large silver fruit basket, a hand.
some S-day clock, lot of hand
painted japanese ware, and many
other useful gifts, 46 pieces in all.
Some were from friends in Stock.
ton, Cal; ; Davis, w. Va; Portland,
Ore; Kansas City, Mo-; Merom,
Ind; Stanton, Mich; New York
City; Martlnsburg, w. Va, and
places IN Pennsylvania. In the
evening the Cahthumplan band
assembled and rendered some
very choice music long to be re-
memberd. They assem- bled
again Thursday night at the home
of the groom and gave their last
concert.
It's our understanding that
Mr.. TruaX intends gong to Wash.
ington, d. g., IN the near future,
and we feel sorry to see these
young people leave US, as the
groom Is a sober, industrious
young man, and one that we would
like to have in our community.
The bride will be greatly missed,
as she was the favorite clerk IN
her uncle's store at Dott and
was also organist in the church
for a long time.
The young people carry the
best wishes of their many friends
with them wherever their lot IN
life may be cast, and may their
joys be many and their sorrows
few.
ONE WHO WAS THERE.
ELLIoTT-TRUAX.
Ira p. Elliott of the Elmcourt
and Miss Virginia S. Truax, also
of the Elmcourt, were married by
Rev. DR.. j. Francis Cooper We'd
nesday evening at the parsonage.
They were unattended. The wed.
ding comes as a surprise to their
friends, neither having disclosed
their plans. Both are well known
in Brockton. Miss Truax has
been a teacher at the Brockton