The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-14

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Daughter Of J. Ed. Walbrldas Bride
OF Pretty Home Wedding

The residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]
Ed. Walbridge at Bennington Falls
one OF the old historic dwellings of
Southern Vermont, was the scene OF
a pretty home wedding Friday even.
ing, when their daughter, Mary Adel.
AIDE, became the bride of Fritz AL.
bert Armstrong of New Haven, Conn.
The ceremony was performed In
the parlor, one of the original rooms
OF which the finishings have remain
ed unchanged since the house WAS
Quilt over a century ago, and in the
presence of the relatives of the CON
tracing parties.
Southern smilax was the FREEDOM.
mating material used In the exceed.
lngy pretty decorations In the par-
lor the artistic effect was materially
aided by tasteful arrangement of
palms and bay trees. The smilax.
trimmed dining room softly illumina-
ted with candles made a strikingly
beautiful picture.
MISS Walbridge made charming
pride In a dress of white creme me.
teor over white silk with pearl trim.
mings and old lace. She carried a
larse bouquet OF white crysanthe-
NUNS.
Miss Florence A. Walbridge sis.
ter OF the bride, was maid of honor
She wore white chiffon cloth over
white pompadour silk and. like the
pride, carried white crysanthemums
me best man was j Harding Arm.
strong of Waverly, Mass. and the
ushers were Stanley Hall of West Ac.
ton, Mass, G. c. Rausch of HYDE
Pafk' Mass, Maurice Wall and r. M
Paddock OF Bennington.
To the softly executed strains of
the bridal chorus from Lohengrln
the bridal party marched down the |
stairway into the smilax- trimmed hall |
through an aisle of ribbons held Inv |
the ushers and under an archway of
smllax into the parlor. The ofiela. !
ting clergyman was Rev. II. C. Har.
man OF Newark, N. j., assisted by
Rev w. F. Meyer, pastor of the Ben.
nlngton Baptist church. The Van
Dyke service was used.
After the ceremony there was
a reception attended by nearly 1850
guests who were received by Mr.. and
MRS Fritz A. Armstrong, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. W. Armstrong and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Ed Walbridge. Following
'he reception refreshments were ser
we'd in the dining room where the
members OF the brides Sunday
school class, Misses Catherine and
barbara Burt, Jane and Flora Bur.
CESS, Mabel and Maude Harris
Maude and Bessie Edison, Mollle Rob.
Inson, lnez Kimball, Louise Warn.
and Bertha Rudd assisted.
Mrs. H. c. Armstrong and Mrs
Frederick T. Huntington had charge
d the service. Music for the cere-
nony and the reception was furnish.
"a by part OF the Baptist Sunday
school orchestra.
Inc out-of-town guests were Mr..
md Mrs. A. W. Armstrong OF HYDE
lark, Mass Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hall
md Miss Helen Hall, Stanley Hall
'lr. and Mrs. Delete Hall. Eugene
tall, Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Hall and
Misses Helen and Evelyn Knowlton ,
u West Acton, Mass, Mr.. and Mrs
Harding Armstrong and son, Rich.
lrd OF Waverly. Mass, and c. C.
tausch Of Hyde Park, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armstrong left last
'venlng for a weeks stay in the :
White Mountains. For the present :
hey Will make their home In New J
iayen, Conn. Mr. Armstrong is a +
wi engineer in the employ of the =
springfield Construction company. I
nd the nature of his profession pre-. !
hides the making Of permanent do. Il
1icile' Mrs. Armstrong was born in 4
and has always resided (,
town. She is a graduate of the n
high school and OF Brad.
ora academy She has been active 4
the social affairs of the commun. a
~ particularly among the younger :,
eople, and in her church and she ;
as large circle OF friends who viii .
lsh her long and happy married +