Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-26
SOUTH NEWFANE.
5rockett- Stratton Wedding In Suffleld,
Conn.

5rockett- stratton Wedding In suffieId,
Conn.
A wedding of much interest to many
of our townspeople on account of this
being the birthplace of the bride, took
place on the evening of Jan. H. at I
O'Clock, in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eben N. Stratton in Suffield, Conn, for
merly of this place, when their Oldest
daughter, Miss Verna Mae Stratton, and
Frank Nathaniel Brockett, both of Suf-
field, were married.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
William Abbott Smith, pastor of the
Second Baptist church, the single ring
service being used.
The house was deliberately decorated
| with laurel and carnations, the coler
| scheme throughout the house being red
| and green. The ceiling in the front par
| lors where the couple were married was
| a mass of latticework of laurel, while
| in the front of the room was a large
arch of laurel interviewer with six doz-
en- carnations, and in the background
| was a solid bank of laurel and carna-
| tons.
The music room was trimmed with
masses of laurel and ponsettia bios
SONS. The living room was trimmed
| with blue beech branches and wedding
| bells The decorations were arranged by
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Taft, and the
brides personal friends.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Miss Jennie Iva, Stratton, as bridesmaid,
while the best man was Fred Brockett,
a brother of the bridegroom. The ush-
ers were Hugh Stratton of Providence,
r. l., a brother of the bride, and Byron
Wetherell of Suffield, Conn. The Lohen-
grin march was played by Miss Mary
Hastings of Agawam, Mass, as the
wedding procession passed into the par
| lor also during the entire ceremony.
After the ceremony and during the re-
| ception Mendelssohns march was play
| ed.
The bridegroom, best man and Rev
| Mr.. Smith led the wedding procession
down the front stairs into the parlor
| through the living room, while the
bridesmaid and bride passed into the
parlor through the music room and were
met under the laurel arbor by the best
man and bridegroom
The bride wore a gown of white silk
| messaline with bead trimmings. She also
| wore bridal veil caught up with sweet
peas and carried a shower bouquet OF
| carnations.
The bridesmaid wore a gown of light
| blue wolfe, trimmed with beads and car
| ried a bouquet of daybreak carnations
After the ceremony the bride and
| bridegroom were assisted in receiving by
| Mr.. and Mrs. Stratton and Mrs. Johr
| Brockett. Refreshments were served IL
! the living room by Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert r. Taft assisted by Allan Clark
Roy and George Bailey of Agawam
Mass, Ernest Bailey of South Newfane
Miss Cora Halliday, Helen Hamilton
| Miss Florence Birge and Miss Lenna
| Bailey of Agawam, Mass.
There were about 100 relatives ant
| friends of the two families at the re-
| ception, among them persons from Clare.
| mont, N. H., Brattleboro, Newfane
| Barre, Providence, r. L., Hartford
| Thompsonville, Conn, Springfield, West
| field and Agawam, Mass.
| The couple received many handsom,
and useful wedding gifts, including {
! quartered oak dining room set, a gold
en- oak library table, many pieces O.
| painted china, a parlor clock, cut glass
| pictures etc.
Late in the evening Mr.. and Mrs
| Brockett went to Hartford Conn. They
will make a. trip to New Hampshire ant
Vermont. They will be at home in Ma
| pleton avenue after March / to theil
| friends.
The bridegroom is a tobacco grower
| and farmer, while the bride is a grad
| uate of the Connecticut Literary Insti
| tute in the class of 1905 and for the las
| four years has taught school very sue
| cessfully. Two years she has taught II
North Street school, Suffield, Conn. Hel
30 scholars gave her a shower recently
and every scholar remembered her with
a wedding gift