The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-09-18
NOTABLE WEDDING
AT BATTLE CREEK
Miss Garnet VoIertsen, Daughter c.
Former Denison Citizen, Mar
ried to Thos. WeatherWax
Groom Member Of Famous Weather.
wax Concert Co., Appearing on
Chautauqua Platforms.

We publish below an account OF
the wedding of Miss Garnet Vollert.
sen, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ber
nard Vollertsen, who formerly lived
in Denison, but now residing at Bat.
tie Creek. The bride has many
friends and relatives in Denison and
Crawford county. The groom, Mr..
ThOs. WeatherWaX, appeared on the
chautauqua platform in Denison last
year as a member of the Weather.
wax Concert company. The notice
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock &C.
Cured one of the prettiest home we'd
dings of the social season, in which
Miss Garnet, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernard Vollertsen, was united
in marriage to l.. Thomas Weather.
wax. The entire house was decorat-
ed most deliberately with roses, as
ters, smilax and ferns.
Promptly at 4 o'clock Miss Elsie
Thomson, friend of the bride, took
her place at the piano, when to the
strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march, the bridal party descended
the stairs. Rev. E. j. A. Kallsen en-
tered the room, followed by the groom,
the maid of honor, Miss Lorraine
Vollertsen, sister of the bride, dressed
in pink wolfe over pink silk and car
rying large bouquet of pink roses;
then the bride, followed by little
Neva Petersen, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. r. Petersen, of Charter Oak,
who acted as ring bearer in a be-
coming and graceful manner, carry
ing the ring imbedded in the heart
of white lily.
The bride wore a beautiful gown of
brOcaded crepe de chine over heavy
white satin embroidered in pearls and
carried a large bouquet of brides
roses and lilies of the valley. The
groom wore the conventional black.
Immediately following the cere-
mony and during congratulations Miss
Lorraine Vollertsen sang Perfect
Day." after which the company was
served to an elegant four-course din
ner. Pieces of brides cake put in
dainty boxes were passed following
the dinner. The dining room and
tables were very pretty in their dec
Grafton Of pink and white and the
other rooms were made more attract
i've by large bouquets and the grace
full festooning of foliage and smilax
about the chandeliers. The rest of
the afternoon was spent in a jolly
and informal way during which time,
following the proverbial custom, the
bride threw away the bridal roses.
which were caught by Miss Elizabeth
Woodward, of Hamburg, Iowa.
The many beautiful gifts received
by the bride and groom were much
admired by the guests. The bride and
groom's gift to Miss Lorraine Vol
lertsen was cameo lavaleire and to
the ring bearer a dainty little brace
let The groom's gift to the bride
was a solitaire pearl ring. The
brides bouquets of pink and white
roses were gifts from the grandmoth-
err, Mrs. H. NJ. Duncan, of Denison.
The gifts to Miss Elsie Thomson and
MOllie Adams, of Charter Oak; Eliza
beth Woodward, of Hamburg; Gladys
McCord, of Denison; Beulah Warn
ock and Clara Manson, of Battle
creek, were cut grass DOllDOn QlSnCS.
The five last mentioned girl friends
of the bride certainly did lovely in
serving the elegant wedding dinner.
The brides going away gown was
a brown cloth suit with brown chif-
fon waist hat, gloves and shoes to
match. Both the bride and groom
are we'll known to Battle Creek, Char
ter Oak and Charles City people and
are prominent and popular young peo-
pie. The bride graduated from the
Charter Oak high school and then
finished a kindergarten course at
Cedar Falls and then received the
work in the Charles City
school which she successfully con-
trolled during her stay there.
The out of town guests at the we'd