The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-01-04
COUPLE WE'D MIDST
CHRISTMAS CHEER

One Of the prettiost little weddings
that was ever witnessed in East Hood
1 River Valley was sulemuized on Christ
mas Day when Miss kathren Warren
became the bride Of Mr. Oliver Mul.
vaney, the wei known wire chief of
/ the Home Telephone Co., of Hood
River.
The wedding took place at the home
Of the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
/ David Thorn in the presence of the
few intimate friends and relatives
I The parlOr and dining room were bean.
/ tifully decorated in Oregon Crane
/ mistletoe and holly, arranged artistic
/ ally along tie wall and ceiling with
circles Of the green at each corner and
on the candelabra. Large Christmas
uells were suspended from the center
II each circle. A large bell formed of
n green with large white bell sus-
ren led IN the center formed an en-
mace ing p ace Of beauty for the bridal
Marty tC stand under, while taking
heir vb ws of love for life and receive
he Good wishes Of friends. The house
was decorated IN color and scroll to
carry out both the Christmas and wed.
ding idea so beautifully blended in har-
monious colors and design that compli-
ments Of praise were lavished upon
Mrs. Ihorr, who superintendent the
lloral decorations for the occasion.
Miss Jean WOIverton, of Portland /
played Lohengrins wedding macrh. !
AT three o'clock p. m. as Miss Jean
began TO sing the first verse Rev. |
Parsons stepped under the large bell !
TO await the close Of the song, when
little Esther Mitchell entered the room
dressed in lovely white frock and |
carry inCsin her left hand large white |
Gala lily with the wedding ring lying
in its waXen cup. Following closely |
came the young bride carrying a beau !
tiful bouquet OF white carnations and
leaning on the arm Of her stepfather, !
MIR. David Thorn, followed by Miss
Garice Wolverton as bride smaid ard
carrying 4 bouquet of pink carnations |
They were met at the altar by the !
groom, accompanied by W. II. Warren !
the brother of the bride After the
+. ppy pair were pronounced husband
ac, wife and had received the con.
prgt, ,iations Of their friends, the |
diujrs room doors we've thrown open
and the merry crowd was soon seated /
at the ia bic to partako of most boun- |
tiful and delicious feast prepared by
The host and hostess with Mrs Norton |
and Madame Aundras presiding in the
dining room.
The out-of-town guests were Mr.. and |
Mrs. c. c. Wiley, slrter Of MIR. Thorn:
Dr.. and Mrs. G. s. Tucker, and the |
Misses Clarice and Jean Wolyerton, all |
of Portland, Ore. and W. II. Warren, |
of Seattle.
The bride wore a lovely gown of
heavily embroidered silk null. Her |
only ornament was a necklace of pearls
and she was verg beautiful in her
girlish purity and simplicity. The
bride smaid wore a white silk dress |
with a pink floral design and carried a
bouquet of pink carnations. The bride |
was the happy recipient of many |
valuable and beautiful presents, con-
sisting Of numerous pieces of silver |
and cut glass, fine Battenburg lunch |
cloth and art embroideTies. Prominent |
among the many valuable presents was
a sterling silver service of twenty six
pieces presented by W. II. Warren, of
EEdlLEy Tue bIluC D blUilNt. iuC UtiuG
received presents from friends covering
a wide area from Brooklyn, N. y, to
Los Angeles, Cal.
Mr.. Martin, of Brossard hotel.
Brooklyn, N. y, sent a lovely cut
glass vanity box with sterling silver
top lined with gold. SAFELY no little
bride of 1911 was ever so kindly re-
membered by friends, both old and
new. Contributed.