The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
JONES-BRISTOL WEDDING HELD
 THIS EVENING
Social Event of the Season in StratfOrd-Other Interesting
 News Notes

With the same minister, the same
 organist, and the same bridal veil that
 her mother had at her wedding twen-
 ty-two years ago, Miss Ruth Briant
 Bristol, daughter of Postmaster and
 Mrs. William B. Bristol of Judson
 Place, Stratford, will this evening, be-
 come the bride of Raymond Bucking-
 ham Jones, son of Supt. and Mrs. w.
 W. Jones Of the Bridgeport hospital
 The ceremony will be performed at 7:S0 o'clock in Christ church, with the Rev. Charles Pardee of Naugatuck, formerly the pastor of Christ church,
 officiating
 The church has been handsomely decorated for the occasion with palms,
 bay trees, ferns, and orange blossoms. and 1t Is conceded by all that the wedding will be one of the perttiest ever held in Stratford. The Rev. MT Pardee will perform the wedding cere- mony proper, and Rev. N. Ellsworth Cornwall, the present pastor of Christ church, will pronounce, the benediction. The old English ceremony will be car ried out the bride being given away
 by her father on the floor of the church, after which the attendants form into an aisle, the bride and groom passing between, to the altar where the marriage VOWS are taken.
 The bride will wear a handsome gown of white charmeuse, trimmed with rare old lace. handmade, the same lace used by her mother, and grand mother, at their weddings, the lace be- ing more than fifty years old. She will wear a bridal veil and will carry a shower bouquet or bridal roses and lilies of the valley.
 The maid of honor, Miss Nina Auf- ford, will wear a gown of blue crepe de chine, with chiffon and lace trim ming. She also will carry a shower I,--, the valley. The brides maids, Miss Marjorie Silltman, Miss Arlene Cur tis, Miss May Beardsley, and Miss Rachel Pickett will wear gowns of crepe de chine with beaded tunics. The colors will be pink, yellow, 1aven-l der and blue, respectively. Each young lady will wear an ostrich plume in her hair, and will carry a bouquet of pink and white sweet peas, tied with dewdrop chiffon ribbon to match the gowns. e
 The best man will be Stuart Nara more, and the ushers will be Milton Stein, Paul Brandes, Louis Bristol, and Robert Blakeslee, Jr., Mrs. Elmer Beardsley, the we'll known organist of South church. Bridgeport, will preside at the organ.
 After the ceremony at the church the bridal party will return to the home of the brides parents on Jud- son Place where a reception will be held from until 10 o'clock. The Kim bel Mandolin quintette will render music at the reception and refresh ments will be served, Miss Grace Auf- ford, Miss Lorraine Follett, Miss Lil- Han Follett, and Miss Myra Curtis, assisting in passing the wedding dain- ties.
 The bridal couple will leave some time before ten o'clock on their we'd ding trip which will be to points UoS chi PhiJa da1TAhiq RoJ timore, Harrisburg, and other impor- tant cities below the Mason-Dixon line.
 The array of wedding presents at the Bristol home Is certainly a beautiful one. The gifts comprise cut glass. china, linen, pictures, and furniture. The gift of the brides maids and maid of honor was a hand some electric chafing dish and from the best man and ushers, beautiful fumed oak sectional bookcase and writing desk. The groom's gift to the bride was a "Lavellier" pearl and sapphire necklace, and the brides gift to the groom, an opal stick pin. The bride presented the maid of honor and the brides maids with solid gold cres- cent pins, with four leaf clover and pearls in the center. The groom pre- sented the best man and ushers With solid gold wish bone stickpins.
 The bride is one of the best known and most popular young ladies In or Stratford. She attended the Bridgeport High school and was member of Kappa Phi Sorority. MT 1 Jones attended the Bridgeport High school also, first meeting Miss Bristol when a. student at this institution. He later attended the University school and after finishing his studies there became assistant superintendent at the | Bridgeport hospital in which capacity | he is employed at present.
 On returning from their wedding | trip, MT. and Mrs. Jones will reside 1 at No. sos Grant street, Bridgeport.