Putnam patriot., 1913-07-04
Wicks-.Noyes Wedding

GLADYS Noyes and Mr.. stanton Nicks
gathered at Christ Episcopal church
ON Saturday evening, June 18th, to
witness their marriage.
The church was beautifully trimmed
with flowers given by Miss Clark and
arranged by her hostculturist, Mr..
John Ash, and by the brides and
groom's friends. The altar was bank.
ed with white roses aud the windows
with laurel and pink roses. 9
Promptly at o'clock the wedding
party entered the church to the strains
of Memberships wedding march
played by the organist, Miss Annie
Ash. Pauline Lyon aud Kathleen IT.
win, as flower girls, came first carry
ing not only their roses but also the
white ribbon to form an aisle nearly to
the chancel rail. They looked pretty
in the white dresses and green sashes,
with large white bonnets with a touch
of green. The ushers followed, Messrs.
John Wicks, Roscoe Noyes, Albert
Guptill rand Perrin Babcock. Miss
Maroquita Dodge and Miss Eleanor
Jacobs were bridesmaids and wore
white silk muslin and lace gowns
with green satin tunios bound in seal
lops and had little lace caps ON their
heads. They carried lavendar sweet
peas. Little Eleanor Phelps, barely
seven years old, was maid of honor
and dressed In Kate Greenaway style,
in green muslin with big green hat
faced with white, carrying huge
bunch of white roses, looked SO sweet
one almost forgot TO look at the bride
who followed on the arm of her aunt.
Mrs. ). b. Overlook. They were met
at the chancel rail by the groom and
his brother, Bartlett Wicks, who acted
as best man. The officiating clergy
men were the Rev. p. >. Irwin and
Rev. w. b. Olmsted, Dean of Pomfret
School.
The bride was gowned in a very SIM
pie ivory white crepe meteor trimmed
with old Duchess lace and wore
tule veil caught on with orange bios
SONS and carried bunch of white
sweet peas. She also carried white
prayer book. Her only ornament was
a little gold heart on a slender chain, a
gift of her aunt at confirmation. Mrs.
Overlook was attired IN white crepe
de chine heavily trimmed with
crystal.
The marriage service was shared
equally by the two clergymen and the
responses of bride and groom could be
clearly heard through the church. AS
they left the church the Lohengrin
wedding march was played. Follow
ing the church service reception was
held at the home of DIR. and Mrs
Overlook at which Mr.. and Mrs. Fer.
dinand Wicks, father and mother of
the groom, received with the bridal
party. Mrs. Wicks wore beautiful
dress of black lace and jet lightened by
a touch of light blue. Following the
reception was dance for the brides
maids.
The bridal couple managed very
adroitly TO leave the house without the
knowledge of The company and were
far on their way TO Boston in an auto
before IL was known. Some OF the
young men followed in another auto
but failed to catch them although they
went within twenty miles of Boston,
The presents were many and very
beautiful, coming from many parts OF
the country. The brides grandmother,
Mrs. Pauline Smith, was present as
we'll as many other relatives of both
bride and groom. Also friends from
Syracuse, n. Y.
Dr. Overlook was missed by all as he
Is i'll In the Hartford hospital but he
was very anxious that the wedding
should go on just the same.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wicks went from Bos-
ton TO Quebec and will be away a
number of weeks, being ut home Sept.
list at Doane Hall Farm, their future
home.