The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-07
INTERESTING WEDDING
Fargo People Attended Notable We'd
ding Near HattOn, N. Done of
Most Elaborate of Season.

The following account of the
riage of Miss Kathryn Louise Stavens
and Magne Sigbert Awes is taken from
The Northwood Gleaner and will be of
considerable interest here:
"A wedding perfect in every partic-
ular n SURPRISING in magnitude and
loneliness of detail any previous event
Of this nature in the annals of this
community, was that which was con-
sumated at Little Forks Lutheran
church, near Hatton, N. D., at high
noon, on Thursday. June rs, and which
united the lives and fortunes Of Kath-
ryn Louise Stavens of Hatton and
Magne Sigbert Awes of Northwood.
THE church interior was a fairyland
of harmonious flowers and other decor
atoms one by connoiseurs from Fargo
to please the most aesthetic, sense. Ru-
pert's orchestra of Fargo rendered in-
est music as the bridal party began to
arrive. The bridegroom, accompanied
from a rea entrance of the church,
as the other attendants. e. G. Larson,
M. %. Hegge and Theo. Blegen, and the
bride and her retinue began the pro-
flower girls, Misses Lydia Awes, Hanna
Stavens, Frieda Eikeland, Waldberg
Awes, Gladys Digness, Lille Larson,
Esther Buen and Ruth Stavens. ali
pCduSiiulIy dLI4IS0 dllu WSdIIiiS d. VdT-
iety Of lovely flowers and bearing
baskets of daisies, carnations and
many-colored flowers, and of rose
leaves. They scattered the rose petals
dressed in a brocaded silk crepe char
meuse with real pearls and hand-em-
brotdered lace and trimmed in real
Duchess lace and wearing a long bridal
or the arm of her father, who gave her
away. She carried a shower bouquet
of orchids, lilies of the valley and white
roses, and presented a most charming
and lovely appearance. The maids of
honor. Miss Julia Lee of Aneta and
Miss Ida Ogdahl of Glenwood, Mimi,
and the bridesmaids, Miss Dagny AWes,
Miss Agnes Stayens, Miss Loui Gan
rud, Miss Gyda Awes and Miss Louise
Nyhus, were also most attractive. AS
the orchestral strains of Mendelssohn's
beautiful wedding march ceased the
bridal couple met beneath the suspend
bell, and listened to an impressive
sc%riptura1 sermon by Rev. Al. J. Eike-
land while the violins rose n fell In
soft M enthralling cadence. Mrs
Stevens of Fargo then beautifully rem
dered a solo, oh, Promise Me. The or
Echestra continued with the Melody of
Love, while Rev. Elias Awes, the father
of the bridegroom, read the marriage
upon the finger of the bride the we'd
ding ring.
Immediately following the wedding
the marriage reception was held at the
home of the brides parents, about five
miles distant from the church. Here,
in this elegantly appointed home,
among the beautiful groves, the bridal
couple received the fluctuations and
congratulations of the many guests,
while Rupert's orchestra played and
Soloists Prof. Theo Blegen, M. e.
Hegge and Mrs. Stevens gave delightful
numbers. About 300 guests partook OF
the sumptuous wedding men
THE bride is the next eldest daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Stavens
Mr.. Stavens is one OF the pioneer set
tiers OF North Dakota, coming to this
country III the seventies, and has ac-
duired q beautiful n modern home
which lies amid great groves or fine
trees, while his broad acres Of fertile
farm lands are reputed to number over
100 quarter sections. probably about
10000 acres.
The bridegroom lis the son of Rev,
and Mrs. Elias Awes, of Northwood, m.
d., and is a. young man who Is widely
known and esteemed and whose pro-
bgress In the business world has been
nothing short Of phenomenal and has
excited general comment. Mr. AWes liz
engaged In an extensive land business
In western North Dakota, which lie
conducts from the Fargo; M. ID, office,
his future residence place.
Nh. and Mrs. M. Sigbert AWeg leave
ION their wedding our Sunday, taking
AFE