El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-17

/ elaborate wedding this afternoon when
/ Miss Sophia. McCOwen, daughter OF Mr..
/ and Mrs. Duncan Z. McCOwen, became
| the bride of Allen q. Graham, son Of
] Mrs. ". a. Graham. The event was
| Of prominence socially and many guests
! were present, including out OF town rela-
/ tives and friends.
The church was lavishly decorated for
/ the event and was transformed into q
! veritable floral garden. There were seven
( floral arches, three down each aisle and
/ one large one IN front of the altar, from
which hung a wedding bell OF white
| sweet peas and ferns. The front Of the
/ church was banked with flowers and
| ferns. The predominant cOlOrs were pink
and white. Ping ribbon streamers and
| ferns adorned the pews. Many yucca
/ blossoms were used in the decorations.
The time set Tor the wedding was
o'clock. at which time with Mrs. George
| Frenger presiding at the pipe organ rem
/ dered the wedding march from LOhen-
grin. Mrs. Graham. mother Of the groom,
and Mrs. AlcCOwen, mother OF the bride,
and Mrs. Earl Graham. sIsterlnlaw OF the
groom, were ushered in and were fol-
! lowed by George Frenger. d cousin Of
the bride. and Mr.. and Mrs. A. JacOby
and Mr. and Mrs William Jaeoby.
Next came the ushers. They were
Raymond Frenger, Theodore Lester, Ed
ward Lyon, Edwin Holt, VIII Lane and
Otto Wettlaufer. Then came the groom
and his best man, Numa Z. Erenger,
cousin of the bride.
The bridesmaids came next and were:
Misses Anna Bell Lane. Ruth Day, Grace
Buell.. Margaret Matthes, Lillian Parker
and Eleanor Lyon. These were attired
in beautiful lacey white gowns of be-
coming style and wore pink picture hats,
and carried bouquets of sweet peas.
Next came the matrOn of honor, Mrs.
Numa c. Frenger, cousin OF the bride,
and her gown was handsome, being OF
blue silk with white trimmings. She
wore a picture hat matching her gown.
and carried flowers. The flower girl
was little Miss ROsalie Frenger. dressed
in a dainty blue embroidered silk, and
wearing a wreath of flowers on her
head. She carried a basket Of flowers
which she strewed IN the pathway of
the bride who entered on the arm OF
her father. who gave her in marriage
The impressive ring service was used,
Rev Thomas A. Mitchell. pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, officiating.
He was assister by Rev. {. X. Campbell,
pastor of the Methodist church.
The bride wore a handsome gown OF
embroidered white crepe de chine with
brides roses and ferns.
As the wedding party left the church
MendelssOhn's wedding march was played
with Mrs. FrengeT at the organ
Immediately after the ceremony a Ie-
ceptiOn was held at the home OF the
brides parents. where the happy couple
received the greetings and best wishes
Of their friends.
The bride spent most of her life in
Organ and Las Cruces She Is "a tai
ented vocalist and spent two years
abroad, pursuing her musical education,
returning about a year ago.
The groom Is a former student Of the
state college. and at the present time
Is soil expert in charge Of a large iTrl-
gated farm at Midland Texas
Mr.. and Mrs. Graham leave Las Cruces
OF the 4:30 train for their new home
at Midland, Texas.
Hears Brother Is Kiltei
Samuel TOnkin. who lately moved
here from Kelly. Y. NJ. received word
Yesterday that his brother. William
TOukin, had been killed at Kimberley,
Nevada No details of the killing were
stated in the telegram. The deceased
was A wears of age and was foreman
cf the Nevada Consolidated mine His
family Is in England at the present time
and Mr.. TOnkin had been anticipating
Joining them there to make their home.
The fire department was practicing
a hose drill on Griggs street last even
ing. They also flushed numerous fire
plugs. IT. F. Katzenstein Is chief Of
the department.
Miss Elizabeth Quisenberry and Miss
IyttOn R. Taylor viii entertain num-
Der Of young women at the formers
home near town on Wednesday afternoon
e d Il,
elect. The affair viii be in the nature
of a linen shower.
Homer !. Gault of the reclamation
service, left here this morning for El
PasO to spend a few days. In the alb
sence of L. NJ Lawson, project engineer.
who is on his vacation and Incidentally
making a trip to Havana Cuba and there
to meet his family, who viii return
with him to FL Paso. Mr.. Gault is acting
project engineer on the Rio Grande pro-
lect. He spends a portion Of his time
in the El PasO office.
a dance was held in the ArmOrv last
evening for the benefit of the baseball
club
Miss Merle Blinn. of Cincinnati. Ohio.
arrived here yesterday to visit her cOus-
IN Mrs. Earl Graham. of Winnipeg, G all
ada who is a guest in the home of her
mOtherinlaw. Mrs. w. A Graham Miss
Flinn is a graduate Of state college,
being a member of the class of 1906,
distinguishing herself as class poet. Sha
Is on her way to San Francisco and
viii leave here Thurs Jay for that city.
Illness Follows Outing.
Miss Helen James, only daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. P. R. James, was painfully
III Yesterday as a result of her outing
IN the mountains at Solidad canyon the
day previous. She is now much i'm
proved and has passed the danger point
L. H. Clay, who also was a member
of the party who went to Solidad can
yOn on Sunday was compelled to place
himself under the doctors care yester-
day. The other members of the party
were able to survive the big eats" and
were at their places of business yester-
day.
Mrs. J. G.. Stuart and daughter. Miss
Sadie, of the vicinity of Mesilla, spent
yesterday afternoon as the guests of the |
formers daughter Mrs. Neil Cross.
Mrs. Margaret SummerfOrd and chill
dren. Beulah Ethel. Oliver. Henry and
Edgar. left here yesterday for Atlanta.
Georgia They viii later visit In Flor