St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-14
RECENT WEDDINGS


On Thursday evening at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Z. Potts their
eldest daughter, Miss Beatrice Moore
Potts, was married to Herbert Wines
Stanley of Omaha, Neb., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Stanley of Plymouth,
n. H. The ceremony was performed
BY Rev. Frederick B. Richards of the
North church in the presence of a
large company OF relatives and close
friends The house was beautifully
decorated for the occasion by the
friends OF the bride and the color
scheme carried out was most pleas
ing TO the eye. The parlors were
done in trailing evergreen and yehew
chrysanthemums. the bay window
where the ceremony took place being
particularly pretty. The halls were
gay with autumn leaves and the din
ing room was decorated with yellow
ribbon and smilax, the centerpiece
for the table being of yellow roses.
To the strains of the wedding
chorus from Lohengrin, played by
Miss Elizabeth Peck on the violin,
the groom and the minister entered
the parlor from the hall and the
bridal party came down the stairs.
First came the bridesmaids and ush-
ers, Miss Florence Whitley of Napa-
mock, N. Y, and a classmate OF the
bride at Mount Holyoke college, and
Stanley M. Banf1old of New York city,
the groom's classmate at Brown Uni
versity, class of 1912; Miss Mabel
Silsby, Wellesley 1914, and Warren
Root of Brooklyn, Conn, Brown Uni
versity 1912; the maid of honor,
Miss Katherine L. Potts of the City
Hospital, Holyoke, Mass, and the
best man, George b. Weston of Hud-
son, Mass, the two little flower girls,
Margaret H. Potts and Alfredo Stan
ley, sisters of bride and groom, who
scattered marguerites through the
rooms as they came; and last the I
bride on the arm of her father. The
bride wore white messaline trimmed
with valenciennes lace. Her veil
was caught with lilies of the valley
and her bouquet was of the same
flower with bride roses. The maid of
honor wore blue crepe de chene and
carried yellow roses. Miss White
ley's gown was of yellow silk with
lavendar tunic, Miss Silsby's of yell
low taffeta and both carried yellow
chrysanthemums.
Mrs. Frank o. French ushered the
guests into the dining room where
refreshments of gold and angel cake
and ice cream were served. Mrs. !
Maurice III. Porter and Miss Agnes |
Stanley of Plymouth cut the ice
cream which was served by Miss Mar
jorie Albee of Barnet, the brides |
cousin, and Miss Elizabeth Stanley of
Plymouth. Mrs. Ira ]. AIbee of Bar
net, the brides aunt, had charge of |
the guest book and Miss Mildred |
Rowe of Concord, n. H, another
classmate of the brides at Mount |
Holyoke, gave out the wedding cake |
boxes. The bride cut the wedding |
cake to the delight of the bridal par
ty. After the ceremony the bride |
and groom said goodbye to everyone, |
then went to Barnet to the home of |
the brides grandparents, Mr.. and |
Mrs. Sherburne Moore. From Bar
net they started for Omaha where |
they will be at home after November !
LIST, at 3012 Mason street. The |
bride is a graduate of St. Johnsbury
Academy, 1910 and after teaching
for year in the public schools here |
entered Mount Holyoke College with
the class of 1915 and spent two years
there. For the last year she has
been reporter for the Caledonian.
The groom who is a graduate of
Brown University, class of 1912, has
a position with Swift & Co., in
Omaha.