Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-10-10
CARTER.JOHNSON
WEDDING BEAUTIFUL
State Bank Examiner and Miss
Carter Married with impress
sive Ceremony at Jeffer-
son, Iowa

The following account Of the we'd
ding of State Bank Examiner George
Justin Johnson and Miss Marie Ladd
Carter at Jefferson, Iowa, is taken
from ''The Jefferson Bee" of last
Wednesday. Announcement cards
have been received by Bismarck
friends of Mr.. johnson, stating that
he and Mrs. Johnson will be at home
after January LIST at 800 Fifth street.
The account Of the wedding follows:
The First Methodist Episcopal
church of this city was the scene of
most beautiful wedding on Tuesday
evening Of this week when Miss Marie
Ladd Carter, only daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. H. Carter, of West State
street, became the bride of Mr.. George
Justin Johnson, of Bismarck, North
Dakota. The beautiful ring service
was used and the impressive ritual
was read by Rev. A. H. Collins in the
presence of some two hundred guests.
The already attractive auditorium
was beautifully decorated with great
masses of green foliage banked
against the altar, together with huge
baskets Of Killarney roses, tied with
pink tulle, which rested on pedestals
at either end of the altar.
AS the guests gathered for the cere-
mony, Eppels orchestra, of Boone,
concealed in the choir loft behind q
great hedge of foliage, rendered
beautiful program Of music.
Promptly at eight O'Clock the words
of Mendelsshohn's Bridal Chorus were
heard from the vestry and a moment
later twelve young ladies, singing as
they came, entered the church, and
proceeding to the rear of the audi
torium came down the center aisle to-
the altar. They were dainty gowned
in white with pink sashes of tulle
caught at the shoulders by pink but
terflies and wearing pink butterflies
in the hair.
AS the boung ladies took their
places to the left of the altar the
ushers, Mesrs. S. j. Sayers and L. w.
Flack entered. They were followed
in turn by the maid of honor, Miss
Bernice Prickett, of Falls City, Ne
braska, cousin of the bride, and the
matron of honor, Mrs. P. z. Mowry,
of Monanga, North Dakota, twin sis
ter of the groom. Miss Prickett wore
q beautiful gown of white embroider-
ed Organdie over q pink silk, while
Mrs. Mowry was gowned in pink taf-
feta. Both carried baskets of pink
roses.
Immediately preceding tn ebride,
came the dainty little flower girls,
Margaret May Cockerill and Caroline
McCully, prettily dressed in pink taf-
feta and carrying gold baskets filled
with Cecil Brunner roses.
The bride entered on her fathers
arm anr was met at the altar by the
groom and Mr.. Taylor o. Thompson,
of Fargo, North Dakota, his best man.
The bridal costume was beautiful
creation of crepe meteor elaborately
trimmed with Pincess lace and pearls.
A veil of white tulle, worn with cap
effect and fastened with the orange /
blossoms worn by her mother at her
wedding, fell the entire length of the
train. She carried a magnificent bou-
quet of valley lilies and ochids. Her
only jewelry was diamond pendant,
a gift of the groom. Schuman's /
Traumerei was played softly during /
the ceremony.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
the young ladies burst into the Bridal
chorus fom Lohengrin, which they
sang as the Hridal party passed
from the church.
Reception at Home.
The ceremony was followed by a
reception at the home of the brides
parents on State street. In the re-