Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-22
Briggs.Dean.

One of the most brilliant social affairs
that has taken place in South Paris in a
long time was the wedding of DR.. Carl
S. Briggs and Miss Ida s. Dean, at High.
land Cottage, the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George A. Briggs, Wednesday evening.
1t was planned 10 have the wedding
on the lawn, and the weather conditions
permitted the full carrying out of this
design, the rather threatening skies of
the morning clearing early in the day,
and beautiful June evening following.
The guests began to arrive early, and
at quarter past seven, the hour for the
ceremony, three hundred or more people
were gathered on the slope below the
house, where two lines of white stand
ards crowned with flowers marked the
course Of the bridal path. At the lower
edge of the lawn was bower of ever
green constructed for the occasion.
As the strains of the wedding march
from Lohengrin were begun by Shaw's
Orchestra, stationed in the music room
of the house, two of the bridesmaids,
Miss Alice Swan of Lynn, Mass, and
Miss Grace Dean of South Paris, cousins
of the bride, issued from the door OF the
house and unwound the white ribbons
to form the bridal path. Along the path
first came the groom and his best man,
DR.. William B. Traynor Of Biddeford,
and took their places near the bower.
Later there came the BRIDES party, led
by little Dorothy Dean, the young sister
of the bride, who was ring bearer, Miss
Helen Morton and Master Hugh Morton
Of Crystal, N. H., following and scatter
ing flowers along the path. The bride
was on the arm of her father, Albert E
Dean, aud was accompanied by the maid
of honor, Miss Catherine G. Briggs, Sis
ter of the groom, and the other brides
maids, Miss Ruth Bolster and Miss Rose
Clark. Following were the ushers,
Freeland Witham Of South Paris, and
Chester Briggs Of Mechanic Falls.
At the bower the marriage ceremony
was performed by Rev. Chester Gore
Miller, using the double ring service.
The bride was given away by her father.
The bride was gowned in white crepe
meteor with silver trimming with roses,
and carried bride roses. Her veil of
tulle was confined with lilies of the val
lev. The maid of honor wore white
embroidered net and carried bride roses.
The bridesmaids were in white, and
carried lilies of the valley.
After the ceremony the guests were
received by the newly welded couple,
and then repaired to the house and ada
cent lawn, where sociabilty reigned for
an hour. Miss Belle Ames and Miss
Rena Tribou presided over the punch
bowl on the veranda, and the members
of the bridal party were assisted by q
number of friends in serving ices and
cakes. A number of selections were
played by the orchestra, and solo was
sung by Mrs. Ruby Briggs.
A very large array of wedding gifts in
one of the rooms was in charge of
Misses Carrie and Gertrude Hall. The
guest book was in charge of Mrs. Arthur
Soule, and all the guests were requested
and desired to register.
Later in the evening the bridal couple
took motor car for Shagg Pond, where
they are occupying the Walker camp.
After their return they will be for the
present with the yoom's parents, but
they plan to build a bungalow another
year on the hillside below Highland
Cottage.
DIR. Briggs is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George A. Briggs, and has always lived
in South Paris. He graduated from
Tufts Dental College 10 1913, and opened
an office here in March of that year,
where he has since been engaged in the
practice of dentistry. The bride is the
elder daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
<. Dean. She graduated from Paris
High School in the class Of 1911, taught
school for short time, and has since
had position in the Office Of the Paris
Manufacturing Co. Both are proficient
musicians, and Miss Dean has for some
time been organist at the Methodist
church in Norway. The esteem In
which they are held in this town where
they were reared has received such
abundant testimony in all ways in con-
nection with their marriage that 1t hard
| ly needs mention.