New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
Brilliant ThrongW
Ceremony at South
amptOn Church.
MISS MILLIKEN BRIDE
OF ROBERT T. HOUK
Miss Marjorie McElroy and
John Israel Merritt, Jr.. Mar
ried at WhiteStOne, l.. !.
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Olga Wiborg. youngest daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. s;ank Wiborg, became
the bride to-day OF Sidney Webster
Fish, youngest son Of Stuyvesant Fish,
at the Wiborg summer home here
The ceremony took place in St.
| Luke's Church at 1880 o'clock. The
Rev Mr.. Chorley, Of Garrison, y. Y.
officiated, assisted BY the rector, the
Rev Oscar Tredor. Miss Wiborg was
attended by her two sisters. Mary Hoyt
+ and Sara s. Wiborg, who wore diaphan-
GUS gowns Of orchid shade net over
silk. The skirts were trimmed with
1 iridescent bands. and from the shoul-
ders hung small capes Of lavender
cloth of gold. Tilted hats. with blue
ostrich tips, completed the costumes.
The b:ide wore simple frock OF
white satin, with lace on the bodice and
founces Of tulle on the skirt. The veil
was fitted closely 20 the hair and was
held in place with a band of orange
blossoms. The bouquet was also Of
orange blossoms.
The ushers were Frskine Wood.
| Charles Appleton. Frederick Cruger and
James Park. Benjamin Moore was
best man. After the ceremony the
guests were taken to The Dunes by
motor, where a wedding breakfast was
P StlNtu on the ltiI dCt ONfllODhluE lit
ocean. The brides table of thirty
covers was on another terrace under an
awning. An orchestra played during
breakfast and for dancing afterward.
Amid a shower of confetti, rose leaves
and rice the young couple left at $3.50
o'clock for Sag Harbor, where they
boarded Mr. Fish's yacht.
Among those present were General
Nelson 4. Miles, Stuyvesant Fish, Mr..
and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, jr., Hamilton
/ Fish. the Misses Julia and Helena Fish,
Mrs. Alfred NJ. Hoyt, the Misses Rosina,
Annie and Elizabeth Hoyt. Colonel
Swords. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish
Webster, Mr.. and Mrs. Griffith, Mrs.
/ George Gould, Miss Edith Gould. MI.
| and Mrs. Albert Gray, Roger Sherman.
/ Hoyt Sherman, Hoyt Sherman Grinth.
/ p Tecumseh Sherman. MIR. and Mrs.
Hoyt Sherman. Mr.. and Mrg. James i.
/ Breese, Miss Frances Breeze. Lawrence
! S. Breese, the Misses Elsie Nicoll.
/ Marjory Curtis, Audrey Osborn.
Eleanor Lamson and Beatrice Claflln.
/ Mr.. and Mrs W. Scott Cameron, Mr..
and Mrs George Barton French. Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Newton. Mr. and Mrs.
/ Clifford Potter, Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo
/ Woodhou5e, Dr.. and Mrs. P. B. Wyckoff
| and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Claf1in.
| Miss Wiborg, who is the youngest OF
the three sisters, has lived much abroad
and went on a tour around the world
with her family in 1912. She has been
prominent in Junior League entertain
ments for several winters and is an &C
compiished musician and dancer. The
/ Wiborg home was formerly in Cincin-
natl. but for the last few years the
! family has lived in New York at ii
East Forty-ffth Street.
Miss Marjorie McElroy. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lemuel McElroy,
of Overlook, Cryder's Point, White
stone, Long Island, and John Israel
Merritt, son Of John |. Merritt, OF
Shore Road, were married yesterday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in Grace
Church. Whitestone. The ceremony
was performed by the rector, the Rev.
William Jenkins. "
The bride wore a gown OF white
satin with pearl trimmings, and car
ried a wreath of orange blossoms and
a bouquet Of orchids and lilies-of-the-
valley.
Miss Alice McElroy, sister of the
bride. as maid Of honor, wore gown
/ Of Georgette crepe and white satin and
carried a bouquet of roses. The brides
maids were the Misses Dorothy ana
! GLADYS Merritt, sisters Of the bride
groom; Vioia MacDougall, Of Flushing;
Margaret Tuohey, of New Rochele;
/ Martha Miller, OF Bellmead, \. j., and
Helen Gilleaubeau. Of Mamaroneck, y.
Y. They wore pink silk nets and hats
of tulle ard carried bouquets OF roses.
c. Leroy Hendrickson, Of Garden
/ City, was best man. The ushers were
/ Rudolph l.. Won Bermuth and g. Ames
/ Beals. of Cryder's Point; William a.
/ Kjrbel. G.. Blackburn Miller and Fred
/ erick H. McCoun, of Manhattan, and
/ Douglas 6. Carter, Of Boston.
A buffet lunch was served after the
ceremony at Overlook, the home OF the
brides parents. More than three hun
dred guests were present. Late IN tne
evening Mr.. Merritt and his bride iett
on their honeymoon trip. They VIII 1--we
in Garden City.
! The bridegroom is a grandson OF the
late Captain Israel ]. Merritt. founder
of the Merritt-Chapman Wrechlng
Company, who upon his death, ten
wears ago, left large estate. He IS
graduate of Columbia University, 10,
and is treasurer Of the company found
ed bv his grandfather. The bride Is
graduate of ST. Mary's School, Garden
City.
Miss Ruth Miliken. daughter Of
Foster Milliken, of % West Forty
seventh Street. was married at noon
Yesterday in ST. Thomas's Church 20
Robert Thurston Houk, jr. The ccre-
mony was performed by the Rev.
Irving NJ. McGrew, OF Philadelphia. as
sisted by the Rev. DR.. Ernest NJ.
| Stires. The bride, who was given
away by her father. was in gown OF
, white satin and duchess lace, with
which she wore a tulle veil fastened
with orange blossoms. She carried
shower bouquet of lilies-o f-the-Valley.
Miss katherine Talbot Houk, Sis
ter of the bridegroom, was the maid
of honor, and other attendants were
Miss Marjorie Ladew Williams. OF this
city; Miss Anna NJ. De Graf and Miss
Katharine NJ. Brown. of Plainfield, y.
j.; Miss Louise Lynch, OF Towanda.
Penn; Mrs. Alexander Hammer, OF
Lexington, Mass. and Mrs. Phllip
SCHUYLER Church, of Geneva. y. \.
They were all dressed alike IN gowns
Of apricot tafieta and wore large black
velvet hats and carried sunset roses
and yellow orchids.
Harold +. Talbot was best man and
the ushers were Foster Milliken, IT,
Philip Schuyler Church. Alexander
Hammer. William d. Graves, Jr., and
Nelson F. Talbot.
The ceremony was followed by re-
ception in the Louis XVI room OF the
81 Regis. The couple received under
hover OF asters and Easter lilies.