The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-05-06

the parade were units symbolizing the
progress of civilization as well as
several attractive floats from the
Richland district.
The spectacular and symbolic fea-
lures of the parade were the work Of
the Kennewick parade committee and
Of Geo. E. Finley, of Finley, to whom
had been given the task Of working up
the old settlers feature. All of these
gentlemen deserve much praise for
the manner in which they "put over"
'Kennewick's part of the parade. Mr..
Finley, especially, is to be commended
for the interest he displayed, as he
spent many days Of his time and no
little cash out of his own pocket in
getting his prairie schooner ready for
the line Of march.
At the close of the Pasco parade
the crowd began to move to the Ken
newick waterfront where the big fea-
ture Of the day, the wedding Of Miss
Columbia to Mr.. Snake was. to take
place upon the arrival of the flotilla
from Lewiston. By special trains, ad-
mirably handled by the Northern Pa
cifc; by gasoline ferry and by way
Of The "Inland Empire" which had
besn impressed as, q passenger ferry
for sthe day, the people -streamed to
the Kennewick side to await the COM
ing Of the boats. s at,
~ Here the delay, occurred which some
what marred the festivities and made
the carrying out of Kennewick's part
Of the program q difficult affair. Al
though the fleet was supposed to be
docked at Kennewick at noon, it was
long after one o'clock before the flag
ship "Undine" poked her nose through,
the open drawspan to the accompani-
msnt of footing whistles ahd waving
handkerchiefs and parasolsa When the
eUndine" finally docked after q brief
stop at the Pasco wharf, it was found
that although she carried Senator
Jones, who was to tie the allegorical
wedding knot, the groom-to-be, Wal
lace Stanton, of Lewiston, was not
He, unhappily, had been
placed upon the 81. N. Teal" later
and slower boat, so was still some
miles away at the time the wedding
party was assembled and waiting. The
expectant hundreds gathered about
the ceremonial platform growing rest
less after considerable wait, it was
decided to proceed with the wedding"
and F. A. Jones, Of Pasco, one of the
groomsmen, needed no urging to ac-
cept the role of the groom.
Miss Kate Williams, of this city,
as the bride, "Miss Columbia" was
supported by four maids of honor,
Miss Pearl Cunningham, Miss Olga
Fylpa, Miss Mayme Jorgensen and
Miss Ruby Slaugenhaupt, and was at
tended by score Of bridesmaids, rep
resenting cities and towns in all Sec
tions Of the Inland Empire. The men
Of honor were Cushing Baker, of Wal
Ia Walla, and L. E. Thomas, Of Pros
ser, with dozen or so groomsmen
from Kennewick, Pasco and various
other towns also in attendance. Lit
tie Lucille Collins and Esther Moulton
were flower bearers.
The bride was given away by Ad-
miral w. p. Gray and the ceremony
was performed by Senator Wesley L.
Jones, who paraphrased upSr the US
ual wedding vows in an apt and ready
manner, which amused the big crowd
to applause.
The wedding party made pleasing
spectacle, the attractive bride and
her attending young ladies in their
summery gowns and the men in their
holiday attire of serges and flannels
forming an interesting and pleasing
tableaux.
After the ceremony the crowd made
a swoop down upon the barbecue
grounds, where thousand pounds of
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