Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-18
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Foran-Shanuon.

Foran-shsnpon.
 Another brilliant social event was the wedding of Miss Madeleine Valerie Shannon. dauRnte~ of MT. and Mrs. James B. Shannon, of Washington street and John Kennedy Koran son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Fioran, of New London The ceremony was per- formed at St. Patrick's church at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning by [ Rev. John H. Broderfck There was a very large attendance and an attrac- tive floral decoration of palms, Easter and calla lilies inside the chancel rail. E While the guests were assembling, | Organist Frank L. Farrell gave sew eral musical selections, including Prelude .................... Dubois Invocation .......a............- Dubois | Melody ........--.. Salome | Ioccata .......---......... Frysinger
 The Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin, played by organist and orchestra, her aided the entrance of the bridal party The ushers were Arthur T.. Keefe, Rob- ert Keefe and Peter c. Ward of New London, J. Henry Shannon, brother of the bride, and T. Gerard Desmond of this city and William E. Baclus of South Windham
 Following them were the brides maids. Miss Yolande Stone of Union 1 town, Pa, and Miss Katharine M Hobbs of Cleveland, O., classmates of the bride at Vassar college. Miss Nina Stone of Uniontown Miss Louise K Hawley of New York, Miss Ella shan non, sister of the bride, and Miss | Martha Anderson of this city.
 The matron of honor was Mrs. Ar | thur T. Keefe of New London a sister of the groom, who preceded the bride and her father
 The best man was Prank L. AIcGuire l of New London, the groom's brother tn-law- Master Charles McNamara, a nephew of the bride. acted as page. During the ceremony MacDowelIs 1 To Wild Rose was played by MT. | Farrell, and the recessiona1 was Men i delssohn's Wedding March by organ and orchestra
 Ohiciating at the mass were Rev John H. Frederick, celebrant; Rev. T. M. Crowley of New London, deacon: Rev. John Nea1e, L. L. D. of Meri-
 den, sub deacon; Rev. P. J. Cuny master of ceremonies.
 Seated in the sanctuary were Rev J. H. Fitzmaurice, Rev. W. H. Kenne- dy, Rev. T. F. Ramon, WilIimantic, Rev. F. R. DesSureault. occum, and Rev. M. P. Calvin. Norwich.
 The music included
 Kyrie .....--............. Willard Ave Maria .................... Apt Sanctus ............-...... Gounod ] Agnus Del Willard ,I Mrs. Farrell was heard in the so- prano solo and John Sullivan in the l tenor.
 The bride wore an exquisite gown
 of white satin made with court train,
 a tulle veil with orange blossoms, and
 a pearl brooch which was gift from the groom. She carried a shower bou-
 The matron of honor also wore white
 satin, the gown worn at her own we'd
 ding last November, with a pink pie ture hat, and carried a large basket o1 2 Css---1 Hi l-
 dresses were of tulle over yellow satin
 and were trimmed with blue panne
 velvet. They wore picture hats !. trimmed with yellow Georgette crepe
 and carried baskets of Ophelia roses ] The ushers had boutonnicres o1 , white roses and the groom and brides
 father, lilies of the valley.
 Nearly 150 were present at the re- , ception following, which was held al 2 l the brides home.
 | MT. and Mrs. Shannon and MT. and
 Mrs. F'oran received with the bridaa . party. Mrs. Shannon wore gown o1 = green chiffon and Mrs. Foran wore Q blue crepe. The house was beauti- e fully decorated in green and white 2 with touches Of pink. The reception I room was @ bower of palms, aspara. y gus fern, lilies, dogwood and Ameri s can Beauty roses. Southern dogwooC t and snilax were twined about tht @ hall with pink snapdragons, giving tht
 
 also used with palms and vines in th'
 library. Pink roses, orchids and liliej
 of the valley were combined with ? bird palms in the dining room. Al the decorations were by Geduldig.
 The wedding breakfast was served IS by the Wauregan House. Music wa
 furnished by Malone's orchestra Thei
 program was:
 l. Wedding March, Mendelssohl e Intermezzo Russe, Frank n Selection, Blue Paradise,
 e Eysler and Romberl k Skating Waltz, Harri Q Mazurka de Concert, Bendi- d Humoresque, Dvorak-Lamp g Operatic, Girl Who Smiles, IF Briquet and Philli J. ouartette, Rigoletto, verd 'r Popular Airs, Remicl a Wedding Breakfast. In The menu was as follows: Essence de Volatile en Tasse. a' Galatine of Capon with Truf1es. S Lobster Salad aux Mayonnaise. "a Breakfast Rolls. .u u Bisque Tortoni in Assorted Fruits. Fancy Decorated Cakes. oa Demi- Tasse.
 HuyIer's Bonbons
 There were a large number th beautiful wedding gifts in silve
 china, cut glass, books and othe in house furnishings. The brides gi III to the groom were diamond studs s' st in platinum. Her gift to the matro st of honor was a pearl and diamon
 bar pin, and to the bridesmaids, saI in phire and pearl pendants. The usf | ,sr