The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
BUCKINGHAM-HAYEs

MISS Helen L. Hayes, daughter or MT. and Mrs. Jesse M. Hayes of Fair field. and MT. John H. Buckingham, son of MT. and Mrs. Conrad Bucking- ham of Southport, were married at 6:30 last evening in St. PauTs Epis- copal church. Fairfield. Rev. R. D. Hatch of Southport read the betroth- al service and Rev. A. D. Beeman, rector of the church. concluded the ceremony. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Miss Doro- thy Smith of Fairfield was maid of honor, and Miss Barbara Carroll of Wallingford. and Miss Dorothy Lau- der of this city were bridesmaids Clyde Buckingham, brother of the bridegroom carried the white satin pillow upon which was embroidered the initials of the bride and groom. Cornelius Johns, choir boy of Trinity church, New Haven, sang 70 Perfect Love" between the bethrothal and marriage services. John Forsythe was best man., and Clarence M. Hayes, brother of the bride, William Middle brook. Raymond Woodman, of Wall ingford, and Frank Treadwell of Southport were ushers.
 The brides gown was of white satin having a train. of four yards in length. Her veil, caught to her hair with lilies of the valley. covered her face. Her bouquet was of lilies of the valley. The maid of honor wore law ender taffeta with net, and carried an arm bouquet of maiden hair fern The bridesmaids wore pink pussywil- low taffeta and carried pink roses and ferns. A reception followed the cere- mony at the home of the brides par ents. MT. and Mrs. Buckingham will be at home after their wedding trip in beautiful Colonial house in South port.
 .s Designs for the stone seat to be erected in Seaside park as the me-
 porial of the Bridgeport Center of Drama were considered at the meet ing of that organization held yester- day afternoon at the home of Mrs c. D. Mills, in Coleman street. The funds for the seat were obtained at the Shakespearean ball held at The Stratfield in the Spring. A simple but beautiful model of seat was chosen and quotations from s"As You Like It. were selected to adorn it. The me- morta1 will be placed near the Bar mum statue in the park and will be enclosed by a boxwood edge. The Drama league has planned a splendid program for the coming winter which includes several lectures.
 Miss Julia Rogers Beach of Mill ford win give dramatic recitaI\ of 'Peg O. My Heart" at 3 p. m. on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 2, in the ball room of the Sea Side club, for the benefit of the Anne Hathaway cottage fund of the Bridgeport Art league. Miss Beach's charm as reader is well known in Bridgeport where she has given a numbev of re. scftals and it is expected that a con- siderable sum will be added to the fund through her efforts.
 The sale of tickets for the motion picture of the Ambulance and Avia- ton corps in France, which will be sahown here at the UniversaIist church at o'clock Friday afternoon and at !S:15 in the evening has been large. The pictures will be explained by George Roeber who is in America on leave of absence from the front for the purpoSe of procuring money to fit out a new ambulance for work in Luo WAT. 4AS AuOGOh pASIuA CS were made under the auspices of the French government in recognition of Sthe heroic work of the American Am bulance Field service at the front. The pictures will be shown under the auspices of the Fairfield branch of the Red Cross society and the ,Surgi- { cal Dressings committee of this city but the entire proceeds will go to the Ambulance corps fund.
 The first Y. W. c. A. dance of the winter will be given by the Lamda Tau club tomorrow evening, October 26, at Seaside Institute. It will be a harvest dance, with the hall decorated tin all the rich colors of the fall, of ogolden corn and pumpkins, and of 1ruddy autumn leaves. Admittance will be by ticket, procured from mem | bers of the club On Saturday after