Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-31
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS
GOVERNOR PLAYS
( GOLF IN SOUTH
The Governor and Mrs. Brum-
baugh Spend Their Honey
moon at Southern Resorts

Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh and
his bride will spend their honeymoon
visiting the resorts of Virginia and
North Carolina. They will remain in
the South for the remainder of the
week and the Governor hopes to have
soma games of golf. They are now at
Pinehurst, n. G.
While no announcement has been
made, 1t is expected that the Governor
will return to Harrisburg next week.
He has a number of important meet
ings then and told friends here that he
expected to be away from the Capitol
only a short time.
william II. Ball, the Governors sec
retary. to-day authorized the follow
ing statement:
"The Governor did not send out to
the many good people of Harrisburg
announcements of the marriage be-
cause he has not had the pleasure of
personally meeting these people, nor
has his wife. They, however, wish it
understood that when they return after
March l they will be very glad to well
come all these people to the Mansion
and hope to meet them frequently"
Wedding Ceremonies
The wedding ceremony for the Gov
ernor and his ward, Miss Flora Belle
Parks, took place Saturday afternoon
at o'clock at the Germantown Church
of the Brethren with the Rev. George
Dilling Kuns. pastor of the First
Church of the Brethren, Carlisle and
Dauphin streets. of which the Gov
ernor is a member. officiating, assisted
by the Rev. Milton c. Swigart pastor
of the Germantown church. Neither
the bride nor the bridegroom had any
attendants.
The bride was attired in a dark
gray travelling suit, severely tailored
he yrrI1f fur ton
leather pumps and black sailor hat,
with q white feather, and a corsage
bouquet of violets. She carried a black
silver handbag throughout
the ceremony.
When the pronouncement of the
marriage was made the Governor
kissed the bride and then kissed his
daughter, Miss Mabel Brumbaugh, who
had left her pew to congratulate. As
IF slightly dazed, Mrs. Brumbaugh
stepped to one side. but Miss Brum-
baugh ran to her and kissed her re-
peatedly. while Louis ]. Kolb. his wife
and daughters and other friends were
wringing the Governors hands.
There is an element of more than
passing interest in many of the details
of the Governors marriage, for each
seems to dovetail very prettily with
the other. In the first place, Miss
Parks has been a dear friends of the
and was, in fact companion and
household assistant to his wife. She,
too, was a student at Juniata College,
over which the Governor presided as
president years ago, and she was q
teacher of no common merit.
When the Governor, at % years of
age, was superintendent of schools in
Huntingdon county the Rev. DIR. Swi-
CART was a teacher at Miff1in College,
and both scholars became fast friends.
Then when young Brumbaugh became
head of Juniata College his friend
matriculated there for the study of
theolgy, and the friendship was GEM
ented into close affection, which has
been lifelong.
The Governors lady" is tall. stout
and dark. She has an exceedingly
pleasant face, and the Governor is said
TO have spoken of her as "a woman of
great common sense" In a sense she
has filled the post of chatelaine of the
Executive Mansion. as Miss Brum-
baugh, the Governors daughter, dis
liked social duties and preferred to
follow her work as teacher.
Miss Margaretta Fleming, of Ill
State street, left to-day for a visit
with Mrs. William S. Godfrey, of Bryn
Mawr. and Mrs. Neil Salsich, in Phila-
delphia.
Mrs. Oscar Louis Gagg, of 214S
North Second street, has returned
from a visit with her mother, Mrs
Henderson, at Germantown.
Miss Katherine Drawbaugh, of 1406
North Second street, leaves Wednes-
day for Boston to enter the Boston
Convseratory of Music as a student
in harp playing.