Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-09
Brilliant Social Event
at First Reformed Church;
GroOm's Aunt ed Yesterday
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Carlisle, Pa, March 9.-March this
year takes the place of June as u
month for weddings inSCarlisle. half a
dozen important events being set for
the following three weeks. To-day the
largest social event of the year oc-
ours IN the wedding of Miss Sarah
Z. Maust and G. Henderson Humrich
Yesterday Miss Mary Ann Humrich,
an aunt of the last-named, and Will
nam Oscar Noaker, II Shippensburg
merchant, were married, and the we'd
ing of Miss Mary Brenneman and
Preston SaVidge will be held next
Tuesday.
The Maust-Ilumrich wedding. which
will take place in the First Reformed
Church at 8 o'clock this evening,
marks the elimination of round of
unprecedented gafety and entertain
ment in honor of the couple, who rep
resent two of the leading families
here. Three hundred guests are in
vited for the wedding this evening.
DR.. G. NJ. Diffenderfer. former pas
tor of the First Lutheran Church, and
the Rev. r. l.. Coblentz, of the Re-
formed Church, will conduct the cere-
mony. G. c. Curran, New York city,
is best man and Mrs. G.. C. Curran,
matron of honor. The bride will be
given away by her father Brides
i''ettNo eAi Z Illt -hlSStS JtStll IluN lilOTle,
Julia Hawthorne. Helen Brindle and
Josephine Ritter. all of Carlisle, and
the ushers, Robert and Reed Einstein,
II. f. Carol and G.. A. Strohm, also
from Carlisle. Helen GuckenS, Col
lingswood, n. j., is flower girl. Will
liam Hoover, of Harrisburg, will sing q
prelude, 80 Promise Me-"
The brides gown is white satin.
The color scheme is to be gold and
white. this arrangement being carried
out in the dresses of the matron and
bridesmaids, with dresses of white,
covered with gold net. Following the
ceremony reception will be held at
the home of the brides parents. They
will be at home after April ! in an
apartment here. Guests from New
York city, Philadelphia. Harrisburg.
Mechauicsburg, New Castle and New
port will attend the ceremony.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fillmore Maust, the former at
one time representative from this
district in the State Senate. She is a
graduate of the Carlisle high school,
class of 1910, and attend Wilson Col
lege for a time. The groom is a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles +. Humrch,
a graduate of Conway Hall in 1912,
and now i'm the insurance business
here.
Unique historical interest was at
tached TO the wedding of Miss Mary
Ann Humrich and William Oscar
Noaker, of Shippensburg, in that the
brides dress and articles iiguring in
the ceremony have been in the family
for generations and are all of ira
ditional interest
The wedding was an evening affair,
the Rev. A. r. Steck, of the First Lu-
theran Church, being the minister.
The attendants were Miss Helen B.
of Bryn Mawr, and Chris
tian Humer, of Carlisle. Miss Hum
rich'S gown was a composite affair.
one-half being the wedding gown of
her paternal grandmother and the re-
mainder the gown of her maternal an
cestress. The entire creation dated
back S6 years. A table 100 years old
was set for the wedding supper, orna-
mented with candlesticks 1875 years
old, all family heirlooms. About 100
guests We're present. They will be at
home in West King street, Shippens-
burg, after April /. Mrs. Noaker is a
graduate of Dickinson College and
active in church work. The First Lu-'
theran Sunday School departments
each sent presents. The groom is a
leading grocer in Shippensburg.
The next important event is the
wedding of Miss Mary Brenneman, of
this place, and Preston Savidge, of
the affair being the culmi-
nation of a college romance begun
while the latter was a student at Dick
inSon.