The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-20
Civic Leaaue Meeting.

WHICH Te1TeSuuGutS WcT0 SoEFeU W
the hostesses.
Civic League Meeting.
The Civic league will hold a special
meeting Friday morning at ten o'clock
Eleanor Brown, GLIB Orleans avenue.
Important matters relative to the work
of the league for the club year will
be discussed and 1t Is hoped that
there will be q large attendance.
Birthday Party.
Delight Ramp. SIG Carroll street,
celebrated her sixth birthday anui
versary yesterday with a very pleas.
ant party to which the following
little girls were invited: Dorothy
Springer. Elma Mundorf, Emily
Wright, Helen Petry, Grace Gilfllan,
Bessie Sheppard, Josephine LaFever,
Rubie Slack, Evelyn Hufkins, Mary
Nelson and Celestine LaFevre.
cooper-Sheldon Wedding.
The following account of the we'd
ding Of Miss Agnes Cooper to Ralph
Sheldon, announcement of which was
printed in The Gate City recently, is
taken from the Minneapolis Journal:
A wedding which took place in the
Congregational church in Stamford,
Conn, on Saturday, July Is. was that
of Miss Agnes Lillian Cooper, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh L. Cooper.
to Ralph Willard Sheldon Of Ovation
ma. formerly Of MINNEAPOLIS, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Willard Sheldon,
of Knox avenue s. About 400 guests
attended the ceremony at 4:30
O'Clock. Rev. louis. F. Berry per-
formed the ceremony. Miss Cooper
was given in marriage by her father
Miss Elizabeth Cooper, her sister,
was the maid of honor. The other
attendants of the bride were Mrs.
John Shepard Pendleton of Stamford,
Miss Dorothy Anderton OF New
York, Miss Alice Herrick of STAN
ford, and Miss Dorothy Mccain of
Dayton, Ohio. The ushers were
Clark Benham Of Minneapolis, Gil
bert Demarest of New York, who was
Mr.. Sheldon's roommate at Prince
ton university; Lauren Arnold of
Philadelphia, who was his roommate
at Haverford preparatory school;
Maurice Warner of Minneapolis, EN-
erson Cole Ward of Waseca, Mimi,
John S. Pendleton of Stamford, Bar
ry Addinsell of Brooklyn, and John
Percival Allen of New York.
The wedding music was played by
Harry ]. Epson, professor of music
at Yale university.
Miss Cooper's wedding dress was
Of white tulle embroidered in pearls,
with a court train of white satin,
also embroidered in pearls. Her tulle
veil was wreathed with orange bios
SONS and she wore a diamond and
platinum brooch, the gift of the bride
groom. She carried bouquet Of
lilies of the valley and white sweet
peas. The maid of honor wore a
white lace dress trimmed with pink
and green taffeta and white lace hat.
Her flowers were pink sweet peas.
The other attendants of the bride
were in frocks of pink taffeta, with
touches of blue and silver, and hats
of pink taffeta, with tiny French
flower wTeaths. Each carried a
shepherdess' crook and bouquet OF
pink roses and pink sweet peas
Willis Thompson of Minneapolis
was the best man.
A reception followed the service at
the home of the brides parents on
Strawberry hill, which was attended
by about 200 guests. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sheldon will be at home in Owatonna
after September 1.
The bride was debutante last year
She visited in Minneapolis and shared
honors with a number of Minneapolis
buds in the seasons festivities. She
is A graduate of Miss McLain's sch DOL
in Paris and before going abroad at
tended school in Ingleside, Conn.