St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-06-14
CAMERON : CRlVT
Brilliant Wedding AT St. Andrews
Church Followed By a Large Re-
ception At the Brides Home

ST. Andrews church was the scene
of a very pretty wedding Wednesday
evening when John Stark Cameron of
Washington, D. c., was married to Miss
Virginia Sampson Grint, eldest daugh-
ter of the rector of the church. The
ceremony was solemnized at $50, the
church being effectively decorated
with honeysuckle, apple blossoms and
other June flowers. and filled with adj
miring guests. The bridal chorus
from Lohengrin was played by Hugh
Mackinnon, now organist at THE Lit
tie Church Around the Corner" in New
York City, assisted on the violin by
Miss Marjorie Cramton. AS the mu-
sic started the ushers, Albert Kicker
of Boston, DR.. w. G. Kicker, Joseph
Fairbanks and Warren L. Peck ad-
vanced up the center aisle in pairs,
each couple dividing at the head of
the aisle and proceeding to the rob-
| ing room and choir room. There the
doors opened and they met the four
bridesmaids, Miss Sarah P. Cameron,
/ the groom's sister, Miss Maude
Brown, Miss Clarissa Hall of Brook
line and Miss Helen Boynton. AS
| they advanced down the center aisle
in pairs the groom and his best man,
Donald Palmer Cameron, the brother
of the groom, followed but remained
at the head of the aisle while the rest
of the party proceeded down the aisle
to meet at the entrance Of the church
the bridal party, consisting of the
bride, her sister, Miss Mary Hender-
son Grint, who was maid of honor,
and her brother, Stanley Poole
| ri nj he hrid oI ne RI h.
ed back up the aisle, the bride lean
ing on her brothers arm, and all
took their places in front of the al
tar. Here the single ring service was
performed by the brides father, Rev.
DR.. Alfred Poole Grint. The bride
was given away by her brother and
at the conclusion of the service the
bridal party left the church accom-
panied by the strains of Mendelssohn's
Wedding March.
The bride was handsomely gowned
in white satin and silk tulle, trimmed
with rare old lace that was once worn
| by her great-grandmot She had
court train with the veil caught with
orange blossoms and carried a beauti-
full shower bouquet of lilies of the
valley.
The maid Of honor wore blue silk
silver lace, a silver lace Dutch cap
| trimmed with forget-me-nots, and
carried pink roses. The bridesmaids
were all gowned in pink, trimmed
with silver lace, wearing Dutch silver
| caps trimmed with pink rosebuds and
carrying punches of sweet peas. Mrs.
| Grint wore white lace thrown over
lavender chiffon and lavender silk.
Mrs. Fred G. Lynch of Newark, N. J.,
was gowned in black net over silk.
Many friends of the contract
ing parties were at the Spring street
home for the reception which follow
| ed the ceremony, where the heartiest
congratulations were extended to the
bride and groom. In the receiving
line with Mr.. and Mrs. Cameron were
the maid of honor and best man, the
parents of the bride, DR.. and Mrs.
Grint, and Mrs. Lynch. The rooms
on the lower floor were profusely
decorated with blossoms of the apple,
lilac, wild cherry and honeysuckle
while carnations, roses and asparagus
added much to the effect of the floral
display. The guests were received at
the house by Master Glendon Good
and two little girls, Misses Marjorie
Powell and Dorothy Burns received
them upstairs. The ladies welcoming
the guests to the rectory were Mrs.
Fred G. Bundy, Mrs. G. A Cramton,
Mrs. w. B. Fitch and Mrs. Thomas
Good. Mrs. w. J. Bigelow was the
presiding genius of the dining room,
assisted by Miss Katherine Winches-
ter of New London, Conn, Miss Laura
Stanley, Miss Clara Goss and Miss
Eugenia Scott. Those who presided
at tables were Mrs. Maurice P Porter,
Mrs. Herbert Human, Mrs. Lindol M
Scott and Mrs. William A. Ide, while
Miss Josephine Peck presided at the
punch bowl. The guest book was in
charge of Miss Mabel Shields and Mrs.
S. A. Moore. Sargent's orchestra fur
nished the music for the occasion.
During the evening all had a
chance to inspect the choice collec- |
ton of wedding gifts which were both |
numerous and elegant. The brides |
present to her bridesmaids was Ro-
man gold bar pins with engraved |
initials, while the groom's present to |
the ushers was sapphire stick pins |
The groom's gift to the bride was |
platinum chain with a diamond pen
dant
Among the guests from abroad,
other than those mentioned were
Miss Henriette Sherman and Miss
Louise Loosely of New London, Mrs.
NJ C. Hall of Brookline and F'raulein
Dannhoff of Boston, who was one of
the brides teachers during her resi-
dence in Munich. Mr.. and Mrs Cam
orOn left IN |