The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-12-07
TOP OF NEW CONCRETE STACK
SCENE Of EVENT WHEN cAiIoH
GIRL Welded JOSEPH BOWL
ING; FOOTBALL GAME STOP.
PED TEMPORARILY AND WHOLE
, TOWN SEES UNIQUE SIGHT.
ETHEL LARSON IS
THE BRIDESMAID

The most unique wedding yet to be
red Thanksgiving afternoon at $3.50
on top of TIE new concrete stack
now under construction at the Unit
ed Oil Company's plant in Florence
when Miss Bessie Norton of this city
and Mr.. Joseph Bowling of Texas
and Florence were married by Rev.
w. ]. Kidd of the Florence Metho.
dist church.
There were ten people on top of
the stack which is now at a height
of 1872 feet, altho when completed it
will reach $50 feet. Miss Ethel Lar
son and Mr.. James T. Norton Jr., both
of this city were bridesmaid and best
man. Mr.. James T. Norton ST.,
father of the bride, was also in the
aerial wedding party. Mrs. Norton
witnessed the event from an automo-
bile at the foot of the stack
The principals in the nuptial cere-
where hundreds of people were watch
ing the Florence Deaf and Dumb
School football game.
The contest was temporarily aban-
doned and the crowd yelled them
selves hoarse as the fateful words
were spoken by the Reverend Kidd
The nuptial party was hoisted to
the top of the chimney in the big
buckets which are used for carry
ing the concrete to the workmen. The
extensive scaffolding affoid ded ample
standing room but even then it was
scary situation with the wind blow.
ing merry gale.
The bride and her maid of honor
are said to have been the steadiest
and calmest of all, both appearing as
though the wedding were taking place
on good old terra firma. Reverend
Kidd sang out the age-old words in
strong firm voice that could be
heard for some little distance by
those on the ground.
When the bride had descended by
the bucket route, which operated in
side the chimney, she was carried
by the bridegroom to a waiting auto
mobile and was whisked away i'm
mediately upon the happy honeymoon,
just exactly to what destination has
not as yet been divulged.
Previous to the event very few
knew that it was going to take place
yet in ten minutes nearly FIVE hun.
dred people were standing about the
foot of the giant concrete structure
besides the hundreds in various parts
OF the Oil City who gazed upon the
singular happening from the vantage
point of porches, roofs, etc.
The stack has now added joy to
tragedy in its remarkable though re-
cent history. Two accidental deaths
have befallen workmen on the struc-
ture in the past few months, one of
them being Canon City boy, the
late Wilbur Strout. The other VIC
tim was a foreman of the construc.
tion gang, and his home was in Mis-.
souri,
Mrs. Bowling. the aerial bride, was
formerly a Canon City girl and is
well known and very popular here.
She was prominent in social way in
East Canon where her parents are
ranchers. Her father at present, how.
ever, is employed at the smelter in
Florence and his daughter was keep
ing house for him there. Mrs Nor
ton lives at the ranch here Miss
Bessie, as the bride has always been
known here, possesses many excellent
accomplishments and is home-loying
little lady who will make a splendid
wife
Mr.. Bowling is at present employed
on the construction crew that is build
ing the smoke stack. His former
residence was in Texas but it is under
stood that he and his bride will make
their home in Florence for the time
being.