The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-06-29
HELEN WILLIAMS
And G. A. GROVE
We'd AT JACKSON
Ceremony Is Performed In A
Bower OF Flowers At
Brides Home.
START HOUSEKEEPING
AT SULLIVAN SOON
Couple Departs On Honeymoon
Trip-DestinatiOn Is
A Secret.

One of the most beautiful home
weddings in the chronicles of Jack
sons 100 years of social life, was pro-
nounced the nuptials of Miss Helen
Williams and George A. Grove, who
were married shortly after noon yes
terday at the home of the brides
mother in the northern part of Jack
son. The decoration, colorful and with
the distinction of originality, set off
the fire old Williams home in a man.
ner never before rivaled in Jackson.
The wedding took place at half past
II o'clock. Rev. Maple of the Cape
performed the double-ring ceremony.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs. J.
W. Williams and is widely known in
Cape County. She formerly was head
of a school in Sullivan, Mo. Mr.. Grove
is a young merchant at Sullivan, and
it was not until after Miss Williams
went to Sullivan to teach school that
the couple became acquainted.
The ceremony was performed in a
bay window at the Williams home.
This nook in the grand old house was
curtained off by a grill work of pink
and white ribbons and between the
curtains large basket of flowers was
suspended from the ceiling.
The bride and bridegroom, together
with the minister stood beneath the
flower hanging-basket as the ceremony
was performed.
The entire first floor of the Williams
home was luxuriantly decorated with a
wealth Of pink and white roses as well
as countless sweet-pea blossoms and
palms and ferns. The bay window in
which the ceremony was conducted
was made into a bower of flowers by
the banks of palms and ferns, together
with roses and sweet-peas.
The bride descended the steps of the
home on the arm of her brother, J. D.
Williams, who gave her away. She
was preceded to the window by Mr.
Grove, Miss Irene Williams, the maid
of honor, and Harrison Williams, an
other brother of the bride, was Mr..
Groves best man.
At the altar of roses and flowers,
4-year-old Russell Vandivort, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Vandivort, carried
the rings in large pink rose. The
little boy was dressed in white.
Miss Minerva Grove, a sister of the
bridegroom, played the wedding march
from Lohengrin, and Kenneth Will
liams, a brother of the bride, sang a
solo.
Miss Williams was dressed in a
shimmering white organdie and wore
a large white hat. Her sister, who
was bridesmaid, was dressed in pink
and wore a pink hat with large bou-
quet of pink roses.
Following the ceremony the couple
departed for st. Louis, whence they
will depart on an extended honeymoon
trip. They have not disclosed their
honeymoon itinerary and it will be
several days before they will be al
home in Sullivan, Mo.
The couple received almost counties;
gifts from their friends. When they
return to their home in Sullivan the!
will go to housekeeping with a kitcher
elaborately furnished in enameleC
ware and aluminium, the gift of al
uncle of the bridegroom.
Many pieces of silver, linen, chin;
and articles useful in the establish
ment of home are numbered anon,
: the wedding gifts. They received sew
eral complete sets of china.
, Immediately after the ceremony
, buffet luncheon of two courses wa
! served to the guests, who were clos
friends and relatives of the brids
: couple. Those who were present a
, the wedding were: Mr.. and Mrs. Allie
5 L. Oliver of the Cape, Mr.. and Mr.:
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