Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-08
sHAw-wENIG WEDDING

At the country residence of William
Shaw, two miles south and one mile
east of Gray, on Thursday evening,
June list, occurred the wedding of
his daughter, Miss Jessie Shaw to
William Henry Wenig The wedding
party consisted of Irving Wenig,
groom, Miss Jessie Shaw. the bride,
William Wenig, groomsman, Miss Eff
fie Shaw, bridesmaid, Mrs. VIM. Shaw
accompanied the groom, Mr.. VIM.
Shaw accompanied the bride and
gave her away, and Mr.. Wenig, of
Dorchester accompanied Rev. Lyles,
who read the Ring Service of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and
Miss Libbie Lewis who played the
Wedding March from Lohengrin.
The service was read under a canopy
of rich lace, wedding bells, intertwin-
ed with flowers, in the north end of
the large parlor, in the presence of
large company of relatives and
friends.
After the wedding service, the
guests were treated to boupteous
wedding dinner. Two rooms of the
home were set aside for the tables.
and the young woman friends of
Miss Jessie Shaw served. 1t was the
kind of a dinner that comes in the
dreams of hungry man, when his
hunger drives him in kind of
trance, and he seems to eat every
thing The Shaw wedding dinner
was not make believe. It was a
most delightful reality.
Those who were married and those
soon to be married fingered in the
1 &c
were on display. The different pres
ents marked the choice of selection,
and the value of them marked the
well-to-do standing of those who
were of the invited guests. There
was silver for the sideboard, dishes
for the table, rugs for the floor lace
Icurtains for the windows, needed
things for the kitchen, diamond
disk Victrola for the parlor, and lot
of other valuables. that only new
home stands in need of.
About two hours after the wedding
1t seemed as IL the whole heavens
were glare of light. 1t only proved
to be big crowd of automobiles on
the way to the charivari. 1t was an
lorderly crowd for a lot of the men
brought their wives with them. The
autos were parked in the big barn
yard. and the entire crowd filed onto
the lawn in front of the house, and
then no one can describe what hap
lpened. 1t was all for fun, and it was
fun. When the noise ceased. the cap
tain, George Carver, invited every
lone to congratulate the bride and
groom. While the charivari crowd
was shaking hands with the newly
weds. Rev. Lyles was going through
the crowd congratulating those "soon
to be married" Some of the fellows
smiled and nearly shook the arm
from the reverend, while others
thrust both hands to the bottom of
their pockets, and growled, Nothing
lstirring." Some of the young women
gladly smiled and shook hands with
him, while others showed their hands
to the elbows in the sleeves of their
rain coats, and regretfully replied.
mot interested" Mr.. Wenig told the
Icrowd that they could go to Gray and
get ice cream, or return Saturday
evening and have a party. A party
was preferred.
Saturday evening found a large
crowd at the Shaw home for the
party. There was music in the parlor,
the dining room and kitchen and both
rooms of the summer house were full
of happy young folks. The house
was too small, so the garage was
cleaned out and it was full of young
people, just having time. Ice cream
and cake was served to every one.
No one had time to be old, nor out
of sorts at the party. He picked his
crowd and played what he liked, or
sat and chatted with his friend. 1t
is this kind of "get together parties"
that has so long held the country
folks in the feeling of 1--WE be big
friends" and when neglected. sends
the country folks to where entertain
ment is foreign to their makeup.
The new home will be nearly one
mile west of the Shaw home. The
house has been papered, and cleaned
and fitted up, so that the young cou-
pie pay move in Immediately. One
of the commendable things concern
ing the Shaw young people is that
when married they have farm home.
This is due to the thrift and hard
work of their parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Wenig will be lat home" to their
friends after June Is.