The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-21
News of Society and Activities of W0nnem

of the young people. the wedding was of | much interest throughout the city, and | the church was filled with friends and ! relatives, including a number of out-of- | town guests. The decorations were most l attractive and artistic, pink gladiolas, | sweet peas, ferns and glossy leafed palms were used. Before the ceremony
 an elaborate musical programme was ren-
 dered by MT and Mrs. William Gussen | Miss Lofty Hurst sang Perfect Love" :" 1 The bridal party entered to the sweet | strains of Lohengrin's wedding march l Miss Ruth Tolhurst of Troy, N. Y, 8 | sister of the bride, and Miss Esther Ken | nedy, a cousin of the bride, were brides- maids They wore pink net froclSs over 1 pink satin, trimmed with silver lace,
 with touches of lavender. They carried 1 arm bouquets of lavender and pink sweet peas Miss Bettie Tohurst of Troy, N. Y, another sister of the groom, was the maid of honor and wore a pink tulle frock made over pink radius cloth, trimmed in silver lace. The skirt was draped on either side and caught with
 tiny French flowers of pink and laven-
 der hue. Sh ecarried an arm bouquet
 of lavender sweet peas and pink roses.
 Mrs John c. Pugh, a sister of the bride,
 was the matron of honor, and her gown
 was of white tulle over liberty satin,
 with touches of pink. She carried
 bouquet of pink sweet peas. Just pre-
 eeding the bride came the little ring
 bearer Master James Pugh, son of Judge
 and Mrs. Pugh, who wore white linen
 suit, and carried the ring on g. tiny white
 satin pillow. Little Roena Wade, the
 flower girl, wore dainty white organdy
 frock with pink ribbons. She carried a
 French basket filled with pink and lav-
 ender sweet peas. The bride entered with
 her brother-in-l law, Judge John c. Pugh,
 by whom she was given in marriage. She
 was a very lovely picture In her wedding gown of lace and net over Duchess satin handsomely beaded The train was of net and satin, and was draped from the shoulder. Her tulle veil was caught oriental fashion with tiny buches of val icy lilies on either side, and fell fin long, graceful folds over the train. Her flow CTS were sweet peas and valley lilies, shower bouquet. MT. Tolhurst was at tended by MT. Hiram Douglas of Flor eDce as best man, and the ceremony was performed by the Rev w. N. Clay brook rector of St. Mary's church The rshers were MT. William w. Clayton and Mir Pugh Elliott. Immediately after the ceremony the young people and the bridal party went to the home of the brides uncle, MT. John Kennedy and Mrs. Ken l nedy. where a dinner party was given 1 in their honor Later in the evening MT. | Tolhurst ad his lovely bride left for an | eastern trip and after a few weeks will | go to Casper, Wyo., where he is a promi- 1 nent mechanical engineer. They will keep | house in their own little new bungalow | Mrs Tolhurst wore a stunning dark | blue travelling gown with black hat.
 MT. Thomas Joseph Grimes and Miss l Mary Catherine Gallagher were united In | Tuesday afternoon al St. Pauls s | church by Rev. Father Tobin, assisted 1 by Rev Father Rogers. Their only at | ter dants were Miss Marie Guire and | MT. T. J. Gallagher, a brother of the | bride MT. and Mrs Grimes left imme- 1 diately for Atlantic Beach and points in | Florida. On their return they will bs | at home at 2527 Caldwell avenue, Miner | Heights.
 One of the lovely affairs of the week was the dinner party given by Mr. Will jam Henry Tolhurst of Casper, Wyo., who was married last evening to Miss Reba Powers. The table was adorned with roses and the place cards held the names of the members of the bridal l party and the out-of-town guests.
 MT and Mrs. John s. Kennedy enter tained at a very elaborate dinner party 1 ast evening at their attactive home on avenue, south, complimenting heir niece Miss Reba Powers. following ner wedding last evening to MT. William Henry Tolhurst of Casper, Wyo., at St.