The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-01

FRIDAY afternoon. heV. l.. M. GrlBS-
by of the Central M. f. church
preached the funeral sermon, and
Miss Pidgeon Boyer and Claire d.
Gordon sang two songs. There
were many beautiful flofal offerings.
The remains were laid to rest in For
est cemetery.
WHITEHALL - HAMILTON. -
Married, at Sioux City, at the Pres
byterian church. by DR.. R.Colvin Dob
son OF st. Louis, an uncle of the
bride, in the presence of company
of two hundred and fifty friends and
relatives, Miss .Eula Hamilton of
Sioux City to Mr.. Dwight Whitehill.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. Whitehill,
a former New Sharon boy.
The wedding was prominent So
cial event ard was preceded by par
ties and showers, dinners and other
affairs, one Of the more elaborate of
which was a pre-nuptial dinner given
at the West Hotel by Rev. and Mrs.
Wallace M. Hamilton, parents of the
bride. Mr. and Mrs o. B. Noel and
Homer Noel, who officiated in the ca
pacity of groomsman, were present
| from New Sharon for the celebration
of the nuptials. The wedding was
| formal and elaborate, Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitehill will be at home after Nov
ember Is. 1917. at No. 26O6 Jennings
street, Sioux City, Iowa, following an
extended wedding trip.
| Walter 8. Williams
as born in Dallish, Wales, in 1910, and
at the age of 10 years he came to the
United States where he remained for
several years then returned to his ma
| tive home in Wales and was married
to Miss Una Williams. They came to
America in 1861 and for II years they
lived in Pittston, Pa. In 1878 they
moved to Pilgrim Run, Ohio, and in
1885 the family moved into Iowa. His
wife died at Beacon, Mahaska county,
! July IT, 1891. To this union were born
(ten children three dying in infancy,
two sons and one daughter. Their old
est son David d. Williams died in Col
! fax, in 1908, and there are six sons
/ left to mourn his departure, Ben Will
Iiams, of Beacon. VIM. r., John c.,
Walter, Thomas and George, all of Col,
fax; also fifteen grandchildren. For
a number of years the deceased was
afflicted with asthma which. with
heart trouble caused his death For a
, short time before his death he made
his home with his son William R. Will
liams. On Monday. October %, the
Pale horse and it's Rider. DEATH" en-.
tered his home, and said that time
shall be no more and he ended his
journey, of life at the age of rs years,
| II months and 20 days. The funeral
services were held at the Baptist
church in Colfax on Wednesday aft
ernoon, and were conducted by Rev.
Morgan Jones with interment in the
Oak Heights cemetery.
| R-WEANT.-Of the wed.
ding of a former popular Penn College
girl we'll known about town the, Patton
| Portrait has the following:
! On Wednesday, October 10, 1917, at
| s o'clock, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
| U. F. Weant, occurred one of the pref
test home weddings of the season,
when their daughter, Hazel Vera, was
united in marriage to Herbert J. Dray-
err. Just before the bridal procession
appeared Miss Ora Victor of Oskaloosa
a college chum of the bride, sang
Because" then to the strains Of Lo-
hengrin's Bridal March, played by Mrs.
Roy Aldrich, came the bridal party,
which took their places before the fire.
place. Little Miss Margaret Wise, as
ring bearer, led the procession, carry
| ing the ring hidden in the petals of
Gala lily. The bride and groom were
accompanied by Roy Weant and Miss
Mary Drayer, brother land sister of
the bride and groom, while Rev. Whit
| ley, superintendent of the Iowa
Friends yearly meeting of Oskaloosa,
very impressively read the beautiful
lring ceremony, which made this happy
young couple husband and wife.
Folloying the ceremony Miss Victor
sang "At Dawning," while congratula.
tions were received by the bride and
groom .|
The home was tastefully decorated
for the occasion in pink and white,
the color scheme being carried out in
every detail. We
The bride. was charmingly dressed
in gown of white beaded georgette
crepe, and carried shower bouquet
of white roses, while the bridesmaid
wore a gown of pink crepe de chine
and carried bouquet of pink asters.
After the ceremony dainty three
course luncheon was served by four
girl friends of the bride. after which
Mr.. and Mrs. Drayer left for an ex.