The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-30
PRETTY CHURCH
WEDDING HELD
LAST EVENING
Miss Ethel Davenport Weds
Harrison w. Moore
PASTOR OFFICIATES
Reception at Home of Brides Par.
ents Follows Ceremony at First
Baptist Church.

inc marriage or MISS Ethel (irOat
Davenport, only daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas A. Davenport of this
village, and Harrison Wilfred Moore
OF Northboro. Mass, took place at
the First Baptist church at s o'clock
Thursday evening.
The ceremony was performed by
tie pastor of the church, Rev. WIG.
Towart, in the presence of a large
number of Bennington people and
out-oftown guests. The church in
terror was prettily decorated with
forest green, ferns, palms and white
chrysanthemums.
The matron OF honor was Mrs.
Clarence W. Davis of New York, for
merly Miss Helen Hope, cousin of
the bride. Mr.. Davis acted as best
man and he|ushers were John Good
all Hutton of Camp Devens, Aver.
Mass, Herbert A. Davenport of Ben
nington, brother of the bride, and
Osmond X. Eldredge OF Hoosick
Falls
The bride. who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore a gown of
ivory satin and princess lace, the
lace forming the bodice The epau-
lette bands and front of the bodice
were of opalescant trimming. The
satin skirt was made with the fash
ionable drape with deep front
panel of opalescent trimming.
Orange blossoms formed the girdle.
Her veil of tulle, caught into a cap Of
princess lace with clusters of
orange blossoms worn at the back OF
fha nniffttra fal1 10 1,n
the long court train and was there
fastened with orange blossoms She
carried q bouquet OF bride roses and
orange blossoms. $40 ASt
The gown of the matron,pf honor
was of Silver cloth with like lace
founces, the over drape was of pink
georgette crepe and the bodice sof
pink pam velvet embroidered a5in
silver lace. Her hat was OF pink
crepe with cobweb insertion and. a
single ornament, Va silver and pink
rose. She carried bouquet of pink
chrysanthemumss i%se 'fal' gxf''o'
Mrs. Davenport, mother of the
bride, wore princess gown Of plum
colored crepe charmeuse with trim
mings of dull silver and pearls. Mrs
Frank Burchard, mother of the bride.
groom, wore a gown of taupe meteor
with spangles trimming.
Miss Elizabeth Welsh presided at
the organ. While the guests were
assembling she gave an exended pro.
gram of classical selections. The
professional was the bridal chorus
from Lohengrin and the recessional
the Mendelssohn wedding march.
During the ceremony she played 20
Promise Me" ,r
Mr.. Moore's gift to his bride was
a bar pin of green gold set ;withTsap-
phires and pearls. The bride gave
her matron of honor cameo pm.
After the ceremony there wasSngre-
ception at the home OF the brides
parents on Grandview street fcr
members of the immediate families
and some close friends. White and
green constituted the color scheme
of the decorations. Spaulding Sbf
North Adams catered A feature ibf
the refreshment table was the mas
sive wedding cake surmounted with
canopy of orange blossoms and IA
wedding bell gs s a
The bride is q graduate OF the
Bennington high school and has
been student at the Boston con-
servatory of music. The bridegroom
also received a diploma from the
local educational institution and
later graduated from the University
of Vermont. He is now the assistant
principal of the Northboro high
school Previously he had taught
mathematics at the Mercersburg
(pa) academy The young people
have both passed the larger portion
of their lives in this community and
they have acquired large circle of
friends whose best wishes for long.
happy and prosperous married life
will follow them to their new home
Among the out of town guests
were Mrs A, NJ Collins of Stamford
Conn, Miss Adele a. Cowles of Brat
tleboro. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert IL
dredge and Miss Rubie Glass of Hoo
sick Falls, Miss Lou McGee OF Wash
inptOn ID C. ~