Milford chronicle., 1917-07-13
WEDDING BELLS ARE RINGING
WRIGHT-McCAFFREY.
swAYNE- WERNER.


McCaffrey has been teaching school
at Rising Sun.
SWAYNE-W WERNER.
Cards have been issued announc-
ing the marriage of Mabel Amelia
Werner of Wilmington and Norman
Walton Swayne of George School, Pa,
on Thursday, June 2Sth, at Milford.
The ceremony was performed by DR..
Robert X. Stephenson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Swayne will be at home after Septem-
Der 10th at George School, where Mr.
Swayne is professor of physics and
chemistry.
MARVEL-TRUITT.
Miss Eva Claire Truitt of Milford
and Stanford c. Marvel of Dover,
were married Friday, July 9Th, 1917
.Rt Harrison Street church parsonage,
IN Wilmington, by Dr.. G.. T. Ander-
son. Miss Truitt is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Truitt, Of
Milford, Del, and has been employed
at the L. ID. Caulk Laboratories in
charge of the stock department. Mr.
and Mr.. Marvel will reside in Dover.
where he is employed in the post
Office.
RIFENBURG-FRAAIE.
John J. Rifenburg and Mrs. Sarah
E. Frame, both of Milford, were mar
ried in Waverly, New York, in July
5th, 1917, at the Methodist parsonage,
by the Rev. COnOl, pastor of the NJ.
E. Church there. Mr.. and Mrs.
George jackson, of Sayre, Pa, wit
messed the ceremony. Mr.. Rifenburg
is the father of Mrs. Jackson, and
former resident of Athens, Pa, but
for the past twenty years has been
residing in Delaware. Mrs. Frame is
Frame, of Milford. After an extend
ed wedding trip the bride and groom
will reside in Milford.
PURKS-JONES.
Maria Elizabeth, daughter of Mrs.
Annie E. Bennett, of near Milford,
and Mr.. William A. Purks, of Phila-
delphia, we're quietly married on
Thursday morning, June 14th, 1917,
in Philadelphia, by Rev. Francis S.
Holt, in the presence of the immedi-
ate families of the bride and groom.
The wedding march was played by
Mrs George R. Bennett. After the
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Gus decorations, the party retired to
the dining room, where a wedding
breakfast was served. The bride and
groom eluded their guests and pro-
ceeded on an extended motor trip
through the New England states. On
their return they will reside at their
hose in Overbrook The bride is
well known in Milford and vicinity.
Mr.. Purks, a former Delawarean, is
! associated with the firm of Walters,
Purks and Mellin, of Philadelphia,
one of the largest contract plumbing
and heating establishments in that
city.
RIGGS-DEPUTY.
The Avenue NJ. E. Church was the
scene of a quiet midsummer wedding
on Saturday morning last when Miss
Elizabeth R. Deputy, elder daugh-
/ ter of Mrs. William E. Deputy, of
East Front street, and William Har-
rington Riggs, son of Captain P. H.
Riggs. of near Milford. were united
in marriage by Rev. R. K Stephen
son, pastor Of the church, assisted by
Rev. H. L. Bunstein, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church. The wedding
marches were played by Miss Mia
WrOten, a friend of the bride. The
brides paternal grandfather was the
late James Hudson Deputy, and her
maternal grandfather the late George
/ S. Grier, both well known business
men in the earlier history of Milford
The groom is well known in this COM
munity as secretary of the Milford
Building Loan Association. The new
! ly married couple left on the early
morning train for a wedding trip.
After August first they will reside in
their new home on their farm in
Cedar Neck.
CAMPBELL-WAPLES.
Announcement was received last
week of the wedding Of Miss Nell Nc
Ferran NAPLES, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles G. NAPLES, of Milton,
to Mr.. Sinclair c. Campbell, of Phil
adelphia, on Thursday, July 5th, 1917,
at their home in Milton. The we'd
ding was a quiet. early morning affair
witnessed by onl va few relatives and
witnessed by only few relatives and
friends. Miss NAPLES was hostess to
large house party over the Fourth,
which ended with her marriage on
Thursday morning. After their we'd
ding trip. Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell
will leave for Nobel, Ontario, where
Mr.. Campbell is a superintendent for
the Canadian Explosive Company.
Among those entertained at the house
party at the NAPLES home over the
Fourth were Mrs. John d. Campbell
and Russell Hamilton, of Cynwyd,
Pa; Miss Alice Campbell, Of Media,
Pa; Miss Grace Scattergood, Of Phil
adelphia; Mr. and Mrs. S. o. Toad
vine of Salisbury, Md; Miss Bess
White, DR.. and Mrs. J. B. NAPLES,
Jr., Sudler Richards Of Georgetown,
and Lockwood Campbell Of Philadel-
pnIa.