St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-07
Chency-NIiner.

Z An event lof exceptional interest in
the. social and military life of both
New Hampshire i and Vermont was
the marriage at high noon Tuesday
in Peacham, of Miss Ruth Strow,,
bridge Miller of Manchester, N. H.,
and First Lieutenant Stewart Cheney
of St ] ohnsbury, of the First YER
mont infantry, and at present in com
nand of the army recruiting station,
White River Junction. The marriage
was solemnized ats high noon BY the
Rex. r. A. 4 Carlson, pastor1ofs the
PeacTam Congregational church and
atathe home Of the brides AUNT, Miss !:
Lydia StFowbridge, and the homes
tead for. i three generations of the
bride'ss material ancestors and while
the bride has ever lived in Manehes-
ters it was her. wish to be marrledsin
the sunny. bay window Of ,the. little
old white house where both her
grandmoth er and mother II id spoken
the words she herself repeated Tues5..
day tss = - - 80 -
:. the brides; costume was beautls
full white silk brought TO, her. from
Japan and she carried a BOUQUET Of
roses and slillies. The groom declined
to lay aside. the uniform even. for All
hour and the plain olive drab upon
the shoulders of stoday's lighting men
gaSesa touch of soberness that con-
trasted strongly; with. the brightness
and beauty OF the bfide, s..5ss,
The maid sof honor was Miss Ruth
Dustin Of sNanohe ester. graduate Of
It's high school sand of Simmons coll
iege, Boston. but now a resident of
Rrattleboro, " here she is the diete
tan of. its Mem0ria hospital. S.
I THE best man was Henry Z. Miller
ofoManchester, n. H., brother of the
brides, and 1914 graduate of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy. He was an especially fitting
and appropriate aid to. the soldier
groom as he is at present stationed at
the United States arsenal in Spring
field. Mass. as an expert in the manu-
l'facture and use of the machine gun
The wedding was a quiet and in
formal affair as neither of the con-
tracing parties desired anything. in
i the way. of ostentation in these days
|: Of warware.-
/ Among others at the wedding was
| the mother of the bride, Mrs. jean
eatte Miller. of Manchester. N H.. and
/ her aunt, Mrs. N. j. Whitehill of White
River Junction, vt. 80
/ The bride is arnative of ,Manches-
I ter, a graduate of its. high school and
of Simmons college, 1914, and a post
graduate. of Columbia University,
New York City, and from which instr
! tuition she entered St. Luke's hospital
of the same city where she pursued
course of study in dietetics. She
later: became the dietitian of the
Mary Fletcher hospital, Burlington.
resigning therefrom a few weeks ago.
| Her. father was the late William r.
Miller of Manchester, N II.
/ The groom. also is a native of Man
| chester, NJ. II, the son Of Reuben II.
/ and the late Mrs. Cheney. Lieute-
/ nant Cheney is graduate. of Nor
| wichs University, 1914, and a civil en-
gineer by. profession. He was a sol
der from st. Johnsbnry on the. Mexi:
i can border in 1916. He is. like the
i bride, 26 years cid. His father and
i brother. r. w Cheney of SpringielL
Mass, were at the wedding
4 sLieutenants and Mrs Cheney viii
return to White River Junction at an
early date and cordial community
wide receptions awaits them
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