The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-08-08
Wedding Bells.

| SHAW-HAZELTINE Inc Weddlng OF
Richard Edison Shaw and Miss Marian
Hazeltine of this city took place at the
First Parish (Unitarian) church at high
noon Wednesday, August 18th. The old
colonial auditorium was appropriately and
artistically decorated by Mrs. William
Veazie Pratt assisted by Mrs. Horace
Chenery, Mrs. R. S. Mcconnell of New
York and Miss Florence Fowler of Hing
ham, Mass. On the broad window stills
were large jardiniers filled with garden
phlox of various shades, goldenrod, lark
spur and bachelor buttons, all in full
length stalks. On either side of the ros-
trum were large banks of full length
stalks of hollyhocks, with pink and white
predominating The pulpit was COM
pletely screened by masses of white wild
clematis vines in full bloom and banked
with sprays of white garden hydrangeas,
while on the floral standards in the rear
were large jardiners of phlox in the pink
tones The Lohengrin Wedding March
was played by the church organlst, Mrs.
! Louise bennett Pierce. Rev. Adolph
Rossbach of East Boston performed the
ceremony, with prayer by Rev. Arthur E.
Wilson, The bride was given in mar
rage by her father. She wore simple
gown of white Georgette crepe and car
ried shower bouquet of bride roses and
white sweet peas. Her only attendant
was her sister Grace, who wore a white
net dress and pink maline hat and carri-
ed pink sweet peas. The groom was at
tended by Mr. Ross Webber of Augusta,
classmate at Bowdoin College and also
was in the International Bank at Manila
with him. Only the relativ es and few
friends were present on account OF the
critical illness of the groom's father
at Elmwood, Mass, and the recent news
that the brides brother, Lieut.. Frank d.
Hazeltine, was wounded in France. The
bridal party left the church to the strains
of Memberships Recessional played by
Mrs. Pierce A wedding lunch was serv-
ed at the brides home Immediately after
the service The brides travelling suit
was of gray Jersey cloth with which she
wore gray hat. They left by auto and
will visit in Boston and New York on
their way to San Francisco, Calf, where
they will leave Aug. 21st for Manila, P.
l., where Mr.. shaw has position with
the International Banking Company. The
bride is the elder daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Ben Hazeltine. She is graduate
of the Belfast High school and from
Smith College in 1911. She taught for
three years in the B. H. S., and for the
past year was secretary for the National
Social Workers Exchange in the Russell
Sage Foundation at New York. Mr..
Shaw is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
C. Shaw, formerly of this city. He
graduated from Bowdoin in 1906 and has
since been employed by the International
Banking Company at Japan, China and
Manila. The out-of-town guests who
came to attend the wedding were Miss
Marjorie Shaw, sister of the groom, Mrs.
Mcconnell and Miss Fowler, college class
mates of the bride. A shower of dainty
hand made fancy articles was given last
Friday afternoon for Miss Hazeltine at
the home of Mrs. Clyde B. Holmes, by
Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. John C. Pillsbury'
The house was decorated with flowers
and the afternoon was spent with knitting
and needlework. The Misses Grace Haz-
eltine, Isabel Cooper and Margaret Chen
cry served.
CLARK-JENNYS. A simple home we'd
ding took place Saturday at the home of
Dr. and Mrs Charles w. Jennys, when
their only daughter, Blanche Ellen, be-
came the bride of Charles B. Clark of
North New Portland. The home was
flowers and only members of the families
of the contracting parties were present.
The ceremony took place at high noon,
Rev. Arthur E. Wilson of the Unitarian
church officiating with the single ring
service. The bride was most attractive
ly gowned in dainty dress of white
Georgette crepe and was unattended.
After the ceremony collation. was served
and later the bride and groom left by
auto for visit at Belgrade Lakes before
going to Portsmouth, N. H., where Mr..
Clark has government employ. The BRIDES
going away costume was tailored gown
of dark blue satin. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark are students in the University of
Maine, the bride in the class of 1920, and
the groom in the class of 1919. The lat
ter graduated from Hebron, and the bride
from the Belfast High school two years
; ago. Among the out of town relatives
!; who were present were: M. w. Clark of
North New Portland, father of the groom;
Mrs. Maria Stevens of North New Port