The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-06-21
PENTICTON'S MILITARY WE'D.
DING

A correspondent sends the follow
| ing particulars of Penticton's first
military wedding which will be read
with interest by a number of acquaint-
ances of the contracting parties in
| this locality:
"A military wedding of great inter-
est to many people in the Province
took place on Tuesday afternoon at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. T. A.
Wagenhauser on Eckhardt avenue.
when Hazel Irene Genelle, eldest
daughter of the late John f. Genelle
and Amelia Genelle of Nakusp, B. c..
was married to Private Alfred Harry
Hughes, seventh son of the late John
Hughes and Elizabeth Hughes Of Man
chester, England. The house was
beautifully decorated with the flags
of the Allies, surrounded and entwin-
ed with roses and carnations. A large
number of friends witnessed the cere-
mony which was performed by the
Rev. Father Bellott, a troop of Boy
Scouts forming a guard of honor. The
wedding party made a charming pic
ture standing under an arch of wild
orange blossoms, the varied hues OF
the flowers blending with the gowns
of the bride and her maids, making
scene at once beautiful and effective.
THE bride looked charming in an
elegant gown of white crepe de chene
and over-tunic of Georgette crepe with
bridal veil and crown of peonies, and
n q rriod chnWar Af
carnations. The two bridesmaids,
Miss Mercedese Genelle, sister of
the bride, and Miss Muriel Wagen-
hauser, both wore dainty dresses OF
white embroidered voile with blue
ribbon sash, while little Miss Aggie
Riordan looked sweet in pink Geor-
gette crepe, each carrying a boquet OF
roses and carnations. The bride was
given away by Capt. Robertson, the
veteran commander of the C. p. r.
lake steamer plying between Okanog-
an Landing and Penticton, and Mr..
w. A. Wagenhauer acted as best man.
After the ceremony a reception was
held and to the bride and groom were
extended the best wishs of all those
present"
The families of both groom and
bride have certainly made a record in
the military service as the following
account goes to show:
THE groom is one of a family OF
fourteen, his father being a cotton
manufacturer in England His seven
sisters and their husbands are all
actively engaged in war work as are
also his six brothers. One, Captain
w. Hughes of the Loyal North Lam
caster regiment. was killed in action
on the Somme in September 1916;
Sergeant Major J. H. Hughes of the
29th Canadian Battalion, was wound
ed at vimy on May lst, 1917; Sergeant
lC. S. Hughes of the Kings Royal
Rifles, now lies in the Military hos
pital at Havre in very critical con-
dition, having been severely wounded
on March 21st, 1918, at the beginning
| of the present offensive. Another
brother, Captain Rev. V. Hughes, was
wounded while serving with the 7th
Borderers in the fighting around the
Scarpe river on August 3rd, 1917. DR..
B. p. Hughes is doing dental work
for the army while another brother,
j. f. Hughes, lives at Nelson, B. c.
The groom himself enlisted the first
day war was declared and has been
in the trenches and through every
| battle up to March 21st of this year
when he was granted three months
furlough to visit Canada so that his
| wedding, which had been deferred
when the war started, might at last
| take place. The brides first cousin,
Major Albert Genelle Poupre of the
18th Battalion, while in his 22nd year
was invested with the ID. S. o. by
King George. He was twice mention
ed in dispatches and has the unusual
distinction of winning not only the
ID. S. o., but the Military Cross and
| Bar and the French Croix de Cheva-
lier. He was wounded last October,
but is now back in the trenches. An
| other cousin, Lieutenant w. Z. Pou-
pore won the Military Cross in France.
He was wounded in September, 1916,
and again March 1st, 1917, his wound
on the latter occasion being of a very
serious nature. Like his brother, he
is Toronto university man. The
brother of the bride, Private Arthur
u. Genelle enlisted with the 23lst
from Penticton and was almost fatally
gassed on the Vimy front during the
early fall of 1917"