The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-12
HAPPY MARRIAGE
EVENT THURSDAY
LAST WEEK OCCURRED WE'D
DING OF PROMINENT YOUNG
PEOPLE OF CITY
ALL FRIENDS WISH THEM GOD SPEED
A Youno Couple Endowed With Nat
urai Gifts And Finely Educated,
Start On life's Journey


Last Thursday evening at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. J. ID. Wilson
Fifth street, occurred the wedding
ceremony uniting in marriage their
only daughter, Ann Elizabeth, to Rus
sell S. Knappen, son of MI and Mrs.
G.. f. Knappen of this city, and late
a lieutenant in the Engineer Corps.
The entire first floor of the home was
arranged for the accommodation Of
were bidden to the ceremony, the
rooms being decorated under the di-
rection of p. J. Erie, friend Of the
brides family, in color scheme Of
pink and white in which spirea, honey
suckle, snowballs and pink roses
formed an expression Of taste and re-
finement 4 great bank of these love
ly flowers erected on the east wall Of
the main room formed a back ground
for the bridal party and the subdued
light from a large number Of twelve
hranched candelabras placed advan-
tageously around the rooms shed a
sOftness over the scene that gave the
ceremony a dignity and solemnity in
keeping with the occasion. After the
assembly of the guests Miss Edna
Riley sang with exquisite tenderness
those two beautiful songs, Promise
Me" and Because" The wedding
march was played by Prof. Roller on
the violin with Mrs. w. H. Powers as
accompanist, the violinist using for
the occasion an heirloom of the Will
son family, violin made by the
brides great-great-grand uncle in
Scotland and transmitted down to the
present generation from father to eld-
est living relative. The brides party
formed on the second floor, the brides
maids, Misses Jenet Sloan, Edith
Sloan, Kate Weber and Blair Daniels,
leading the march down the stairs,
followed by the maid of honor, Miss
Helen Caldwell, the ring bearer, little
Ann Aiken, tlc bride AID her attend
ing train bearer Gordon Wilson. At
the foot of the stairs they were joined
by John d. Wilson, who led his daugh-
ter to the bower where awaited them
the groom, attended by his brother
and best man, Lawrence Knappen.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev T. r. Aiken, uncle of the bride,
of Fairfield, Iowa, assisted by the Rev.
DR. w. A. Mast of the First Presby-
terian church and Rev. |. M. Hargett
of the First NJ. E. church. During the
service of the wedding soft music add
ed to the impressiveness of the event.
After the vows had been pledged the
happy couple were the recipients of
the warmest congratulations from all
of their many friends present. Fol
lowing this came a delicious and sub
stantial wedding supper served on the
lower floor of the residence of C. A.
Kabrud, adjoining, which had been
secured for the more comfortable SER
vice of the guests. The rooms in this
home had also been decorated in the
same color scheme of pink and white
and the profusion of flowers in all of
the rooms in both houses lent a charm
and beauty to the ensemble of the af-
fair that will make this a pleasing
memory for the many who were for
tunate in being present. After the
wedding supper the bridal couple
were escorted to the c. & n. W. depot
where they departed on the evening
train for Minneapolis, on their way to
Madison, Wis, where they will attend
the commencement exercises of the
University of Wisconsin, of which in
stitution both are graduates and
where they will meet many of their
friends.
The gown of the bride was a beauti-
full creation of white Georgette crepe,
heavily trimmed with beads, with a
long silk tulle veil depending from
coronet of lilies of the valley and
pearls. She carried in her hand a
bouquet of bridal roses and lilies of
the valley. The maid of honor, Miss
Helen Caldwell, was attired in love-
ly dress of orchid pink Georgette
crepe, and carried a bouquet of roses
The brides maids were all in beauti-
full white gowns and carried a long
garland of pink sweet peas and roses,
of which they made Gordon of flow
ers as they stood in a circle around
the bridal party before the officiating
clergy. Mrs. ]. d. Wilson, mother of
the bride, was attired in silver gray
silk trimmed in tricolet embroidery
and wore a corsage bouquet of sweet
peas Mrs. G. F. Knappen, mother of
the groom, was attired in brown and
green changeable silk and carried a
corsage bouquet of sweet peas. Many
other beautiful costumes were in evil
dence among the ladies present which
ii is impossible to describe adequate
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