Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-01-06
YULETIDE WEDDING
MR.. JOSEPH HILTON MARSTON, JR.
AND MISS RUTH ALICE hooper
CHRISTMAS EVE, 1919

Ollc u lut 1o1S
society events in Wausau, was the
marriage of Miss Ruth Alice Hooper,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert A.
Hooper, of this city, to Mr.. Joseph
Hilton Marston, Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. L. Marston of Appleton, Wis
consin.
The ceremony took place at the
home of the brides parents. SIG
Fourth street, at eight o'clock, Tues
day evening, December 80, 1919, and
was witnessed only by relatives and
intimate friends. The officiating
clergyman was Rev. Richard Evans,
pastor of the First NJ E. church The
home was handsomely decorated in
pink and white flowers throughout.
Exchange of vows took place in the
living room in front of the fire place
which, with the mantel, was a mass
of palms and ferns forming a back
ground for the pretty setting for the
wedding.
The bride was attended by Miss
Gertrude Detjen, maid of honor, who
wore a gown of orchid metal cloth,
with oyerdrape of pink net and silver
bodice. She carried an arm bouquet
of dark pink roses.
Miss Bernice Towle, bridesmaid, at
tired in pink chang satin, trimmed
with silver and Miss Florence Wilson,
bridesmaid, gowned in blue silver
cloth, with overdrape of cerise blue
tulle, back panel of bead brilliants.
They carried bouquets of dark pink
roses.
Ribbon bearers-Miss Marie Paff
gowned in rose taffeta with silver
lace; Miss Getchen Morgan, attired in
orchid satin bodice of silver and tulle;
Miss Gladys Schilling in lavender
satin with Overdrape of tulle; Miss
Norma Edmonds in pale blue satin
with overdrape of tulle; Miss Helen
Dingee, in pink tulle over silver.
Miss Irene Lee attired in blue taf-
feta with overdrape of tulle presided
at the piano and played Memberships
wedding march.
Promptly at the hour of eight
O'Clock, Miss Marie Paff united the
ribbons from the hall entrance into
the front parlor and the wedding
party descended from the upper rooms
in the following order:
Ribbon bearers-The Misses Gladys
Schilling, Gretchen Morgan, Norma
Edmonds and Helen. -Dingee.
Bridesmaids-Miss Bernice Towle
and Miss Florence Wilson. 80
Maid of HonOr-Miss Gertrude Det-
jen.
The bride, on the arm of her father.
Awaiting them in the living room
were Rev. Evans, the groom and his
best man, William Kolb and grooms-
man, Eugene Hooper, brother of the
bride.
The ceremony was very impressive,
according to the single ring service
of the M. e. church.
The bride was attired in a beautiful
cream satin gown, (Which her mother
also wore at her marriage,) with net
in silver with pearl trim
ming. Her long tulle veil, in cap eff
feet, was caught with orange BIOS
SONS. She carried shower bouquet
OF 0phelia roses and orchids.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
and after congratulations, the guests
were served wedding repast in the
dining room, the Misses Ruth Alex
ander and Marie Book presiding at
the table. The guests were served by
the Misses Jean Gilbert, May Hooper,
Elizabeth Meadows and Agnes Laut.
Mrs. J. A. Rowley and Mrs. Chas.
Feathers were in charge of the dining
room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marston departed later
in the evening for Chicago and Min
neapolis. They will reside in Apple
ton at IT'S Lawrence Street, where
they will be at home to their friends
after the fifteenth of February.
The bride has always resided in
Wausau. She was graduated from
our high school class of 1915. She at
tended Lawrence college at Appleton
and later the Northwestern univer-
sity at Evanston, ILL.,, from which she
was graduated, completing the course
in physical culture. She taught this
branch in the schools of Kenosha
until last Thanksgiving.
The groom is prominent young
man OF Appleton, where he has always
resided. He enlisted in the World
War and spent two years in France
with the Rainbow division. He is con-
nected with the firm of Marston
Bros. dealers in building materials
and fuel. A business which was es-
tablished by his grandfather who was
one of the pioneer settlers of the Fox
River Valley and is still living at the
age of 80 years.
The out of town guests were: Mr..
and Mrs. c. L. Marston of Appleton,
parents of the groom; Mr.. and Mrs
Leland Marston, brother of the groom:
DR.. j. Fl. Tippet, Appleton; Miss Yer
onica Green, Appleton; Miss Ethelyn
Lindley, Chicago; Miss Gertrude
Hooper. Grand Rapids, Mimi, cousin
of the bride; Miss Gertrude Detjen,
Algoma, Wis, Miss Irene Lee, Chica-
go, Kenneth Lawson, Menasha; Will
liam Kolb. Appleton, Miss :; Elsie
Smithies, Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Sampson, st. Paul: Mrs. ]. w. Over
street, Minneapolis.