The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-11-06
UNIVERSITY PAIR
UNITED FOR LIFE
PAULG. OSTROOT AND RUTH CHAP.
MAN MARRIED AT COLFAX
LAST WEDNESDAY

a. The following taken from the Col
fax Gazette will no doubt be of in
tereSt to large number of our read
ers. The groom has spent the greater
part of his life here in Moscow, hav
ing come here in his childhood will
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Ost
root, and has completed his education
in our schools During the war he
enlisted in the navy and was given
his commission just as hostilities
closed. He was member of the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity while in col
lege. The bride is also well known
in Moscow, as she attended the uni
versity for four years, and was q
member of the Delta Gamma sorority
A pretty home wedding took place
Wednesday afternoon, November 3,
at o'clock at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. George A. Chapman, when their
daughter, Ruth, was united in mar
riage with Paul G. Ostroot of Pen
dleton, Oregon. Rev. ]. Herbert Balm
ton performed the ceremony. Just
previous to the wedding Mrs. Arthur
Chapman sang Because" then to the
strains of LOhengrin's wedding march
played by Miss Hazel Gronsdahl on
the violin. assisted by Mrs. Arthur
Chapman at the piano, the bridal cou-
pie entered the living room and took
their places under an arch formed of
ferns and yellow chrysanthemums.
The guests included only immediate
relatives. The bride was beautiful
in white crepe with fillet lace over
dress and veil caught with orange
blossoms. She carried shower bou-
quet of brides roses The decorations
~
living room IN Oregon grape aud ma
pie foliage with huge bouquets and
baskets of yellow .chrysanthemums,
the dining room with barberry and
red carnations
ed reception was held from $3.50
until 5 O'Clock. Those in the receiving
line were DR.. and Mrs. Chapman, Mr..
and Mrs. E. e. Ostroot and Miss Dahl
of Moscow. Those assisting in receiv-
ing were MIS-. F. A. Bryant, Mrs. Ar
thur Chapman and Mrs. Howard
Bramwell, Assisting in the dining
room were Mrs. Charles Bramwell,
who poured at the coffee urn, Misses
Margaret and Ellen Ostroot of Mos
cow and the Misses Lucille Bloom
Janette Scribner and Doris Morley of
this city. During the reception Mrs.
Arthur Chapman gave several vocal
selections and Miss Hazel Gronsdahl
gave two violin solos.
After the reception wedding din
ner was served at o'clock, covers be- |
ing laid for 25. The many beautiful
gifts attested to the popularity of the
couple. Included in the gifts |
was pair Of beautiful silver candle |
sticks, the gift of Mrs. Fred Chapman, |
Of the bride. The candle |
sticks are heirlooms in the Chapman
family, having been given to Mrs
Fred Chapman by her mother on her
wedding day. The bride also received
an exquisite silk shawl from her
grandmother. The shawl is many
years old and is wonderful creation.
The bride was born in Colfax and
graduated from the Colfax high school
and the University Of Idaho. Mr.. Ost-
root is we'll known in Colfax, having
lived here for some time prior to the
war, and upon his return from the
service until last June, when he went
% Pendleton as district manager for
he Pacific Grain company. Both
young people have many friends in
Jolfax. Mr.. and Mrs. OstrOot left on
he evening train for Pendleton. where
hey have home already furnished.
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