The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-16
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Beautiful In the. charm of the SIM
plicity and the sweet solemnity of the
Quaker service was the wedding Of
Miss Juanita Ballard, daughter Of Mrs.
Mary A. Jay Ballard. OF Southwest A
street, and B. Willis Beede. son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Joseph Beede. of Whit
tier. Cal, which took place Tuesday
at 2:30 p. m. in the West Richmond
Friends church before an assemblaga
of prominent Quakers OF the COM
munity, and college friends.
Al $3.50, Kent Morse. member of
the senior. class of Earlham college
Of which Miss Ballard Is a member,
presiding at the organ, played the
Lohengrin wedding march. The ush-
>ers, Clarence Pickett. Wilbur. Kampe.
Milton Hadley, and Mr.. David Henley.
led thes bridal party. They. were
followed by the bridesmaids, Miss
Alice Forsythe, Miss Eleanor BLY,,
Miss Eleanor Seidler and Miss Dorothy
Heironimus, who were attractive in
organdie frocks of pale colors.
Miss Forsythe wore pale pink or
candle and wore a corsage Of pink and
white sweet peas. Miss Soldier wore
pale blue and a corsage of pink and
white sweet peas. Miss BLY, wore
pale yellow organdie with a corsage OF
white and lavendar sweet peas and
Miss Heironimus pale green with a
corsage of0white and lavendar sweet
peas. Next came Miss Eleanor Bal
lard, sister of the bride, who. as maid
OF honor. wore a gown of pink geor-
gette with a bodice and ribbons OF
blue satin. She carried sheaf bou-
quet of Columbia roses.
The bride followed alone. Miss Bal
lard was demurely charming In a
simple gown of white crepe de chine.
The only ornament on her gown was a
pearl yoke which her mother wore on
her bridal gown. Her wedding veil
was arranged with crown which was
bordered with orange blossoms sent
from Florida. Miss Ballard carried a
shower bouquet Of white roses, with
sweet peas and freesias. The party
met the groom and best man, Mr..
Ross Hadley, at q platform in front
of the church. Miss Ballard and Mr.
Beede took their places on the plat
form which was simply decorated with
baskets Of pink roses and potted ferns.
In accordance with the Quaker service
the ceremony grows out of a meeting
for worship and when the bridal party
was seated a few moments of silence
followed.
DR.. Alexander Purdy, of Earlhan
college, gave the opening prayer. This
was followed by song by Samuel
Carton, head Of the department OF
music OF Earlham, who sang, The
Voice that Breathed Ger Eden by
keble. Charles Woodman, pastor OF
the church, had charge of the scrip
followed
by the wedding ceremony, performed
by Miss Ballard and Mr.. Beede, who
repeated the marriage vows of the
Quaker church. In addition TO the
Quaker ceremony, they presented each
Dther with a ring. The signing OF
the marriage certificate by the bride
and groom and relatives and fr1ends
followed. The certificate vas writ
zen by DR.. H. E. McGrew, president
IF Penn college Miss Susan Thorn
Is, of Springfield, O., cousin of the
bride, who is the possessor OF a beau
iful contralto voice. sang 20 Perfec
love" by Bloomfield. The CLOSING
prayer was given by DR.. Charles E
Febbetts of Whittier, Cal. The brida
>arty left the church to the strains o.
MendeIssohn's wedding march.
A reception was held at the Ballard
home following the ceremony. The
Muse was simply decorated witt
Terms, pink roses and potted prim
rose Mr. and Mrs. B. Willis Beede
Mrs. Alberta Beede, mother of the
groom and Mrs. Mary A Jay Ballard
mother of the bride, were in the re
ceiving line. The guests were served
cake, ices and candies. The ices ant
randies were Of pink. blue, lavendar
green, yellow and white.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beede left for shor
wedding trip and will return to Rich
mond to remain until May, when the!
will sail for Europe. Mrs. Beede Il
graduate of the Westtown boarding
school, Westtown, Pa, and of Earlhan
college, belonging to the class OF 1920
She has a large number of friend
made by her sincerity and animated
personality. She took an active par
in athletics at Westtown and Earlhan
Mrs. Beede possesses a voice of swee
quality and has taken part in all mu
steal activities, having been membe
of the Madrigal club of Earlham. MI
Beede took his A. B. degree iron
OXidental college, Los Angeles, Calf
For one year he attended the Kennel
school of missions in Hartford, Conn
and graduated from the San Francisc
Theological seminary at San Anselmc
Calf. Mr.. Beede Is now lelu SccrS
tary of the American Friends boar
of Foreign Missions. In May MI
and Mrs. Beede will sail for Liverpool
They will attend the Friends confer
ence at London after which they wi
20 to Paris, and from there to Italy
They will then go to Africa and fro1
there to Palestine. thence to Japa
and Korea. Honolulu, and back to tn
states. arriving in Richmond abou
May, 1921. During this time M
Beede will investigate mission wor
in these fields. While in Korea, the
will be the guests of Mr.. Beede's ST
ter who is a missionary in Korea.
Among the out-of-town guests VIII
came for the wedding were Mrs. ]. .
Beede, and DR.. Charles Tebbetts {
Whittier, Calf, Mrs. Edgar Thoma
and Miss Susan Thomas, of Sprins
field, Ohio, Mr.. and Mrs. William Eli
man and Mrs. Melville Elleman, {