The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-23
PAYN EN- EEDHAM
North Bennington Young Man Mar
ries Potsdam Girl.

The PCtSdam Courier ana freeman
has the following account of the mar
riage of Nelson H. Payne, son of
Senator and Mrs. A. S. Payne Of
North Bennington, and Miss Mildred
ID. Needham of Potsdam, N. Y.
The marriage of Miss Mldren D..
Needham to Nelson Leland Payne Of
North Bennington, Vt, was solemn
lied at the home of the brides par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. +. S. Needham,
27 Ches nu' street Saturday after
noon at 1890 o'clock. Rev. II. Victor
Frelick performed the ceremony be-
fore an altar of evergreens and dali
sizes on which had been placed altar
candles. The double ring ceremony
was used,
Proceeding the ceremony. Miss
Carmen Flint sang Until" Mrs.
Proctor Pratt of Massena played the
Bridal Chorus from the Rose Maiden.
The Misses Mildred Winters of Mar
gueriteyille and Emily Dillingham;
of Ogdensburg, were bridesmaids
They entered the living room carry
ing sreamers of tulle caught with
syringas, forming an aisle for the
bridal party. They were followed by
the matron of honor, Mrs. Howard
II. Needham of Gary Ind, and the
dainty little flower girl, Jean Thcmp-
son. The bride followed, wearing
a white satin gown with pearl trim
mings and carrying a bouquet OF
roses and lilies of the valley. They
were met at the altar by the bride
groom and best man, Willis Cone Of
Springfield Mass. The bride was
given In marriage by her father,
The matron of honor wore an or
ch.d organdie dress and carried pink
roses. The bridesmaids We're attired
in pink organdie and carried pink
sweet peas and forget-menots. The
flower girl wore white organdle and
pink tuIle sash, She carried a bask'
ct of forget.me-nots and sweet peas
in the center of which lay the we'd.
ding rings, embeddedn the heart Of
a rose.
Following the ceremony we'd
ding supper was served to eighty
guests The dining room was deco
rated in sweet peas and sm'lax with
rows Of candles The center piece
was made up of bouquets of laven-
der and pink sweet peas surrounded
by individual bouquets in flower
holders. These were drawn by nine
sorority sisters OF the bride who SER
we'd. They were the Misses Alice
Peck. Barbada Olmstead, Sara Sis
sin, Margaret Clark, Maude Hawkins,
Lillian Carney, Florence Clark, Dor
othy Deans, and Mildred Ames AT
ter the wedding supper, Mr.. and Mrs.
Payne left for two weeks honey
moon at Lake George.
The bride is graduate of the
Potsdam Normal High School and
SNdmore School of Art. She is a
member of the Pi Delta Sigma sor-
oriy and has been active in the so.
cial life of the village and in Red
Cross work here. The bridegroom is
the son of Senator and Mrs. A, S.
Payne of North Benning on, VI, for
merly of Potsdam. He is a graduate
of Troy Conference Academy, POult-
ney, VT, and served two years in the
Second Division of the Regular Army
in France
Among those in town for the we'd
ding were Senator and Mrs. Payne,
Misses Evelyn and Eleanor Payne of
North Bennington, W. b. Cone Of
Springfield. Mass, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Needham Of Gary, Ind;
Miss Mildred Winters of Marguerite.
Vile, Miss Emily Dillingham; Of Og.
densburg; Miss Mildred Ames of
Malone, Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard and
son of Uniontown, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs.
Proctor Pratt of Massena; Miss Car
men Flint CT llion.
Mr.and Mrs. Payne will be at home
in North Bennington, VT where Mr.,
Payne is in business with his father
after August /.