The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-03-20
THE MUNGER-sILvEY WEDDING

Td6 MUNICIPALITIES WEDDING.
Wednesday evening, June Is, lSs3
Alice Gray Munger and William Baird
Silvey were married in the old Phi.
grim Congregational church. The bride
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Roger s. Munger, real pioneers of Du.
luth, now gone to their reward, while
the groom was the son of an Officer
in the regular U. s. army. A civil en-.
gineer by profession, he came to Du-
luth from Fargo, if memory is correct
and was prominent for years in Du,
luth's business circles.
w. B. Silvey went to his death. like
a brave gentleman, when the Inflated
Titanic went down. "Womea and
children first" saved Mrs. Silvey,s
life. Since then, she again has mar
ried, but that's another story.
Mrs. John Loman presided at the
pipe organ in the loft, almost con-
cealed behind banks of flowers, palms.
exotics and daisies, intermingled with
maidenhair ferns.
As the strains of the wedding march
burst forth, Rev. DR.. G. C. Salter and
Rev. E. M. Noyes entered the church
and took their positions at the altar.
Mr.. Silvey and his best man, E. c..
Jones, promptly joined the ministers.
Little Barbara Ripley, Olive Wood
bridge, Angela Magoffin and Alice
Gray came up the aisle, stretching
white ribbons along the course to be
taken by the prospective bride and her
father.
The maids Of honor, Miss Young. of
Brunswick, Me-, and Miss Maren Mil
Ter, of Duluth, took their appointed
places. Then came the bride maids.
Miss Isabel Silvey, of Washington, D.
c., Miss Kate Gilman, of Chicago, and
Misses Fannie Upham and Gertrude
Markell, of Duluth.
The ushers were J. F. Merriam. G..
J. Kershaw, Walter Turtle, W. C. Far.
rington A. L. Thurman and Wilson
G. Crosby. Ushers and bride 'smaids
divided on either side of the altar,
where they stood during the ceremony.
The bride was gowned in white satin,
trimmed with a profusion of Duchesse
lace, a tulle veil and bridal bouquet
of pure white roses.
The maids of honor wore white silk
MULE over satin with short tulle wells.
The brides maids were gowned the
same, except the wells, and carried huge
bouquets of snowballs.
The venerable and beloved DR.. Sal
ter read the ceremony. Responses by
the bridal couple were audibly made.
The bridal party left the church by the
Easterly door and were followed by
their retinue. They proceeded to the
Munger residence in Piedmont terrace
where reception was held. The newly
welded couple left that evening for
Chicago.
The Monday before the wedding,
Mrs. Fred Huntress gave a 10 O'Clock
bridal breakfast in honor of Miss Mum
ger. A photograph was taken of those
present.
That same evening, John P. Gordon
gave a moonlight tug party. Among
those who went were Misses Magoffin,
Young, Foster. Gilman, Upham, Mar
kell, Breckenridge and Miller.
Messrs. w. G. harrington, Jones,
Robson, Peyton, Thurman, Hartman,
Culver, Buntin and Gordon made up
the male contingent. The next eve
ming, Tuesday,, Miss Maren Miller gave
white dinner to the bridal partv at
the old Miller residence at All West
Second street.
st. Paul guests at the wedding were
Mrs. Robert A. Smith, Mrs. John C..
Bullitt, Mrs. Western, Miss Western,
and R. G. Munger. Mrs. Gibson was
present from New York.