The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-08
PRETTY WEDDING
LASTs SATURDAY
The fine home 4

L
terer, 116 n g III street was
the scene Of a he, tiful wedding on
Saturday afternGs at 4:30 o'clock,
when her daught * Miss Hermione
Winterer became = bride of William
Icing Pierce. Th % lappy event was
tie elimination Of romance which
had its beginning 5 len the future
b--3e and groom Va attending the
Valley City public lools, for they
have grown up toe = er here. The
house was most ia. ,llly decorated
with fall flowers, and the color scheme
throughout was yellow and white.
When the guests had assembled, Mrs.
Josephine Wright -Rhoades played the
first chords of Beloved, it is Morn"
and Miss Dorothy Mcfarland sang
the words Of this much loved wedding
song. Miss Mcfarland also sang "At
Dawning," and "Sacrament."
Then followed the wedding march
from Mendelssohn. and the wedding
party came into the parlor. The rib
bon bearers were Misses Jean Knox
and Ann Ritchie, and the flower girl
was Miss Mary Alice Knox. These
three little ladies are all neices Of the
bride. The simple but impressive ring
service was read by Rev. Thomas E.
Nugent, pastor Of the First Congre-
gational church of Valley City. The
bridesmaid was Miss Harriet Win
terer, and the best man was Clifford
C. Mcdonald. The brides gown was
of white canton crepe, and she car
ried bouquet Of marquettes and
swansonia. The bridesmaid wore yel-
low satin crepe and carried a bou-
quet of gladiolias. Following the
ceremony the party were welcomed at
the nearby home of L. S. B. Richie
where delightful repa st awaited
them. Just after this was enjoyed the
party learned with regret that DR.. E.
A. Pray, one of the guests. was called
away suddenly on an emergency case
and no one realized until afterward
that the bride and groom were safely
slowed away in the doctors auto as it
went. swiftly up the street. The So
called "emergency case" was only a
frome up, but as scheme for out
whiting over-zealous congfatulators;
it worked like charm. =:
The bride is one Of Valley City's
best known and most highly respect
ed young ladies. She is graduate of
the schools here and also of the Uni
versity of Minnesota She has been
the very capable and efficient teacher
of the kindergarten at the Lincoln
school, and her many charms of heart
and mind have brought her very
large circle of devoted friends who are
deeply interested in all that concerns
her welfare and happiness. %
The bridegroom, William Loring
Pierce, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. A.. f..
Pierce, has spent most all of his life
here, and has earned for himself a
good place in the esteem Of Valley
City people. He is a graduate of the
public schools here, and is at present
associated with his father in the A.
F. Pierce Agency, handling insurance
and real estate. He is one of the best
known of our younger business men,
and carries the confidence and respect
of all who know him. He has an hon
orable record as service man, having
spent some time in France in the
A. E. F.
These young folks. carry with them
the best wishes of the community, in
which the Times-Record heartily joins:
for a safe, prosperous. and happy
journey through life. They will make
their hSme in Valley City.
Guests from out of town included
Mr.. John Anderson and his town sons
from Minneapolis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sahnder Saunders of Wimbledon. N.
D., and Mrs. Lafayette Knox, sister
of the bride from Babbitt, MINI. .1