Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-06
FIRST WEDDING IN
HALF CENTURY At
OLD DRAWERS
MarshaII-ShalIcross Marriage
SoIemnized in Full Cere-
mony at Ancient Edifice.
MANY GUESTS ATTENDED

Special Correspondence Every Evening,
| Middletown, June 6.--For the fifst
time i'm more than half n century, tie
DOORS of historic Old Drawers
Church. near Odessa. were opened 20
the strains of the wedding maish.
Saturday evening at o'clock. The
bride and groom, both well-knopD
young folks found the church filled
with relatives and friends. many II
whom had come from a distance 20
listen to the chime of wedding bells.
The bride was Miss Esther Livezeg
Shallcross, second daughter of Mrs.
James r. shallcross Of Middletown,
and the groom was Thomas Clarence
Marshall, son of Mrs. Elizabeth G.
Marshall of Yorklyn.
The ancient church-210 years old
with it's high-back pews, was decorat-
ed with pink and white peonies ami
with garlands of laurel around the
pulpit and following the line of the
gallery, Small hanging baskets ala
were placed at intervals along the gal-
lory. A small Colonial bouquet Of pink
and blue flowers marked each pew. the
idea of decoration being In Keeping
with the old Colonial church. Resting
on the pulpit was the old family Bible
belonging to the family OF the brides
mother, in which is recorded the mar.
riages of Leonard XandegrlfG and
Ruth Sanpey. the great great
grandparents of the bride. in 1i7s, and
the marriages of succeeding genera.
tions
A harpist from the Philadelphia
Orchestra and violinist from VIII
mington played the Wedding March
from "I.ohengrin" as the bride and
her attendants entered the church
and Mendelssohns Wedding March
as the bridal party left the church.
Rev. Francis Hardy Moore Of Wayne.
Pa, former pastor or the bride. per.
formed the ceremony.
Miss Helen Nandegrift shalicross,
sister Of the bride. was maid OF honor,
and Master Eugene Shallcross Fer
gusons the small nephew Of the bride.
carried the ring on white satin nil
low. J. Warren Marshall OF Yorklyn.
brother of the groom, was the best
man, and the ushers were Edwin T..
Shallcross and William q. Shalicross
Of Middletown, j. Homer kratz Of
kennett Square, Ia. and Norman n.
Mancill Of Wilmington. The bride was
given in marriage by her brother.
Eugene II. Shallcross. She wore a
very handsome gown of ivory satin.
trimmed with duchess lace, with court
train. The veil was arranged becom-
ingly with comb effect tn back. and
across tho front some old family lace
was wired TO form a crown. and real
orange blossoms at the sides. The
brides flowers were a colonial bou-
quot of Bride roses and lilies or the
valley.
The maid of honor wore pink and
blue georgette and carried a colonial
bouquet Of pink sweet peas and pale
blue delphinium. with blue ribbon
streamers.
Following the service at the church,
a reception was held at F9owerdale.
Mrs. Shallcross' home. on North Broad
street. The house was tastefully dec
GRATED with peonies. snapdragons and
roses. The porches and the beauti-
full lawn We're illuminated with Jana-
nese lanterns and electric lights and
the place looked like fairyland.
The artists with the violin and harp
gave delightful music throughout the
evening. Hanna Of Wilmington fur
nished the wedding supper.
The gifts 10 the bride were excep-
tionalIy lovely. the groom's gift being
a Packard sedan car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall left here in
their auto for a weeks stay in the
mountains. Mrs. AIarshalls going
away gown was brown honespun with
blue and brown hat They will b. at
home at Auburn Heights. Yorklyn,
after the first Of August Mr.. Mar
shall IS q members Of the firm Of Mar
mills of Yorklyn.
shall Brothers Of the paper and fibre