The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-12-01
Miller-Hi

After an 18-mile hike through the
deep SHOWS of the valley, failures to
make train connections and disappoint-
ments to a patiently waiting wedding
party that had assembled in Portland
| Thanksgiving evening. Glenn +. Mill
| Ter, young orchardist who lives near
| Mount Hood, and Miss Barbara Allen
Higgins, of Parkdale, were married
Friday evening by Rev. w. l.. Van
Nuys in the North Pacific Evangelistic
institute.
All preparations had been made for
the wedding for 4.30 O'Clock Thanks
giving afternoon. Miss Higgins and
MIR. Miller had been unable to com
munieate with their relatives and
| friends in Portland to cause canceIa.
! tion of the wedding arrangements due
| to the fact that the wires were down
and that there were no train connec-
tions with Hood River.
''We cannot disappoint our friends"
cautioned Miss Higgins Thanksgiving
morning, when the snow had piled four
feet deep in the valley. Let's walk
to Hood River and catch a train TO
| Portland.
From the family chest the silk we'd
ding gown Of her grandmother, Mrs.
George W. Allen, and the briial veil
of her mother, Mrs. George f. Hig-
gins, of Boston, were taken by Miss
Higgins. These were wrapped care
fully and placed on a sled, and the
young couple, accompanied by Lester
Miller, a brother of the groom-to-be,
set out from their homes at 9 o'clock
Thanksgiving morning.
The first few miles of the hike were
made on the crust Of the snow, but the
last end of the journey found the snow
very soft and at times the hikers sank
down waist deep. Mr.. Miller and his
brother helped the brave girl along
and they arrived in Hood River at 4.30
O'Clock, lust when the wedding party
was assembling in Portland
Although tired from her journey
Miss Higgins did not give up. She tel
egraphed her aunt, Mary II. Allen,
who had arranged the wedding, and
asked that the ceremony be postponed
until 1880 p. m, so they that might
reach Portland.
The trio then crossed the Columbia
river from Hood River to White Salm-
on, where they caught a North Bank
train. This train was late. The wed
ding guests were waiting when 10
O'Clock came They moved up the
marriage hour until l a. m. and
waited. The couple arrived in Port
land at 1890 a. m. Friday, but con-
cluded that the wedding had been post
poned. They went 70 a hotel for the
night.
Meanwhile Miss Allen and the
guests assembled searched the city no
tells by telephone for the young people.
but could not locate them. The disau-
pointed guests remained at the evan
gelistical institute until 2.3O a. m. and
then went home.
Friday night they again assembled
and this time Miss Higgins and Mr.
Miller were on. hand. Rev. Van Nuys
performed the ceremony IN the pres
ence Of 100 persons. Miss Florence
Craven. Reed College girl. and Miss
Florence Frazier were bridesmaids.
and Miss Mary Il. Allen was the maid
Of honor. X. Whitney Higgins. a
brother, gave the bride away and les
ter Miller acted as best man for his
brother Miss Catherine Taylor was
flower girl.
In order that the hardships that
were experienced by the young couple
in finally reachiBg the marriage altar
might be properly described, q male
quartet sang an improvised song as the