Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-28
MISS ELLEN ROREM
CLERCYMAN'S BRIDE
AT NOON WEDDING
POPULAR OTTAWA GIRL AND
AMEs "a, MINISTER PLIGHT
TRoTHs IN CEREMONY AT THE
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH.

At very pretty holiday wedding
which was solemnized at high noon
today at the Trinity Lutheran church
In South Ottawa. Miss Ellen Rorem.
a popular Ottawa girl, became the
bride of DR.. liver Iversen. pastor OF
the University Lutheran church at
Ames. la. Boughs Of pine and ever.
green were used to turn the edifice
into very beautiful setting for the
attractive wedding.
Friends OF the bridal couple filed
the church to witness the nuptial.
DR.. Il. II. Rorem, brother OF the
bride, officiated While the guests
were assembling Miss Emma Mature
played an organ prelude. As the
bridal party entered the church Miss
Mature played the Mendelssohn wed.
ding march. At the close of the serv-
ice Miss Leona Lund of Morris, an
intimate friends OF the bride, sang
ooh, Perfect Love"
Miss Rebecca Rorem. sister of
the bride. acted Sas maid of honor.
and Miss Cora Clement of Albert
Lea, Mimi. was bridesmaid +. Back
of Des Moines served as Mr.. lversen's
best man and Louis Jorsted Of st.
Louis, a cousin of the bride acted as
groomsman.
The bride wore a gown OF ivory
charmeuse trimmed in Venetian lace.
Her veil was OF tulle and she car
rose buds.
Miss Rorem wore light green
georgette crepe gown ana carried an
arm bouquet OF pink rose buds.
Miss Clement wore frock Of pale
pink georgette crepe and carried pink
roses.
At the close of the ceremony at
the church a wedding reception was
held at home of the brides parents,
Mr. and Mrs Andrew Rorem, on Col
lege avenue. Only the most intimate
friends and the near relatives were
invited to the reception. Christmas
greens were used in decorating the
house. A four course wedding din
ner was served in the dining room.
DR.. Iversen and his bride left OF
tawa this afternoon for a honeymoon
trip, the destination OF which they
are keeping secret from their
friends. Mrs. Iversen wore dark
brown canton crepe frock embroider-
ed In henna, a brown satin hat and
a brown coat for her going away
costume. At the end Of their honey
moon DR. and Mrs. lversen will go
directly to Ames, Ia, where they will
be at home to their friends in Janu-
airy. fa
4 Mrs. Iversen has resided in Ottawa
all her life and has very large cir
de of friends mere. She is very
charming and accomplished young
woman She is graduate of the
Pleasant View Luther college and for
the past three years has been teach
ing in the consolidated schools in
Roland, Ia
K DIR. Iversen Is graduate of the
University OF Minnesota, and of the
theological seminary at st. Paul. AT
tergraduating from the latter institu-
tion he spent several years studying
in Europe and them returned TO the
United States and entered the Hart
ford seminary at Hartford Conn,
where he received his Phi. d. degree.
He is now in charge of the Lutheran
church at the Iowa state university
at Ames.
The guests from out of town who
came to Ottawa to attend the we'd
ding were Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Jor-
sted, Grin Jorsted and Mrs. Louis
Lund and daughter, Miss Leona, of
Morris, Mrs. Lena Mature and daugh-
ters, Levina and Emma, and son
Clarence and Miss Cora House of
Chfcupn