Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-21

honor. the bridesmaids and the or
ganist were attractive e-gold
pins set with sapphlres. The grooms
| gift to his best man was a pair of
gold cuff links, to his ushers, gold
scarf pins. The groom's gift to the
bride was a beautiful gold wrist
watch.
The organist~was Miss Christine
Carey. She not only rendered the
professional and occasional. but ac-
companied various parts of the beau
tiful and impressive service with APP
propriate selections, rendering 20
Promise Me-" during the actual cere-
mony. There were two soloists. Miss
Margaret Cunningham Of Augusta.
and Miss Josephine Perrazzi of Hal
lowell.
The church was most beautifully
! decorated for the occasion under the
direction of Mrs. James +. Leighton,
Jr Hydrangeas with their exquisite
hints were every where. Tall baskets
filled with them effectively marked
off the reserved section OF the chancel
and guarded the altar, which bloomed
with flowers. The scene, With its
mingling of beauty and solemnity,
seemed fit setting for the impressive
ceremony and the high mass which
followed.
The wedding party entered to the
strains of Lohengrin, the bride on
her fathers arm, and proceeded down
the aisle within the altar rail. where
the ceremony was performed with all
the impressive solemnity Of the
church. The ceremony and the mass
over, the bridal party left to the in
spring notes OF Memberships we'd
ding march.
The church was crowded with
friends of the young couple. Among
he out -of-town guests were Charles
O'Rrien Eaines. Miss Elizabeth
Haines and Miss Gertrude Hoyt of
Boston, Miss Mary O'Connor of Ar
lington. Mass. Miss Agnes Connolly.
Miss May Farley, Miss Minnie Han
ley, Mi and Mrs. F.. J. Roach and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cook. all of
Lewiston. The members Of the State
which department Miss HaineS has
worked for some years, attended in
body, all the field workers being re
called for that purpose over all the
State.
Following the ceremony wedding
breakfast was served at the home of
the bride to the immediate families of
bride and groom. The house was at
tractively decorated for the occasion
with cut flowers and plants. The
bridal party received the guests in
| the parlor The decorations of the
/ dining room were in tones of yellow
Lobster salad, salad rolls coffee
olives, nuts, fruit punch, ice cream,
! fancy crackers and bride cake were
| served. The cake contained the con-
! ventional thimbe, ring. coin and but
+, ton. The punch was served in the
living room. the table being presided
! over by Miss Christine Carey, the
| Misses Dorothy and Madeline Quinn
and Mrs. James +. Leighton, Jr.,
served
| The wedding gifts We're on exhibit
ton in one of the upper rooms. Their
profusion and beauty testified to the
esteem and affection in which the
young people are held. Beautiful
china. cut glass, silver ware, linen,
furniture, cash and checks. hundreds
of remembranccs from relatives and
friends, as well as from the various
organizations with which bride and
groom have been affiliated. made the
display one to be remembered.
After the wedding breakfast the
young couple left BY automobile for
an extended honeymoon.
The bride was born in Spokane,
Wash. the daughter of Harrington
Hewitt and Susan Ellen (O'Brien)
Eiaines. She was educated in the
public schools of Hallowell and in
iGorham Normal school. She taught