Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-25
Gates Jones

AVo-SSTCS
Thursday at high noon at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin H. Jordan of
East Fassalboro occurred a very pret.
" home wedding, when Miss Mae II.
Jones Of Glen Lyon. Pa. became the
bride of DR.. Samuel c. Gates Of PhiIa-
Gelphia.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. w. +. Berry of Vassalboro.
the double ring service being used.
The bride was attended by Mrs. E. NJ.
Jordan, an intimate friend of the
bride. while the best man was DR..
kalph H. Henry of Allentown and
ihliadelphia. Pa. classmate and
fraternity brother of the bridegroom
at the medical school of the University
OF Pennsylvania and a former foot
| pa star at the Pennsylvania State
college.
The color scheme of the decora tions
was pink and white. being carried out
III crepe paper fcstoons. supplemented
! with yellow and white
The bride was very attractively
Eowned in blue georgette crepe. She
carried a shower bouquet of white
roses and lilies of the valley. The
bridesmaid wore light gray embroid-
cred crepe de chine. and carried pink
roses. The brides gift to the brides
maid was beautiful string of pearl
heads while the bridogroom's gift to
the best man was colonial gold
watch
The bride and groom also exchanged
gifts. the bride receiving a beautiful
mesh bag and the bridegroom recciv-
ing splendid pair of gold cuff links
Alter the ceremony. which was at
tended by only few immediate rcla-
tlves and friends. bountiful dinner
was served by Mrs. Jordan A de-
licious wedding cake. made by Mrs
Annie Priest. cousin of the groom,
was cut by the bride.
The bride is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. William B. Jones of Glen
Lyon. Pa. She is graduate of the
Ncsbett West Side Hospital Training
School for Nurses at Kingston. Pa.
in the class of 1922 and of the Wom-
ans hospital of New York City. She
has made a name for herself in New
York and Philadelphia by her work
as nurse in the surgical depart ments
of several hospitals. especially as an
expert anesthctist She has been do
| ing private duty in Maine for the last
few months. when she has made many
friends by her loving disposition and
faithful work as a nurse.
The groom is well known in this
section of the State, having graduated
from Colby college in the class OF
1912. He was captain of the Colby
track team during his junior year and
is holder of the college record in the
half mile. During his junior year he
was class president and president of
he Colby Athletic Association and
class marshal in his senior year. DR..
Gates is a graduate of the Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity, and the Phi Rho
Sigma medical fraternity.
After graduating from Colby, DR..
Gates went to the Pennsylvania State
college as assistant professor of
physics, where he remained for five
years. While at Penn State. DIR.
Gates deceived the degree of master
of science. At the beginning of the
World war he enlisted in naval avia-
ton and saw service for Is months,
being qualified as a naval aviator with
service at Pensacola, Key West, Fla
and in Cuba.
In 1919 DR.. Gates entered the Med
ical School of the University of Penn
sylvania and is now doing hospital
work as a resident physician in Phila-
delphia.
The guests present at the wedding
were Mrs. Anna S. Gates. Mrs. Annie
NJ. Priest, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Written,
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Corey. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin NJ. Jordan. Miss Ann Nc
Loughlin of Hallowell. DR.. Ralph
Henry Of Philadelphia, Miss Agnes
Masse of East Vassalboro played the
wedding march. DR.. and Mrs Gates
will reside in Philadelphia at present