Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-09-05
MARRIED..
HATJ,-STTTRGTS

The wedding of Margaret, daugh-
ter of Judge and Mrs. Henry Martyr
Hall of Ellsworth, and William AL
fred Sturgis of Portland, took place
at o'clock last Wednesday evening
at the First Congregational church in
Ellsworth. The church was filled
with relatives and friends, and
beautiful with it's decorations of
palms, hollyhocks, cut flowers and
greenery, arranged by Miss NJ A
Clark
The bride entered with her father,
as the Lohengrin march was played
by Miss Erva Giles. She was attended
by her cousin, Mrs. Frederick Phil
lipi of Bangor, as matron of honor,
and little Anne Phillip and Marion
Sommerville as flower girls. The
groom was attended by Carl Eyeman
of New York, as best man. The
ushers were Ludike Hall, brother of
the bride; William Henry Fem, Sd,
of Wilmington, Del; John Mitchell,
of Portland, and Osgood Nickerson
of Bangor.
The bride was charmingly gowned
in white crepe satin with pearl trim
mings, court train, and veil caught
with orange blossoms. Her bouquet
was of valley lilies and orchids. The
matron of honor wore cloth of gold,
with gold head band, and carried
pink roses. The flower girls were
daintily dressed in pink ruffled tat
feta and floral wreaths, and carried
gold baskets of forget-me-nots. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. AL
bert F. Earnshaw of Portland an in
innate friend of the groom.
Following the ceremony, there was
a reception to relatives and few in
innate friends at the home of the
bride at Main and High streets. Here
the color scheme of the decorations
was pink and white, hollyhocks,
sladioli and lilies prevailing.
Receiving with the bride and
groom were Judge and Mrs. Hall, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Sturgis, parents of
the groom; Mrs. Phillip, Mr.. Eye
man. Mrs. Hall was beautifully
gowned in black lace over self col
ored satin, with train, and over-dress
of irridescent beaded lace. Mrs
Sturgis wore blue chiffon velvet with
silver trimming.
Refreshments were served by Mrs.
Douglas Sommerville, Mrs. Robert
p King, Mrs Charles A. Haynes.
Miss Frances Sturgis and Miss Helen
Shute. The gift room was filled with
/ beautiful gifts of silver, linen, rare
foreign antiques and $1,000 in
/ checks.
Among out-of-toWn guests besides
those already mentioned were Mrs.
Twitchell, grandmother of the
groom, and Miss Twitchell, of Port
land; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w. Cush-
man. Miss Mary Cushman, Mr.. and
Mrs Albert P. Cushman, j. F. Phil
lipi Douglas Sommerville, Mrs. Har-
ry Chapman, Reid Parkhurst, Mrs.
Herbert Fogg, Mrs. Sabin Wood, of
I Bangor; Rev. and Mrs. Albert Earn
shaw and Mrs. Charles Baker
Mitchell, Of Portland; DR.. and Mrs.
John Sturgis of Auburn; Mrs. Hale
/ and Senator Frederick Hale, of
I Washington; Mr.. and Mrs. e. B.
Mears of Bar Harbor, Miss Eileen
| Delaney of Holyole, Mass.
The BRIDE and groom left after the
through Canada. They will return
to Ellsworth for a few days before
going to Portland where they will
reside.
Mrs. Sturgis is one of Ellsworth s
most charming girls, and has great
many friends. She was educated I'M
der a tutor here, and later attended
school in Virginia and spent some
time in the South. Mr.. Sturgis is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Stur-
gis of Portland. He attended Bow
dom college, and was a member of
the Alpha Delta Phi. At the out
break of the World war he left col
lege to enter a training camp, and
went overseas as commissioned Of
ficer. He is now special agent for
the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co.,
with headquarters in Portland.
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