The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-04-13
MED Onald Cleaveland

The wedding of Miss Anna Cleave-
kand, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Cieaveland, ST., 805 Nineteenth St.,
and Stewart Mcdonald of New York
City, son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Nc
Donald of Walnut Grove, Mimi, SOL
emnized at Broadway Presbyterian
church at $3.50 o'clock Saturday even
ang, and followed by wedding recep-
fion for some two hundred guests at
the Fort Armstrong hotel, was one of
the brilliant affairs of the early
spring.
Attired in white bridal satin, the
bride walking with her father, who
gave her in marriage, followed the
dainty gowned attendants, meeting
the bridegroom before the officiating
clergyman, DR.. w. G. Oglevee, pastor
of South Park Presbyterian church,
as Miss Katherine Gest at the organ
played the Bridal Chorus from
sIohengrin." Miss Gest had pre-
viously played nuptial program as
guests were being ushered to their
seats. The wedding gown was an ex-
quisitely simple model, made straight
lined, with bias folds on the skirt,
forming tiers. 1t was sleeveless, and
entirely plain, the embroidered rose
point peacock veil falling about the
shoulders and ending in long pea
cock train, adding all needed orna-
ment. The veil, which came from
Venice, was held about the head in
simple cap. The gown had court
train of satin falling from the Shout
ders. White satin slippers were
worn, and the bride carried a shower
arrangement of white roses and lilies
of the valley.
The six ushers, Robert Bahnsen,
William Stewart and Charles Craw-
lord Carter of Rock Island; Frederic
White and Edward Weeks of Daven-
port, and James David McCredie of
Aurora, brother-in-law of the bride,
1ed the procession. Following them
walked the maid of honor, Miss Doro-
thy Cleaveland, sister of the bride.
Her dress was of orchid chiffon, fash
iuned with a low waistline marked
with a soft girdle of chiffon. the long
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anS ending with delicate embroidery
III rose, blue and silver The short
full skirt had the same embroidery,
making scalloped hem line. On the
night shoulder of the bodice was
singled chiffon flower. Miss Cleave-
land carried a shower bouquet of pink
roses.
Walking just in front of the bride
were the bridesmaids, dressed alike
IN blue chiffon, their dresses made in
the same style as the honor maid, and
their bouquets were the same. Miss
Margaret Bahnsen of Rock Island and
Miss Phyllis Albert of Cincinnati,
Ohio, walked together, and Miss Mar
garet White of Rock Island with
Miss Charlotte Denny of Omaha, Neb.
Harry H. Cleaveland, Jr., brother of
the bride, attended Mr.. Mcdonald as
best man.
Receiving in the ballroom with the
bridal couple at the hotel reception
were the parents of the young couple,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleaveland and Mr.. and
Mrs. Mcdonald. Here there were
beautiful baskets of spring flowers,
roses, lilies, snapdragons, tulips, jon
quils and sweetpeas, forming the flow
er setting for the pretty gowns OF
the guests. Bernie Schultz orches- !
ira played for dancing during the ev-
ening, and supper was served in a
private parlor on the mezzanine floor.
The wedding cakes, delicate pink tap
ers in silver holders, and a low mound
of spring flowers decorated the serv-
ing table.
There was the pretty ceremony of
throwing the brides bouquet in the
ballroom, before the bridal couple de-
parted, and Miss Margaret White
caught the flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcdonald departed
I'm a wedding trip, Mrs. Mcdonald
wearing a rose tan dress, with fur
collared Kasha coat in the same
shade, and felt hat to match for trav-