Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-24
Simple Service
Marks Wedding
Famed Couple
Hundreds Crowd Church and
Yard as John Coolidge and
Florence TrumbulI Are
Married.

Florence Trumbull late this at
ternoon, became the bride OF John
Coolidge.
In 4 single ring service the
daughter OF Connecticut governor
promised TO love and honor the son
of the former President Of the
United States while hundreds Of
well wisherS milled about in front
of the plain white Congregational
Church anxious for view OF two
of the worlds most famous lovers.
There were only q few people
privileged to watch the uniting OF
the young couple.
Outside the little white church
q plain little edifice of revolutionary
design and adorned with thousands
of imported flowers for this occa
sion-thousands of persons had
gathered.
Former President and Mrs. Cool
idge arrived this morning but re-
manned in the background SO as not
to divert from the attention the
bridal couple was to receive.
a crowd of 10000 had surrounded
the church prior to arrival of the
wedding party.
A long tan and white canopy
stretched from the entrance of the
church to the roadside.
AS soon as Mr. CoOlidge's motor
car arrived the crowd started to
push forward. The thirty state
troopers tried to hold them back,
but were Intellectual. BY the time
John and his sweetheart arrived the
crowd had reached the church.
The crowd was good naCured and
cheering. but was insiStent upon
getting as close as possible to the
ceremony.
The wedding group hurried into
The church, John and Florence both
appeared excited. They did not
answer the cheer of the crowd as
had the CooIidges and the Trum-
bulls.
Within a few n.nuteS after the
group entered the church the strains
Of Lohengrin's wedding march could
be heard coming from within.
The crowd was somewhat reStiv2
during the interval that Signified
speaking of the words which joined
John ard Florence Officers be-
sought the crowd TO be quiet.
Soon John and Florence reap
peared arm in arm, married. Both
were bluShing and smiling happily
They hurried to the waiting linz
CUISINE. Florence carried large
bouquet of eastern lilies, breaking a
bridal tradition that roses should be
worn.
Young Coolidge, appearing boyish
in his faultleSSly tailored cutaWay
stumbled as he entered the car,
causing more laughs to the crowd
and more discomfort to himself
Florence sighed, noticeably as she
settled back into the upholstered
seat of the limousine.
The machine sped away, amidst a
terrific roar Of cheers and horns.
Employees of a machine shop across
he street which clattered ceaSeleSSly
during the proceedings leaned out
Of their windows 10 cheer and wave
grimy hands.
Then the former President and
his wife appeared, Both were very
serious. Mr.. Coolidge wore gar
ienia in his buttonhole which Flor
ence had placed there before the
wedding.
John Coolidge had today as one
of his welding gifts a check Tor
$3.50. presented to him by Mrs
Calvin Colidge after Good House
keeping Magazine paid her that
amount for The Open Door," a
poem inspired by the fifth ami
versary of the death of Calvin
Coolidge Jr.
Mrs. Coolidge's poem wrote it
self" in the wakeful hours OF the
night, she advised the magazine
editor. She advised him she was
giving the check she received for
it to John as a wedding gift to be
used in a manner Calvin Jr., might