The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-09-14
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OaHOlo LgnC Marriage service
With beautiful candle light SER
vice in the Church of the Good
Samaritan (EpiscopaD on Saturday
afternoon, September 9th, at 4:3O
o'clock, occurred the marriage of
Geraldine Francese Hansen, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Rudolph e. Hansen, of
this city, to Mr.. Henry Kirkland
Wills, of Tfptonville, Tennessee.
Mr.. Wills is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Wills, of st. Charles,
Missouri. The Rev. John L. By
ron, of Little Falls, read the double
ring service of the Episcopal
Church.
Entering the church to the
strains of Mendelsohn's Wedding
March, played on the pipe organ
by Mrs. J. J. Cotton, little Virginia
Holes, a niece, as flower girl and
ring bearer, led the bridal process
sion. Alice Hurlburt Halverson, as
maid of honor, and Helen Hedin,
as bridesmaid, entered the church
in single column, followed by the
bride and her escort, w. w. Holes,
of ST. Cloud, a relative of the fam
lily, who gave the bride in mar
riage. John Mudd, of st. Charles,
Mo-, friend of the groom, who act
ed as attendant, and the rector
entered the church from the sac
risty.
Donald Bergland and Theodore
Pickett, cousins Of the bride, of
Minneapolis, were the ushers, and
Billy Holes and Jimmy Holes, of
st. Cloud, were the pages.
Mrs. J. J. Cotton, as organist,
played 20 Promise Me" as the pre-
lude, and Lohengrin's Wedding
March as the occasional.
The bride was attired in her
mothers wedding gown, which she
wore thirty-three years ago. 1t was
of ivory satin, with Irish baby
crochet lace, made with tight fit
ting bodice, flowing skirt extending
in a train. Her veil of fingertip
length, was held in place with a
crown of orange blossoms. The
brides only jewelry ornament was
a pearl and diamond pendant, a
gift of Mr.. Hansen to Mrs. Hansen,
when they were married. Her flow
ers were a bouquet of gardenias.
The maid of honor, Alice Halver-
son, wore a dress of green MORE
taffeta, and her flowers were tails
man roses. Helen Hedin, the
bridesmaid, was gowned in dress
of watermelon pink, and her flow
,ers were also talisman roses. The
gowns of both the maid of honor
and bridesmaid were fashioned af-
ter the brides dress.
Mrs. Hansen, the brides mother,
was attired in black chiffon vel
vet dress, and she wore a corsage
of talisman roses. Mrs. Wills,
mother of the groom, wore a plum
,colored dress, and a corsage of
talisman roses.
Decorations in the church were
white asters, gladiolus and ferns,
and the home decorations were pink
and white asters and pink gladio-
lus.
A large number of relatives and
friends attended the church service
and one hundred and twenty-five
guests were present at the recep-
ton at the home of the brides
mother, following the ceremony.
Immediately following the recep-
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Wills left for
Chicago, ILL.,, for brief honeymoon,
from where they will proceed to
their, new home in Tiptonville, Ten
nessee, where they will be at home
after September 18th.
The bride, very well and favor
ably known, grew to womanhood
in this city. She attended the pub
lie schools and was graduated from
high school in 1887. She attended
Stephens College, Columbia, Mis-
souri,, and graduated from that in
stitution in June of this year.
Mr.. Wills, a resident of st.
Charles, Missouri, was graduated
from the public schools of his home
town, and later attended the Uni
versity of Missouri, graduating
from the engineering department.
He is now engaged and has fine
position with the U. S. engineers
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