Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1920 — HAMILTON-MILLER NUPTIALS. [ARTICLE]

HAMILTON-MILLER NUPTIALS.

. The First Christian church was the scene of a beautiful and impressive wedding ceremony at four o’clock Wednesday afterrioon when Miss Marie Louise Hamilton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hamilton, of this city, was united in marriage with Dr. William Condon Miller of Hammond, Indiana. The ring ceremony was read by the Rev. W. T. Barbre in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. All of the impressive and beautiful details of the church ritual characterized the ceremony and the wedding music was of especial beauty. At the magnificent pipe organ Mrs. Dr. M. D. Gwin presided, giving a recital preceding the ceremony. The numbers which were so beautifully given were the “Festival Prelude” by Boslet, “Nuptial March” by Coerne, “The Swan” by Saint Saens, “Spring Song" by Mendelssohn and “Orange Blossoms” by Friml. Mrs. John A. Dunlap sang the Theta prayer as a solo. For the processional Mrs. Gwin -played the wedding march from Lohengrin, and during the ceremony “Call Me Thine Own.” The wonderful strains of the Mendelssohn weding march was the recessional. During the musical program the bride entered the church, accompanied by her father, and proceeded down the north aisle. At the same time the groom, accompanied by Dr. Wade Laßue, of Indianapolis, his best man, entered the church auditorium through the south vestry door. Preceding the bride and her father, were ushers, the bridesmaids, maid of honor and the flower girls. Each of the bride’s attendants wore a dress of a different color, producing a rainbow effect. Miss Vilma Rich, of Indianapolis, maid of honor, wore a charming frock of.pink taffeta and white organdie and pink taffeta hat. The bridesmaids were dressed in rainbow colors, Miss Blount wearing an orchid colored organdie dress and hat, Miss Graig a green organdie dress and hat, Miss Stuart a pink organdie dress and hat and Miss Flora a yellow organdie dress and hat. The flower girls wore dainty frocks of different colors and carried baskets of pink and white roses and orange blossoms. The young couple met at the altar as the soft strains of “Call Me Thine Own” floated sweetly out over the audience and as the solemn and impressive marriage vows were exchanged. The bride wore a beautiful gown of white organdie with a tulle veil covered with orange blossomy and pearl trimmings, and carried a shower bouquet of white roses and orange blossoms. The maid of honor was Miss Vilma, Rich, of Indianapolis, and the bridesmaids were Miss Lois Blount, of Tipton; Miss Louise Stuart, of Indianapolis; Miss Gretchen Craig, of Indianapolis; and Miss Mary Flora, of Frankfort. The ushers were Herbert Boulden, of Frankfort; N. F. Stevengpn, of Warsaw; Dr. Morganthaller, of Hammond; and Emmet Laßue, this city. The flower girls were the Misses Elizabeth Jane and Eleanor Long and Miss Mary Louis Warner. The bride is an attractive and talented young lady. She is a graduate of the local high school of the class of 1915 and of Sutler college at Indianapolis of the class of 1920. She is also a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Dr. Miller is a graduate of Peru high school and of Indiana Dental college of the class of 1916, and a member of the Delta Sigma fraternity. Fer the past four years he has been practicing dentistry and at the present time is located at Hammond. Immediately following the ceremony a reception was held at the bride’s home on N. Van Rensselaer street for the out-of-town guests. Mr. and Mrs. Miller left by automobile for a wedding trip which will be spent with relatives of the groom at Detroit and Toledo. They will b? at home the latter part of the month to their many fnends at Hammond,- Indiana. The out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Craig, son, Carl, and daughter, Gretchen, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Glass and daughter, Ruth, of Fort Wayne; Rey. and Mrs. W. Garnett Winn, of Chicago, Miss Marjorie Stuart, Max Baker and Miss Martha UpdegraTt, of apolis; Miss Iva Healey, of Frankfort; Miss Frances Carr, James Gallagher and John Waters, of Lafayette. x