Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1916 — PUBLIC WEDDING AND SOCIAL [ARTICLE]

PUBLIC WEDDING AND SOCIAL

Held at Union School House in Jordan Friday Evening. Union, the new consolidated school house in Jordan township, was crowded to its utmost capacity last Friday night when a great crowd assembled there to attend a box social and to witness a very pretty and unique wedding ceremony, when Miss School and Mr. Community were united in marriage. Following a program given by the school Miss Esther, Sage played a very pretty wedding march as the bridal party took their places beneath a beautiful arch which had been decorated in the color scheme of yellow and white, which had been skillfully carried out by the teachers, Miss Dillon and Miss Kessinger. ' Two little flower girls, Vera Simonin and Viola Sommer, strewed the bridal path with roses. They were followed by the mill’d of honor. Miss Kathryn Parker, and the best man, Glen May. ’ The bride and groom came next, followed by little Oral Fenwick, who carried the ring on a small silver plate. After the ring bearer came the bridesmaids. Misses Dorothy Shumaker, Sylvia Augspurger, Opal Fenwick and Veva Holser. The bride was dressed in wtyte and wore a veil which was held in place by a wreath of small white roses and carried a bouquet of yellow chryanthemums. The attendants were also dressed in white and yellow. , x. . ’ Mr. Cory acted as minister and performed a very solemn and impressive ceremony. After congratulations were offered to the bride and groom, who proved

to be Wilbur Cooper and Albert Sage, Mr, Cory took his place as auctioneer and the boxes were sold. Some prizes were given, Chris Nafziger being the hungriest man, won a roasted chicken; Miss Evelyn Michaels was voted the most popular young lady and Gaylord Sommer was given an angel food # cake for guessing nearest the number of beans in a can. V The proceeds of box social amounted to over $4 1, which will be used for the purchase of reading circle books and other things needed by the school. ' *♦