Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1909 — POPULAR RENSSELAER YOUNG LADY BECOMES BRIDE. [ARTICLE]

POPULAR RENSSELAER YOUNG LADY BECOMES BRIDE.

Miss Pearl McGee of This City Married Sunday to Alpha D. Haig, of Bloomfield, Indiana. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kennedy, a sister of the bride, residing southeast of Rensselaer, occurred the wedding of Mr. Alpha D. Haig andMiss Pearl McGee, at six p. m. Sunday. The Rev. A. G. W, Farmer officiated. The home was beautifully and most artistically decorated with crepe paper and chrysanthemums. The color scheme was forget-me-not blue and white. The bridal couple, unattended, entered the parlor to the thrilling strains of Mendelssohn’s wedding march, which was being played by Miss Glenn Day at the piano. The marriage vow was affirmed under an archway of blue and white erected in the parlor. The bride was gowned in white net over silk with a touch of blue, and the groom in the conventional black. About sixty-five of the relatives and friends attended the wedding, some of whom were class mates of the bride of the ’O3 class of Rensselaer high school. After congratulations, a two course lap supper was served by Miss Olive Pollard, Hazel Jacks, Mary Eisle and Vera Taylor, which consisted of the following: First course, Parker house rolls, creamed chicken, preserves, pickles, coffee; second course, fruit salad, cake. The favors were hand painted cards decorated with wedding bells, which were neatly tied with the wedding cake in blue and white and passed by the bride, after which the handsome pair immediately departed for Monticello in the midst of a shower of rice and old shoes. Mrs. Haig is one of Rensselaer’s most charming girls and has & large circle of warm friends who wish her all happiness and success possible in the new life. * She has been a teacher of art and music in the Bloomfield schools for the past two years. Mr. Haig is one of Bloomfield’s most prominent young business men, being a stock holder and cashier in the Bloomfield State Bank, Bloomfield, Ind:, where a new home awaits them. The numerous and elegant remembrances received by the bride from her friends consisted chiefly of cut glass, silverware and linens, etc. The guests from a distance were: Mrs. Frank Long, Chillicotbe, Ohio; Miss Hazel Lamson, Chicago, Ill.; Miss Maude Daley, Danville, Ind., and Miss Nelle M, Johnston, Fare City, Ohio. • *