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oo x < EA ET ------ 42 WINNETKA TALK September 15, 1928 i --------------_----- L:-:AsHHSH= qn H E pH d -- September Popular Month for North Shore Weddings Garden Is Setting for Raymond-M ayhew Marriage Ceremony At a lovely ceremony performed last Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the gardens surrounding her home, Miss Lida Raymond, daughter of Mrs. Lillian E. Raymond of 874 Hill road, Winnetka, became the bride of Harry Mayhew of Waukegan, son of Mrs. A. E. Mayhew of Los Angeles. Dr. Horace J. Bridges read the ceremony, . assisted by Dr. James Madison Stifler of Evanston. The bride's gown was of ivory taf- feta with d'Alencon lace, fashioned with a long full train over a short skirt of lace. She carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley and gardenias. The bridesmaids, Miss Edna Mayhew, Miss Helen Raymond, Miss Jean Ray- mond, Miss Fischer, and Mrs. Nor- wood Burch, wore gowns of various shades of orchid and blue tulle and the matron of honor, Mrs. Don W. Mer- cer, wore a darker shade of blue tulle. They carried loose bouquets of gar- den flowers and roses. Ted Swigart acted as best man for Mr. Mayhew and the ushers were Nor- wood Burch, Fred Raymond, Henry Penfield, and W. E. Burch, Jr. Among the out of town guests who were here for the wedding and its at- tendant festivities were Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Raymond and three children, Helen, Jean, and Jack of Paris, France. Mr. Raymond is a brother of the bride and, with his family, has been staying at his mother's home. The groom's mother, Mrs. A. E. Mayhew, and his grandmother, Mrs. A. M. Swigart, of Los Angeles, and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ingalls of St. Louis were also here. Mr. and Mrs. Mayhew have motored south on their honeymoon and will probably spend some time at Asheville, N. C. They will make their home in Waukegan on their return. Autumn Colors Predominate at Booth-Hagen Wedding Autumn hues, bright, harmonious, formed the color keynote for the wed- ding on Saturday, September 8, of Miss Jessie Booth and Frederick Ellis Hagen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Hagen of Hubbard Woods. The Rev. Harold C. Case of the Glencoe Metho- dist church performed the ceremony at 8:30 o'clock in the evening in the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Peele Booth of 521 Sixth street, before an altar improvised in front of the large fireplace, which was profusely adorned with oak leaves, white berries, and gladioli, with large pots of fernia on either side. Tapers in wrought-iron Cathedral candelabra at either side of the altar threw their soft light for the reading of the mar- riage service in the presence of fifty guests. Marie Lu Owig was harpist. The bride wore a robe de style gown of ivory satin faced with French blue. Her veil of Duchess lace and tulle formed a long train. She carried a bouquet of roses shading from white to golden hue, valley lilies, and three sprays of forget-me-nots. The maid of honor, Miss Alverda Helming of Lake Bluff, was gowned in topaz transparent velvet, while the bridesmaid, Miss Amy Hagen, sister of the groom, was in transparent vel- vet of golden brown. Each carried an arm bouquet of tritoma in shades of gold and brown with sprays of blue larkspur. Jack Hagen served his brother as best man and Jack Booth was usher. Mr. and Mrs. Hagen are on a ten dey motor trip and after October 1, be at home in Evanston. On Honeymoon Photo by Nieto Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams Fitch, whose marriage took place last Satur- day, sailed Wednesday on their wed- ding trip to Bermuda. The bride was Miss Lucille King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irving George King of Rogers Park. Mr. Fitch is the son of Col. and Mrs. Claude E. Fitch of 1033 Elmwood avenue. The ceremony was read at 8:30 o'clock in the evening, at the King residence, the Rev. Horace G. Smith officiating and an informal reception for the two families followed. The bride wore a frock of flesh-colored chiffon fashioned with a long, full skirt and with a bow and long stream- ers of French blue. She carried lilies- of-the-valley and pale pink rosebuds. Her only attendant, her sister, Miss Marjorie, was in a period gown of French blue taffeta. Her bouquet was of pale yellow roses and valley lilies. Philip Vaughan Bright, Jr. served as best man. Cards Out for Wedding of Marcia B. Converse Mr. and Mrs. Arlan W. Converse of 396 Hawthorn lane have issued invita- tions to the marriage of their daughter, Marcia Burnham Converse, to Donald Olin Cady of Evanston. The wedding will take place at 8:30 o'clock on the evening of Tuesday, September 25, at the Winnetka Con- gregational church. The Rev. James Austin Richards, assisted by Dr. J. W. F. Davies, will read the service. Following the ceremony, a reception for the immediate families and close friends will be held at the home of the bride. Miss Converse has chosen Miss Irene Baehr of Glencoe to be her maid of honor and Mrs. Clement Rockey of Moradabad, India, sister of the groom, Miss Vera Leahy of Evanston, Miss Edna Martin and Miss Ruth Faunt, both of Chicago, will be the brides- maids. Colin W. Johnson of Ireton, Iowa, will serve Mr. Cady as best man and the ushers will be Loren Converse, brother of the bride, Clement Rockey of India, Walter Winkler of South Bend, Ind., and David Wallace of Chi- cago. Simplicity and Dignity Strike Wedding Keynote Simplicity and dignity struck the keynote of the wedding ceremony at the Glencoe Union church last Sat- urday evening, when Miss Mary Lewis Lothrop of Glencoe, and Samuel Smith Hill, Jr., of Reading, Pa., were mar- ried. The church, an ideal one for weddings, was only decorated at the altar, where palms, ferns, anid tall candelabra set off to advantage two large bouquets of white hydrangea and white gladioli. The Rev. James A. Richards of the Winnetka Congrega- tional church read the service. Miss Lothrop wore a quaint old wedding dress that had been her grandmother's, and which her own mother had worn at her wedding. The generous tulle veil fell over it in sim- ple lines and the whole made a charm- ing picture. A note of elegance was found in the dress of the bridesmaids, who wore green georgette, the skirts of which were elongated into stately trains. They carried bouquets of peach roses and gladioli, tied with peach bows. Mrs. Lewis Andrew Day, as matron of honor, made a beautiful contrast with her peach georgette frock of the same style as the brides- maids'. Her bouquet matched those of the bridesmaids, while the bride carried gardenias and lilies of the valley. Miss Christine Bauman of Winnetka, Miss Vera McDermid of Glencoe, Miss Esther Everett of Min- neapolis, Miss Gwendqlyn Mills of Ev- anston, Miss Margery Steele and Miss Helen Strong, of Hartford, Conan, acted as bridesmaids. Mr. Hill was attended by Mr. Day as best man; and his ushers were Dr. Chester Carroll of N. Y. James J. Gibson of Wilmette, Prescott Lothrop, I1, of Glencoe, Hiester Nuhlenberg of Kansas City, William Sessions of Chi- cago, Alvin Spats of Reading, Louis Watermulde of Chicago, and Boyd Wilson of New York. A reception for the immediate fam- ilies was given at the Indian Hill club. Following the honeymoon, the Hills will make their home in East Orange, N. I Weds September 15 The marriage of Miss Leah Mildred Kinne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har- ry C. Kinne of Wilmette, to Ed- win A. Robson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence T. Robson of Chicago, is taking place Saturday, September 15, at 8:30 o'clock in the evening, at the Wilmette Methodist church. The reception will follow at Westmoreland Country club. The attendants are to be Miss Ruth Verle Kinne, maid of honor; Miss Dorothy Fuller and Miss Beatrice Pence of Wilmette, Mrs. Donald G. Healey and Mrs. Kenneth Gordon of Chicago, and Miss Lydia Sprenger of Kenilworth, bridesmaids; Kenneth S. Gordon, who will serve as best man; and the ushers, Donald G. Healey, William Gillespie, Daniel T. Nagle, and Bernard S. Black. Married Miss Margaret Fuller Austrian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Austrian, was married last Saturday at 6:30 o'clock to Dr. L. Benno Bern- heimer at the Austrians' summer resi- dence in Glencoe. The ceremony was read in the presence of only the im- mediate family and was followed hy a large dinner dance. Mr. and Mrs. Austrian reside. at 53 East Division street, Chicago during the winter season. Katharyn Wilson Becomes the Bride of Robert P. Ely A wedding effective in its simplicity took place Saturday afternoon, Sep- tember 8, at St. Luke's church in Ev- anston, when Miss Katharyn Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Broomall Wilson of 350 Greenleaf ave- nue, Wilmette, became the bride of Robert Pollock Ely, son of Dr. and Mrs. James Owen Ely of 430 Walnut street, Winnetka. Following the 5 o'clock ceremony, a wedding dinner for the members of the bridal party and the two families was served at the Evanston hotel. Heavy white satin was used in the making of the period bridal gown with its high collar of Duchess lace and its fan-shape satin train which fell from the waistline. A cluster of orange blossoms held the tulle veil to the bride's head and valley lilies, gar- denias, and white sweet peas formed her bouquet. Mrs. Everett B. Wilson, Jr., the ma- tron of honor and the bridesmaids, Miss Helen Wilson, the bride's sister, and Miss Helen Dostol, Miss Helen Heggie, and Miss Estell Vermeren, were dressed in period gowns of taf- feta in pastel shades and trimmed in velvet, with velvet hats to match. They all carried arm bouquets of pink roses and larkspur. Dr. Ely served as his son's best man, and the ushers were Joseph Lar- sen of Evanston, Morris Grouchy, William Zartmann, and Everett B. Wilson, Jr. of Freeport. Mr. and Mrs. Ely have motored to Land Q'Lakes, Wis., on their wedding trip and will be at home at 824 South Harlem avenue, Freeport, Ill, after September 20. Stoker-Schacht Wedding Event of September 14 A very pretty wedding took place last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dee A. Stoker of 228 Myrtle street when their daughter, Ruth, be- came the bride of Dr. Frederick W. Schacht of Racine, Wis. The cere- mony was read at 8:30 o'clock and was followed immediately by a reception. The bride's gown was of ivory satin and net, fashioned with a basque and gracefully uneven hemline. The cap of the long tulle veil was of honiton lace and orange blossoms. Miss Kath- erine Smits of Baltimore, Md. who was the maid of honor, was gowned in green chiffon and two of the small flower girls wore blue, and the other pale pink crepe de chine. The bride's nephew, who served as ringbearer, was in white. Dr. Edward Schacht of De- troit was the best man and the ushers included Leroy Stoker and Milton Schacht of Racine. The Schachts have left for a motor trip and will make their future home at Rochester, Minn., where Dr. Schacht is on the staff at Mayo Brothers' hos- pital. At Wedding in East Mr. and Mrs. Francis Peabody Butler attended an eastern wedding on Friday, September 7, which was of interest to the north shore. Mrs. Butler's sister, Miss Margaret Hunter, who has lived with her at her home on Private road, became the bride of Robert Donner of Buffalo at a simple ceremony at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian church in New York City. There were no attendants and the service was followed by a breakfast at the Ambassador hotel. Mr. Donner and his bride sailed that night on the Ile de France for several months' travel abroad. They will make their home in Buffalo.