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By Emily Mayer
Weddings were the big news items in the Havre newspapers this week 100 years ago. Here are the three that appeared on The Hill County Democrat’s June 24, 1916, issue:
Married on Anniversary of Mother’s Wedding
A pretty wedding was solemnized last evening at the home of Mrs. Peter Gowrie, one of the pioneer residents of the city, when Mr. Earl R. Bevis, a fireman of the Great Northern Railway company and Miss Ruth Gowrie were united in wedlock, the Rev. P. H. Case, of the Presbyterian church, officiating.
The bride was attired in a beautiful gown of white satin and the groom in the conventional black. The ceremony was performed under a great wedding bell suspended from the ceiling in the dining room, in the presence of immediate members of the family and a few intimate friends.
Adding to the joyousness of the occasion was that the wedding day marked the 39th anniversary of the wedding of the bride’s mother.
Miss Gowrie has for a number of years been employed in the dry goods department of the Havre Commercial company and is one of the most popular young ladies of the city.
Wedded at Noon
Robert C. Brader and Miss Alice Graham, two of Havre’s most popular people among the younger set, were at high noon Tuesday united in the bonds of wedlock at St. Mark’s Episcopal church of this city, Rev. L. J. Christler, of that church officiated. Mr. Christler journeyed from Great Falls, where he is in attendance at the convention of the Episcopal church of Montana, and immediately thereafter left, again, for Great Falls.
After the wedding the young people took the east bound train and will spend a short honeymoon at Poplar, where the relatives of the bride reside.
Pretty Wedding
Last evening a very pretty home wedding occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ellinghouse when their daughter, Miss Leora, was united in marriage to Mr. Clayton L. Jones. The beautiful home ceremony was read by Rev. E. J. Huston at 6 o’clock, after which the happy party sat down to a bounteous wedding supper.
The bride is one of Havre’s charming young ladies with a wide circle of friends. The groom is an employee of the Great Northern and among the steady industrious young men of the city. There are off on a short honeymoon trip to Portland, Seattle and other coast cities. On their return to Montana they will make their home in Havre.
The newly married couple have the congratulations of a host of friends for their future happiness and prosperity.
With weddings come pre-ceremony gatherings. Bridge was very popular in Havre’s society circles a century ago, and one such party was announced in the Society column in the Havre Plaindealer of the same date:
Bridge for Bride-Elect
Miss Letha Duke, whose marriage takes place today, was prettily complimented on Wednesday afternoon when Miss Marjorie Williams entertained at bridge.
Wild roses were used in decoration and after the play a three-course luncheon was served. Those asked to meet Miss Duke were Mesdames Blair, Holland Jr., Devlin, Grimmer, LeRoy MacKenzie, Misses Duke, Kathryn Johnson and Grace Muir of Minneapolis, Ethel Meiwald of Chinook, Dobbins, Clara MacKenzie.
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