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Almost daily I receive accounts of weddings in the area and although each is probably the most important event in the lives of the happy couple they are pretty much routine as far as the ceremony itself is concerned.But recently came news of a wedding in Chiengrai, Thailand, that was so unusual I would like to repeat the details as they were sent to a relative of the bride, Mrs. Bert Silvius of Dundee, a Daily Reporter correspondent.Barbara Knipe, the bride, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Knipe of Seattle, Wash., and a granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Marry Knipe, former residents of New Philadelphia and Dundee.She and the bridegroom, Philip Whitmarsh, also of Washington, are missionaries in Chiengrai and teach English in the Christian sc hool there. I hey have learned the Thai language which Mr. Whitmarsh uses in conducting services in a church next to theif home. Mrs. Whitmarsh will work in the children's department in the Sunday school.The service was in English, with a Canadian minister officiating. A Scotsman served as best man, a Swiss girl was matron of honor and an American was vocal soloist.Two Christian tribal villages were represented. A Yao man prayed a prayer of blessing in the Yao language and several Akhans sang a Christian hymn in their language accompanied by a softly* strummed guitar.Thai Christians gave a reception during which the governor made a speech after placing flower leis around the necks of the bride and bridegroom. This, too. is a custom of the country.I he couple spent a 10-day honeymoon in the mountains and the •mall unpainted house in which they now are residing has a roof of leaves.
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Dover Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio, US
Tue, Dec 10, 1963
Page 26
Full Page
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