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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1919
Page
7
A reflective, dated piece on marriage expectations and motherhood duties. It contrasts romantic ideals with practical duties, urging responsibility, self knowledge, and resilience for wives and daughters while critiquing overly optimistic fantasies.
Vida Mae Martin of Great F C J Jiaska and the groom wed Wednesday June 25 at the Presbyterian manse with Rev Newain Wall Barick officiating. The couple’s ceremony was described as prettily posed and traditional in tone.
Miss Marian Straub and Mr Nye plan a July 5 wedding at 9 pm at the Straub home with Rev James F McNentee officiating. Mrs Gorkant Roberts to serve as matron of honor and Miss Beatrice Fisch maid of honor. Bridesmaids include Misses Maybelle and Esther Soyker. Best man is Mr Frank Verans. Topic notes prewedding social attention and related events follow.
Mrs Charles SiHaire hosted a Wednesday luncheon with informal kitchen details and garden flow decor. An internal dance for about forty attendees occurred Monday June 23 at Alhambra Springs with chaperons Mr and Mrs Hendrick and Mr Power. Japanese lanterns and vines lit the scene, and Shandi lanterns were used for service.
A quiet home wedding was celebrated Tuesday June 24 at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles A Benson. Their daughter Alice Christina married Mr Vian Ritzke with Rev Neowin Hall Burdick of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Attendants were Susie Hosch and Charles Benson. A wedding breakfast followed with table decorations of roses. The couple will live at Glendive Montana.
A stylish kitchen shower for Miss Elizabeth Marian Steant drew eleven intimate guests to a Venton arene home. Verandas bloomed with lilac and greens while orchids and yellow snapdragons highlighted a cake concealing Pyrex gifts. Separate note details another shower for Miss Straub with music and white decor.
The text lists arrivals and visits in Helena this week including Miss Mary White of Billings staying with Mrs. Morse, Mrs. Gondsilis visiting Salt Lake City, the Heilman family from Benton Avenue, the Johnsons moving to a bungalow on Fifth River, J Henry Languard family arriving for summer, the Cory brothers cabin used at Minnehaha Gulch, Meagher and daughter Alice at a trip to a city for home talent plays, Catherine Meagher returning to Helena after teaching in Butte, Mrs. Walter Saunders changing apartments, Pearl Stanford visiting, Margaret Float of Anaconda visiting her sister, Bess M. Ralston leaving for Brockton, and Sergeant S Frank Walters returning from France to Fort Worth then Helena.
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