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THE MUNGER-SILVEY WEDDING.Wednosday evening, June is, 1593 Alice Gray Munger and William Baird Silvey were married in the old Pii-grim Congregational church. The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Munger, real pioneers of Du-luth, now gone to their reward, while the groom was the son of an officer in the regular U. S. army. A civil en-gineer by profession, he came to Duluth from far go, if memory is correct and was prominent for years iu Duluth’s business circles.W. B. Silvey went to his death, like a brave gentleman, when the ill-fated Titanic went down. “Womea and children first” saved Mrs. Silvey’» life. Since then, she agaiu has married, but that’s another story.Mrs. John Loman presided at the pipe organ in the loft, almost concealed behind banks of flowers, palms, exotics and daisies, intermingled with maidenhair ferns.As the strains of the wedding march burst forth, Rev. Dr. C. C. Salter and Rev. E. M. Noyes entered the church and took their positions at the altar.; Mr. Silvey and his best man, E. C. Jones, promptly joined the ministers.Little Barbara Rupley, Olive Wood-bridge, Angela Magoffin and Alice ' Gray came up the adsle, stretching 1 white ribbons along the course to be taken by the prospective bride and her father.The maids of honor, Miss Young, of Brunswick, Me., and Miss Maren Miller, of Duluth, took their appointed places. Then came the bride’smaids. Miss Isabel Silvey, of Washington. D. C., Miss Kate Gilman, of Chicago, and Misses Fannie Upham and Gertrude | Mark ell, of Duluth.The ushers were J. F. Merriam, C., J. Kershaw, Walter Turle, W. C. Farrington A. L. Thurman and Wilson G. Crosby. Ushers and bride'smaids divided on either side of the altar, where they stood during the ceremonv.The bride was gowned in white satin, 1 trimmed with a profusion of Duehesse lace, a tulle veil and a bridal bouquet i of pure white roses.1 The maids of honor wore white silk mulle over satin with short tulle veils.1 The bride’s maids were gowned the same, except the veils, and carried huge bouquets of snowballs.The venerable and beloved Dr. Salter read the ceremony. Responses by 1 the bridal couple were audibly made. i The bridal party left the church by the Easterly door and were followed by their retinue. They proceeded to the Munger residence in Piedmont terrace ! where a reception was held. The newly wedded couple left that evening for Chicago., The Monday before the wedding, t Mrs. Fred Huntress gave a 10 o’clock ( bridal breakfast in honor of Miss Mnn-ger. A photograph was taken of those ' present.t That same evening, John P. Gordon gave a moonlight tug party. Among ‘ those who went were Misses Magoffin, Young, Foster, Gilman, ITpham, Mar-1 kell, Breckenridge and Miller.Messrs. W. C. Farrington, Jones, Robson, Peyton, Thurman, Hartman, 1 Culver, Buntin and Gordon made up i the male contingent. The next evening, Tuseday, Miss Maren Miller gave a white dinner to the bridal nartv at , the old Miller residence at 417 West Second street.St. Paul guests at the wedding were , Mrs. Robert A. Smith, Mrs. John C. Bullitt, Mrs. Western, Miss Western, and R. C. Munger. Mrs. Gibson was present from New York.-o-
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The Duluth Rip Saw
Duluth, Minnesota, US
Sat, Mar 20, 1920
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