Benwell-Ramey
A beautiful day graced the
pretty and fashionable wedding of Miss Myrtle Winnifred, elder
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Ramey, to Mr. Alfred Benwell of
Brantford.
The ceremony took place at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Trinity Church which was lavishly
decorated with pink peonies and white carnations. Rev. Canon Hicks
read the ceremony in the presence of many friends of the
contracting parties.
The bride looked charming
in her wedding gown of white satin. She wore the conventional veil
and orange blossoms, and carried a beautiful bouquet of white
roses and lily-of-the-valley.
The bridesmaid was her only
sister, Miss Gladys Ramey, who looked charming in a dress of pearl
grey corded silk with old rose trimmings. She wore a picture hat
to match and carried a bouquet of pink roses.
Two little flowers girls
preceded the bridal procession, little Misses Leon Hunter of
Brantford and Babe Sharp of London. They wore pink and white
dresses and carried pink and white flowers baskets.
The bride entered the
church on the arm of her father, who gave her away. Mr. B.
Hendershott of Brantford performed the duties of groomsman. Mr. C.
A. R. Wilkinson presided at the organ and Messrs. Russell McIntosh
and Joe McInally were ushers.
After the ceremony the
bridal party and guests drove to the home of the bride's parents,
where a reception was held. Mrs. Ramey, the handsome mother of the
bride, wearing a gown of bronze-green silk with pearl trimmings. A
sumptuous wedding repast was served, Lea of Simcoe being the
caterer.
The groom's gift to the
bride was a sunburst of pearls; to the bridesmaid a pearl
crescent, and pearl stick pins to the groomsman, ushers and flower
girls. The gifts to the bride were unusually handsome. They formed
a glittering array of cut glass and silver, and included a number
of substantial checks from near relatives.
Among the out-of-town
guests were relatives and friends from several United States
cities and from Brantford, Toronto, Cainsville, London, Delhi,
Port Dover, Waterford, Dunnville, Tillsonburg, Scotland and
Niagara Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Benwell left on the afternoon Wabash
Express for New York and other eastern cities, where they will
spend a two-week honeymoon.
