Carroll & Llewellyn Hemingray attended Neely-Richey wedding

The Week in Society

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In the present of one hundred and forty guests Wednesday evening the marriage of Miss E. Maude Neely and Mr. Albert S. Richey was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lon M. Neely, on the corner of Main and Monroe streets. At 6:30 o'clock as Miss Charlotte Bishop rendered Mendelssohn's Wedding March, the ribbon bearers, Miss Maud Cary and Miss Edith Studley, of Grand Rapids, Mich., appeared at the northeast corner of the front parlor and made an aisle with white ribbon to the southwest corner of the bark parlor, where the bridal arch was built. From the enclosed porch through a entrance near the arch Rev. W. H. Oxtoby entered immediately followed by Mr. Richey and the best man, Mr. Arthur Cassady. Mr. Robert E. Walker, the groomsman and Miss Emily Olcott, the bridesmaid, were the next to enter from the front parlor through the aisle followed by Miss Reba Richey the maid of honor. In a moment the bride appeared, accompanied by her father. As they reached the archway a semi-circle was formed by the bridal party. Mr. Neely gave the hand of his daughter to the minister, who led her to the groom. The music ceased and in an impressive manner with the beautiful ring ceremony Mr. Oxtoby uttered the words which made them husband and wife. Congratulations were then offered by the guests. After the wishes of joy had been given and received the bridal supper of four courses was served by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Adams, the caterers. The bride was robed in a beautiful gown of white silk organdy over white silk. The gown was made with a long train with four silk ruffles around it. The pointed overdress of silk organdi had a ruffle of footing. The yoke was of renaissance lace with high collar cover­ed with the same. The sleeves were made tucked and musquotaire with the footing on the cuffs. On the collar and large ruffle about the yoke were tiny ruffles of the footing. In her hair which was dressed high, was a velvet bow, with aigrette and jeweled orna­ment. The bride wore white gloves and carried a large bunch of bride's roses and a handkerchief which once formed a part of her mother's wedding trousseau. Miss Richey the maid of honor was gowned in a white mouselein de sole Miss Olcott, the brides­maid, wore a white silk organdie gown, trimmed in accordion plaited and lace bertha. She wore white tips in the hair. White gloves were worn. Both carried large bunches of white chrysanthemums, tied with white sat­in ribbon. The ribbon-bearers, Miss Studley and Miss Cary, appeared in gowns o' pink, the former in satin with diamond ornaments, the latter in silk trimmed in duchess lace. Miss Cary also wore a minature brooch. Pink ribbon bows were worn in the hair and white gloves completed the constumes [sic] costumes. The gown worn by Mrs. Neely, the mother of the bride, was a beautiful imported Venetian cloth, of royal purple, trimmed in real lace and pan-velvet of Persian design. She wore a black velvet bow in her hair, and white gloves. White and green were the colors of the decorations and made a charming effect. The arch­way in which the bridal party stood during the marriage ceremony was made of curtains of smilax, draped with bunches of white carnations. Above this was a fret work of aspara­gus artistically arranged and the back­ground was a mass of rich green. The mantles were banked with beautiful potted plants. Banks of sweet elysium with potted plants adorned the recep­tion hall. The stairway was draped with smilax and white carnations. In the front parlor were potted plants with immense bunches of white chrys­anthemums. Smilax was gracefully arranged about all the chandeliers, over the door-ways and windows.

Those present at the wedding last night were: Messrs. and Mesdames Walter Andrews, Samuel Anthony, George Bailey, Frank Ball, L. L. Ball, R. J. Beatty, Charles Bender, Frank Claypool, Rush Evans, Leo Ganter, Will Goddard, John Garner, M. L. Hagerman, J. J. Hartley, Arthur Harriott, Fred Heath, J. Edgar Johnson, George V. Jennings, A. L. Johnson, Charles Kimbrough, Hal Kimbrough, Armstead Klein, John W. Little, George McCulloch, J. R. Marsh, J. M. Maring, J. Arthur Meeks, Cyrus G. Neely, Edward Olcott, W. S. Richey, Will Little, J. H. Smith, James Smith, J. L. Smith, C. P. Sample, Albert Sheeler, Robert Sheffield, Albert Wright, John Wildman, Melville Wood, Mesdames M. Louise Cassady, Hattie Hamilton, Frank Russey, J. H. Thomas, Rev. and Mrs. C. M Carter, Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Oxtoby, Dr. and Mrs. Phinney, Mrs. Pearl Bennett, Clifford Bower, Charlotte Bishop, Edna Boyce, Mayme Brotherton, Virginia Claypool, Vida Cassady, Mariam Case, Lynne Coffeen, Cora Emerson, Elizabeth Ellis, Anna Goddard, Nettie Gass, Clara Gill, Llewellyn Hemingray, Carroll Hemingray, Mae Heath, Helen Hickman, Edith Kirby, Grace Johnson, Ida Jacobs, Abbe Kuechman, Reba Koons, Clarissa Koons, Lillie Mitchell, Linda Merriman, Jennie Neely, Florence McNaughton, Kate Maddy, Emily Olcott, Louise Phinney, Isabell Preston, Reba Richey, Bertha Health, Helen Smith, Belle Thomas, Etta Thompson, Fan­nie Turner, Bessie Williams, Eva Winchester, Messrs. Frank Anthony, Walter Baker, Arthur Brady, Arthur Cassady, Harry Cates, Bert Ream, Fred

Georgia, Frank Gass, Ben Glascock, Ray Johnson, Frank Kimbrough, Will Myers, Henry McGinnis, T. S. Neely, Charles K. Mavity, Karl Oesterle, Harry Paris, Thomas Ryan, Paul Richey, Burt Scott, John Sprowl, Jay Lee Turner, Robert E. Walker, George Wachtell, Jack Wachtell, Robert Williams. The guests from a distance were Mrs. William A. Berkey, of Grand Rapids, Mich., the grandmother of the bride; Mrs. William H. Jones, of Grand Rapids, Mich., the bride's aunt; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kennedy, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Miss Corselta Taylor, of Indianapolis; Mr. Barnes of Colorado Springs, Col.; Miss Maude Carry and Miss Edith Studley, of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Mr. and Mrs. Richey left late Wed­nesday night for Chicago where they make their first stop on the honey­moon trip.