Etc. -- Gordon Urquhart wed Margaret A. Stalker
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A lightly edited transcription of a page 1 article from the 30 Oct 1919 issue of the Simcoe Reformer.

Married in Trinity Church

A pretty wedding took place at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in Trinity Church, when Miss Margaret A., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Melvin Stalker of 182 Talbot Street North, was married to Gordon Urquhart, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Urquhart of Ottawa.

The edifice was beautifully decorated with autumn leaves and foliage. 

The Rev. A. B. Farney officiated and Mr. Douglas McD. Northcombe played the wedding music.

The bride, who was given away by her father, approached the alter looking lovely in a gown of cream georgette over white satin, trimmed with silver lace and juliette veil, trimmed with orange blossoms. She wore silver pumps and carried an ivory bound prayer book with shower bouquet.

The maid of honor, Miss Eileen Fitton, was dressed in grey [sic] georgette, with bead trimmings; she wore a grey picture hat trimmed with pink ostrich feathers and carried a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums.

The bridesmaids were Miss Kathleen Stalker, sister of the bride, and Miss Jean Urquhart, sister of the groom. They wore white net gowns over white silk, with black velvet hats and carried bouquets of pink and blue chrysanthemums.

Mr. Courtnay Milne of Queen's University, Kingston, was best man. 

The ushers were Gordon Lyons of Toronto, Charles E. West of Simcoe, and 
W. D. Stalker, brother of the bride.

After the ceremony a reception and buffet luncheon was held at the home of the bride's parents. The bride's mother received, gowned in in black satin and wore a corsage bouquet of American Beauty Roses. Mrs. Edgett Tisdale assisted at the luncheon with the ice cream. Mrs. W. C. Cope of Toronto and Mrs. Charles West poured the coffee. Mrs. Harvey Evans, 
Miss Maude Porter, Miss Clara Porter, 
Miss Helen West, Miss Margaret Messmore, Miss Dorothy Kerr, and Miss Marjorie West served.

Later the bride and groom left for Waterford to entrain for a wedding trip to Buffalo and New York, the bride traveling in a suit of brown broadcloth, with brown velvet hat and beaver furs.

The groom's gift to the bride was a silver coin purse; maid of honor, silver vanity case; bridesmaids, amethyst rings; best man, silver cigarette case; ushers, silver match boxes.

The guests from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Urquhart and little son of Ottawa, Mr. and Mrs. Pursley of Kitchener, Mr. Kemp of Delhi, Mr. Lloyd Wood of Brantford, Miss Dorothy Kerr of Kitchener.


 

 
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