Fick-Armstrong
A very pretty wedding was
solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Armstrong of Rowan
Mills, on Wednesday, 11 May 1910, when their eldest daughter, Miss
Gladys Armstrong became the bride of Mr. Jas. Fick, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Stephen Fick.
The ceremony took place at
11 o'clock. The bride was given away by her father and was
unattended. Little Miss Nina Calvert acted as flower girl.
Rev. W. H. Garnham, B.A.,
B.D., of Port Rowan officiated, while Miss Mabel Chamberlain
played Wedding Bells March.
The bride was attired in a
dainty Swiss lawn dress trimmed with Valenciennes lace and
insertion with white silk directoire sash and wore a wreath of
lilies of the valley in her hair and also carried a sheaf of the
same. The flower girl look very pretty in a white silk dress and
white shoes, carrying the ring basket of pink carnations and satin
ribbon.
The groom's gift to the
bride was a gold bracelet and too the flower girl a gold wish bone
broach set with pearls. Guests were present from Port Dover,
Forestville, Port Rowan, Erie View and South Walsingham.
A sumptuous wedding
breakfast was served in excellent style and a happy social time
followed the ceremony. A number of beautiful and costly wedding
gifts testified to the high esteem which is entertained for the
bride and groom by their many friends.
The bride travelled in a
blue chiffon broadcloth with white silk waist and white chiffon
hat. The newly married couple took the noon train for points east
amid showers of rice and confetti. On their return they will
reside at "Lydden Bach Farm."
