Newspaper Tidbits from Rick B Sunday, June 11, 2006 "The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, July 1, 1899, page 1 Morning Wedding at Baptist Church. A very pretty wedding took place Wednesday at 11 o'clock a. m. at the Baptist church in the marriage of William J. Herring to Miss Mae Ethel Cook. To the strains of Mendelsson's wedding march played by Miss Stella Frank the bridal party entered the church, and advanced immediately to the altar, where under a beautiful arch of foliage and flowers Mr. William J. Herring and Miss Mae Ethel Cook were united in marriage by the pastor, Rev. B. P. Hewitt. The ceremony was brief but nevertheless impressive. The bride was attractively attired in a beautiful costume of white organdie, trimmed with pearls, ribbons and laces and was sent to the bride by relatives in California. The maid of honor, Miss Edyth Slade, and the bridesmaids, the Misses Ella Rohleder, Etta Friend, Mae Swanger and Bertha Mason, were beautifully attired. Mr. Arthur Berkheiser served as groomsman and Charles Finch and Jay Miller acted as ushers. Following the ceremony a course dinner was served to about! 100 guests at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cook, 216 West Grove street. The bride is a well known and popular young lady of this city [Mishawaka] and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Herring, of Newberry, Mich., and is in the employe of the Roper Furniture company and bears the respect of all who know him. The newly married couple received many handsome presents. Mr. and Mrs. Herring will reside at 216 West Grove street, with the latter's parents. Among the guests from abroad who attended the wedding were Miss Imogene Babcock, of Niles, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Herring, of Newberg, Mich., parents of the groom; Miss Etta Robinson, of Penn, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Hilton, grandmother, of the bride, of Union Mills, Ind. [Newberry, Mich. and Newberg, Mich. are as spelled in the newspaper.---Rick B]