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    1. [MEWASHIN-L] Thistle Mission Band Newspaper Clippings-76
    2. Alta Flynt
    3. Main Surnames: CROCKET, MOORE, GREGG, WOOD, BREWER, BARRETT, PETTIGROVE; Also: SUTHERLAND, WILSON, TRITES, McDUFFIE, FASH, DYSART, LINTON, HOWSON, CROWE. (There is no date on this clipping. It is very yellow with age and crumbled at the top and bottom so that some parts of the clippings are missing. It contains the following two wedding announcements. A series of dots (. . .) will indicate missing words. Reverend J. S. Sutherland also performed the weddings of Frederick Greer and Hazel Burden on June 25, 1919, and John Andrews and Bertha Smith on July 29, 1920. See newspaper clippings 53 and 66.) . . . Crocket. . . . . . wedding was . . . day afternoon at 4.30 . . .amanca, the home of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Crocket where . . . youngest daughter Miss Beatrice became the bride of Harry C. Moore, B. Sc., of this city. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. S. Sutherland, pastor of St. Paul's Presbyterian church. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a beautiful bridal gown of white crepe de chene over brocaded silk with pearl trimmings and bridal veil with orange blossoms, the only ornament she wore being a platinum bar pin with pearl and diamond setting, the gift of her father, and carried a bouquet of bridal roses. She had as her bridesmaid Miss Violet Wilson, who wore a very pretty gown of pale blue satin and georgette crepe with silver trimming and large hat with ostrich brim and silver crown, and carried a bouquet of pink roses. Two little nieces of the bride, Elsie Trites and Eileen Crocket, were the flower girls and looked very sweet, being dressed in white voile and carrying pretty baskets of white and pink sweet peas and preceded the wedding party to the drawing room. The groom had as his best man Harry Wilson of this city. The bridal party entered the drawing room to the strains of Lohengrin's Wedding March, played by Miss McDuffie, of Portland, Me., and stood in the large bay window, which was a complete bower of flowers and greenings. After the ceremony a buffet supper was served. The floral decorations, all the work of the girl friends of the bride, were beautiful; in the hall the banisters and noel posts were a mass of flowers, while in the dining room the color scheme was red and white. The bride was the recipient of many beautiful wedding gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Moore left on the evening train for a short trip to Nova Scotia, the bride wearing a travelling suit of navy blue serge with grey panne velvet hat with black ostrich tips and a black fur cape. GREGG - WOOD. Baptist Minister of Oromocto Weds Young Lady of Rusiagornis -- Groom's Brother, Who Is a V. C., Also to Wed. A very pretty wedding was solemnized at the george Street Baptist parsonage last evening when Rev. R. S Gregg, pastor of the Baptist Church at Oromocto, and Miss Jennie May Wood, of Rusiagornis, were united in marriage by Rev. Z. L. Fash. The bride who was unattended, wore a travelling suit of navy blue serge, with hat to match and black fox furs. Rev. and Mrs. Gregg left on the evening train for the home of the groom's parents at Nortondale, Kings County, where they will spend a few days before going to Havelock to attend the wedding of the groom's brother, Lieut. Gregg, V. C., who now hold a government position in Toronto. The ceremony will be performed by rev. M. L. Gregg, pastor of the Baptist church at Sydney, C. B., after which both parties will leave on a campiing expedition. All three brothers are graduates of . . .dia University. DIED. BREWER -- Suddenly at North Devon on March 2nd, 1942, T. Murray Brewer, aged 79 years. Funeral tomorrow afternoon from the home of his son, Barnett M. Brewer, 303 Union street, with service at 2.30 o'clock by Rev. (Capt.) H. E. Dysart and interment made in Sunny Bank Cemetery. DIED. BARRETT -- At Fredericton, N. B., July 30th, 1941, George Barrett, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Barrett, aged 35 years. Funeral from home of his parents, 327 York street, tomorrow afternoon with service at three o'clock by Rev. John Linton and Rev. J. D. L. Howson and interment made in Forest Hill Cemetery. PETTIGROVE - Entered into rest at Victoria Public Hospital, January 7th, 1941, Mrs. Catherine Pettigrove, aged eighty-one years. Funeral Thursday afternoon, from the home of her son, Horace R. Pettigrove, 867 Union street, South Devon. Service at 2 p. m. conducted by Rev. A. G. Crowe, and interement in the Baptist Cemetery, Marysville.

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