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12 THE CHRISTIAN NATION. Vol. 61.
work in the home missionary field
among the mountaineers of North
Carolina. In her work she has shown
an earnestness of effort and devotion
to ideals that have brought commen­
RICKETTS-FERGUSON WEDDING. dations from many sources. The
Miss Florence Ricketts and B. M. groom, a member of the firm of Wallace
& Ferguson, is a man of charac­
Ferguson were married on Nov. IS afternoon
at three o'clock, the cereter
who counts his friends by his acquaintances,
and whose influence in
mony taking place at the home of Mr. business and public circles is far
and Mrs. C. H. Ricketts, parents of reaching. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson departed
shortly after the ceremony
the "bride, in the presence of a large
number of friends, at Hopkinton, for a brief wedding trip to Titusville,
Pa., visiting enroute at Ann Arbor,
Iowa. The parlors were beautifully
Mich., and Niagara FaUs. They will
decorated with a combination of be at home to their many friends after
green and yellow festoons and yellojv December 15, in the Strane residence,
chrysanthemums. Before the ceremoney,
Mrs. W. J. Kirkwood, sister of a home.
recently bought by Mr. Ferguson for
the bride, sang "l Love You Truly.- Mr. Ferguson is an elder in the
and the bridal couple entered to the Hopkinton R. P. congregation.
strains of Mendlessohn's Wedding
March, played by Miss Nellie Campbell.
Taking their positions in the
library, the ceremony was performed
by Rev. W. O. Ferguson, brother cf
the groom, assisted by Dr. W. H. Ensign,
pastor of the Presbyterian
Church. Little Miss Bernice Perguson
was ring-bearer and Master Milo
Johnston received the bride's bouquet.
This union is one that gives pleasure
to a host of friends. The bride
is an accomplished lady, beloved and
esteemed in the community and elsewhere
where her activities have
been many. A graduate of Lenox College,
a teacher of experience, she has
of late years been doing a splendid
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