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Show q LARAMIE, WYO. Lovers For Years United in Catholic Wedlock. (Special Correspondence.) Laramie, Aug. 26. Seldom does it happen that a wedding party of night members stand together as participants or witnesses before the pastor -who administered the holy sacrament of baptism to each in infancy. Such were the unusual conditions which attended the wedding of Donald D. McDermott and Elizabeth Rose Callaghan, who on August 23, were united in holy matrimony by the Rev. Hugh- Cummiskey, V. G. The parents of both parties being pioneers of this section, the wedding has more than local interest for our readers. Mr. McDermott is an honored member of the Knights of Columbus, Cheyenne council. -The following is from the Laramie Boomerang, August 24: "A romance which started when the hero and the heroine were a small boy and a smaller girl in the A B. C class at school, imbibing the rudiments rudi-ments of learning from the same source and lending, a helping hand to each other over the roush roads of the first 'reader' and through the wilderness of the spelling book, was brought to a happy culmination yes-terda.y yes-terda.y by the pret'ty wedding ceremony cere-mony which united the lives 'for better, bet-ter, for worse,' of Mr. Donald D. McDermott Mc-Dermott and Miss Elizabeth Rose Callaghan Cal-laghan of this city. "The St.' Laurence Catholic church was crowded to the sidewalk last evening, when at S o'clock the wedding wed-ding party arrived and walked to the altar rails to the beautiful strains of Mendelsohn's wedding march played by the orchestra of the church. "The stately and impressive ceremony- of the Roman Catholic church was performed by the Rev. Father Cummisky, the while the orchestra .played softly the touching air of the German hymn 'Heimwah.' "The graceful and pretty bride and her charming bridesmaids in their i becoming costumes made a delightful picture at the altar rails. The bride's costume was of white. 'Lansdowne trimmed with embroidered chiffon and beautiful point lace. She wore a white silk turban hat and carried a bouquet of white bride's roses. i "Miss Jennie Lynch, a cousin of the bride and the bridesmaid wore a costume cos-tume of 'robin egg' blue Eolinne and a large picture hat to match and carried car-ried a bouquet of sweet peas. The two maids of honor. Miss Bessie Callaghan Cal-laghan of Ogden and Miss Jennie Callaghan Cal-laghan of Denver, both cousins of the bride, wore costumes of cream white voile with picture hats of the same color and carried large bouquets of sweet peas. Carl Huempfner and Louis Coughlin were the ushers at the church. The groom was attended by Mr. H. AWTuhey of Cheyenne as best man. "The church was decorated for the occasion with many cut flowers, the colors blue and white being1 conspicuous. conspicu-ous. "The wedding ceremony was followed follow-ed by a reception at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. T. , J. Kellett. on South Sixth street, where the prevailing prevail-ing colors - of the pretty decorations were the same blue and white as at the church, a profusion of sweet peas of those colors being everywhere except in the parlor where pink roses and carnations were used. "The reception was . attended by ' a great number, of the friends of the popular young couple and many were the congratulations and 1 good wishes showered upon them. " ... "Mr. and Mrs. McDermott left ,'v on the night train for a honeymoon trip in Colorado and will upon their return make their home at the residence which has been prettily furnished on South Fifth street. "The groom is one of the best known of the younger railroad men of the city. He is a conductor unon the Wyoming division and is alike popular with the officials of the road and his fellow employes. "The bride has always been prominent promi-nent socially and in church work. She has been noted as one of the most faithful members of the Catholic church choir and as a hard working member of the Young Ladies' Sodality. Sodal-ity. "The most appropriate music rendered ren-dered during the. ceremony at the church was rendered, by the orchestra consisting of Miss Helen Ryan at the organ. Professor Niethe- and Mr. Byrne. "The young couple are in receipt of a large number of handsome gifts of silverware, handpainted china, furniture, furni-ture, etc." |