Etc. --  Myrtle Ramey weds Alfred Benwell
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An lightly edited transcript of a page 1 article from the 16 Jun 1910 issue of the Simcoe Reformer.

Benwell-Ramey

A beautiful day graced the pretty and fashionable wedding of Miss Myrtle Winnifred, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Ramey, to Mr. Alfred Benwell of Brantford.

The ceremony took place at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Trinity Church which was lavishly decorated with pink peonies and white carnations. Rev. Canon Hicks read the ceremony in the presence of many friends of the contracting parties.

The bride looked charming in her wedding gown of white satin. She wore the conventional veil and orange blossoms, and carried a beautiful bouquet of white roses and lily-of-the-valley. 

The bridesmaid was her only sister, Miss Gladys Ramey, who looked charming in a dress of pearl grey corded silk with old rose trimmings. She wore a picture hat to match and carried a bouquet of pink roses.

Two little flowers girls preceded the bridal procession, little Misses Leon Hunter of Brantford and Babe Sharp of London. They wore pink and white dresses and carried pink and white flowers baskets.

The bride entered the church on the arm of her father, who gave her away. Mr. B. Hendershott of Brantford performed the duties of groomsman. Mr. C. A. R. Wilkinson presided at the organ and Messrs. Russell McIntosh and Joe McInally were ushers.

After the ceremony the bridal party and guests drove to the home of the bride's parents, where a reception was held. Mrs. Ramey, the handsome mother of the bride, wearing a gown of bronze-green silk with pearl trimmings. A sumptuous wedding repast was served, Lea of Simcoe being the caterer.

The groom's gift to the bride was a sunburst of pearls; to the bridesmaid a pearl crescent, and pearl stick pins to the groomsman, ushers and flower girls. The gifts to the bride were unusually handsome. They formed a glittering array of cut glass and silver, and included a number of substantial checks from near relatives.

Among the out-of-town guests were relatives and friends from several United States cities and from Brantford, Toronto, Cainsville, London, Delhi, Port Dover, Waterford, Dunnville, Tillsonburg, Scotland and Niagara Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Benwell left on the afternoon Wabash Express for New York and other eastern cities, where they will spend a two-week honeymoon.

     

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