Haas – Kessel Marriage 1916

HAAS, KESSEL

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:55:23

Cresco Plain Dealer June 2, 1916 P-1 C-2,3

Miss Martha Kessel Becomes the Bride of Raymond W. Haas.
Miss Martha Catherine Kessel, eldest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George Kessel, became the bride of Raymond Weaver Haas of Eldora, Ia., on Tues day evening, May 30th, at seven o’clock at the home of her parents, 212 Sixth Ave. East. About seventy-five guests witnessed the ceremony which was performed by Rev. John Gammons, the double ring service being used. The guests were met at the door by Miss Martha Alexander. A miniature arbor of crab apple blossoms was arranged in the south parlor in which the vows were spoken. Before the ceremony, Miss Katherine Cannon sang “At Dawning” and afterwards “A Birthday.” Miss Helen Kessel, sister of the bride, played the nuptial music.
The bride entered with her father who gave her in marriage. She wore a gown of white tulle over white satin and Chantilly lace. The skirt was cut round length and the bodice was decollete with long sleeves of tulle. Her tulle veil was cut long enough to form a train. It was arranged with cap effect and was caught with lilies of the valley. She carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley. The maid of honor, Miss Julia Kessel, and the bridegroom with his best man who was his father, Mr. Charles Haas, met the bride at the altar.
Following the ceremony there was a short reception. Receiving with the members of the bridal party were Dr. and Mrs. Kessel, parents of the bride, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Haas, parents of the bridegroom. A color scheme of pink and green was carried out in the reception room and dining room with Killarney roses and smilax and lighted by pink candles. Assisting in the dining room were the Misses Grace Patterson, Hazel Kellogg and Lucy Powers.
Among the out of town guests were the Misses Virginia and Marguerite Haas, sister of the groom; Mrs. Mary Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Smyth, Miss Anna Piesen, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. Diehl, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hardin and son Kent, all of Eldora, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snyder and son Richard of Jewell, Ia., Mrs. George Young, Miss Lila and Mr. Charles Young of Canton, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Brainerd of Mitchell, S. D., Mrs. E. W. Clark, Jr., and son Elbert of Los Angeles, Cal., Miss Marie King of Coxsackie, N. Y., Miss Norma Fellows of Lansing, la., Miss Constance Davis and Mr. L. L. Dickerson of Grinnell, la., and Mr. W.
U. McAlmon of Minneapolis, Minn.
Mrs. Haas is a charming and accom¬plished young lady who has lived in Cresco all of her life; she was graduated from Grinnell college in 1911 and afterwards attended the State Library school at Albany, N. Y. Since then she has been on the library staff at Grinnell college. Mr. Haas is a partner of his father in a large mercantile business in Eldora, Ia., and has a wide circle of friends there.
After a short wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Haas will go directly to Eldora where they will be at home after July first.