Christian-Lyon Marriage Announcement

CHRISTIAN, LYON, PATTEN, LONG, BUTTON

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 8/17/2014 at 09:10:25

The Grinnell (IA) Herald
Feb. 6, 1914

MARRIED.
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CHRISTIAN-LYON

Miss Alma Christian and Arthur Chandler Lyon were married on Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Hon. and Mrs. George M. Christian, 834 Park street, in the presence of a company of one hundred and fifty relatives and friends. Rev. P.F. Marston performed the ceremony. It was one of the most brilliant and beautiful weddings ever witnessed in Grinnell.

As the appointed hour, 8:30 o'clock arrived, Miss Margaret Christian, sister of the bride, sang Florence Aylward's beautiful "Beloved, It Is Morn" and the "Happy Song" by Teresa Del Riego to the accompaniment of Miss Bertha K. Shutts at the piano.

Then, to the strains of Mendelsohn's wedding march, played by Miss Shutts, the bridal party entered, descending the stairs from the upper rooms. Rev. Dr. Marston entered the parlor first and was followed by the two tiny flower girls, Betty and Marian Spaulding, wearing white embroidered lingerie frocks, with pink and blue sashes and carrying tiny baskets of flowers, who stretched the broad white ribbons which formed the pathway. Following them Miss Eleanor Long, of Mason City, a niece of the groom, carried the ring in a beautiful basket of flowers. The bride and groom entered unattended and took their places. A ceremony composed of the single ring service, and impressively read by the Rev. Dr. Marston was performed before a green lattice work covered with white sweet peas so blended with feathery green as to give beauty without heaviness. Behind the green were concealed tiny electric lights, producing a beautiful effect. Over the heads of the bridal pair hung a bower of greenery from which dropped clusters of white sweet peas, also concealing small electric bulbs. The rest of the house was a mass of green. Smilax covered the walls and stairway and ferns were interlaced in the central crystal chandeliers. Green lattice work and ferns formed the doorways.

The ceremony was followed by congratulations of the heartiest order and refreshments were served in the dining room, which was unusually attractive with the bride's table with its centerpiece of pink Killarney roses, gold candlesticks with pink candles and shades and small gold baskets filled with pink sweet peas and lilies of the valley and tied with bows of pink illusion.

The bride's gown was a beautiful creation of white crepe charmeuse made en traine and trimmed with shadow lace and pearls and a soft trace of yellow. She wore a tulle veil draped into a cap at the head and caught with lilies of the valley. She carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley and white roses.

Mrs. George M. Christian, mother of the bride, was beautifully gowned in black velvet trimmed with Duchess and rose point lace.

Miss Margaret Christian, sister of the bride, wore blue mousselin de sole embroidered in gold.

Miss Edna Lyon, sister of the groom, wore black crepe meteor with trimming of black shadow lace over white and bead passamenterie.

Eash of the little flower girls received a silver filigree pin as the gift of the bride.

The out-of-town guests included the following:

Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Patten and children, Bradford, Roger and Willis, of Mason City. Mrs. Patten is a sister of the groom.

Dr. and Mrs. W.E. Long, Miss Eleanor and Master Draper, of Mason City. Mrs. Long is a sister of the groom.

Mr. and Mrs. George A. Lyon, of Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Lyon is a brother of the groom.

Mr. L.F. Button, of Outlook, Saskatchewan, Canada. Mr. Button is a brother-in-law of the groom.

Mr. and Mrs. George H. Christian, of Des Moines. Mr. Christian is a brother of the bride.

Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Spencer, of Des Moines.

Senator and Mrs. J.H. Jamison, of Des Moines.

Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Hedrick, of Des Moines.

H.E. Rawson of Des Moines.

Mrs. Katherine Bray Haines, of Des Moines.

Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Thompson, of Forest City.

Mrs. J.W. Cogswell, of Iowa City.

Miss Thursia Manatt, of Brooklyn.

Mrs. S.E. Mack, of Middletown, Connecticut.

Mrs. William H. LaForce, of Ottumwa.

The presents were unusually numerous and elegant. Notable among them was a case of beautiful silverware, the gift of the parents of the bride. The groom's gift to the bride was a block of shares in the First National Bank of Rockford, Iowa, which Mr. Lyon's father and his associates organized years ago.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyon left on the early morning train for Portland, Oregon, and will be at home after April 15 in the new residence now almost ready for their occupancy at 1430 North Broad street.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Lyon are among Grinnell's most prominent and justly popular young people. Mrs. Lyon has lived in Grinnell all her life. She was a student for a time in the college, but did not graduate. She has been active along various lines and has been helpful and competent in whatever she has undertaken. She comes of a family which has been loyal to Grinnell and prominent here. All friends of Mr. and Mrs. Christian and of herself rejoice that her home will continue to be here.

Mr. Lyon came to Grinnell from Rockford, Iowa, to attend college and graduated with the class of 1894. He was prominent in athletics and other college activities during his course. After leaving Grinnell he attended Harvard law school and received his degree there in 1900. After practicing his profession in Des Moines for a time, he came to Grinnell to take the responsible position of attorney for the Spaulding Manufacturing Company and is still identified with that company. He is an able lawyer and one of the younger men who are coming forward into positions of prominence in the city's life.

Such a wedding as this seems particularly suitable and the many good wishes which attend Mr. and Mrs. Lyon seem certain of fulfillment.