The Wedding Announcement of Jocelyn Rutherford and Stewart Fyfe

My mother-in-law very kindly sent me the text of her wedding announcement.  The announcement ran in the Montreal Gazette, page 19,  June 20, 1953.

"The marriage of Jocelyn Scott daughter of the late J. Bulmer Rutherford to Mr. Stewart Fyfe of Kingston son of Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Fyfe of Regina, Sask. and Kingston is taking place this afternoon at four o'clock in the Margaret Roger Memorial Presbyterian Church, Lachute Que.  The Rev. W. Harold Reid D.D. officiating, Dr. H.L. Tracy will play the wedding music and white gladioli will be used to decorate.

The bride who will be given away by her uncle Mr. Andrew S. Rutherford will be in a gown of embroidered Swiss organdy over taffeta with a fitted bodice having a picture neckline.  Her long veil of tuille illusion will be held by a coronet of orange blossoms, and she will carry a bouquet of gladioli blossoms and stephinotis.

Mrs. Peter C. Wang, of Brockville, Ont., and Mrs. William J. Stauble, as attendants for their sister, will be in gowns of shot blue organza, with tucked bodices having picture necklines, and circular skirts.  They will wear coronets of yellow pompoms to match the flowers in their bouquets.

Little Miss Susan Wang, of Brockville, Ont., niece of the bride, as flower girl, will be in a frock of white swiss organdy over yellow. She will wear of bandeau of yellow flowers and carry a nosegay of the same flowers.

Mr. John G. Chance, of Kingston, will act as best man for Mr. Fyfe and the ushers will be Mr. John Fyfe, brother of the bridegroom, and Dr. William A. Young, of Kingston.

Mrs. Rutherford, the bride's mother, will be gowned in grey blue crepe and lace and will wear a blue feather hat and a corsage bouquet of pink freesia.

Mrs. Fife (sic), mother of the bridegroom, will wear a gown of navy blue sheer with a navy blue hat, trimmed with lighter blue, and will have a spray of cornflowers and Sweetheart roses fastened to her handbag. 

Mrs. William Rutherford, grandmother of the bride, will be in a gown of grey and black silk print and will wear a dusty pink hat, trimmed with burgundy velvet.

The reception will be held at Headfoulds, Lachute, the summer residence of the bride's mother, where peonies, syringa, and summer flowers will be used as decorations, the bride's table, centred with the wedding cake, being arranged with yellow roses.

Later, Mr. and Mrs. Fyfe will leave by motor for the New England states, the bride travelling in a light blue ensemble and wearing a white ribbon hat and a corsage bouquet of shaded pink and yellow carnations.  They will reside in Kingston."