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- Birth & death information from Kerry Rodriguez.
Weds Sweetheart
HOUR BEFORE RITES, HELEN MATHER HIDES
Wires She Has Married Clifford White in Portland.
Within an hour before she was to go to the parsonage of the First Parish Congregational church to be wed to Norman A. McLellan, well-known Y.M.C.A worker in Cambridge, Miss Helen Mather, daughter of Mrs. M. J. Mather of 136 Laureston street, eloped with a former sweetheart, Clifford White of Copeland Street, to Portland Me where they telegraphed they were married Sunday night.
Details as to the ceremony are not revealed. About 1 o'clock this morning the young bride's mother received a telegram from her dated at Portland and reading, "Married to Clif."
Although the telegram sent by the newlyweds came from Portland, Me., it is thought doubtful that they were married in that city, for the five-day marriage law is imposed there. However, it is probable they were married somewhere enroute and waited until arriving at Portland before wiring.
It also has been suggested that Miss Mather and Mr. White went to New Hampshire or Maine several days ago and filed intentions, getting the license last week. Had no preparations been made it seems unlikely that they could get a license on Sunday and have the five-day law waived in either state on the Sabbath.
The bride, who is 29 years old, is one of the best known and most popular residents of the South End where she has resided for years. Until recently she held an excellent position in the executive building of the Geo. E. Keith Company.
BRIDE DISAPPEARS
The wedding guests, nearly 100, were assembling, the wedding luncheon had been prepared, and everything was in readiness for the reception. Shortly before the couple were to leave for the parsonage the young lady disappeared. She had answered a call at the front door of her home. The call was from "Cliff". Her valises already for the wedding trip, were on the piazza. A boy in the neighborhood saw her get into an auto with White and her luggage and they drove away. That was the last seen or heard from her until the arrival of the telegram.
In the meantime, the anxious groom-to-be telephoned to Rev. Edwin H. Gibson, who was to have married them at 1:30 o'clock, and stated that the bride could not be found and to await for them until 2 o'clock. No further word was received by the minister.
As time passed, it was evident what had happened when news was received of her leaving in the auto with "Cliff". The telegram climaxed the romance. She had taken her wedding dress with her and evidently was married in it.
Everything had been prepared for the wedding up to the very last minute. The couple had planned a wedding trip by water to Newfoundland, where they were to visit the mother of Mr. McLellan.
ON HONEYMOON ALONE
Mr. McLellan was unable to explain the actions of his bride-to-be. All admit that nothing out of the ordinary appeared in the conduct of the young bride until the call at the door that caused her to change her plans. Mr. McLellan when certain of her flight drove to Cambridge, saying that he would make the "honeymoon trip" to Newfoundland without his bride.
The couple prior to going to Mr. Gibson to arrange for their marriage had gone to Rev. Francis L. Cooper, pastor of the South Congregational church, which the bride attends. As Mr. Cooper was to be on his vacation at the time they desired to be married, he referred them to Mr. Gibson. All details as to the ceremony had been completed. They had planned to make their home in Malvern and had already engaged an apartment.
The bride has been employed for yers to the executive offices of the Geo. E. Keith Company, and is a member of the Walk-Over Club. Mr. White is engaged as a furniture mover. The man she was to have wed is employed as a moving picture operator in the Cambridge Y.M.C.A. And is a member of the Odd Fellows.
THINKS DAUGHTER HYPNOTIZED
No further word had been received from the runaway couple this afternoon. The bride's mother seemed dazed and unhappy over the upheaval in her daughter's nuptial plans.
"I think he (meaning the Bridegroom White) made all the plans and I think he hypnotized Helen into going away with him. It isn't at all like Helen," she said.
The news was a startling surprise to all th bride's friends and co-workers, for she was considered anything but an impulsive girl, and had shown herself steady and dependable in her associations since childhood.
The elopement was all the more astounding to her family and immediate friends, for they thought that nothing more than a casual friendship existed between the couple. That there had been any serious attachment between the two was almost unbelievable to Mrs. Mather. She recalled that Helen had White as an escort on various occasions over a period of a year about two or three yearsago, but to her knowledge they had had no communication for a long time.
NEWS AT Y.M.C.A.
At the Y.M.C.A. In Cambridge, where McLellan is employed it was revealed that he left Sunday on a two-week vacation. He told associates that he planned to be married and intended to take a wedding trip to the provinces. His fellow employees were amazed to-day when informed of the surprising actions of the young lady in the case. McLellan did not return to his room at the "Y" after his experience in this city, but apparently continued his plans to vacation despite the fact that he was obliged to travel unaccompanied.
Clifford White, son of Mrs. Percy White, this city, is the proprietor of the Careful Movers, 297 Copeland Street. The company operates one truck. Friday evening at 6 he moved the household goods of Mrs. Edwin F. Simmons, Pleasant Street, to East Jaffrey, where members of the fmily are employed in the W.W. Cross tack factory, formerly located on Pleasant street, this city.
- Birth & death information from Kerry Rodriguez.
Weds Sweetheart
HOUR BEFORE RITES, HELEN MATHER HIDES
Wires She Has Married Clifford White in Portland.
Within an hour before she was to go to the parsonage of the First Parish Congregational church to be wed to Norman A. McLellan, well-known Y.M.C.A worker in Cambridge, Miss Helen Mather, daughter of Mrs. M. J. Mather of 136 Laureston street, eloped with a former sweetheart, Clifford White of Copeland Street, to Portland Me where they telegraphed they were married Sunday night.
Details as to the ceremony are not revealed. About 1 o'clock this morning the young bride's mother received a telegram from her dated at Portland and reading, "Married to Clif."
Although the telegram sent by the newlyweds came from Portland, Me., it is thought doubtful that they were married in that city, for the five-day marriage law is imposed there. However, it is probable they were married somewhere enroute and waited until arriving at Portland before wiring.
It also has been suggested that Miss Mather and Mr. White went to New Hampshire or Maine several days ago and filed intentions, getting the license last week. Had no preparations been made it seems unlikely that they could get a license on Sunday and have the five-day law waived in either state on the Sabbath.
The bride, who is 29 years old, is one of the best known and most popular residents of the South End where she has resided for years. Until recently she held an excellent position in the executive building of the Geo. E. Keith Company.
BRIDE DISAPPEARS
The wedding guests, nearly 100, were assembling, the wedding luncheon had been prepared, and everything was in readiness for the reception. Shortly before the couple were to leave for the parsonage the young lady disappeared. She had answered a call at the front door of her home. The call was from "Cliff". Her valises already for the wedding trip, were on the piazza. A boy in the neighborhood saw her get into an auto with White and her luggage and they drove away. That was the last seen or heard from her until the arrival of the telegram.
In the meantime, the anxious groom-to-be telephoned to Rev. Edwin H. Gibson, who was to have married them at 1:30 o'clock, and stated that the bride could not be found and to await for them until 2 o'clock. No further word was received by the minister.
As time passed, it was evident what had happened when news was received of her leaving in the auto with "Cliff". The telegram climaxed the romance. She had taken her wedding dress with her and evidently was married in it.
Everything had been prepared for the wedding up to the very last minute. The couple had planned a wedding trip by water to Newfoundland, where they were to visit the mother of Mr. McLellan.
ON HONEYMOON ALONE
Mr. McLellan was unable to explain the actions of his bride-to-be. All admit that nothing out of the ordinary appeared in the conduct of the young bride until the call at the door that caused her to change her plans. Mr. McLellan when certain of her flight drove to Cambridge, saying that he would make the "honeymoon trip" to Newfoundland without his bride.
The couple prior to going to Mr. Gibson to arrange for their marriage had gone to Rev. Francis L. Cooper, pastor of the South Congregational church, which the bride attends. As Mr. Cooper was to be on his vacation at the time they desired to be married, he referred them to Mr. Gibson. All details as to the ceremony had been completed. They had planned to make their home in Malvern and had already engaged an apartment.
The bride has been employed for yers to the executive offices of the Geo. E. Keith Company, and is a member of the Walk-Over Club. Mr. White is engaged as a furniture mover. The man she was to have wed is employed as a moving picture operator in the Cambridge Y.M.C.A. And is a member of the Odd Fellows.
THINKS DAUGHTER HYPNOTIZED
No further word had been received from the runaway couple this afternoon. The bride's mother seemed dazed and unhappy over the upheaval in her daughter's nuptial plans.
"I think he (meaning the Bridegroom White) made all the plans and I think he hypnotized Helen into going away with him. It isn't at all like Helen," she said.
The news was a startling surprise to all th bride's friends and co-workers, for she was considered anything but an impulsive girl, and had shown herself steady and dependable in her associations since childhood.
The elopement was all the more astounding to her family and immediate friends, for they thought that nothing more than a casual friendship existed between the couple. That there had been any serious attachment between the two was almost unbelievable to Mrs. Mather. She recalled that Helen had White as an escort on various occasions over a period of a year about two or three yearsago, but to her knowledge they had had no communication for a long time.
NEWS AT Y.M.C.A.
At the Y.M.C.A. In Cambridge, where McLellan is employed it was revealed that he left Sunday on a two-week vacation. He told associates that he planned to be married and intended to take a wedding trip to the provinces. His fellow employees were amazed to-day when informed of the surprising actions of the young lady in the case. McLellan did not return to his room at the "Y" after his experience in this city, but apparently continued his plans to vacation despite the fact that he was obliged to travel unaccompanied.
Clifford White, son of Mrs. Percy White, this city, is the proprietor of the Careful Movers, 297 Copeland Street. The company operates one truck. Friday evening at 6 he moved the household goods of Mrs. Edwin F. Simmons, Pleasant Street, to East Jaffrey, where members of the fmily are employed in the W.W. Cross tack factory, formerly located on Pleasant street, this city.
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1904 - 1960 (55 years)
