The Wedding Party

I thought it was interesting that there were three females in the wedding party and only one male. I went to visit Marie yesterday to get my questions answered. She said that when she was sixteen she joined a Catholic club called, “Child of Mary.” Every year the dues were one dollar and those accumulated. By the time she was twenty five and wanted to get married she only had to pay the priest fourteen dollars to perform the ceremony. She chose Jeanette Lizotte for her maid of honor, her sister Theresa was a Child of Mary and Helen was a Child of Mary.

Marie said that the dresses for the bridesmaids and maid of honor were pink.
Marie said that her mother-in-law made the cake; it was a white cake.
Marie did buy her dress from a store called Rogers and borrowed her veil from a friend that had just got married a week or so before she did.
Marie wore pearls that her mother gave her and still has them. Her bouquet was roses with an orchid in the middle. The orchid was worn for traveling on their honeymoon. She wore a suit for going away.
Marie said that there was a lot of drinking at the house, but absolutely no drinking at the dance hall, per her mother’s orders. Her mother said that there had been enough drinking that day. The guests drank only soda at the hall
It took two days of steady cooking to get ready for the wedding dinner. It consisted of sandwiches and salads. All the meat had to be ground for the sandwiches, and then of course, the mayonnaise and pickles, eggs and whatever else they decided to mix in with the meat. I silently wondered how they prevented people from getting sick, but kept that to myself. It just seemed a long time for mayonnaise and eggs to go not chilled. I am sure they had it figured out. They may have borrowed refrigerator space so that nothing would spoil.
I hope you have enjoyed the stories about Marie and Raymond’s wedding as much as I have. The pictures above are the wedding party and their wedding cake. The cake was absolutely beautiful, wasn’t it?
I did double check on her grandchildren, she has twenty six and and thirty four great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. With the multitude of children that will survive her, Marie has left quite an inheritance of lives that will grow up to be maybe the President of the United States, or the best mom in town. Whatever they grow up to be Marie is and will be proud of them.