The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday,
September 19, 1909
pg. 4
Barbato ~
Siragusa
A very pretty
early fall wedding was that solemnized in
St. Joseph's Church last Sunday afternoon
when Miss Angelina Siragusa became the bride
of Mr. Anthony Barbato.
Promptly at
five o'clock the wedding party entered the
church to the sweet strains of the wedding
march, Miss Lena Siragusa, sister of the
bride, acting as organist for the happy
occasio; first, the usher, Mr. Sam Parlat,
uncle of the bride, then the attendants,
Miss Tena Mamola, cousin of the bride and
Louis Parlat, another uncle, following these
the beautiful bride leaning on the arm of
her uncle, Camille Siragusa, and last the
happy groom and the bride's mother.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father
Hutcheson under a wedding bell suspended
from an arch of evergreen before the Altar
of Blessed Sacrament. Before the
ceremony, Fr. Hutcheson addressed the bridal
couple in both English and Italian,
impressing on them the responsibility they
were about to assume, and admonishing them
to keep ever before their minds the
teachings of the church regarding the
indissolubility of the Sacrament of
Matrimony and thus fulfill the law of God
and his church in this holy estate.
After the plighting of troths, the bridal
party left the church in reverse order.
The decorations of the church were
evergreens, palms and potted ferns.
The bride is the second daughter of Mrs.
Kate Siragusa and the groom is a young man
in every way worthy of the lovely bride he
has won.
The bride was attired in a lovely white
hand-embroidered satin gown, made entrain
and wore a point Esprit wedding veil.
She carried a white prayer book.
The maid of honor wore a princess slip of
white silk mull, trimmed with Val. lace, and
large picture hat. She carried a
shower bouquet of white carnations and
ferns.
After the church ceremony the bridal couple
had photographs taken, and then were driven
to the home of the bride, 1115 W. Main
street, where an elegant informal reception
was held, some 200 relatives and friends
being present. The parlor decorations
were in the Italian colors, green, white,
and red. Festoons reached from the
four corners of the ceiling and met in the
center, where bands of white held them in
place; and red and white shades were used on
the chandelier lights.
Refreshments were served throughout the
evening and at 9 o'clock supper was
announced. The bride and groom
presided over the table which was heavily
laden with good things to eat. The
bride's cake was an elegant six-layer cake
which carried out the color scheme of the
other decorations, being red, white and
green layers.
Mr. and Mrs. Barbato were the recipients of
many useful and beautiful presents, some
coming as far as New York.
The bride's family is one of the best of our
Italian families and she numbers her friends
by the score both among the Italians and
Americans. The groom has only been a
resident of Denison for about a year, but
that both of the contracting parties are
very popular was attested by the large
congration of both Italians and Americans
present. The church was filled, many
having to be seated in the choir loft.
Mr. and Mrs. Barbato are at home to their
friends at 1115 W. Main street, where they
will reside with the bride's mother.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Cassa and children, Mr. and
Mrs. John Lala, and Miss Jennie Averallo of
Ft. Worth were out-of-town guests and formed
a house party at the Barbato~Siragusa
wedding last Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
