MARRIAGE: Herbert Hayes to Mary Gitt Hollinger, 1916, Abbottstown, Adams County, 
PA

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Hayes-Hollinger

At the home of the bride in Abbottstown at 5:45 o’clock Monday evening, Miss 
Mary Gitt Hollinger, daughter of Mrs. Martha Hollinger was married to Herbert 
Hayes, of Bristol, Va.  Rev. Walter Garrett, pastor of the Reformed church 
officiated, using the ring ceremony.

The bride wore an ivory satin gown with tulle veil, gathered with lilies of the 
valley and, carried a shower bouquet of bride’s roses and lilies of the valley.  
Her attendants were Miss Frances Hollinger, a sister, and Miss Helen Snyder, of 
New Oxford.  They work pink mescaline, and each carried a bouquet of Killarney 
roses.  The groom was unattended.  As the bridal party entered the parlor the 
wedding march from Lohengrin was played by Mrs. George W. Baker on the piano, 
and Miss Anna Gitt Baker on the violin, and following the ceremony “Love’s Old 
Sweet Song.”

Immediately after the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes left by automobile for a 
wedding trip to Philadelphia, New York and Atlantic City.  They will make their 
home in Bristol, Va., where Mr. Hayes is engaged in business.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, April 29, 1916