MARRIAGE: Charles Constant COLYER to Helen Rose BINGMAN, 1919, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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COLYER - BINGMAN.

  Miss Helen Rose Bingman, daughter of F. E. Bingman, of 1104 Eighteenth 
avenue, and Mr. Charles Constant Colyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Colyer of 
326 Fourth avenue, were married in the First Methodist Episcopal church 
yesterday at noon, with the beautiful ring ceremony.  Rev. J. B. Stein, D.D., 
in the presence of some 200 guests, performed the ceremony.  The bridal company 
entered the church to the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march, rendered by 
Prof. Houck, the church organist while Miss Mary Lingafelt, of this city, sang 
"O Promise Me."  The bride was given away by her father.  Mr. Rollin Roster, of 
this city, acted the role of best man, and Miss Katherine Sutton, of this city, 
was bridesmaid.  The bride was attired in a brown velvet traveling suit and 
carried a large bouquet of roses and sweet peas.  Frank M. Bingman and William 
L. Bingman, brothers of the bride, and Paul Smedley, uncle to the groom, acted 
as ushers.  The church was beautifully decorated with flowers and potted 
plants.  Immediately after the ceremony the couple departed on a wedding tour 
to St. Louis, slipping away in accordance with a prearranged plan.  They took a 
high powered car with an expert driver, and by taking a zig-zag course, they 
easily eluded their friends who pressed after in a Ford.  When they had gone 
several miles, they took a trolley for Tyrone and there boarded No. 25 for St. 
Louis.  But somebody put the sentinels "wise" and when the train pulled into 
Altoona Mrs. Colyer was detected by her brother and carried out of the train, 
through the gates, where she was treated to confetti, rice, etc., enough for 
both, by the fifty or more friends who had been watching all the approaches to 
the station for hours.  The groom eluded their vigilance until time for the 
train to depart, when wife was restored to him and they continued their happy 
journey westward.  After an extended tour of St. Louis, they will be at home to 
their friends after February 15, at 1104 Eighteenth avenue.  Mrs. Colyer was 
formerly stenographer in Mr. Ellsworth's office on Twelfth street, while the 
bridegroom is a special duty man on the Middle division under Mr. Keagy.

Altoona Tribune, Friday, February 7, 1919, page 10