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In the afternoon after the feasting, the older
women (cooks) would collect a little money for the
bride by singing an appropriate ditty, going from
person to person with a plate to hold the money.
After supper the bride's cake would be auctioned
by the slice, maybe $1.00 per slice minimum. The
bride and groom got the proceeds. Some cakes
brought as much as $50.00 or $60.00. The bride's
shoe would also be auctioned for a price. This
money and the shoe would become property of the
bride. The groomsmen were responsible for keeping
the bidding going, and usually the cake and
shoe brought top dollar.
Much time was spent by family and friends in
making crepe paper flowers and streamers to decorate
the cars of the bridal party. Of course the
Bridal car would be the most lavishly decorated.
Flowers adorned the spokes of the wheels and
streamers were fastened from the radiator cap to
the rumble seat in such profusion until it was hard
for the drivers to see well enough to negotiate the
dusty road to and from the church.
The dance always followed the supper and auctions.
This took place in the grainery or some outbuilding that had a floor. The band was composed
of recruits from the wedding guests. Instruments
that were available were usually an accordian, violin,
guitar and maybe a banjo. The custom was that
each man there had the privilege of dancing with
the bride for $1.00 a dance with the bride receiving
the money. The dance usually lasted most of the
night.
These weddings posed a great expense on the
bride's family. Therefore during the "dirty
thirties" the big weddings were discontinued. By
the time more prosperous times came, the new generation
wanted weddings more in keeping with
those of the other young people of the area.
It seems fascinating to contemplate the various
customs that have mingled to produce what we
know today as something that we can call Lipscomb
County culture. The gaiety and love of
adventure that were brought by the early English
and Scottish ranchers, the frugality and commitment
to hard work brought by the Germans, and
other various aspects of a lifestyle brought by
other nationalities have melded together to become
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i_ T '', 1 , 1 *1? iSome of the friends who helped with one of the
large German weddings: Mrs. Leonard Littau, Mrs.
Conrad Bechthold, G. M. Borth, Paul Koch, Mrs.
Paul Koch, Mrs. Tobe Weidner, Mrs. Alex Wunsch,
Alex Wunsch, Mrs. Fred Poppe, _ , Mrs. G. M.
Borth, Mrs. Gottfried Borth, Mrs. Carl Appel,
___ , Mrs. Alex File, _ , Mrs. Meier, Mrs.
Jake Borth, and Mrs. George Koch.56
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Lipscomb County Historical Survey Committee. A History of Lipscomb County, book, Date Unknown; Lipscomb, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46830/m1/60/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .