"Miss Coraline Piazza has kindly consented to be the first
organist of the Eau Gallie Baptist Church and classes will
be organized and a choir started as soon as the new
instrument arrives.
-Florida Star, July 3, 1889
"Married, on the 5th of September 1889, at the Eau Gallie
Baptist Church, Rev. X. M. Prince officiating, Mr. Charles
F. McBride, late of New York City, to Miss Coraline Piazza,
late of Brooklyn. The bride looked charming, and the
bridegroom seemed to realize that he had gained a prize.
After the short impressive ceremony, the guests were
summoned to a dining room beautifully decorated with flowers
and what was of more importance -- a table literally crowded
with good things, to which ample justice was done. The
happy pair were recipients of many valuable presents from
relatives and friends at New York, Cincinnati, and Eau
Gallie."
-Florida Star, September 11, 1889
Another news items in the same paper read:
"The event of the week was the marriage last Thursday by
Rev. M. Prince at Eau Gallie of Corallne Bertha Piazza, of
Eau Gallie, and Mr. Charles T. McBride of Melbourne. Only a
few friends were invited but numerous and valuable gifts
from friends north and south, with kind wishes go with the
happy pair. May their married life be as unclouded as our
sunny days; may their barque of life be wafted ever onward
by favorable breezes, till, after a long, prosperous and
happy voyage, they reach the haven of eternal rest.
-Florida Star, "September 11, 1889
"A handsome new organ for the Eau Gallie Baptist Church is
now on the way from the manufacturer to Eau Gallie, and its
arrival is looked forward to daily."
-Florida Star, October 2, 1889
"Service in the Eau Gallie Baptist Church on Sunday, October
16, 1889 when the Rev. S. F. Cove preached a most impressive
sermon to a large congregation. Mr. John Mellor received
the thanks of all present for his exertions in helping to
collect funds for the new organ, which was used on the above
date for the first time. Mr. George Gleason -- ever ready
and willing to oblige -- acted as organist. The tone of the
instrument was everything that could be desired, and all
were pleased at Eau Gallie possessing such an organ."
-Florida Star, October 16, 1889
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