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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1946
Page
17
Miss Lucie Mae Oakes wed Ensign Walter L Brown in a ceremony at Catlettsburg Kentucky. Brown, stationed in Washington after commissioning at Cornell, earned Class Honor Man honors. The article notes Oakes’ academic honors and involvement in Pi Mu Epsilon Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Pi.
Miss Alice Ruth Townsend wed in Richland Washington. Bride, daughter of Mrs. Ernest C White of Richland and former Charleston resident, wore a white satin gown with a circular train and pearl tiara. Groom is son of Mr and Mrs W R Conley of Alamo, Texas. The ceremony included family members and a reception followed at a Richland home. The couple planned a Canada honeymoon and will reside in Richland after the wedding trip.
The ceremony at Trinity Lutheran Church in Monroe Michigan united Miss Jane Spencer Fuller with Robert Nebel Watson son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Watson. Rev Herbert Fuhner presided as attendants wore aqua crepe and blue crepe. The couple plan graduate studies at the University of Michigan biological station and will reside in St Louis next fall.
Miss Nancy Ferguson wed in Pt Pleasant in an ivory satin gown with a court train and seed pearl embroidery. Bridesmaids wore foam green and pink net frocks while relatives and Charleston guests attended a reception at the parish house. Her husband, a graduate of Davidson and Union Theological Seminary, will live in Washington DC.
The Young Woman's club at Cabin Creek hosts a dinner dance Wednesday night at the Banlel Boone hotel. Members and their spouses were invited. Mrs. E. P. King, Mrs. Howard Pyle and Miss Rosalie Johnson led arrangements. The program included a report.
Miss Ruth Hildegarde Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Johnson of East Washington Street, is engaged to Mr. William T. Druhan of Libertyville WV. Johnson, a Charleston High School graduate, earned an A B from the University of Wisconsin and is a did supervisor at Laide Field. Druhan served in the Quartermaster Corps at Camp Lee and attends Wisconsin, member of Delta Sigma Pi.
Chairwoman Mrs J Foster named the junior department treasurer elect and announced standing committee chairs for 1946 47 at the West Side Woman's club meeting held last week in the clubhouse. The list includes M W Roll social, G Spangler hostess, J A Rippert o membership, Bostic remembrance, L A Faulkner entertainment, J Keith Seaton publicity, Ami Goeller parliamentarian, Susan Matthews scrapbook. Meeting notes show September sessions discontinued. Mrs Harold Fetty and Huns by Mya Hugh McPherson attended with Mrs J B Grave. Covers were laid for 40.
A week of chapter meetings and social events unfolds with UDC Chapter 151 at 3 p m Monday at Mrs Roy Rollins home Fort Hill Drive. Misa Annette Stanley will discuss Williamsburg. Other circles meet Tuesday and Wednesday with golf requests and luncheon plans. Thursday features a public benefit party for European relief, and Pte Joseph G Slater's farewell from the YWCA service.
Miss Allison Lee Kemp married William Perkins in a formal ceremony detailed with a lace yoke wedding gown, orange blossom veil, and white prayerbook, as family and out-of-town guests gathered at the Kemp home. The couple, Charleston high graduates, will reside with Kemp’s parents and plan a wedding trip to New York, Washington, and Watoga State Park.
Mrs Ernest H Sirman of Venable Av announces the approaching marriage of Miss Mary Laura Sirman to Mr Arthur Emerson Martin son of Mr and Mrs E F Martin of New York City and St Petersburg Fla The ceremony is set for Saturday morning July 6 at the Cathedral of St John the Divine New York City Miss Sirman a Barnard College graduate and Waves officer and Mr Martin a Columbia College and Columbia University Law School graduate with military service in Africa and Italy and six Bronze Stars He now practices law in New York City
The engagement and upcoming wedding of Misa Angelyn Faith Kelley and Cecil D. Kelley are announced. The ceremony will be conducted by Dr George H. Vick at First Presbyterian Church on July 13. Misa Angelyn, a Stonewall Jackson high graduate with a BS from Mortis Harvey College, is pursuing medical studies at the Medical College of Virginia. Cecil D. Kelley, son of Mr and Mrs Riffenburgh, is a Fitz-BeralSt resident. he attends the senior class at the Medical College of Virginia and is linked to the Veterans Institute at Stonewall Jackson high. The families prepare for the wedding while the couple visits her parents.
Miss Kawwryn yune Carpenter, set to wed Ronald Lee Coyner at First Baptist Hurri cane tonight, was guest of honor at a kitchen shower hosted by Mrs. W. H. Sovine and Miss Virginia Dave Sovine. Attending were Mesdames C. F. Carpenter, Carlton K, Miller, W. H L. Miller, William R. Bias, Mu Call Fields, S. Robert Roach, William L. Henderson, Warren B. Mover, James L. Thompson, Haskell Erwin of South Charleston and Miss Garnett Queen of Ashland Ky.
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