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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1952
Page
14
Miss Vivian Sheats and Mr Melvin Stone wed at First Methodist Church on Saturday afternoon August 9 with a ceremony conducted by Reverend F L Aldridge. The service featured gladioli and magnolias, organist Mrs. W E Curry and soloist Fred Schlosser Jr, with a reception at the bride’s home afterward.
The article details a wedding at 401 Sixth Avenue North West with a three tiered cake decorated with spun roses. The couple plans to reside at Camp Polk Louisiana after their trip. The bride, a Decatur High School graduate, taught in Hartselle Elementary and held college work at Florence State Teachers College and Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn. The groom, a Decatur High School graduate, trained at Florence State Teachers College and University Center at Mobile and earned a Second Lieutenant commission at Fort Benning Georgia. Out of town guests include Mr H W Sheats of Lewisburg Tennessee and Mr and Mrs T M Sheats of Berea Kentucky.
A social evening featured canasta and bridge with prizes awarded to Mrs. Helle Kilpatrick Davies and Mrs. Corneil in canasta and to Messrs and Mesdames Sanderson Harris Cole Vaughn among others in bridge. Hosts served homemade ice cream peaches cookies and coffee.
Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Stinnett and daughter Shelia Ann are weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jacobs in Franklin Kentucky. Earl Ferguson spends the weekend in Pineville. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Cade of New Orleans arrived Friday to visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Ross and will be joined home by daughters Judy and Suzanna who have been with their grandparents.
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