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A wedding ceremony which had double significance and impressive ness to it, in that the groom’s brother and the bride's brother, Catholic priests, had a part in it, was that in which Miss Barbara Ann Walkowski, daughter of Leo P. Walikowski, 7330 26th Ave., be came the bride of James J. Berg hammer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Berghammer of Milwaukee, at 10 o'clock this morning in St. Thomas church. It was a solemn high mass that the Rev. Robert Berghammer, the groom’s brother, officiated at, with the Rev. George Hopf as deacon, the Rev. Mr. Joseph Zeichen, as master of ceremonies, and the Rev. Vincent Walkowski, the bride's brother, as sub-deacon. Many friends and relatives of the Walkowski and Berghammer fami lies witnessed the impressive rites performed before church altars pro fusely decorated with white gladi oli. Mrs. Albert Scavarda and Mrs. Gilmore T. White were soloists, both being accompanied by Mrs. Richard Gaffney. Wears Lonely Gown The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore wedding white. Her gown was styled with delicate French lace, fashioned close at the bodice, failing in full folds at the skirt and sweeping after in a long Cathedral train. The scalloped neckline was set off with sheer illusion and she chose a three quar ter length veil of silk illusion, set off by inserts of the lace as in her gown. Carrying out the same theme, the veil was caught only by soft buttercup petals of the lace. To complete the lovely bridal pic ture, she carried a prayerbook adorned with flowers of white stephanotis, pompons and a single white rose. A traditional touch of blue was added. Miss Donna Walkowski, sister of the bride, was her maid of honor. She wore a quaint gown of mar quisette over taffeta in a soft shade of mauve. It was fitted at the bodice, frilled at the shoulders and ruffled into a four tiered bus tle. Complimenting this was her half poke bonnet, which tied under the chin, and she carried a basket filed with yellow glamellias, pompons and a touch of orchid biaths. Her two bridesmaids were Miss June Priddis, Kenosha, and Miss Rosemary McCarthy of Mil waukee. They wore identical gowns as that of the maid of honor but in a shade of maize. They carried baskets of orchid glamellins, pom pons and a touch of yellow daisies, and also wore tiny poke bonnets. Dinner for 150 Thomas Laughlin, Milwaukee, was best man for Mr. Berghammer and his gromsmen were Richard Walkowski, a brother of the bride, and Edward Spangenberg, the lat ter of Wauwatosa. Guests came from Antigo, Besse mer, Mich., Milwaukee, Wauwa tosa, Oconomowoc and Muskegon, to attend the wedding and a dinner at the Elks’ club this afternoon. Covers will be laid for approxi mately 150 guests. Later the young couple will leave on a wedding trip through northern Michigan and when they return it will be to make their home at 1631 N. Van Buran St., Milwaukee. The bride, a graduate of the Ke nosha high school and the Busi ness Institute of Milwaukee, was formerly employed at Korf’s Sixth avenue and the groom, also a grad uate of the Business Institute of Milwaukee, is at present a field life underwriter for the Equitable Life Insurance company of Iowa. Some 400 cutlery makers around Thiers, France, have cut their work week to 40 hours and lowered pro duction because of waning export demand.
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Kenosha Evening News
Kenosha, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Aug 20, 1949
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