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„ Rose Ida Sprain Weds D. I. Dolton, Philadelphia In Beautiful CeremonywlA wedding of sincere interest to a large circle of friends here sp and elsewhere, was that of Miss pa Rose Ida Sprain, the daughter da of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sprain of to Wallis, and Mr. Delmer I. Dolton fe lt of Philadelphia, Pa. ,the son of by Mr.and Mrs. H. E. Dolton, which S\ was solemnized Friday evening, co August 20, 1943, at eight o’clock wi in the evening at Grace Luther tv, an church. Houston, with the er Reverend N. H. Kern perform sit ing the ceremony. reVases of gladioli and asters j^1 were placed on the altar, with a *n background of palms and ferns. Cathedral tapers burned in ed wrought iron candelabra. Mrs. A E. W. Meiners sang the bridal in songs, accompanied by Mrs. W. th H. Rapp, organist, who also play ed the wedding music., a rThe bride was given in mar m riage by her father. She wore ar a wedding gown of marquisette h over satin, with a fingertip veil m of illusion, caught with a tiara Ei of stephanotis, and carried a white Bible on which lay a white . orchid, with sprays of stephan- j ‘p otis falling in uneven lengths. ar it Miss Margaret Bracher of s. Marshall, wearing a gown of j ts blue brocaded taffeta with a long ; n waist, with a skirt of blue net w r over pink taffeta, was maid of M jl honor. Other attendants were! id Mrs. Curry Bonds of Pleasanton a] s. and Miss Evelyn Sommerfield of g, il_ Brenham, wearing gowns simi h lar to that of Miss Bracher. The h flower girls were Sandra Lynn e Sprain of Dallas and Elva Ann Meiners of LaGrange, in pink Sf marquisette, carrying baskets of fpompon asters.Edwin Kloppe served as best man and the ushers were Mar S vin Sprain and Phillip Wahlberg 0 at with Bernard Kern lighting the altar candles. aMrs. Sprain, mother of the E bride, wore blue crepe, with a y corsage of Picardy gladioli, and 11 Mrs. Dolton, the mother of the q j groom, wore rose crepe with j-Maid of Orleans corsage.A reception was given immediately after the ceremony at °* the home of the Reverend and Mrs. Kern. Mrs. Louis Sprain Jr. ° ;ls of Wichita Falls. Mrs. A.T. Clark ,' iry of Bellville and Mrs. K. C. John an son served and Miss Dorothy t ier Weiss of Brenham and Mrs. t rs- Thomas Waters DeWalt of Tay j ?re lor registered the guests.Out-of-Town guests included j the Reverend and Mrs. F. A. ; t to Bracher, Fredericksburg: Oscar \ his Bertrum, Austin; Mr. and Mrs. ^ ter Max Bracher, Los Angeles, Cal- £ ~re ifornia; Mr.and Mrs. E. W. Som A. merfield, Brenham; Mr.and Mrs.Marvin Sprain and Sandra Lynn, — Dallas, and Pvt. and Mrs. Louis j1 A. Sprain Jr. Wichita Falls. js O Mrs. Dolton holds a degree from T.S.C.W.. Denton, and has * 1 been a teacher in vocational ‘I home economics in La Grange I for the past two years. The 1 f| groom is a graduate of Witten berg college and is completing 1 his senior year at Lutheran The- c ological seminary in Philadel- e phia, Pa. |l( 1Mrs. Dolton traveled in an Australian green gaberdine suit with brown accessories and after a wedding trip, the young couple will make their home in Philadelphia.Prior to her marriage, Miss Sprain was honoree at two showers given to her in LaGrange, where she had taught for the past two years, receiving many beautiful and useful gifts. She received, also, a large number of lovely wedding presents.Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Pola-sek gave a farewell supper Sat-Mr.and Mrs. O. C. Phinney recently of Coleman, spent the past week here with Mrs. Phin-ney’s mother, Mrs. A. S. Gray, leaving on Monday for Coleman, Michigan, where they will visit Mr. Phinney’s mother, Mrs. Wm. Farlow, who is ill. They will return to Coleman, Texas, on their return. v-
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Bellville Times
Bellville, Texas, US
Thu, Aug 26, 1943
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