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One of the largest functions of the early season waa the wedding of Miss Claude Beatrice George, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Jesse George, and Mr. Earl Austell Wilson, the son of Mrs. Belle Wilson, on Wednesday at 1:30 o’clock p. m.The wedding at the home was characterized by unusually beautiful detail, and assembled a very large number of guests. The very Impressive ceremony by Rev. O. L. Jones took jdace in the back parlor before an improvised altar of greenery extending to the ceiling and flanked on either side by white pedestals holding tall brass candelabra holding pink lighted candles and two low white pedestals supporting baskets of pink roses. The altar was built to surround a large French mirror, framed in fern and pink roses and the bridal party formed a beautiful picture reflected in the mirror and grouped under the canopy extending the length of the room and beautiful white wedding bell with pink rose clapper.The walls were festooned with English ivy and the frieze was outline! with southern smilax broken at intervals with dainty roses. The mantels were banked with green foliage and bowls of roses. The front parlor was in green and white and in the living room, where the many handsome presents sent by admiring friends were displayed. The walls were covered with greenery and gracefully grouped about. The ceiling was festooned with red and caught over the red chandelier.Before the ceremony Miss Grim-Bley, of Fort Gaines, sang sweetly, “O, Promise Me, with violin obligato by Mr. La Meur, Miss Beard, of Doerun, cousin of the bride, presiding at the piano.To the strains of Lohengrin’s Bridal Chorus, came the four little ribbon girls, Misses Clyde Beard and Ruth George, and ltttle Marguerite Alexander and Margaret Fowler, dressed in dainty white shadow lace dresses, having wide sashes of pink charmeuse and caught in back with large pink tulle butterflies, studded with rhinestones and wearing smaller butterflies on top of head. Then Rev. O. L. Jones entered; thfen the bride’s maids, wearing beautiful costumes of charmeuse and shadow lace alternated with nile green and shadow lace, all wearing dainty lace caps buried in butterflies to match costumes and large butterflies at girdle at back. They carried bouquets of pink carnations tied with pink tulle. The maids were Misses Neta Stuckey, Wynnis Hobbs, Annabel Wilson and Connie Paulk.Then came the little Ting Ijearer, little L. J. George, Jr., brother of the bride, wearing Avhite velvet and carrying the ring in a large pink rose. Little Russell Cowart, cousin of the bride, dressed in white satin and carrying pink rose basket, scattering rose petals, came next.The bride entered with her sister, wearing her going-away eostume of blue brocaded velvet coat, with chiffon broadcloth skirt over blue shadow lace blouse, wearing hat, shoes, anS gloves to match. She carried a bouquet of bride’s roses tied with long white streamers of tulle. The maid of honor. Miss George, wearing wlrit ' charmeuse with tunic of shadow lace trimmed in white fur and pearl gar uiture and wearing becoming lac captioned in butterflies, carrying large bouquet of pink carnations.During the ceremony Mr. La Men played Traumerei on violin with Miss Beard’s piano accompaniment. They marched out to strains of Mendelssohn.The bride’s only ornament was the dfaniond lavalier, a gut of the groom.The out of town guests were Mr E. B. Mann of Cordel?, Misses Beard and Miss McGlaum of Doerun, Mr and Mrs. Thaddeus F. Fordhnm, Miss Grlmsley and Mrs. Hancock and JVIr. Ross, of Fort Gaines, and Mrs. Luther Smith of Coolidge.The decorations showed the. artistic taste of Mrs. Clarence Alexander, who bad the decorations in charge.The happy couple escaped the showers of rice by slipping into an automobile and whisking away to Arlington to board the train for Atlanta on their honeymoon trip.The contracting parties are very popular in Blakely in their social Bet and have a host of well wishing friends.A beautiful and formal reception wae held at the home of the bride’s parents the night before the wedding.Mrs. C. T. Alexander Hostess at Miscellaneous Shower. ,One of the prettiest affairs of the : season was the shower given by Mrs. Clarence Alexander on Wednesday afternoon of last week in honor of Miss Claude George, who was married yesterday afternoon to Mr. Earl Austell Wilson. The apartment used for entertaining, darkened and lighted with candles, was lavishly decorated. The hall, library, drawing room and dining room were all thrown together, having the walls trellised with vines over arches and pictures and brightened with cut flowers. In the drawing room where the receiving line stood the decorations were in pink. Miss I.ucile Barksdale met the guests at the door and presented them to the , receiving line, where Mrs. Clarence j Alexander, Misses Hattie and Claude George, Miss Annabel Wilson, Miss Grimsley of Fort Gaines, and -Miss ' Beard of Doerun stood.* Miss Neta Stuckey then ushered them to the dining room, where Misses Mattie Butler and Bonnie Ruth Powell served sandwiches from a prettily appointed tea table, having for a centerpiece a lovely lace cloth over red on which rested a mirror plateau holding a large sliver candelabrum holding five unshaded red candles. Misses Wynnis Hobbs and Connie Paulk presided over the coffee urn. The dining room had festoonlngs of red from the corners and caught over the chandelier from which suspended a group of red bells. Red poinsettias and candles adorned buffet and china cabinet. Miss Ruth George presented each guest with a dainty little heart shaped card with a pencil attached and decorated with a pink cupid and true lovers’ knot of blue. From the dining room Miss Winifred Brooks ushered the guests to the library, where they registered. Miss Fleda Barksdale presided over the dainty bride’s botik, having as a frontispiece a bride and groom done in colors.A Musical Romance” was enjoyed, after which the Lilliputian Wedding Ceremony was performed. The altar was lovely and the little bridal party made a beautiful picture grouped under the little white latticed arch formed of smilax and studded with pink roses and white wedding bell, a background of greenery and having a cluster of pink roses for center. In this room the mantel was banked in ferns and mirrors reflected the vines and roses. To the strains of Mendelssohn’s wedding march, the little pillow bearer came first, Russell Cowart, dressed tn white and bearing a pink satin pillow of dainty lingerie, then came the little bride and groom, Merle Park and Edwin Boyett. The little bride was very lovely in her bridal robe of white crepe de chine en train with tunic of lace and wearing a long lace veil with a charming little cap and held in place with a rhinestone bandeau. She carried a wreath of white roses and ferns, with shower of little white ribbon rosebuds. The little groom- was dressed' in full evening attire.Next came the little pink float drawn by two cute little cupids and driven by a little fairy. The little cupids, Dorothy Toole and Mildred Tarver, wore pink tulle and wings. The little fairy was dressed in white ■'hiffon with wings and wore a cvoAvn.While Traumere’s was being ren-:ered by Miss Beard, the little \^ed- \ ding group presented Miss George ! ’he .lovely things from the float and pillow. After thi guests ha « ad \ired the shower tokens, a sweet j course of wine and nut salad and : . nko was served bv the bevy of’ pret- : 'y girls assisting Mrs. Alexander.Miss Stuckey Also Hostess. • Miss Neta Stuckey was hostess on , Saturdi y a te alt; on i om 3:30 to 5 i o’clock at a Linen Shower given for : t’^e bride-eleet, Miss Clauds George j The guests were met at the door by j Mrs. Stuckey, who ushered them Into lt;the parlor. In the receiving line * stood Miss Stuckey, Miss Claude George. Miss Etta Beard, of Doerttu. ( and Miss Hattie Lee George. Upon entering, the guests were carried to ^ the register book by Miss Connie Paulk. jAfter the guests had arrived they Aver© passed tiny booklets in which | each wrote an original toast to the r bride, which caused much laughter upon being read.Then came little Misses Ailine Forrester and Fairfid Monsalvatge with a lovely basket, draped in yellow and white, containing the many beau-tiful pieces of linen for the bride. Miss George showed much apprecia-1
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Blakely Early County News
Blakely, Georgia, US
Thu, Jan 15, 1914
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