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NEDERLAND COUPLE WEDS IN CALIFORNIA IN DOUBLE RITESOf interest to friends in mid-«county is the following account taken from the Sausalito, Calif., newspaper:IFTwo wedding cakes with a sailor, his bride and the American flag topping each, two young girls the same size and the same shade of hair and two young navy men, buddies in seven major battles in the Pacific, add up to a double ring, double wedding ceremony.Despite the flurry of excitement and haste caused by onlyP*tcAtlPstdawith brown accessories, including a large hat with long veiling which was tied under her chin. Two lavendar orchids made her bridal corsage. Her only sister, Miss Myrtle Cuneo, was the bridesmaid. She wore a light blue suit with navy accessories I rr and a corsage of gardenias, t Charles Thomas was best man for his brother.Sam Thomas is home for the first time after 19 months in the service. He received his diploma tl from Tamalpais high school by'e proxy, as he had enlisted inbhcaone day of preparation, a beautiful double wedding took place j navy immediately after Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at bombing of Pearl Harbor.the 11: the 5He became a close friendofof-hadthe San Rafael Presbyterianchurch with Dr. John Jefferson j Joe Lee McKinley, 1-c petty Canole, officiating. ficer, machinist mate, whoMiss Margaret June Cuneo be- j been on one of the ships bombed came the wife of Samuel Andrew at Pearl Harbor and had escaped, Thomas, 2-c petty officer, ma-tY\chinist mate, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Thomas of Sausalito. Miss Cuneo, a senior at Tamalpais high school, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cuneo of Corte Madera.Miss Cuneo wore an aqua suitand the two have been on the same ship ever since. Joe has been in the navy five yeras this coming Sept. 10. He and Sam have a mutual friend on board their ship, Stanley Scott, 1-c gunner’s mate, from Mill Valley.Arriving from Nederland, Texas, were Joe’s bride-to-be. Miss Maggie Sanford, and his parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. McKinley.Miss Sanford’s bridal outfit was a light blue suit with navy accessories. She also had a corsage of two lavendar orchids. Mrs. Charles Thomas. Sr., was her matron of honor and Stanley Scott was best man.Forty-six guests were present at Brock’s Marvel Mar for the weding reception. On the bridal table were two cakes, set one at each end, and centered between them were pale pink carnations, white roses and white asters.Both newly-wed couples left for the Palace hotel in San Francisco, where they are spending a brief honeymoon. In ten days the sailors will have a 25-day leave, and there will be time for wedding trips.
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Port Neches Chronicle
Port Neches, Texas, US
Fri, Jul 30, 1943
Page 4
Full Page
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Victoria K.
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