Braswell-Stone Wedding in Carbondale Beloved Couple Wed
LaDonna Braswell daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Braswell married Arthur W Stone son of Mr and Mrs W L Norton on June 4 at Bosky Dell Baptist Church Carbondale The double ring ceremony featured candlelight and spring flowers with Rev Audie Burklow officiating The bride wore lace and net gown with bow veil and orchid bouquet The matron of honor wore pale green lace and net with pink carnations The reception followed at the bride’s parents home About 100 guests attended They will reside Rt 1 Carbondale Also noted were ceremonies in Murphysboro June 19 and a Carterville wedding June 12 with Mr Venable Navy serviceman and Mrs Venable, nee Newsom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaDonna Braswell
Ernest Braswell
Rt. 1
Carbondale
Arthur W. Stone
Boskydell Baptist Church
Stone
W. L. Norton
Audie Burklow
Rose Lipe
Gene. Biggs
John Bill Lipe
Harold Braswell
Bride
Richard Sipe
Phillis Jean Stearns
Dian Braswell
Carol Braswell
James Venable
W. R. Hansen
First Baptist Church
Carterville
Carolyn Ranchin Weds Wendell Rice in DuQuoin Church
Carolyn Ranchin of Herrin announced her daughter Carolyn’s marriage to Wendell Rice son of Clyde and Mrs Rice of Herrin. The double ring ceremony March 12 was at First Church in DuQuoin officiated by Rev A E Farmer. Attendants included Mr and Mrs Ward Schweinberg of Fayetteville NC, formerly of Herrin. Mr Rice a 1951 HTHS graduate serves in the U S Army at Fort Bragg NC and will live in North Carolina until discharge after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HTHS
U. S. Army
Fort Bragg
Rice
North Carolina
Chester Wedding in Perryville Calvary Baptist Church
Miss Glenda Sue Biggs and Carol Downey were wed in a double ring ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday June 19 at Calvary Baptist Church in Perryville Missouri. The bride wore a white street length dress with a heart shaped neckline and red rose corsage. Maid of honor Norma Jean Biggs wore yellow with white accessories. Don Clieman served as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Sue Biggs
Jessie Biggs
Carol Downey
Leslie Downey
Chester
Calvary Baptist Church
Perryville
Mr. Jackson
Norma Jean Biggs
Don Clieman
Them
Carbondale Couple Wed In First Methodist Ceremony
Miss Marcia Elizabeth Dey daughter of Dr and Mrs Raymond H Dey of Carbondale wed William Lee Spacy son of Mr and Mrs Hubert I of Boswell Ind at First Methodist Church Carbondale in a June 12 double ring ceremony. The event featured gladiola decor a white bouquet and a Bible backdrop with family attended by many relatives and friends. The couple plans to live in Hoopston Ill while Spacy works for an engineering firm and then return to college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Marcia Elizabeth Dey
Raymond H. Dey
William Lee Spacy
Hubert I
Boswell
Ind
H. G. Hurley
First Methodist Church
Mobile
Ala
Mary St
Apt
Hoopston
Spacy
Carbondale Community High School
Southern Illinois University
Delta Sigma Epsilon Sorority
Southern
Dey
Ernest Sorgen
Carl Lindegren
T. W. Abbott
Orville Alexander
Charles Tenney
Kathryn Feirich
Nancy Hanson
James Feirich
Henry Rehn
Families Spend Week in Royalton With Local Residents
Major and Mrs. Elton Jennings and children Carol Jo and John from Montgomery Alabama vacation with Mrs. Antonia Maleski in Royalton. Mrs Jennings and Mrs oepec are daughters of Mrs. Maleski. Misses Joyce and Judy Tulo and Helen Kowalska from Chicago stay two months with Mrs. Mary Tulo. Joyce and Judy are granddaughters of Mrs. Tulo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major
Elton Jennings
Carol Jo
John
Montgomery
Ala
Ed Kasperski
Judy
Jimmy
St. Louis
Royalton
Antonia Maleski
Jennings
Oepec
Maleski
Joyce
Judy Tulo
Helen Kowalska
Chicago
Mary Tulo
Tulo
Townsend-Holmes Wedding Blesses McKendree Chapel
Miss Ross Ellen Townsend and R Mason Holmes wed at McKendree College Lebanon in a double ring ceremony read by Dr William C Walton. Attendants included Mrs Harold Clem and Charles Holmes as matron of honor and best man. The bride, daughter of Myrtle Townsend, wore Chinese brocade with colonial bouquet. reception followed at the groom’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKendree College
Lebanon
Ross Ellen Townsend
Anna
R. Mason Holmes
East St. Louis
William C. Walton
Townsend
Glen Freiner
Russell $. Townsend
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harold S. Clem
Auburn
Charles E. Holmes
Myrtle Townsend
North Main
Russell E. Townsend
Holmes
Ralph S. Holmes
North 48Th St
Anna Jonesboro Community High School
Sigma Tau Delta
Pan-American World Airways
New York
Southern Ilinois University
Eas St. Louis High School
McKen
Area Pair Wed Owens Bierman in Sparta Wedding
Miss Elsie Elizabeth Owens and Cpl. Glen E. Bierman wed Friday in Sparta at 6 30 p m in the First Baptist Church parsonage. The bride wore pale blue gabardine with white accessories and white carnations. Bridesmaid Miss Gloria Mac Bierman wore beige with a white carnation corsage. Best man was Ronald Wiley. A reception followed at the bride's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Elizabeth Owens
Willian Walker
Rt. 3
Sparta
Glen E. Bierman
Rudolph Bierman
Percy
John Grant
First Baptist Church
Gloria Mac Bierman
Newlywed Couple Set Hartford Home After Chester Ties
Dinner was served at Fort Gage and the newly-wedded pair will end their home in Hartford Connecticut. The bride attended Chester schools and the groom graduated from Chester High School in 1953. He is employed with a Hartford construction company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Gage
Hartford
Conn
Chester
Chester High School
California family vacation in Carterville details
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Bedwell and son Drew of Burbank California are spending three weeks in Carterville visiting Mr Bedwells brother and sister in law Leonard and and Mrs Bedwell and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Bedwell
Drew
Burbank
Calif
Carterville
Mr. Bedwell
Leonard Bedwell
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Illinois
Bill Bartlett
Mabel Lane
Bartlett
S, Washington, Carbondale
Mrs
Braswell-Stone Wedding
Boskydell Church
Mrs. Stone
Rt. 1, Carbondale
Leo Schank
Granite City
Murphysboro
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Schank
Pauline Blay
Raymond Newsom
Cambria
Venable
Ray Venable
U. S. Navy
Norfolk, Va
Lock
Lawrence Blaylock
Maple St
Rose Schank
Peter Schank
Venice, Ill
Mohler
Wiggs Studio
Jonesboro
Mr. and
Mrs. Wendell Rice
Carolyn Ranchin
Herrin
Marcia Dey
Wm. L. Spacy
Wellington Thalman
Gene Biggs
Burleigh
Greig
Mallotte
Patricia Dew
Beth Lewis
Sharon Spacy
E. T. Wittham
T. H. Dey
Urbana
Ambia
Gladiola
Douglas Lawson
John Lewis
Horton Talley
Harry Goetz
John Mees
Lucy Wood
Robert Harris
Ellis Crandle
Ellen Abbott
Sharon Russell
Helen Sorgen
Wanda Alexander
Cynthia van Lente
Marsha Rae van Cleave
Kay Stroup
Courtney Tucker
Allen
Stevens Point
Wis
Tuckers
Marcia
McKendree Chapel
Ronald Wiley
Sparta Township High School
Trico
Panama Canal Zone
Dree College
Sigma Zeta Fraternity
McKendree
Carrolton
California
Cartervile
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