The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-04-21

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Hatcher-Dobbins.
Beautiful and impressive and of
wide social interest was the marriage
of Miss Olive Dobbins and Charles P.
Hatcher at the First Presbyterian
church at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening.
The wedding of these two popular
members of Columbia's prominent
families brought together brilliant
assemblage of friends and relatives
that completely filled the spacious au-
ditorium of the church.
The church was deliberately and
most appropriately decorated for the
occasion, the chancel and altar before
which the sweetly solemn ceremony
was said being perfect bower OF
palms and dogwood and smilax and
lilies Of the valley.
A magnificent musical program,
Mrs. Henry o. Fulton, organist; Miss
Dorothy Fulton, violiniste, and Miss
Lillian McGavock, solOist, preceded
the ceremony. The first number was
an organ solo, THE Festal Prelude"
by Faulkes, followed by vocal solo
by Miss McGavock who sang, Il Love
You Only" the immortal composition
of Carrie Jacobs Bond. Next Mrs. Full
ton rendered on the organ Gavotte
from the opera Migno by Thomas. Miss
Dorothy Fulton gave as violin solo
Alteration" by Borowski. Mendels-
sohn's Spring Song" was rendered
by Mrs. Fulton at the organ. Miss
Lillian McGavock sang beautifully
For This" by de Koven, with violin
obligato by Miss Dorothy Fulton. An
organ solo Revere" by James Rog-
ers followed.
The bridal party entered to the
strains of the magnificent and ever
inspiring Mendelssohns wedding
march. rendered by Mrs. Fulton at the
organ. During the ceremony the Or
gan and violin rendered Cigars Salut
d. Amour, and as the party left the
church Lohengrin's wedding march
was played.
The ushers, in pairs, proceeded the
wedding party, DR.. Roy Hardison and
Horace Frierson, Jr., entering to the
left aisle and Conner Akin and Geo.
T. Hughes, Jr, going down the right
aisle. The three bridesmaids, Miss
Christine Glenn, of Nashville, Miss
Kate Sowell and Miss Louise Watkins
came down the three aisles of the
church, being followed by the grooms-
men, Jack CRANBERRY and James w.
Thomas on the right aisle and Charles
Frierson and Frank McEwen, of Nash
vile, on the left.
Mrs. Bascom E. Regen, the matron
of honor came down the center aisle,
followed by the maid of honor, the
sister of the bride, Miss Jean Dob
bins. Little Miss Florence Hatcher
Evans carried the wedding ring in
the heart of an Easter lily.
The bride, whose distinctively pa
trician type of beauty was accentuat-
ed by her beautiful dress, entered on
the arm of her father. Wilson B.
Dobbins, by whom she was given in
marriage She was joined at the al
tar by the groom and his best man.
Samuel Clay Harlan, who entered
from the chancel.
The ceremony, beautiful, impress
sive and solemn to an unusual degree,
was performed by Rev. John c. Mol
10y. D. D., the organ and violin rem
dering Cigars Salut d Amour while
the words which joined the two in
the holy bonds were pronounced.
The wedding party went at once
from the church to the residence OF
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dob
bins, where they were rendered a re-
ception, the guest list being confined
to the members of the bridal party,
the relatives and a few special girl
friends of the bride.
The bride never looked more ra-
dainty beautiful than in her wedding
dress of Charmeurse satin with Ouch
ess lace. Her veil was caught with a
wreath of orange blossoms. She car
ried a shower bouquet of orchids,
brides roses and lilies of the valley.
The maid of honor, Miss Jean Dob
bins, wore pink messaline satin veil
ed with lace and carried bouquet