Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-06-17
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48F In the M6tIlUuASh N+iANi ~ - ~
bcrdel, N. c. at half past nine q
clock on the evening of June, the
second, when Miss Elizabeth Eller-
be became the bride OF MIR. John
Woods, there was solemized one Of
the most beautiful marriages of the
season.
The color scheme of green and
white was beautiful carried out in
the decoration of the church by the
use of long leaf pine, smilax, ivy,
ported plants and daisies, lights sof-
tly shaded in green, served to fur
Their enhance the beauty of the
scene and from a fitting setting for
the beautiful ceremony.
When the first notes of Mendcl-
ossohn's beautiful Wedding March
were sounded by Miss Stancill, the
users, who were Messrs, McKoy Nc
Neill, Frank Hutchinson, Jack Eller-
be, and DR.. James Ellerbe, entered
from the right and took their places
The maid of honor, Miss Mamie
Ellerbe, sister of the bride, in o
dress of dainty pink organdie with
black picture hat and carrying q
boquet OF Killarney roses and Mai
denhair fern, entered on the left.
! Following her, came Robbie Lee
EllerEe, as ring bearer, dressed in
dainty white organdie and carrying
large white rose, in which was
conceded the ring.
The bride, handsome in her going
away suit of midnight blue tricotine
with accessories to match, was a
cors&ge of orchids, lilies of the val
ley and ferns. She entered from the
right on the arm of her father'>SNr
+. Ellerbe, who gave her away
while the groom, with his best man
his brother Mr. Auburn Woods of
Columbia, S. c., entered from the
left and joined the bride at the al
tar. The pastor of the bride, Rev.
I. H. Hill, officiated, using the beau
tiful and impressive ring ceremony
an appropriate selection PLAYED
softly by Miss Stancill during the
ceremony.
After the ceremony the young
couple motored to Hamlet where
they took the train for tour of
Northern cities and Canada.
The many beautiful and costly
presents received by the bride at
tested to the popularity of the young
couple.
The bride is the middle daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Ellerb @
and is well known throughout the
county where she has scores of
friends and is well connected. She
Is a graduate of Louisburg College
and for the past three years has
been one of the most efficient and
popular teachers of Northampton
County. During this time she has
been the principal of the Milwau-
kee High School, one of the best
schools OF the county. She is a
young woman of bright mentality
and is admired by host of friends.
Mr.. Woods was formerly from
Chester, S. c. and is prominently
connected throughout S. c., He is
a young man of sterling worth, is
graduate of Wofford College,
Spartanburg, S. C. and an ex-Lieu-
tenant, in which capacity, he saw
thirteen months of service in
France. Since his discharge from
the army, Mr.. Woods has been en-
gagged in business in Norfolk and
Milwaukee. He has strong execu-
tive ability and bright prospects for
success in the business world. A.
n1ong those attending the marriage
from out of the county, were Nh
and Mrs. Auburn Woods, of Column
bia, s. G. Mrs. Dare White, Mrs.
Granville Thornton, Chester, S. C.
Prof Hugh Shockley, Spartanburg
s c. and Mrs. Chas. Terry OF SIN,
Pauls, Ns e..
After their return from their bri.
<da1 tour, Mr. and Mrs. Woods will
reside III Milwaukee.
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