The northwestern bulletin., 1922-06-24
WILLS-CIBBS WEDDING
Considered one of the Most Beautiful
of Present Season.


dings of the season took place on last
Saturday evening, June II at Pill
grim Baptist church when Miss Grace
Wills, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Wills, 1904 Iglehart ave-
nue., became the bride of Mr.. Wendell
| Gibbs, son Of Mrs. lone Gibbs of Min
neapolis.
Seldom has one witnessed a more
| beautiful ceremony; for magnificence
and splendo: none have ever eXcell-
| ed It. The church was beautifully
decorated with palms and flowers,
/ the chancel being bower of beauty.
| Tai: vases filled with pink and white
peonies together with lighted cathe-
Grai candles. showing against a back
| ground OF Palms, formed the elabor-
ate setting.
The church was filled to capacity
with relatives and friends of the bride
and groom, as both are very popular
among the social set.
Preceding the entrance of the
bridal party, program of pre-nup-
| tiai music including Loves Old
! Sweet Song" and Believe Me" was
rendered on the violin by Mr.. Will
liam Hilyard Sr accompanied by Mrs.
| Hattie Hall on the organ.
Promptly at 7:30 the bridal chorus
from "Lohengrin" announced the ar
rival of the bridal party. The ushers
were Homer Cannon and Lloyd Step
! hens who stretched white satin ribbon
on each side of the isle from the en-
| trance of the church to the chancel
Morris Gibbs, brother of the groom,
James Combs, Tela Burt and James
| Henley.
The bridesmaids were gorgeously
attired in decollete gowns of pastel
| shades of faille taffeta and wearing
a French Normandie vest harmonic
ing with sowns with chaplets of sill
yer flowers and leaves in their hair
Miss Elanor Castone, the first to
| appear, wore silver blue faille taffeta
made bouffant style: ruffed panniers
! formed the skirt and the bodice was
plain with shawl collar and tiny
sleeves of tulle dropping off the
shoulders, also sirdle of two toned
ribbon, blue and pink. She carried
a basket of pink roses and baby
! breaths.
Next followed Mrs. Morris Gibbs
in canary faille taffeta, with folds or
taffeta forming the bodice and
| shoulder straps of the same material
! The skirt was fashioned with lace
panel front and tulle girdle. She car
ried basket of pink roses and baby
| breaths.
Mrs. Earl Weber, bride of the
month, then appeared in nile green
faille taffeta trimmed in silver with
a buoffant skirt scalloped in silver
! thread and wearing a girdle of flow
ers. Tiny puffed sleeves dropped off
the shoulders of the plain bodice that
blended with the basket of pink roses
and baby breaths.
Following her came the maid of
honor. Miss Kathryn Tandy attired
in changeable peach faille taffeta
! looped over silver lace, the skirt
forming the petals of a rose. The
bodice was plainly trimmed with a
| girdle ribbon. With it she wore a
Picture Hat, fashioned in Dansant
style, having no crown. The brim
was of silver lace with two wreaths
of peach roses crossing the hair
Dropping from the hat were stream
ers forming loops of French blue vel
vet which reached to the hem of her
gown. She carried on her arm bou-
quet of whyte peonies and baby
breaths.
| Then came Mrs. Mark Gibbs, sister
| of the bride in a gown of Spanish
Lace of beautiful orchid shade made
in decollete style with orchid girdle
| of ribbon. Her hat, a Vatican pic
ture model matched her gown in or
| child shade trimmed with flowers and
| streamers tied under her chin. She
| also carried on her arm a bouquet of
! deep pink peOnies and baby breaths.
The two little flower girls. Betty
Cage and Doris Walker, then entered
! in fluffy dresses of shell pink organ
die, each with Dorothy Dainty Bows
of pink and white tulle in their hair.
The little ring bearer, Morris Gibbs,
Jr., nephew of the groom, appeared
in a Lord Fauntleroy suit of black
velvet and carried the ring on a white
satin pillow.
Rev. w. d. Carter of Seattle,
Washington, formerly pastor of Pill
| grim Baptist church, then took his
place at the altar with the bridal
party.
Miss Armedia wilkins. presiding
at the organ, then played the bridal
chorus in softer tones which announ-
ced the arrival of the bride who
marched slowly up the aisle unat-
| tended.
Her bridal gown was a handsome
creation of Duchesse lace and tulle
over white ivory satin made with a
court train of rose satin fastened to
her shoulders with orange blossoms,
over which fell her embroidered veil
worn cap effect with a wreath of
orange blossoms. She carried a
shower bouquet of bridal roses, lilies
of the valley, and baby breaths.
She was met at the altar by the
groom accompanied by his best man,
Mr.. Everett Roberts Of Indianapolis,
Indiana, both attired in dress suits.
AS they stood at the altar, Mr.. Mark
Gibbs. brother of the groom. render
ed beautiful tenor solo, Because.
Then Reverend Carter proceeded