Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-05-12
POPULAR ISLANDER
WEEDS SEATTLE LADY
Mcgowan Cochran Nuptials
Celebrated in St. Paul
Church Wednesday

Fruit blossoms in abundance,
sbft greens, and lighted tapers
made May-time setting for the
wedding last Wednesday of Miss
Catharyn Cochran, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cochran,
to Mr.. Y. Ross Mcgowan, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mcgowan,
which took place at $3.50 O'Clock
at st. Paul's church.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore her mothers
wedding gown of heavy ivory
silk, scalloped at the bottom, and
ornamented with silver bowknots
and garlands Of pastel flowers.
A silver girdle and old lace be.
longing to her mother, finished
the costume. A lace coronet touch
ed with silver ribbon and flowers
topped the long tule silk veil,
which was half yelled in long
streamers of narrow ribbons. Her
flowers were orchids, Ophelia
roses, lilies of the valley, forget
me-nots and white iris.
Miss Avadena Cochran, a sis
ter, was maid of honor. She wore
coral georgette made in panel eff.
feet over Canton crepe, embroid-
cred in iridescent crystal beads.
Her flowers were an arm bouquet
of lavender sweet peas, pink and
yellow snapdragons, and lilies OF
the valley.
The bridesmaids, who wore
two-tones taffeta gowns, were
Miss Lola Mcgowan, in cerise and
gold Miss Sherlie Rude, in ccrisc
and white, and Miss Beth David.
son, in jade green and white.
They carried flowers to harmon
ize with their gowns,
Mr.. Wilfred Easterbrook was
best man, and the ushers We're
Mr.. Charles O'Callaghan, Mr.. Sev
mour Spring, Mr.. Stanley Orne,
Mr.. Ernest Campbell and Mr..
John Byers of Everett.
The wedding music was played
by Miss Marion Eels of Belling
ham, and Miss Eleanor Donley.
Mr.. Howard Schage sang cat
Dawning" during the ceremony.
A reception followed the SER
vice at the Cochran home for the
relatives and young friends of the
couple. The rooms were abloom
with spring blossoms, no particu-
lar color predominating.
Mrs. H. B. Rowell was in
charge of the dining room, and
Mrs. Fred Bailey of Port Town
send, Mrs. O. P. Taylor, Mrs.
Howard Schage and Mrs. Burns
Lindsay of the coffee urns. They
We're assisted by a group of soror
ity sisters of the bride.
Both the bride and groom were
graduated from the University of
Washington last June. The bride
is a member of Kappa Alpha
Theta sorority and the groom of
Sigma Chi fraternity.
Mr.. Mcgowan is young man
with character as pure as a
star. He is industrious, capable,
stong in mind and body, and
clean within and without. He is
farming on a big scale in Neb-
raska, planting several hundred
acres of potatoes this spring.
The bride is as sweet as daisy
peeping out of a field of clover,
she has been endowed with grace
in profusion, she is a popular
young lady both at home and i'll
the University, and will be a
veritable magnet to attract to her
all that is best in life and desir-
ed by the good and true.
Those from the island attend
ing the marriage and reception
were the Groom's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Mcgowan, Miss Lola
Jane, a sister, Mrs. Blekkink and
daughters, Miss Frances and
Adah, Miss Myrtle Coleman, Prof
and Mrs. B. P. Kirkland and Mr..
Smock.
Countless gifts of both "A use
full and ornamental nature show
ed how truly appreciative the
friends of both bride and groom
were, and added all that was nee.
essary to sustain the abiding con
viction of everyone that this is
an ideal union of two young lives
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