The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-11-01

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By Mrs. G. r. McManaway
Society Editor
Phone 9S Before II Noon
WEARN-HOLMES NUPTlALS
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The following excerpts from
wedding published in the Raleigh
News and Observer of the past
Sunday are of deep interest here.
where the groom has spent many
summers and is a popular mem
Der of the young set, his family
being one of the old Charleston
families who have summer home
here, and where the bride also
visited during the past summer
and made many friends:
At half after four o'clock yes
terday afternoon in the Edenton
Street Methodist church here. the
wedding of Miss Celia Lindsay
Wearn and Houston Eccleston
Holmes was Solemnized.
The wedding, which is of wide
spread social interest in the two
Carolinas, was a ceremony of dig
nifty and charm. performed by the
Rev. E. c. Few, pastor of the
church.
The chancel of the church was
banked with palms and fern which
furnished a beautiful background
for the tall white cathedral can
dies and for the large urn OF
white chrysanthemums which was
used as a central decoration. A
program of lovely music was rem
dered-
Ushers were Hugh NJ. Causey
of Charlotte. Lorraine W. Carter
of Greenville, S. c., DR.. James
Ouattlebaum of Columbia, and
Richard NJ. McGillivrey. Charles
ton.
The brides attendants were
Miss Davetta Levine of Raleigh,
maid of honor, and little Miss
Anne Leigh of WinstOn-Salem,
flower girl.
Miss Levine wore a striking
frock of dull red splendor velvet
fashioned with fullness on the
shoulders. showing the Schiparelll
influence. The dress was trimmed
with q girdle of metallic silver
cloth and with crystal clips inlald
with rhinestones on the shoulder.
The maid of honor wore a smart
close-ftting velvet turban of the
same shade as her frock and her
flowers were shoulder corsage
of tahsman roses.
The bride entered with her
cousin, Capt. A. L. Fletcher, by
whom she was given in marriage,
and they were met at the chancel
by the bridegroom and his best
man, his brother. A. B. Holmes.
The brides blonde beauty was
enhanced by her frock of regal
blue splendor transparent velvet,
fashioned along princess lines, de-
signed by Madame D'Orsay. The
gown was featured with a Prln-
cess Anne collar of Venetian lace
reaching to both shoulders and
forming a circular neckline. Her
hat was of matching velvet and
she wore a shoulder corsage OF |
butterfly roses and valley lilies.
She wore an antique pin which |
has been worn by brides In the |
bridegroom's family for genera
tions.
Mrs. Lindsay, a grandmother |
of the bride, wore black satin
dress with matching accessories,
and a shoulder corsage of orchids. |
Mrs. Holmes, mother of the |
bridegroom, wore a frock of black
lace with black accessories, and
also wore orchids.
A charming informal reception
followed for the members of the
wedding party and out of town
friends. At this time motif of
yellow and white was used. The
dining table, entirely in white,
had a centerpiece of roses which
formed a bridal bouquet with
showered streamers to the floor.
Following the reception, Mr..
and Mrs. Holmes left for a we'd
ding trip to Florida. They will be
at home, after November 10, at
604 Claridge Manor Apartments,
Birmingham. Ala.
Mrs. Holmes is the daughter Of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ed
gar Wearn and the granddaughter
of Mrs. A. D. Lindsay of Raleigh.
She received her education at the
Hugh Morrison high school here
and at the Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina,
Greensboro. She made her debut
in 1929 and is one of Raleigh's
most popular and attractive young
women.
The bridegroom, the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hill Holmes,
of Charleston, S. c., is a repre-
sentative of the National Tube
company and is at present located
in Birmingham. He attended the
Charleston high school, The Cita-
del, in Charleston, and Louisiana