The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-02
Smith Walker
Wedding Held
In Coldsboro
First Baptist Church Is The
Scene OF Lovely
Ceremony

GOLDSBORO July IA Weu-
ding of, wide interest took place
in the First Baptist church at IL
O'Clock Thursday morning when
Miss Helen MaBelle Smith
Goldsboro and Mr.. George Luther
Walker, Jr.. of Hampden-Sydney
Va, were married.
The brides father, the Reverend
Alfred James Smith, pastor Of the
church, gave the bride away and
performed the ring ceremony.
The = church decorations IN
green, white, and pastel shades
were unusual, particularly the
rose trees" which stood on either
side of the pulpit against a back
ground of natural foliage and
plumosis fern. In the foreground
on either side rel baskets OF
lilies, white gladioli, and fever
few, and fanking them white can
delabra. Centering the foreground
was a fan-shaped arrangement OF
lavender gladioli and gypsophila,
and in the middle of the background
a basket of blue delphinium. A
tiny basket of white feverfew was
back of the delphinium.
Preceding the entrance of h e
wedding party a musical pro.
gram was given by Miss Jane
Smith, s%oloist, who is the younger
sister of the bride and by Mrs.
j. C. Pate, organist.
Mr.. Pate first played on the
organ "Andante Cantabile" by
Tschaikowsky, and afterwards
Miss Smith sang where Fer You
Walk" by Handel. AS an interlude
the organist played 'Thou A
Like A Blossom" by List, and
then Miss Smith sang believe
Me If All Those Endearing Young
Charms" also sung at the wed.
Eding of the brides parents.
After these numbers the organ.
list began playing the Bridal Cho-
rus from Wagner's opera "Lo-
hengrin," as the professional.
The young men who had serv-
ed as ushers, all fellow students
at Westminster College in Prince
ton, N. j., Of the bride and bride
groom, then entered the church
and took their places in the choir
loft. The ushers were Lewis
S. Bullock of Greenville, director
of the Eastern Carolina Symptom.
ic Chorus; Carroll Riddle, minister
Of music at st. Andrews Presbyter-
ian church in Wilmington and Ly-
man Congdon, minister of music at
1.-The First Presbyterian church in
Wilmington. They joined Miss Mar
garet Virginia Smoot, G%oldsboro,
also a Westminster graduate. She
wore blue with corsage of pink
roses.
Then Miss Elizabeth Smith, older
sister of the bride and maid of
honor, entered the church and
took her place. She wore a moss
green and white silk sheer of
small polka dot print with large
black hat. Her shoulder corsage
of Talisman roses and gypsophila
was tied with Talisman ribbon.
Next entered the bridegroom
with his best man, Vincent
Watson, of Rockville Center, Long
Island, N. Y, and awaited at the
altar the bride and her father,
who entered the church after
them.
The bride wore a rose and white
print silk sheer with a large hat,
shoes, and gloves all of white. A
shoulder corsage of white r o S e S
and lilies of the valley tied with
white ribbon completed her cos
tune.
During the ceremony the organ
ist softly played believe Me If
Ali Those Endearing Young
Charms" The prayer of the min
lister at the end of the ceremony
was concluded with Lutkin's
"Benediction," beloved Of all
Westminster students, which was
sung by Misses Jane Smith, and
Smoot, and Messrs. Bullock, Rid
die and Condor.
Mrs. Pate played the Joyous
Memberships Wedding March"
as the occasional.
After the wedding party, mem.
bers of the two immediate famil-
lies left the church. Mrs. Smith,
mother of the bride, wearing a
powder blue and white print sheer
with a corsage or rubrum lilies,
joined Mr.. Smith. Next left Mr..
and Mrs. George L. Walker, ST.,
Hampden-Syden, Va, parents o +
the groom, and with them h S
aunt, Miss Anna Belle Martin.
also of Hampden-Sydney. Mrs.
Walker wore a lavender and white
sheer with corsage of gardenias,
and Miss Martin black with gar
denias. And then left MIR. and Mrs.
Donald R. Waggoner, cousins OF
the bride. Mrs. Waggoner wore a
pink and white sheer with corsage
of lavender asters.
The parents of the bride enter
foiped of tho hoyeo