The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-06
Miss Cwendoly H. Adams Becomes
Bride OF William Marshall Courtney
Beautiful Wedding Is Solem.
nized Saturday Evening
In Duke Chapel

a nlZed SATURDAY LVenlng
In Duke Chapel
DURHAM, Feb 5.-The Duke
university chapel was the scene. Of
the wedding Of Miss 'Gwendolyn
HODGE Adams, Of Martinsburg, W.
Va, and William Marshall Court.
ney, of Charlotte and Southport,
solemnized Saturday evening, Feb.
ruary 3, at s o'clock against a
background Of green and white.
DR.. Frank S. Hickman Of Duke
university officiated and Arthur
Bowling Of Savannah, Ga, played
the organ. The interior Of the
chapel was arranged with palms
and woodwardia fern In pyramidal
form, large pedestal baskets Of
white flowers, and numerous seven
branched c%andelabra holding white
cathedral, tapers.
Prior to. the ceremony, MI. BOWL.
ing played ,Ich Liebe Dich, Greig;
Prelude in A Major, Opus %, Cho.
in; Afternoon Of a Faun, Debus'
sy; Revere, Debussy; I Love You
Truly, Bond; and selections from
Tristan and 1solda, Wagner. The
traditional wedding marches were
used as professional and recession.
al and during the ceremony Mr..
Bowling played Debussy's Claire
de Lune. j.
Vincent Courtney, a student. at
Duke university, attended his
brother as best man. Ushers were
Robert McManeus, Alex Josephs
and Fred Cochrane, Jr., Of Char
lotte and George Clarence Court.
ney Of Lenoir, cousin of the bride.
groom.
Misses Ivey and Claire Courtney,
sisters Of the bridegroom, were
bridesmaids. They wore dresses Of
aqua silk net with fitted bodices
and volumnous skirts, with match.
ing fichus draped over head and
shoulders. They carried flower muffs
OF yellow sweetheart roses.
The bride was attended by Miss
Anne Hollymeyer, Of Mountain
Lakes, N. j., as maid Of honor.
Miss Hollymeyer wore dress of
pink silk net made like those OF
the bridesmaids and a matching
fichu. Her flower mum was Of pink
sweetheart roses.
The bride was given HI marriage
by her uncle. Malcolm m. Brown.
of Martinsburg, w. Va. She wore
a wedding gown Of ivory satin
The Spanish basque had . sweet
heart neckline and long sleeves
puffed at the shoulder and end
ing in a point at the wrist, and the
full skirt ended in long train.
Her long veil of illusion was fast
ened with a coronet of orange bios.
SONS and she wore 4 pearl snood
and a short face veil. Her flowers
we're a" bouquet Of bride roses
lilies Of the valley, and tulle. show
cred with white satin and valley
lilies. Her only jewerly was a string
OF pearls, gift Of the bridegroom.
Mrs. Nellie H. Adams. of Mar
tinsburg, mother Of the bride, wore
a dress Of misty o s with match
ing turban and q corsage Of roses
and violets.
Mrs. Marshall H. Courtney, moth
er Of the bridegroom, wore peri
Wrinkle blue lace with a corsage Of
roses.
After the ceremony, an informal
reception was held at the Wash
ington Duke hotel by Mr.. and Mrs.
Malcolm M. Brown. Guests in.
cluded members Of the bridal party,
the immediate families and close
friends.
The bridal table was covered
with a white linen banquet cloth
draped with srniiax. The center
piece was of white snapdragons.
hyacinths and buddelea and gar
lands Of the same flowers extend.
ed to the three.tiered wedding cake
at one end of the table.
Assisting at the reception were
Misses Catherine Silver, Virginia
Schleuss and Corinne Alderton OF
Martinsburg, Miss Marilyn seafield
of 1ronton, Mimi, Miss Kathleen
Griffin of Atlanta, Ga, and Miss
|Carol Corners Of Cleveland. Ohio.
Later the bride and bridegroom
left for a short wedding. trip. For
travelling the bride changed to an
ensemble Of blue sand with black
accessories. Her corsage was q
miniature of. her bridal bouquet.
brides roses and valley lilies. On
their return they will be. at home
in Southport for the present.
Mrs. Courtney Is the daughter
OF Mrs. Nellie HODGE Adams OF
Martinsuburg. She was graduated
last year from Duke University.
where she was outstanding In cam
pus activities. She was May Queen
and Beauty Queen for the Chanti-
| c)eer- college annual. in her senior