The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
Lovely Wedding Solemnized
Wednesday Evening Al
Trinity Church

Trinity Methodist church was the
Gene of one of the loveliest we'd
dingS Of the Autumn season last
evening at 8 o'clock when Miss Re-
bekah Wright, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac Clark Wright, of Will
mington, became the bride of Henry
Berchette Jennings, Jr., of Lumber.
ton, son of H. B. Jennings, of Lum-
berton.
The church was beautifully decor
ated for the occasion with smilax,
palms and ferns, which were banked
in the chancel and centered with
fourteen branched candelabra and at
each side were used two seven
branched candelabra holding burning
tapers. Three largo vases holding
large white chrysanthemums were
used in the decorations.
The Rev. r. L. Jerome, pastor of
the church, assisted by the Rev. AL
len P. Brantley, of Sanford, offici.
ated at the ceremony before a large
gathering of friends and relatives.
While the guests assembled and dur
ing the ceremony a program of nup-
tial music was given by Miss Agnes
Chasten at the organ. Mrs. Charles
F. Williams, of Raleigh, cousin Of
the bride, sang Because" and just
before the VOWS were spoken she
sang cat Dawning." Among the or
gan selections given were Lieb-
stratum, Schubert's Serenade, the
bridal chorus by Wagner and the
wedding march by Mendelssohn.
The bride chose her sister, Miss
Bertha Dalton Wright, of Lumber
ton, as her maid of honor, and brides
maids were Mrs. Harold L. Price,
Of Washington, D. c., sister of the
bridegroom, Miss Rosalie Smith, .
cousin, of New Bern, and Miss Betty
Wright, younger sister of the bride,
was junior bridesmaid.
Mr.. Jennings chose his brother,
Dudley Jennings, of Pembroke, for
his best man. Groomsmen were Neill
A. Jennings, a brother, of Selma,
Ala, Duvall Lennon, of Lumberton,
Archie w. Mclean, of Lumberton,
and T. w. Boyce, of Lumberton.
The bride, escorted by her father,
wore a princess gown of ivory white
! duchess satin. The bodice was but
toned down the back to the hipline,
the skirt flaring into a voluminous
train. Her full length veil of Rose
Point lace, an heirloom of the bride
groom's family, was fastened with a
simple coronet of orange blossoms.
She carried a bouquet of white bou-
vardia, lilies of the valley and white
orchids, showered with lilies of the
valley.
The maid of honor was gowned in
Symphony blue faille, made princess
style, with inserts of shirring. She
carried an arm bouquet of bronze
snapdragons tied with bronze satin.
The other attendants wore identical
gowns in color and style of that OF
the maid of honor. They all wore
pearls and long white gloves. The
headdress of the attendants were
f~iligree bows of blue to match the
gowns. They carried yellow snap
dragons tied with yellow satin. The
Junior attendant carried a colonial
bouquet.
Mrs. Wright, the brides mother,
was gowned in a Mirage Blue crepe,
trimmed in silver sequins. She wore
a corsage of orchids.
Immediately following the cere-
mony a reception was given at the
home of the brides parents for
friends and relatives and out-of-toWn
guests. The entire home was lovely
in it's decorations Of smilax n
white flowers and burning tapers.
Each mantle in the home was bank
cd in smilax and clustered with burn
ing tapers. The receiving line was
composed of the brides mother, Mrs.
Wright, the bridegroom's father, H.
r. Jennings, Of Lumberton, the brl-
dial couple and the bridal party. Dur
ing the evening dainty refreshments
we're served in the dining room. The
table was laid with a lovely lace and
cutwork cloth and centered with a
silver bowl filled with white flow
ers thanked by tall white tapers IN
low silver holders, a beautiful brides
cake was placed at one end of the
table.
Later in the evening the couple
left for a wedding trip north. Mrs.
Jennings changed for travelling to a
smart wool frock of Sea Green made
with high neckline, with when n
wore a brown fur coat and brown
accessories and a Ska Green felt nat.
The bride is a graduate OF Ran
dolph Macon Woman's college, where
she was a member Of the Chi omega
sorority and the Pi Gamma Mu ma
tional social science honorary frater-
nity. Mr.. Jennings is a graduate OF
Davidson college and the Harvard
School of Business Administration.
He is a member of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon social fraternity. Upon their
return from their wedding trip north
the will make their home in h
University apartments in Durham.
The bride has been honored by the
following since the announcement OF
her engagement during the summer:
Mrs Duncan McEachern, Mrs. Fran
els B.. Overrnan, Mrs. Steve Provost,
NJ. povford Willis. Mrs. W. L..