Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-03

Rancho Donean, the country
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Donohue, was the setting for the
valleys first military wedding since
the establishment of Camp Seeley,
that at which Alice Cozette Nichols,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. O. C.
Nichols of Carlsbad, New Mexico,
became the bride of 1t. Ernest De
Soto, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
De Soto of San Bernardino.
The attractive gardens of Rancho
Donean made an ideal setting for
the affair, an improvised altar hay
ing been erected in the patio, in
front of the fireplace. Banked with
greenery, exquisite lilies and sweet
peas, with tall candelabra on eth
er side, and with silver Illuminated
wedding bells above, the altar was
a perfect background for the i'm
presslve service read by DR.. w. A.
McCleneghan of the Methodist
church.
Baskets of white gladiolas, many
potted plants and palm trees, a
smaller altar banked with lilies in
whose niche stood a madonna, COM
pleted the decorations.
Prior to the ceremony, witnessed
by some 200 guests, bridal music
was featured, Miss Georgiana Sones
and Miss Kathryn Hinderks, sing
ing two duets, Because" and It
Love You Truly. The backgrounds
father, Ernest De Soto, played the
lovely "Traumerei' as a violin solo.
Mrs. Charles Bartholomew playing
the wedding marches.
Lovely Bride
The bride, given in marriage by
Mr.. Donohue, was radiant in her
wedding gown, a lovely frock in
sheer white material, with which
she wore a shoulder length veil.
which fell from becoming CAP
Her bouquet was of gardenias and
orchids.
Phyllis Lubeke of Los Angeles was
the brides maid of honor and wore
frock in aqua blue with match
ing picture hat, and carried a bou-
quet OF TaliSman roses.
The bridesmaids, the Misses
Joyce Gail Morgan, Irma Lou Will
lams, Gladys Smulling, Martha
Larroque, Elmo CASTOR, and Fran
ces Jane Thompson, wore long
1rocks with matching picture hats
trimmed with real flowers and car
red modernistic bouquets of spring
flowers in bright colorS, one shad-
Ing into another to- carry out the
colors of their frocks, blue, pink.
cold, fuschia, old rose and dusty
pink.
Little Jacquelin johnson made
a demure flower girl, and Jon Dea-
ton, acting as ring bearer, carried
the ring in a lily. Both children
were adorable in their powder blue
outfits.
Lit. Claude League acted as best
man for the bridegroom with 1t.
Emary Bright, 1t. Roland Pritch-
ard, 1t. Wesley Wolfe, 1t. Charles
9on, 1t. Thomas Wilder, Lit. George
Dalilia, 1t. Jack Dobson as ushers.
at the conclusion of the cere-
mony, as they filed down the aisle.
the bride and bridegroom walked
under the archway OF crossed
swords in the traditional ceremony.
Reception Later
The reception took place in the
Donohue living room, beautifully
decorated for the occasion where
Mrs. Donohue was assisted in re-
ceiving by Mesdames Charles P.
Delp, John T. Rice, Fred l.. Rid
die, Norman c. Beaton and Edna
Morrison.
Music for the reception was sup
piled by the cavalry band.
1t. and Mrs. DeSota will be at
home TO their friends the end of
this week, having leased a home
on Ell Centre avenue.
Out of town guests at the we'd
ding included the brides brother,
Oral Nichols of Rosemond; the