The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-09
CHURCH WEDDING BY CANDLEEFGHT
 UMlTES COUPLE
Miss SybiI Godfrey Be- comes Bride of Harry C.
 Maxwell, Jr., Saturday

| windows, the Northern Light Pres byterian Church was a beautiful setting Saturday evening for the eight o'clock wedding of Miss Sybil Ellen Godfrey, daughter of Mrs. John Beasley Godfrey of Juneau, and MT. Harry Guy Maxwell, Jr., son of MT. and Mrs. Harry Guy Maxwell. of Fullerton, California.
 The Rev. John A. Glasse perform ed the impressive candlelight cere- mony before a host of friends and relatives that almost overflowed into the aisles of the church.
 To the strains of Lohengren's wedding march and preceded by her attendants, the bride entered on the arm of her uncle, MT. Horace O.. Adams, who gave her away. She wore for her wedding an exquisite gown of white point d'esprit with square neckline and long sleeves slightly puffed at the shoulders. The cloSe-fitting bodice flared to full skirt terminating in a long train. Her veil of illusion, caught to her head with a plaited coronet, flowed to full length train. She wore as her only ornament golden locket, family heirloom which first was worn by her great-grandmother, Miss Marie Curry when she was married to James Stuart in Manila nearly 100 years ago She carried a shower bouquet of white daisies.
 Carrying out the tradition of an all white wedding, Mrs. Robert Cowl- ing, matron of honor and the Misses Jeanne VanderLeest and Mary Wildes, bridesmaids, wore embroid- cred white organdy picture hats and identical dresses of white French organdy with sweetheart necklines and full skirts. They carried leis of white daisies. Miss Louise Adams, cousin of the bride, who lighted the candles before the ceremony wore white dotted swiss with short puffed sleeves. Each of the brides attend ants wore a small gold locket, gifts Of the bride.
 MT. Edward Arnell attended ihe groom as best man and the Messrs. Joe Bird and Lance Hendrickson were ushers.
 For her daughters wedding Mrs. Godfrey wore sea mist crepe with dusty pink flowerpetal hat and accessories to match. Her shoulder corsage was white gardenias.
 MrsI Maxwell, mother cf the groom, wore royal blue lace with matching accessories and 9 corsage of yellow roses.
 Before the ceremony MT. Ernest Ehler sang Because and "Ah Sweet Mystery of Life" He was accom- panied on the organ by Mrs. John Jones who also played Lohengren's wedding march and Mendelssohn's recessional and during the ceremony played "at Dawning" on the muted organ.
 White daisies tied in sprays to the corner posts of the pews of the church and large baskets of the same flower repeated in the decOra- ton of the church with the white tapers, complimented the all-white of the bridal procession.
 Following the ceremony a recep- ton was held in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel where the mem bers of the bridal party together with the brides mother and the groom's parents received a large number of friends who called to wish happiness to the newly married couple.
 | After the bride had cut the first slice of the beautiful three-t tier cd wedding cake which was sur mounted by wedding bell, Mrs. N. Lester TroaSt served the cake to the guests and Mrs. H. w. Stinchcomb and Mrs. w. B. Ellis poured punch.
 Assisting in the serving were: Misses Elaine Housel, Elizabeth Ter hume, Clara Walthers, Phyllis and Corinne Jenne, Mary VanderLeest, Carol Robertson, Joan Sinot, Elsie Blythe, Mary Jean McNaughton, Marie Stoner, Helen Gordon and Roberta Dooley and the Mesdames Wesley Overby, William Redling, William Hixson, Edward Arnell, Joe Bird, N Lester Troast, Horace Adams and Crytsal Snow Jenne.
 Before leaving the reception each guest signed the brides book and was presented by Miss Roberta Dooley with a tiny monogrammed box of the traditional wedding cake.
 The newly married couple left on the steamer Baranof Sunday fore noon for Anchorage where they will be at home to their friends at 825 Third Street.
 For her going away costume, Mrs. Maxwell wore a >redingote of dusty pink with white accessories and an orchid corsage.
 Mrs. Maxwell, before her mar riage. was the incentive for numer- ous parties and was a popular mem Der of Juneau's younger set. She was graduated from the June a u High School and attended business college in Seattle. For the last three years she has been society editor