The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-29
Mary E. Bryan,
Archer P. Fish
Marry AT Grace
Bride Is Daughter Of Mrs. D.
H. Bryan; Wedding Held
Saturday, August 81

Inc marriage of Miss Mary Ed
wards Bryan, daughter of Mrs. D.
n. Bryan, of the City, to Archer
rate Fish, of Fuquay Springs,
LOOK place here Saturday, August
~ at O'Clock in Grace Metho-
dist church. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Alvis Whit
TED, OF Richlands, brother-in-law
of the groom.
Prlor to the ceremony Mrs. Lila
W. Head, organist, rendered
program of nuptial music includ-
ing, Ave Maria" by Schubert,
Liebestraum," by List, and 30
Thou Sublime Sweet Evening Star"
by Wagner. During the ceremony
My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice"
by Salnt-Saens was softly played.
Mr.. Williams, of Fuquay Springs,
sang Because" and IT Love You
Truly"
The bride, given in marriage by
her uncle, B. B. Bryan, of this
city, was lovely in picture dress
OF ivory satin with long fitted sleev-
|es and moulded bodice with yoke
OF lace forming a V-neckline, a
short peplurn of lace finished the
bodice and topped the very full
skirt and long court train. The
veil of ivory illusion was worn with
a coronet of lace caught in the
center with orange blossoms. Her
bouquet was of tuberoses center
ed with white orchids.
The maid-of-honor, Miss Jean
Bryan, sister of the bride, wore a
net dress in pale yellow with sweet
heart neckline and bracelet-length
sleeves. The skirt was very full
and had applique of net ruffles.
Her arm bouquet was of yellow
roses and blue delphinium.
Miss Gladys Lee Fish, Miss
Catherine Rogers, Miss Ruby Rog-
ers, Mrs. Vennon Hayes, Mrs. An
dy Anderson, and Mrs. David Neil
son attended the bride as her
bridesmaids. They wore dresses
of net and lace with bodices of tiny
bands of lace in contrasting colors
of ice blue band petal pink. They
carried arm bouquets of mixed
flowers and wore hair arrange
ments of fresh flowers.
B. j. Fish, brother of the groom,
was best man.
Groomsmen were David Nelson,
Jim Nelson, Vennon Hayes, Bill
Sawyer, Pobert Ogelsby, and E. B.
Burkett.
Mrs. Bryan, mother of the
bride, was goWned in black lace
and chiffon with a corsage OF
white asters.
The groom's mother, Mrs. Fish,
wore brown lace with a shoulder
corsage of white asters. Mrs. B.
A. Jones, grandmother of the
groom, wore a white and blue
grown with a corsage of blending
| flowers.
Following the ceremony the
couple left for a wedding trip to
the western part of the state. The
bride wore for travelling a two
piece suit of velveteen in Ameri-
can Beauty shade with blue hat
and bag. She wore q corsage of
white orchids taken from her brid-
al bouquet.
The bride attended Louisburg
college and Woman's college OF
the University of North Carolina
and is connected with the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company.
Mr.. Fish attended Bob Jones
college and University of North
Carolina and is now with the North
Carolina Shipbu;lding company.
Out-of-town guests were Mrs.
E. C. Fish, Mrs. B. A. Jones, Miss
Gladys Lee Fish,. Miss Sarah Ell
len Fish, B. j. Fish, and Bobby
Jones all of Fuquay Springs, Rev.
and Mrs. Alvis Whitted, Richlands,
and Robert Ogelsby, Richmond,
Virginia.
Following rehearsal Friday
nj ght a cake cutting for the bridal
party and out-of-toWn guests was
given at the summer home of the
bride on Wrightsville Beach. Those
entertaining for the bride were
Mrs. Andy Anderson, Miss Gather
inc and Ruby Rogers, Mrs. David
Nelson, Mrs. Vennon Hayes, and
the Alpha Zeta Sorority.