The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-15
Caroline Davis,
Ii. Turner Wed

The wedding Of Miss Caroline
Elizabeth Davis and Richard Wal
lace Turner, lieutenant, Air Force
of the United States Army, was
solemnized in Trinity Methodist
church, Wilmington, Sunday at
ternoon, October 8, at $50 o'clock
by the Rev. Fred W. Paschall,
pastor.
The altar was decorated with
white g1adioli and burning tapers
in branched candelabra. Prior to
the ceremony Miss Sally Margaret
Johnston rendered a program OF
nuptial music and Miss Orma
Jean Willis, sang Il Love Thee"
and Because Always was
rendered during the ceremony.
Miss Davis had as her maid-of-
honor Miss Dorothy Kure Of Will
mington, a n d honorary brides
maids were Miss Nancy Crich-
ton, Miss Alice J. Casey and Mrs.
Arthur Frankenstein.
The bride entered with ner
father, by whom She was given
in marriage, wearing a gown of
white satin and lace fashioned with
long waistline and long 1eg-of-
mutton sleeves coming to points
over the hands. The dress was
trimmed around the neck with lace
and insets of matching a e
were used in the bodice and long
full skirt which formed a train.
Her veil Of bridal illusion was held
in place with a cluster of orange
blossoms.
Her bouquet was Of white car.
nations and tuberoses and was cen
tered with an orchid.
The maid-of-honor, Miss Kure,
wore a pink taffeta dress made on
similar lines as that Of he bride,
with three-qquarter length sleeves.
She carried a bouquet Of pale
pink carnation, with small lavend.
ar gladioli and was tied with
matching satin ribbon. she wore
an arrangement of small lavender
gladioli and pink net in her hair.
Lieut.. Turner was attended by
Lieutenan Theodore j. Drust, oil
Buffalo, N. Y, as best man.
Ushers were Lieut.. Norman E.
Davis, Jr., of La Moore Field, Cali.
fornia, brother of the bride, and
Roger L. Turner Of johnson City,
New York, brother of the bride.
groom.
The brides mother wore black
crepe street-length dress with a
sheer yoke with sequin trimming
and a corsage of white gardenias.
The bridegroom's mother wore
green and white figured sheer
with 4 corsage Of gardenias.
Mrs. Turner is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Edwards
Davis and is a graduate of Louis
burg jusior college and a member
Of Alpha Pi Epsilon society. and
the Delta Chi Omega sorority.
Lieut.. Turner, stationed at Camp
Stewart, Ga, formerly stationed at
Bluethenthal Air base, b efor e
entering the service was employed
by International Busine S
Machines.
Following q reception at the
brides home Lieut.. Turner n d
his bride left for Washington, D.
c., and New York. Mrs. Turner
wore as a going-away outfit, a
forest green oItfit and black &C
cessories and an orchid from her
bridal bouquet.
Among the out-of-town guests
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Henry W. Tur-
ner and Roger Turner Of johnson
City, N. Y; Miss Nancy Crichton
Of Greenville, Miss Sally Mar
garet Johnston, also student at
ECTC, Greenville; Miss Alice J..
Casey, of Raleigh; Miss Mamie
E. Davis Of Asheville, and Mrs.
Reed Hammond of Elmira, N. Y.
SPECIAL MUSIC
Mrs. Lila Williams Head, organ
list at Calvary Baptist church, has
announced the special music plan
ned for this morning and evening
at the church.
Mrs. Marion Runkles will sing,
'Trust in Him" by Hemblen, and
John McDougall will sing a solo
at the morning hour, at the eve
ming hour Mrs. Nelson Page will
sing. "Oh, Eyes That Are Weary"
by Bartlett.