The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-05
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Hughes of Parkton to Lieut.. NAL
conn Haskell Cowan of the U. S.
Army Air Forces and Tioga, Texas
was solemnized in a formal cere-
mony at the home of the bride in
Parkton at $3.50 o'clock on the eve
nlng OF August 81, with the Rev.
L. A. Guiton, pastor of the bride.
officiating.
A program of wedding m u S c
was rendered by Mrs. Malcolm P.
Calhoun Of st. Pauls and 1t. D.
N. Mcqueen of DeRidder, La, SOLO
lists, and Miss Eleanor Hughes Of
bonneville, Ga, pianist.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her brother. John G.
Hughes, Jr., of Parkton, was love-
~ in her wedding gown of Duchess
satin fashioned with yoke OF prin.
cess lace, fitted bodice, long, fit
ted sleeves ending in Gala lily
points over the wrists d full
skirt extending into train. Her
two-tiered veil of illusion fell from
a halo of lace, caught at each side
with orange blossoms, and she car
rled bouquet of brides roses
and bouvardia conferred with a
purple-throated orchid.
Attending the bride as maid-ot-
honor was Miss Helen Cowan Of
11oga, Texas, sister of the BRIDE
groom. Her dress was Of aqua
satin brocade made with three
quarter length sleeves, deep yoke
OF matching net, basque bodice and
full skirt. She wore a Juliet can
OF sequins and aqua net and car
ried a bouquet of mixed flowers
tied with pink satin ribbon.
The bridesmaids, Mrs. David A.
Evans of Greenville, sister, an d
Mrs. John G. Hughes, Jr., of Park
ton, sister-in-law of the bride. wore
Identical frocks of pink brocadsd
silver cloth fashioned with three
quarter length sleeves, sweetheart
neckline adorned with rhinestone
sprays and full skirts extending in
tc semi-train. Their headpieces
were Juliet caps of sequins and
pink net and their bouquet of
mixed flowers were tied with satin
bows of Old Blue.
Little Miss Margaret Evans of
Greenville, niece of the bride. was
a dainty junior bridesmaid in a
dress of pink net over taffeta made
with p-shouldered bodice a n d
bouffant skirt trimmed in French
flowers. She carried a miniature
colonial nosegay.
The mother of the bride wore
blue crepe with a corsage of pink
rosebuds.
The mother of the bride wore
blue crepe with corsage of pink
rosebuds.
The bridegroom was attended by
1t. Edward R. Booth as best man
and groomsmen were 1t. William
V. Sproule and 1t. William S. Bell,
all of the Laurinburg Maxton Army
air base. Junior groomsmen were
John G. Hughes III and David A.
Evans, Jr., nephews of the bride.
Mrs. Cowan is the daughter of
Mrs. John Gilchrist Hughes and
the late Mr.. Hughes, who was a
member of the Robson County
Board of Commissioners for 10
years. She received her B. S. de-
gree from Queens college and her
M. A. from Columbia university,
and has taught in the public
schools of North Carolina. For the
past three years she has been a
member of the Parkton school fac
ulty.
1t. Cowan, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Ellis Cowan Of Tioga,
Texas, attended North Texas State
Teachers college in Denton. He
was connected with the sales de-
partment of Black Brothers Fur
niture company in Houston at the
time he entered service and was
well known in aviation C r e
throughout Texas. He is stationed
at present at the Laurinburg-Max-
ton Army air base.
Reception
A reception was held immediate
ly after the ceremony for wedding
guests and other friends, who were
received by Mr.. and Mrs. George
Ashford of Red Springs, Mr.. and