The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-10
Shirley Graves,
It. Cochrane Wed
AT Chapel Hill

CHAPEL HILL, June 9. - Miss
Thornton Shirley Graves. daughter
of Mrs. Margaret ". Graves OF
Chapel Hill and Atlanta: and the
late Dr.. Thornton Shirley Graves.
and Lieut.. William McWhorter
Cochrane. UsNR, son OF Mr. and
Mrs. William D. cochrane OF
Newton, were married IN beauti-
full wedding in the Presbyterian
church here Sunday, June 8. at
$50 o'clock.
DR.. Hersey Z. Spencer OF the
Duke University School o. Religion,
assisted by Rev. Charles Jones.
pastor OF the Chapel Hill Presby-
terrain Church. performed the
double ring ceremony.
The church was simply but ef-
fectively decorated with altar
candles, white gladioli and ferns.
Preceding the ceremony, the
church organist, Almonte Howell,
Jr., played the Andante Cantabile
from Tschaikowsky's Fifth SYM
phony, and during the ceremony
played softly MacDowell's ITO
Wild Rose" Immediately prior to
the entrance of the wedding party,
the brides cousin, Miss Dorothy
Henderson of Hickory and New
York, sang beloved, it Is Morn"
and Grieg's 'Ich Liebe Dich." She
sang Forsythe's arrangement OF
THE Lords Prayer" during the
ceremony.
Ushers were Taylor Hogan, Dou-
gald Macmillan and Bill Koch, all
of Chapel Hill, and Cyril Long Meb-
ane of Newton.
The bride was preceded by her
maid of honor. Miss Betsy Anne
Bowman, of Chapel Hill, who wore
a gown of pale pink marquisette,
with ruffled train effect. Her head
dress was a Mary Stuart cap OF
pink illusion, and she carried col
orful bouquet of pink roses, del
phinium, and Shasta daisies.
The bride, who was given in mar.
rage by Dr. William de 3. Mac
Nider, of Chapel Hill, was lovely
IN her gown Of ivory satin, fash
Ioned on Princess lines with sweet
leart neckline, edged in seed
pearls, with long sleeves and court
train. She wore May Stuart cap,
fashioned of ivory illusion and EN-
oroidered in seed pearls to which
was attached finger-tip veil. Her
bouquet was white orchids and gar
denias with a cascade of white
,weetpeas.
& She entered to the strains of the
bridal march from Lohengrin ana
was met at the altar by the groom,
attended by his best man, Grifford
Pace of Chapel Hill.
The bride, who has just complet.
ed her junior year at Agnes Scott
college, is the only daughter OF
Mrs. Graves and the late DR..
Graves who was a member of the
University of North Carolina Eng
fish department. She and her moth,
er lived in Chapel Hill until several
years ago when they moved to At
1anta.
Lieutenant Cochrane, who has re,
Gently returned from a years serv-
ice in the Mediterranean, received
his Alb. and law degrees from the
University of North Carolina in
1899. He was member of the staff
OF the Institute of Government and
manager of Graham Memorial be-
fore entering the Navy.
Out-of-toWn guests attending the
wedding, in addition to those in the
bridal party, included Mrs. w. D.
Cochrane and Mrs. Frank Long
Austin of Newton, mother and sis.
ter of the bride; Miss Julia May
Flllingim of Atlanta; Mr.. and Mrs.
j. L. Henderson and Mrs. Wilbur
Swain of Hickory; Mrs. ]. H.
Shaw, Miss Irna Shaw and Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Shaw of Greens,
boro; Mrs. Jersey E. Spence, Dur
ham; Miss Mary Russell, Griffin.
Ga; Miss Daisy Sunday, Delrav
Beach, Fla, and Miss Betty Long,