The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-04
Capt. Bridger
WEEDS Fairmont
Girl Thursday

FAIRMONT, Dec. 3. - The mar
riage of Miss Sarah Powell Grant
ham, daughter of c. E. Grantham
and the late Mrs. Bessie Powell
Grantham of Fairmont, to John
MacRae Bridger, captain, Army
Air Forces, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry C. Bridger of Bladenboro,
was solemnized in a formal cere-
mony at Trinity Methodist church
in Fairmont Thursday evening,
Nov. 49, at $3.50 o'clock. The Rev.
D. L. Jones, pastor of Fairmont
Presbyterian church, offlclated at
the double ring rites.
A program of wedding music
was rendered by Mrs. Paul n.
Thompson, organist, and Mrs. 4.
Knox Andrews and Mrs. Erwin L.
Williams, both Of Lumberton, SO :
loists.
The bride was given in marriage
by her uncle, Vardell G. Grant
ham, with whom she made her
home. Her wedding gown was
fashioned of ice blue satin, its
waistline sloping upward on one
side to form a bow from which the
skirt was draped into a train. The
woke of the bodice and the low
waistline were bordered with tiny
crystal beads and metallic en-
broidery. the sweetheart neckllne
was conferred with bow OF SELF
material, and the tapering sleeves
ended in Gala lily points over the
wrists. Her fingertip veil OF ice
blue illusion fell from coronet OF
orange blossoms, and she carried
a prayer book showered with
stephanotis and centered with two
white orchids. Her gift from the
bridegroom was a daimond-enclf-
cled wrist watch.
The bride was attended by her
sister. Miss Jane Grammar, as
maid of-honor, and her brides
maids were her sister, Miss Zel-
ma Granthann, and her cousin
Mss Betty Grantham. The maid
of-honor's frock of pink net over
taffeta was made with full skirt
and peplum. and she wore a
shoulder length veil and gloves to
match. Dresses of the bridesmaids
were fashioned of taffeta, the drop
shoulders having escalloped neck
lines and the skirts extending IN
bouffant style from peplums. MISS
Zelma Grantham wore ice green
with s.lolder length veil and gloves
to match, while Miss Betty Grant
hams frock was of orchid, with
atch;ng veil and gloves.
The three attendants wore pearls
and carried nosegays OF mixed
flowers bordered with tulle to
match their dresses.
The bridegroom and his best
man. Robert L. Edwards OF Colum-
bia, Sc, were in the uniform OF
the U. S. Army. Groomsmen were
James w. Payne and Horace M.
Barnes of Lumberton, Levi Bird
ger, Frank Elmore and Charles
Hussy of Bladenboro, Horace Pear
sail. Jr., of Wilmington, David Bla-
lock and Fritz Mills of Wades-
boro.
Honorary bridesmaids were Mrs.
Earle G. Caldwell, Mrs. w. j.
MacNeil, Misses Elizabeth Regan'
Win fred Pait. Madeline Linkhaw
and Grace Overton, all OF Lumber
ton, Misses Flora Watson and Bet
ty Norment of Rowland, Juanlta
Wayne of Wannanish and Mary
Louise Hubbard of Laurinburg.
Mrs. Vardell G. Grantham, aunt
of the bride, was gowned in gold
crepe with black opera length
gloves and an orchid corsage. The
mother of the bridegroom wore a
creme dress of two-toned maize
with opera length gloves of aqua
and corsage of orchids.
The bride was employed Tor
three years with the law firm OF
McKinnon and SeaWell in Lumber
ton. She is q graduate of Fairmont
High school and Mrs. McLeod's
Secretarial School in Lumberton
and attended Limestone college In
Gaffney, sc.
Captain Bridger, now on terml-
nal leave, has been placed in the
Officers Reserve Corps and VIII
receive final separation papers
from the Army Air Forces on De
cember % after having been in
service for three years. He served
in the Southwest Pacific for IA
months as pilot Of CAT with the
Air Transport Command, return
ing to the states last August. He is
graduate of McCallie Preparato-
nv School in Chattanooga, Tenn,
ard attended the University of
North Carolina, where he was a
member of Delta Psi Fraternity.
After wedding trip, the couple
will be at home in Bladenboro.
Immediately after the ceremony,
Mr.. and Mrs. v. G. Grantham en-
tertained at a reception at their
home for the wedding guest, from
Wilmington, Wadesboro, Lum :
berton, Bladepboro, Elizabethtown,