The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25

The wedding of Miss Elizabeth
Battle Applewhite, daughter of the
late Blake Deans Applewhite and
Elizabeth LeGwin Applewhite, and
Horace Hall Pearsall, Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace H. Pearsall,
was solemnized yesterday after
moor at 5 o'clock in Pearsall Me
mortal Presbyterian church.
Dr.. James A. Jones of the Myers
Park Presbyterian church, per-
formed the ceremony. Seven
branch candelabra holding burn
ing tapers and altar vases filled
with white gladioli and asters were
used against a background Of ferns
and palms. The family pews were
marked with white satin.
James S. Williams, organist.
nlaved a program of nuptial music
while the guests were assembling
and throughout the service. HIS Sc
lections included Beethoven's an
dante cantabile; the theme from
the first movement of Schubert S
Unfinished Symphony; PRELUDE TO
Lohengrin by Wagner, and during
the ceremony Chopin's Etude, opus
10; and Beethoven's Largetto. MISS
Catherine Latta of New Bern, cou-
sin of the bridegroom, sang Love
Thee, by Grieg and for the behe-
diction o Perfect Love.
Miss Sally Prevatt, cousin of the
bride, was her maid-of-honor and
only attendant. Miss Prevatt wore
a lovely afternoon gown of aqua
net over taffeta and carried an
arm bouquet of purple asters and
red roses and wore a matching
hat of natural flowers.
Miss AppleWhite entered the
church on the arm Of her uncle,
James Dewitt LeGwin of Green's
boro, who gave her in marriage.
She wore an exquisite gown of
heavy white satin fashioned with
low round neckline embroidered in
seed pearls, long tight fitting
sleeves coming to points over the
hands, extremely full skirt en-
broidered with seed pearls at the
hip line. The skirt was long and
fell into a train. Her veil of heir
loom Duchess lace over tulle was
caught gracefully to her hair at the
two sides. She carried a white
prayer book topped with white
orchids showered with s~wansonla.
MI. Pearsall had as his best man
Thomas Alexander Gregg and his
ushers were David Winchell, Will
son, his brother-in-laW, and Pvt.
C. E. White, Jr. .
Mrs. Applewhite, stepmother OF
the bride, wore a periwinkle blue
lace gown with pink feather hat
and a corsage OF pink roses, while
Mrs. Pearsa1l. mother of the bride
groom, wore a white crepe gown
with ch%artreuse hat trimmed with
white flowers and a corsage of gar
denias.
Immediately following the cere-
mony the couple left for a wedding
trip to the mountains of North
Carolina. Mrs. Pearsall wore fol
travelling a gray French flame.
suit with silver buttons, and brown
accessories. After their wedding
trip they will reside at the Lands
cottage at Wrightsville Beach IN
til the opening OF the Woman's col
lege in September where the bride
will complete her work for an ALB
degree. The bride was a member
of the junior class at the Woman's
college and studied this summer al
Barnard college of Columbia uni
versity. She is a member of the
Cornelian Society at the Woman's
college and is connected with the
dramatic group. the Playlikers.
Mr.. Pearsall graduated from
Davidson college in 1914 with a
BIS. degree. He is a member OF
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and dur
ing the war was with the Army
Transport Service.
Among those from out-of-town
here for the wedding we're: Mr..
and Mrs. V. J. Mcdaniel, OF Ashe-
vile, uncle and aunt of the bride,
Miss Josephine Mcdaniel; Mr.. and
Mrs. Curtis F. Hamlin and son,