The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-23
Ella WEEDS
1t. Ward, USING

OF Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Meadows,
and First 1t. Richard Alvord
Ward, USING, of Cherry Point and
Redlands, Cal, son of Mrs. Arthur
Wahlquist of Phoenix, Ariz., and
the late John Stanley Ward, were
married last Saturday evening,
October 20, at 8 o'clock in Christ
Episcopal church.
Prior to the ceremony, a pro-
gram Of nuptial music was rem
dered by Mrs. G. A. Farrow,
church organist, and Mrs. Edwin
F. Richardson, Jr., soloist. At the
conclusion OF the wedding service,
just before t h e final benediction
by the minister, the Rev. Charles
z. Williams, rector of the church,
Mrs. Richardson sang Lutkin's
Blessing"
Ushers were Capt. Lloyd S.
Penn and First 1t. George L.
Davis, Maj. Harlan E. Hood and
First 1t. James F'reW, all Marine
corps officers stationed at Cherry
Point. First 1t. Brett E. Roueche,
USING, of Cherry Point and Biz
mingham, Ala, served as best
man. The officers wore the Ma
rine blue dress uniforms.
The bridesmaids were Misses
Sarah Slocum Morris and Eliza
beth Guion of New Bern, Betsy
Fountain of Fountain a d Doris
Vail of Pikeville. Miss Katherine
Dean Ives was maid-of-honor. ALI
were similarly attired in white
faille, fashioned with oh-the-shoul-
der berthas, elongated waistlines
and full skirts. Their headdresses
were OF red roses and white car
nations. They carried cascade
bouquets of A N e i C an Beauty
roses and wide white satin rib
bons.
The bride entered on the arm
OF her brother, 1t. Comdr. j. A.
Meadows, USNE, by whom she
was given in matrimony.
The brides wedding gown was
of heavy ivory duchess satin,
made with a long waist, long
sleeves, full skirt and court train.
The sleeves were finished in net
embroidered with e e d pearls
from her mothers wedding dress.
A rosepoint lace bertha was taken
from the mothers wedding gown,
as was also the halo of ~rosepoint
lace. The ivory net veil extended
to the end of the court train. The
only ornament worm by the bride
was a string ct pearls, the gift
OF the bridegroom. Her bridal bou-
quet was OF white roses and
stephanotis, centered with a white
orchid.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meadows, parents
Of the bride, entertained at a large
and lovely reception at their home
at Green Acres, near New Bern
or the Wilmington highway, fol-
lowing the wedding. More than 200
guests called during the evening,
including a number Of Marine and
naval officers and their wives
from Cherry Point.
The couple left afterwards by
motor for a bridal trip to the
Cloisters, Sea Island, Ga. For
travel, the bride changed to a
black tailored wooden suit, with
dull gold buttons, a black hat and
black accessories, and the orchid
from her bridal bouquet. Upon
their return, they will be at home
at Cherry Point.
Mrs. Ward is a granddaughter
CT the late U. S. Senator Furni-
fold McLendel Simmons, who rep
resented North Carolina with dis
tinction in the senate for 30 years.
She attended st. Mary's school in
Raleigh and Duke university at
Durham. Since the announcement
of her engagement: she has been
accorded numerous social courte-
sizes.
Lieutenant Ward attended the
University OF California, where he
was a member Of the Phi Sigma
Kappa fraternity, before joining
the Marine corps. For some time
during World War II he was a
night fighter pilot OIL Guam and
in other parts of the Pacific. At
present he is the aide to Brig.
Gen. Thomas j. Cushman, station