The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-27
Miss JAMIE Johnston McDiarmid,
William Clark Thompson Married

NORTH w1LKEsBoRo, Jan. 20
OF interest throughout the state
was the marriage OF Miss JAMIE
Johnston McDiarmid and WnIan
Clark Thompson, OF Charlotte
which took place in the Presoy
terrain church Of North Wilkesoore
at noon on Wednesday, January
o. with the Rev. Watt M. Cooper
officiating, using the double ring
ceremony.
The VOWS were spoken n front
OF a background of evergreens ano
candelabra holding white candles
Before the ceremony Mrs. Lewis
Mann Nelson, organist, played &c
Thou Sublime Sweet Evening
Star" from "Tannhauser" (Was'
ner). Indian Love Call" from
Rose Marie" (FrimeD, 'Liebe-
straun" Giszt), Caprice Wen
nois" (Kreisler) and cave Marie
(SchuberD. Miss Ellen Robinson,
aunt of the bride, sang my Heart
at Thy Sweet Voice" from SAM
son and Delilah' (Saint-Saens),
"serenade" (Schubert) n d "Be-
cause" (d'HardeloD. The wedding
march from 'Lohengrin" was
played for the professional and
Meadelssohn's march from "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" Tor
the occasional.
The bride was given in marriage
bv her brother, Charles McDiar-
mid, Of Augusta, Ga, and the
bridegroom had as his best man,
James B. Kuykendall, Of Char
1otte. Miss Katharine McDiarmid,
Of Austin, Texas, sister OF the
bride, was maid-of-honor, and her
niece, Little Miss Araminta Cam
eron McDiarnid, was junior maid
of-aonor.
The ushers included Hugh Tur-
rentine, of Charlotte and Whining
ton, John Boyd, of Mooresville;
Calvin Kuykendall, of Henderson
Vile; and Major Edmund Robin
SON of North Wilkesboro, uncle Of
the bride.
The brides dress was Of satin
and marquisette having close fit
ting. long wasted bodice Of satin
cut with square neck which was
outlined with a ruching of mar
ouisette, and long satin sleeves
ending in points over the hands.
The skirt Of marquisette was full
and extended into a long train.
She wore a veil of imported Prin-
cess lace, which was fitted to her
head with a cap of pearls, and
she carried a shower bouquet Of
white roses and primroses. Her
only ornament was a locket Of
pearls and diamonds. q gift Of the
bridegroom.
The maid-of-honor' dress was
Of blue-green crepe and her hat
had a matching crown Of velvet
with a jeweled buckle and brim
of black beaver. She carried ye.-
low roses. The junior maid-of-
honor was dressed in white and
carried miniature bouquet Of
white roses. Mrs. McDiarmid
mother Of the bride, wore black
with white corsage, and Mrs.
Thompson, mother of tn BRIDE
groom, was dressed in violet and
her flowers were orchids.
After the wedding the bridal
party and out-of-town guests were
entertained at tn e McDiarraid
home by the brides mother and
aunts, Mrs. McDiarmid, Mrs. Ed
mund Johnston nd Miss Eloise
McDiarmid, Of Winston-Salem.
The Bride and Bridegroom
The bride, a daughter of Mrs.
James Cowling McDiarmid, and
the late Mr.. McDiarrnid, of Fay
etteville and North Wilkesboro, at
tended the Greenwood school in
Baltimore, Md, and Stuart Hall
in Stanton, Virginia, and since
coming TO North Wilkesboro to live
has been active in patriotic, civic,
and church work. She is a mem
Der Of the Colonial Danes, The
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, the United Daughters of the
Confederacy, and the American
Legion Auxiliary.
The bridegroom, who is the only
son Of Mrs. Frank A. Thompson,
of Charlotte, and the late Mr..
Thompson, is originally from Viii.
mington, but for the past few
years has made his home in Char.
lotte where he held a position with
the Glasgow-Stewart company. He
was graduated from Davidson col
lege where he was a member Of
ri Kappa Phi fraternity.
During the war he served over.
seas first in England and then in
Paris where he was in the office
Of the Chief Of Transportation. He
raroi1,od bic dicohar fhic pas