The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-17
Miss Gwin Barnwell Becomes Bride
Of Robert Isaac Dalton Of Charlotte

Assisting Mr.. and Mrs. Andrews
at the reception for the young
couple were Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
L. Gwin o. Boston, Massachusetts,
Mrs. Samuel L. Gwin of Green
wood, Mississippi, Mrs. Raymond
Ellis of Boston, Massachusetts,
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Hodges Of
Leakesville, and New York, M.
and Mrs. Robert Effinger of New
York city, Mrs. J. A. Groves Of
Abemarle, and Mrs. Hubert Bar
mum, Arlington" Natchez, Mis-
sissippi.
Other out-ot-town guests includ-
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Woodson, cousins
of the bride, of Memphis. Tenn,
Mr.. and Mrs. Claudius Dawson Of
Cramerton, Mr.. and Mrs. Benja-
min Gossett. Charlotte, Mr.. and
Mrs. Terrence Hemby, Charlotte,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Moore,
Mrs. W. B. Sullivan, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Sheriff., DR. and Mrs.
Frank Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie
Jones, all of Charlotte, Count and
Countess Edward Oppersdorfer,
Miss Gwin Barhill Take 49,
Count Andre Cnapsky, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Alden and Miss
Alden of VIII i t i n sville, Massa-
chusetts, Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Orig
Ter, Of Greenville, S. c., MI and
Mrs Mark Ethridge, Louisville,
Ky, Mark Ethridge, Jr., Prince
ton, N. j., MI. and Mrs. Fred
Morrison and Miss Myra Morri-
son and Mr.. and Mrs. John K.
Slear OF Washington D. c.
The bride is the greatgrand-
daughter on her maternal side, of
Mrs. Samuel L. Gwin and the late
Captain Gwin of Greenwood, Mis-.
sissippi, the great granddaughter
Of the honorable Barnes Humpn-
reys OF that city; and the great
great granddaughter of Benjamin
Humphreys, Brig. General Of the
Confederate Army, and Recon-
struction Governor Of Mississippi.
Miss Barnwell's mother, the for.
mel Mrs. Mildred Gwin Barnwell,
Tor many years an executive in
the textile industry, is author of
several books on textile problems
and major contributor to the texe-
tile section of the Encyclopedia
Britannica. Mr.. Andrews, former
/ n d r ia Commissioner OF
New York state and first wage
Hour administrator of the United
States, is president of the Elmer
Andrews company, n dustrial re-
lations consultants. T h bride
graduated from National Ca
thedral School for girls, Washing,
ton, D. c. and received her de-
gree of BIS. from Duke university
in 1945. In 1916 she was selected
from several hundred southern
girls as Maid Of Cotton by the
National Cotton council, Memphis,
Tennessee, and has just completed
six months national tour as good
will ambassador Of the cotton in
dustry.
MI. Dalton, recently discharged
from the Army with rank of cap
tain, is the grandson of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. James P. Gossett
OF Greenville and Anderson, S. c.,
the former a pioneer textile man
Tacturer VIII o established the
Gossett chain of mills; and of Mr..
and Mrs. Rufus Dalton of Winston
Salem, a tobacco. manufacturer.
The bridegroom is a graduate of
McCallie School and of the Textile
School, N. c. State college, Ra.
leigh. He is a Kappa Alpha and
a Phi Psi, the latter a textile fra
ternity. While at college he was
elected to the Blue Key and the
Golden Chain and was winner of
the Phi Psi leadership award. He
was editor in chief of the "Agro-
mec," the college annual and. was
named to who's Who in Ameri-
can Colleges and Universities
1943."
During the war Captain Dalton
was with the Eighth Division in
Normandy until wounded in action
at Brest, France. Following hospi-
talization he was assigned to the
twenty : ninth Infantry Regiment
where he served as regional adiu- !