The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-06-26
McALLISTER MCMAHON
WEDDING SQLEMIZED

WEDDtNG SOLEMlLED
In the low light of seven
branch candelabra, Miss Eileen
Mcmahon, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dalton Mcmahon, became
the bride of Mr.. Owen McAllis-
ter, son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. w.
Carr, of Upper Sandusky, in
ceremony in the first Methodist
church here Sunday The altar,
banked with ferns, palms and
baskets of white gladioli, made a
lovely background for the in
formal ceremony, performed by
Rev. K. B. Alexander.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, chose a
dressmaker suit of white wool
gabardine with gold trim and
navy blue accessories. The only
jewelry worn by the bride was a
gold antique brooch, a family
heirloom, belonging to her great,
great-grandmother.
Miss M Mahon carried a
single orchid on a small white
Bible, a gift from the groom,
with tiny white rosebuds trail
ing from white satin streamers
from the Bible.
Miss Lois Ann Kull, the maid
of honor, wore an aqua dress
maker suit of gabardine with a
corsage of pink roses. She also
wore silver necklace, a gift of
the bride.
Mrs. Mcmahon, the brides
mother, chose a navy blue dress
with white accessories anda cor
sage of white roses. Mrs. Carr,
mother of the groom, wore a gray
dress with white accessories and
corsage of white roses.
The best man was Mr.. Dean
McAllister, brother of the groom,
Ushers were Mr.. Paul Crumb
and Mr.. Dick Minor, Upper
Sandusky, and Mr.. Robert Shaw,
Marysville.
A half hour of wedding music
was played by Miss Jean Graham
at the organ, proceeding the cere-
mony, with Miss Barbara Hash
singing several solos.
Following the wedding, a re
ception for 100 guests was held
at the home of the brides parents
on w. Seventh st. A three-tiered
wedding cake was cut and ser
we'd with ice cream, punch and
coffee. Mrs. o. w. Mcmahon,
grandmother of the bride, Mrs.
Raymond Ell, Mrs. Floyd Shaw,
Miss Jean Ann Shank, Miss Joan
Rausch, Mrs. Zelpha Matthews,
of Upper Sandusky, assisted the
hostess at the reception.
The new Mrs. McAllister,
graduate of Marysville high
class of 46, was employed
as a stenographer at Scots. Mr..
McAllister, a graduate of Upper
Sandusky high school, was a
paratrooper, in the llthAirbourne
Division and saw service in the
South Pacific during the war. At
present, he is a reStauranteur
in Upper Sandusky. The new
couple will reside in Upper Sand
usky after their wedding trip
through the South.
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HOME WEDDING
Decorative baskets of white
'oses and gladioli formed the set
ting for the wedding of Eloise
Mccoy, eldest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. D. Mccoy, and
Malcolm Duke, chief petty Off
GER, U. S. Navy, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Randolph Duke, of Houston,
Tex, on June Il at the brides
nome.
The Rev. George Reed, of the
Springdale Baptist church, Off
,iated at the double ring cere-
nony which took place at high
noon. The bride was attired in a |
blue crepe dress fashioned with
4 square neck and an overskirt
If the same material. She had a !
White orchid pinned to the
shoulder.
Acting as maid of honor for
Ter sister, Miss Betty Mccoy
wore a pink crepe dress with a
;calloped neckline and long |
oeplum, with which she wore a
orsage of white roses.
The brides mother was attired |
n a navy blue and white print |
,emberg sheer dress with a cor
age of pink roses.