The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-03-13
Hold NeiIs- Brinton
Wedding St. Johns
Lutheran Church

LuTner0n OnuFCn
st. Johns Lutheran Church wa.
the setting Saturday afternoon, the
first of March, for the marriage OF
Miss Kathryn Elizabeth Neils
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Neils of Libby, to Richard Kisor
Brinton, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Brinton of Libby. The Rev. A. Jor-
dan of Kalispell performed the
+ ceremony at 100 o'clock.
The service was read before an
altar decorated with white lighted
tapers in holders surrounded with
I greenery. Candles in two tall can
delarbra and large bouquets of
white stocks formed an isle to the
altar.
Miss Inez Ratekin at the organ
played program af music before
the entrance of the bridal party.
She also played the wedding march
and accompanied Mrs. Donald Rice
who sang AT Dawning" and "Oh.
Promise Me"
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a gown of heavy
ivory white satin, made with a fit
ted bodice, long sleeves, and a
shoulder yolk of fine white net,
edged with a lace ruffle and a full
skirt terminating in train. Her
double TERED finger tip, veil was
of the same white net as in the
gown and was edged with lace. It
was attached to a bandeau of net
and held in place by five large
pearls. She carried a bouquet of
white orchids and stephonitis
Miss Jenny Rolseth and Miss Ida
Daugharty were the bridesmaids
and wore gowns of chiffon with
long full skirts, elbow length
sleeves, and made with a shoulder
yolk carrying out the same effect
as the gown worn by the bride.
Miss Rolseth's dress was aqua-col-
ored and Miss Daugharty's was
yellow Both girls wore single
strand necklaces of pearls which had
been gifts from the bride. They
carried old-fashioned nosegays of
carnations and sweet peas
Joan and Diane Neils, small !
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert :
Wells of Libby were the flower girls :
md were dressed alike in rose :
full-skirted, floor length !;
GOWNS of organdy worn over a !,
leeper shade undertakes of rose. \
They carried small size nosegays
ike the bridesmaids. =
The best man was John Thomas Q
3rinton, oldest brother of the groom. v
The ushers, all brothers of the
rides, were Kenneth. Gerald. and c
Tincent Neils. S
Mrs Neils, mother of the bride, 1
hose for the wedding a floral print p
fternoon dress for which she had f
corsage of pink and white car '
ations and wore a blue ostrich G
ipped hat. Mrs. Brinton, mother o
f the bridegroom, was in a spring b
ray suit with black accessories. Fl
Ter corsage of rosebud sur p
ounded with violets was worn on S,
tiny fur muff which she carried. &
A reception followed the cere- a
lony at the home of Mr. and Mrs. "
Teils for relatives and members of P
ne families The service table in L
ne dining room had as its center n
iece a three-tiered wedding cake n
)pped with a miniature bridal pair N
wo bouquets of sweet peas and :,
'eezia and lighted tapers decorated =
ne table. After the newly-weds r
ad cut the first piece, Mrs. Ar
lur Neils served the wedding cake r
nd Mrs Robert Neils and Mrs. fl
onrad E. Priess, Jr., poured. d
After the reception Mr.. and Mrs. L
rinton left for honeymoon which n
ill take them as far south as Ari- al
ona and California. They expec- n
ID to be gone about two or three II
eeks, and upon their return will e.
lake their home in Libby. e'
Mrs. Brinton attended the Libby Y,
.hools and was at Washington u
tate College and the University of p
Iontana before she graduated from d
lie University of California at Ber-
eley Mr. Brinton attended Libby e.
hools and served four years with r.
lie Navy, most of that time being IN
vent in the South Pacific theater IN
war. Tx
,Out-of-town guests at the we'd te
ng were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Neils H
no came from Portland Mr.. and P;
rsN J. Stillwell and daughter, S,
race, of Seattle, Mrs. Martha Aga K
Ter of Kalispell, Mrs. Schoknecht, M
IN Mark and dauphtar Dorothy If r