The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20
Beverly Darden
And Mr.. Britt
Wed AT Beach

Miss Beverly Jane Darden,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Henning Darden OF Virginia
Beach, became the bride of Til
man Carlisle Britt, Jr.. Of Mount
AIRY, son of DR.. and Mrs: Tilman
Carlisle Britt, in a ceremony held
on Friday, June ~, in the Galilee
Beach. Rev. G.. T. Forester and
Rev. John F. Ward officiated. The
ehancel and altar of the church
were arranged with palms ferns,
cathedral candles, and white cut
flowers. The nuptial music was
played by Miss Ellen Mcdonald Of
Berryville and Be,ona and Chaun-
cey o German sang 20 Perfect
and THE Lords Prayer"
The bride, given in marriage by
ner father, wore a gown OF i'm
ported Chantilly lace with sheer
yoke and bertha made with cut
cut motif accentuating the design
CT the lace and forming off-the-
shoulder effect. The pointed bodice
had long sleeves tapering to points
al the wrists and the FULL gathered
skirt extended into a wide circu-
lar train. Her finger-tip veil OF il
fusion was arranged from a man.
tllla of French lace. She carried
a bouquet of lilies of the valley
and stephanotis c e n tered with
white orchids.
Her maid of honor, Miss Betty
Wilson Darden, her sister, wore a
OF sheer yellow marqulsette
over taffeta with long bodice,
ohoker neckline, and cap sleeves.
a floral design of self ruching
trimmed the bodice and bouffant
skirt. She wore a headdress of yell
low tulle fashioned with a ban
deau and double tiers of tulle
across the BACK. She carried
cascade bouquet o: mixed flowers.
Mrs. James R. Osburn of Nor
canton, W. Va. as matron of
honor was also gowned in yellow
marquisette fashioned like that OF
the maid of honor and carried a
cascade bouquet arranged with as
flowers. The bridesmaids
included Misses Jean Altizer, Bar
hara Wrenn, Shirley Davis and
Lou Britt, sister of the
bridegroom. They wore COM
psnion gowns to the honor attend
in aqua marquisette with
headdresses 6 mltts
and carried cascade bouquets of
assorted flowers. Little Miss Mary
Ellen Rowland, flower girl, wore
a white mousseliae de soire dress
ia shioned with all off-the-shoulder
reckline, tight bodice, and full
skirt. She wore a headdress Of
flowers and carried a bas-
ket of flowers and rose petals.
DR.. Tilman Carlisle Britt, father
of the bridegroom, was best man.
fishers were 0. Knox Britt. uncle
of the bridegroom of Washington,
N c.. James l.. Darden of Ahos-
kie, Paul L. Horne, Jr.' Winston
Selem, Frank Hammett. Athens,
Ga, and Robert Landel, North
Tonawanda. N. Y.
The brides mother wore a dress
Of chateau grey crepe with a
II atching hat of maine and a cor
sage of deep purple orchids. The
bridegroom's mother wore a gown
ct coral crepe witt, matching ma
line hat and a corsage of laven-
dar orchids.
Following the ceremony there
was a reception at the Princess
Anne Country club. after which
Mr.. and Mrs. Britt left for a we'd
ding trip in western North Caro-
lima. For travelling, the bride wore
a blue linen suit with white straw
hat trimmed with brown, brown
and white accessories, and or
ohids.
The bride graduated from Mary
Baldwin college, Staunton, Va,
where she was May Queen. Fol
lowing her graduation she held a
position at the Institute of Living,
Hartford, Conn.
Mr.. Britt took his pre-medical
work at Wake Forest college and
will graduate from the Bowman
Gray School of Medicine, Winston
Salem in December. While at
Wake Forest he was president Of
Kappa Sigma fraternity, a men,
be1 OF the Pan-Hellenic Council,
and president Of the junior class.
At Bowman Gray he is a member
of Phi Chi fraternity.