Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01

were present for the ceremony and
the recentiOn which followed.
Mrs. Thomas was formerly en-
Dloved at the SjlcO Drug Store in
Milford. Mr.. Thomas is employed at
the SeafOrd NvlOn Plant in Seaford.
After a wedding trim to New York
the Young couple will he at home in
the Darby Apartments in Milford.
BENNETT PRATHER
Miss Dorothy Virginia Bennett.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. M
Bennett, of Wyoming, and Alfred
Val Jean Prather, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. o. A. Prather of Washington.
ID. c., were united in marriage on
Sunday, September 5, at 8 O'Clock
p. m. in the Methodist Church in
wyoming. The double ring cere-
mony was performed by the Rev.
William A. Mcdaniel, of Milton.
before an alter banked with palms.
ferns, candles and baskets of white
gladiOlas and chrysanthemums.
The bride, given in marriage nv
her father, was attired in a candle
light satin gown, adorned with seed
pearls and a full-length train. The
TWO tiers of her finger-tip veil fell
from a cOrOnet of pearls. She car
rled a white Bible, a gift from her
parents, which was topped with
three white orchids and with white
streamers ending in love knots.
Mrs. Norma Jane Bennett. sister
n-law of the bride, was matrOn of
honor. Her dress was of American
beauty taffeta and she carried q
nOse-gay bouquet of blue delpbin-
lum and talismen roses. The brides
maids were Miss Norma Oates of
Petersburg, We Va, Miss Anna Marv
Click of Bridgewater, Va, both
roommates of the bride. Miss Ber-
tie Prather of Washington, D. G..
sister of the groom, and Miss Ina
Wilkinson of Wyoming. They all
wore peacock blue taffeta gowns
and carried nOse-gay bouquets of
American beauty roses with bronze
and white pOm-pOns, and SPRAYS of
matching flowers in their hair Lit
tie Miss Peggy Fifer, cousin of the
bride, was flower girl and carried
basket of Old-fashiOned flowers.
The bridegroom was attended bv
Lawrence Miller, of Bridgewater.
Va, as best man. Ushers were Har-
old and Robert Bennett. brothers
OF the bride, Fred Ikenberrv. of
Washington, d. c., brOther-in-law
of the groom, and Bibby WampIer.
of HarrisOnburg, Va, room mate
of the groom.
Paul Lamb, baritone of Viewers
Cave, Va, a college mate of the
bridal couple, sang Because" be-
fore and "The Lords Prayer" dur
ing the ceremony, and Fred Brown
of Wyoming, presented a program
of pre-nuptial music and the ira
ditiOnal wedding marches.
A reception was held in the
Round Table Club house, where
many schOOl-mates, teachers and
friends greeted the bridal party.
Pictures and movies in color we're
taken.
After a honeymoon at a noun
tain resort the couple will live at
Bridgewater, Va, where Mrs. Pra-
ther, graduate of Caesar Rodney
High School, will enter her senior
year in college. Mr.. Prather. who
served with the armed forces in
Europe during the late war. will
also receive his degree next June
at Bridgewater College.
BANNISTER JONES
Miss Merle Ruth Bannister,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. F..
Bannister of Roswell, New Mex
leo. and Sgt. Vernon Jones, son of
Mrs. Florence Lands of Whining
ton, Del, were united in marriage
in a single ring ceremony held
Saturday evening, August %, at z
o'clock in the parlOrs of the First
Baptist Church, Roswell. Rev.
Arthur A. DuLaney read the cere-
mOny of his faith before an assem-
blage of relatives and closest
friends. The parlOrs were deco
rated with two bridal baskets of
pale peach and white gladiOli, sat
in-tied. The bride wore a light
weight twO-piece dress of white
gabardine fashioned with full high
collar, three-Quarter sleeves and
ruffied peplum jacket extending
into full ruffies down the length of
The back skirt. Her white Off-the-
face hat was softly yelled in white.
She wore a cOrsage of pale pink
carnations and carried white
Bible surmOunted with small white
carnations. For Something old"
the bride wore a black onyx ring
belonging to her mother, and for
something borrowed" tiny tur-
quOise earrings borrowed from a
close friend. Mrs. James H. Fritz
meyer, Roswell, attending the bride
as maid-Of-hOnOr, wore a dress of
cream crepe with a cOrsage of
gardenias. Cpl. James Fritzmeyer
attended the groom as best man.
Following the ceremony, a recep-
ton was held at the Bannister
home at 1912 North Missouri. The
bride and groom cut the three
TERED wedding cake which was
served with coffee to the small
circle of guests present. Mrs. Jones
is a 1948 graduate of Roswell high