Marion progress., 1948-11-18
Miss Fay Morgan Chambers
Welded To Marion Thomas Mills

tached to a rosepoint lace cap trimed
with orange blossoms. She carried
an illusion bouquet of white hybrid
orchids with French shower of val
ley lilies and pearl ties.
Miss Ann Mills, sister of the groom
was maid of honor, and Mrs. James
W. Blackburn, Jr., sister of the
bride, matron of honor. They wore
dresses of cerise velvet. The deep
round neckline was finished with a
band of shirred velvet of the same
color, and the straight long skirt was
caught up in the back to form a
hustle. Their headdresses were roses
fashioned of the same velvet as the
dresses, and they carried French Co.
lonial bouquets Of blush pink flowers
clustered with American B eau v
roses with showers of florets from
their bouquets.
Attending as bridesmaids wer e
Miss Kathryn Ballew, Miss Marjorie
Pless and Miss Clara Justice, all of
Marion, and Mrs. Thomas Andrew of
Bethel. Their dresses and headdresses
were identical to those of the maid
and matron of honor, and they car
ried French Colonial bouquets of
deeper pink flowers centered with
American Beauty roses and with
pink floret showers. Junior brides
maids were Diane Blanton, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walker Blanton of
Marion, and Virginia Haynes Pad
gett, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Padgett of Charlotte. They
also wore dresses of cerise velvet
fashioned after those of other at
tendants and carried Colonial nose
gays of blush pink and American
Beauty flowers with ribbon showers
and florets. Little Lucille Noyes,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Noyes of Marion was flower girl.
She wore a dress of white satin, a
replica of that of the bride, and a
tiara of orange blossoms in her hair,
and carried a white basket tied with
white satin ribbon and Fr e h
Maline, filled with rose petals.
Mrs. Chambers, mother of the
bride, wore an evening gown OF
Arcadia blue and a shoulder cor
sage of yellow hybrid orchids. Mrs.
Mills, mother of the groom, wore a
honey gold evening gown and a cor
sage of light lavender hybrid orchids.
Immediately following the cere-
mony, the brides parents enter
tanned with reception at their
home, after which the couple left
on a wedding trip to Florida.
For travelling the bride wore a
grape costume suit, with bronze &C
cessories. The jacket of the suit was
accented by a design of pink and
crystal beading. Her hat was an orr
ginal model of pale pink imported
velour with pearl trim, and her
shoulder corsage a purple throated
orchid.
The bride received her high school
diploma from St. Mary's School in
Raleigh, and her A. B. degree from
Salem College, Winston-Salem, last
May. The groom, a veteran of three
wears service in World War II, at
tended the University of North Car
olina, and has recently graduated
from the General Motors Institute
in Flint, Michigan. He is now asso-
ciated in business with his father in
the Sound Chevrolet Motor Com
pany in Morehead City, where the
couple will reside.
Mrs. Mills is a granddaughter of
the late James Lafayette Morgan of
Marion.
Out-of-Town Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Zeno Martin, Mrs.
A. NJ. Bonner, Misses Ethel and Ellen
Bonner, James Bonner and 1t. A. M.
Bonner, all of Raleigh; DR.. and Mrs.
Hubert Poteat, Wake Forest; Mr..
and Mrs. W. M. Poteat, Greensboro; !;
Mr. and Mrs. E. ]. Pierson, Miss
Dorothy Mills, Preston Collins, Jr,
Parkland, Pa; Mrs. Richard Atkin-
son, Chapel Hill; Miss Peggy Gray,