Marion progress., 1949-06-23
Miss Taylor
Weds r. F. Collins

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Laurens, S. C.-Miss Sarah Jo
sephine Taylor and Robert Free
Collins were united in marriage il
a ceremony at the home of the bride
on Lee Street, Sunday afternoon
June IL, at four O'Clock in the af
ternoon.
The Rev. Arthur T. Taylor o.
Marston, N. c., uncle of the bride
performed the ceremony. Member:
of the families witnessed the rites
| The VOWS we're taken before the
mantle in the living room, the en-
tire scene being reflected in large
mirror. Arrangements Of white glad
ioli, fever-few, gypsophlia, Shasta
daisies and fern formed beauti
full setting for the ceremony.
Miss Evelyn Taylor, only sister OF
the bride, was maid of honor anc
only attendant. She wore beau
tiful light blue marquisette dress
over taffeta, with full skirt, tiny
puffed sleeves and semi-bertha OF
marquisette. Her corsage was of
pink feathered carnation, blue ma.
line puffs and gypsophalia.
Mrs. Taylor, mother of the bride
wore a dark blue silk dress with a
corsage of red roses.
The bride and groom entered the
living room together. The bride was
lovely in her wedding dress of white
taffeta with fitted bodice, dropped
yoke of marquisette, draped hips
|and bustle-effect. Her finger-tip
veil of illusion fell from Juliet cap
of seed pearls and crystal beads.
She carried a Colonial bouquet of
white snapdragons and tuberoses
centered with white purple-throat-
ed orchid and showered with white
satin streamers.
Immediately following the cere-
mony, Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor, parents
Of the bride, entertained at a small
reception in their home. Assisting in
entertaining and serving were Mes
danes J. M. Donnan, Frank Lyons,
Frank Armfield, Claude A. Work
man, Stewart Brown and Harold
Power, and Misses Ruby Temple
ton and Barbara Holtzclaw, aunts
and cousins of the BRIDE. Mrs. Earl
E. Riddle, another aunt, was in
charge of the brides register.
The guests were invited into the
dining room for refreshments. The
bridal motif of green and white
was carried out in the floral decor
ations, with the brides three-tiered
cake centering the dining table. At
ter the bride and groom cut the first
slices of the bridal cakes, Mrs.
Claude A. Workman cut cake. The
cake was served with ice cream
nodded into shapes of slippers, Ill
lies and wedding bells.
During the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Collins left for a wedding trip. For
travelling the bride wore suit of
honey-beige silk gabardine with
Magnolia blouse, matching hat and
accessories and the orchid from her
bouquet. They will later be at home
in Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Collins is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. L. Hayne Taylor of Laur-
ems, S. C. and, granddaughter Of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. S. Hood Tenn
pleton of Laurens. She is graduate
of Cedar Springs School, Cedar
Springs, S. G. in the class of 1916.
For the past three years she has
attended> The Kendall School and
GaIlaudet College, Washington, D..
C.
+ The bridegroom is son of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Collins of Orange
Grove, California. He attended
schools in California and is now a
junior at Gallaudet College, Wash
ington, D. C. where he is majoring
in construction engineering. Col
Inns is a four-letter man in sports,
a member of Kappa Gamma Frater-
nifty, and an officer in other social
and athletic organizations at Gal
laudet.
Out-of- town guests included Mrs.
Claude A. Workman, Marion, N.
c., aunt Of the bride; Rev. and Mrs.
A. T. Taylor. Marion, n. c., uncle
and aunt of the bride; DR.. and Mrs.
L. Hayne Taylor and Ada Jane, Of
Greenville, S. c., brother, sister-in-
law and niece of the bride; Miss Ev-
erette CASTOR of .Greenville. South
Carolina, college-matez1of the bride :;
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl E. Riddle of
Lexington, N. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. P.
B. Holtzclaw and Miss Barbara
Holtzclaw, Spartanburg; Mrs. Stew
art Brown, Clinton; and Miss Ruby
Templeton, Greenwood, S. c.