Milford chronicle., 1952-01-04
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- vases of lovely
white flowers, in the
home of her parents on Clarke
avenue, Miss Florence Veron-
lea Pearce and Mr.. Walter E.
Shackelford were married by
the double ring ceremony, per-
formed by the Reverend Ken
meth NJ. Kepler on Saturday at
two o'clock. The wedding mu-
sic was played by Mrs. George
GiltenbOth. The bride, given
in marriage by Mr.. Frank
WOlfgram of Milwaukee, Wis
cOnSin, is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph J. Pearce, and
the groom is the son of Mrs.
Emmett Wilde Shackelford and
the late DR.. Shackelford of
Durham, North Carolina. A
beautiful blush pink imported
Chantilly lace gown, made ov-
er satin was worn by the bride.
It was of ballerina length. She
wore a small hat to which her
shoulder le.ngths veil was at
tached. She carried a colonial
bouquet of pale pink camellias.
Mrs. John Davenport Allen Of
Groton, Massachusetts, attend
ed her sister as matron of hon
or and Miss Doris Sockrider
of Wilmington, was the brides
maid. They wore ballerina
length dresses of pink faille
and matching hats and carried
nosegays of pale pink carna-
tiOns. Mr.. Daniel owen Shack
elford of Raleigh, North Caro-
lima, was best man for his bro
ther. The mother of the bride
wore an afternoon dress of
charcoal gray crepe. and the
groOm's mother wore one of
sapphire blue velvet. Each had
a corsage of white camellias.
A reception followed for the
wedding party the families and
the few guests. Mrs. Shackel-
ford is a graduate of Linden
Hall Academy. Wesley jun
ior College and Harcum Jun
ior College. Mr.. ShackelfOrd,
a member of the Kappa Alpha
Fraternity, was graduted from
Duke University and Rochester
Institute of Technology. They
went North for a short we'd
ding trip and upon their re-
turn will be at home at 112
Jackson street. Durham, n. c.
Avenue Methodist Church on
Saturday at three o'clock was
never lOvelier. Palms, tall
candelabra with lighted tapers
and large baskets of white
glads and snapdragons made a
perfect background for the
wedding of Miss Roma Patri-
cia Grier, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank r. Grier and Mr..
Gordon Duane Holloway, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert S. HOl-
lOway of Messick, Virginia.
The Rev. Roy L. Tawes Off
ciated at the double ring cere-
mony. Mrs. A. c. Davidson
was the Organist and Mrs.
Clyde Nelson gave solos, sing
ing Because" Il Love Thee"
and "The Lords Prayer" The
bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore a white
bridal satin gown with seal
lOped basque bodice, long
pointed sleeves. and petal neck
line. The pleated skirt formed
a full fan train. The finger
tip veil was of imported illu-
sion and was held in place by
a bonnet of satin wit4 scG"in
and pearl motif. She carried
a prayer book with Tnite or
child and stephanotis. Miss
Betty Grier was maid of hon
or for her sister. Her gown
was Of red nylon net and satin,
the features of which were a
snug DOdice, double net skirt,
with a triple-tiered yoke eff
feet. Her elbow length cape
was of matching satin. She
wore a silver mesh cap trim
med with irridescent pearls
and carried a crescent spray of
white gardenias and varigated
holly. The bridesmaids were
Miss Joan Snowberger. Miss
Ruth Kimmel, Miss Eleanor
HINES, Miss Ethel Clements,
all of Milford, Miss Jane Fell
and Miss Christine Smith of
Wilmington, Miss JEANNE