The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-09
CHURCH WEDDING
FOR PROMINENT
MANTEO GIRL
Amanda Etheridge, Recently
Home From Teaching AS
slgnment Abroad,
Weds Minneso-
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kCourtland Salet in a formal aft
ernoon ceremony on Monday,
January 5, in the Manteo Bap-
fist Church, with the Rev. Henry
V. Napier officiating.
The VOWS were spoken before
the altar, which was banked with
palms, ferns and baskets of white
gladioli, carnations and snap
dragons, and lighted with white
cathedral tapers in tall seven
branched candelabra.
Mrs. Willis Royal Pearce, the
church organist, played a pro-
gram of nuptial music. Prior to
the ceremony Robert H. Midget
Sang Until" by Sanderson and
Because" by D'Hardelot. During
the ceremony Mrs. Pearce play
ed Bartlett's ga Dreamv and
Reilly's For You Alone" The
traditional wedding m arch e S
were used.
Given in marriage by her IA
Their, the bride had as brides
maids her two sisters, Mrs. Rob-
Iert Henry Atkinson and Miss
Natalie Etheridge, and her sister
in-law, Mrs. Augustus Etheridge,
The bridegroom was attended
by Alex Alexander of New York
as best man. Ushering were Au-
gustus Etheridge, Robert Atkin-
son, Clark Stratton and Adrian
| Ayers.
The bride wore an imported
changeable blue and gold tat
feta gown trimmed with pearls
and an imported white fur felt
hat adorned with feathers and
pearls. Her only ornament was a
string of pearls, the gift of the
bridegroom. Her bridal bouquet
OF white roses was conferred with
a purple-throated white orchid
and shoWered with love-knots of
white satin ribbon.
Miss Annie Laurie Etheridge,
maid of honor, wore a slate blue
Afternoon gown; Mrs. Robert At
klnson wore gold; Mrs. Angus
tus Etheridge, peacock blue; and
Miss Natalie Etheridge, Ameri-
can Beauty. All the attendants
wore tiaras Of pearl-trimmed ma
line and carried nosegays of car
nations in colorS to harmonic
with their costumes.
The mother of the bride wore
lmauve with navy accessories.
Her corsage was a purple-throat-
ed white orchid.
After the ceremony the brides
parents entertained the bridal
party with a reception at their
home near Manteo. The guests
were greeted at the door by Mrs.
Matilda Inge and w. w. Tarking-
ton, mistress and master of cere-
monies, and introduced to the
receiving line, which was made
up of the brides mother; the bri-
dial couple, the maid of honor and
the bridesmaids. In the dining
room, Mrs. Leo Midget, aunt of
the bride, cut the three-tiered
wedding cake which graced one
end of the dining table. At the
other end of the table, Mrs. Ralph
Davis, served punch from a silver
punch bowl. The centerpiece was
of white glads, carnations and
snapdragons. Sailed nuts and
minis were also served. Mrs. l..
d. Harrington was in charge of
the gifts, and Mrs. Clarence Eth
eridge presided at the guests reg
lister.
Following the reception the
couple left for a months we'd
ding trip to Washington, D. c.,
and New York City. For travel
ing the bride wore an imported
light blue wool suit with black
accessories. Her corSage was the
orchid from her bridal bouquet.
After February l, Mr.. and Mrs.
Salet will be at home at 3O4 State
Street, Mankato, Minnesota.
Mrs. Salet, who is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dix
on Etheridge of Manteo, attended
East Carolina College, and did
graduate work at George Pea
body College and at the Univer-
sity of Mexico City. She has won
a noteworthy name in the
teaching profession, having been
Ia member of the faculty of
George Peabody College and of
Mankato State Teachers College,
Mankato, Minnesota. AS a recip-
lent of a Fullbright award, she
spent the fall months lecturing
In Amsterdam, Holland, and
while abroad did extensive trav-
cling in the European countries.
She is the granddaughter of the
late Augustus H. Etheridge,
prominent Dare County citizen,
for many years sheriff of Dare
County and a former state rep
resentative of the county; a
granddaughter also of the famed
In 10 Ia l.