Milford chronicle., 1956-06-15

-. of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gordon ]. Payne of Gastonia,
N. c., took place Saturday af-
ternoon at four o'clock at the
home of the brides mother,
Mrs. Frank Hollis, on Old
Shawnee Road. The Reverend
John NJ. Scherch performed
the ceremony. The bride was
given in marriage by her bro
ther, Mr.. Marvin F. Hollis of
Danbury, Connecticut. Her
gown was full length, the bod
ice of Chantilly lace, and made
on princess lines with a tulle
skirt. A Juliette cap with seed
pearls decorating the tiara,
held the finger tip veil. She
carried white roses and step
hanosis. Mrs. Robert A. Reed
was her sisters matron of hon
or and wore a gown of pink
nylon over taffeta. She carried
pink roses. Miss Kay Reed,
niece of the bride, was flower
girl and wore a dress of blue
lace and carried a basket of
various colored snapdragons.
Mr.. Gordon r. Payne, of Chap
ell Hill, N. c., was his brothers
best man. The mother of the
bride wore an afternoon dress
of blue lace and a cOrsage of
pink roses. The mother of the
groom wore an imported Irish
linen dress trimmed in Floren-
tine lace. Her corsage was of
yellow roses. Tie reception
followed the ceremony at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Robert
Reed. Mrs. Payne is a gradu-
ate of the Milford Memorial
Hospital School of Nursing and
has been in the Navy Nurse
Corps for the past eleven
years. She will terminate her
service in July. Mr.. Payne is
a graduate of the University of
North Carolina and has been a
chemist in the Bureau of Or
dinance, with the u. S. Navy.
In September he will enter the
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine, Chapel Hill,
N. c., where they will live.
81
Mr.. and Mrs. James f. Humes
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Nancy, to Mr..
Robert Hess, son of Mrs. G. w.
Hess, of Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Miss Humes is a graduate of
Milford High School and the
College of William and Mary,
Williamsburg, Virginia. Mr..
Hess was graduated from the
University of Maryland. Both
are now employed at Langley
Field, Hampton, Virginia. A
late summer wedding is plan
ned.
81
DIR. and Mrs. John w. Hols-
ton are spending this month at
the Hi and Dri cottage at
Slaughter Beach. DR.. Holston
recently graduated from the
Temple University d Dental
School and on July goes to
Miami, Florida, to begin his
two years of service at the
Miami Air Station.
81
Congratulations go to Mr..
Thomas Davis, who on Tuesday
celebrated his eighty-fourth
birthday. Mr.. Davis, in former
years, was one of the leading
merchants of Milford. He has
been retired for many years
but served as vice president of
the First National Bank and
Trust Company until last year.
He is now an honorary mem
ber of the Board of the bank.
81
The engagement of Miss Sus-
anne Davis, daughter of Mrs.
Hamilton Chase Davis of Ro-
land Park, Baltimore. and the
late Mr.. Davis, and Mr.. Clayton
Emory, son of DR.. and Mrs.
Russell ]. Emory. has recently
been announced. Miss Davis is
a graduate of Friends School
and Goucher College. Mr.. En-
ory graduated from Milford
High School and has completed
his work at Johns Hopkins I'm
iversity as an industrial engi-
neer. Next month he will be
associated with the z. /. du-
pont Company at Seaford. A
foil wadding is beine MANNED