The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-03-04
MISS NOBLE BRIDE OF
R. 0. HOWARD. JR. IN
BELHAvEN ON SUNDAY

DcilldVSH was Tile scene OH sunday
afternoon, February %, at three
o'clock of the wedding of Miss
Sandra Marie Noble and Richard
Onslow Howard, Jr. The double
ring ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Harold L. Tyer.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin Earl Noble of
Belhaven. The bridegroom is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard also
of Belhaven.
B. F. Keaton, Jr., was organist,
and Mrs. Willie Keaton Stanley,
sang "My Hero" and "Whither
Thou Goest", and "The Lords
Prayer.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore gown of French
illusion over taffeta, featuring a
square neckline outlined in Chan
lilly lace. The bodice was trimmed
in lace and embroidered with Sc
quins and pearls, and the full skirt
was trimmed with rows of wide
lace. Her two-tiered veil was at
tached to Juliet cap of seed pearls
and sequins. She carried white
Bible topped with baby white Or
childs. Her only ornament was a
single string of pearls, gift of
the bridegroom.
Mrs. Gilbert Radcliffe, sister of
the bridegroom, was matron of
honor. She wore a pink taffeta
sheath with overskirt of lace
fashioned with hustle effect and a
matching halo headdress. She car
ried bouquet of pink carnations
and roses.
Bridesmaids were Susan Nc
Gowan, cousin of the bride of Sill
yer Spring, Maryland, and Mrs.
Ralph Hodges of Belhaven. They
wore street-length dresses of pink
lace over taffeta, fashioned with
bouffant skirt and pouf sleeves
caught with a bow below the ell
bow. They carried bouquets SINH
lar to that on the honor attend
ant.
Honorary bridesmaids were Miss
LYDIA Mann Bishop, Mrs. Roger
Phillips, Mrs. Jay Wobig, and Mrs.
R. H. Allen.
The bridegroom's father served
as best man. Ushers were Bobby
Noble, brother of the bride, R. H.
Allen, Jay Wobig and Gilbert Rad
cliffe.
The mother of the bride wore an
afternoon dress of blue lace over
taffeta with matching accessories
and a corsage of red roses. The
mother of the bridegroom wore a
blue lace sheath with matching &C.
cessories and a white carnation
corsage.
After the ceremony the couple
greeted their guests in the vesti-
bule of the church. After a wedding
trip, they will be at home in Green
vile. For travel, the bride wore a
lavender blue suit with beige ac-
cessories and a corsage of white
orchids.
Mrs. Howard is graduate of
the John A. Wilkinson High School
in Belhaven and attended Atlantic
Christian College. The bridegroom
was graduated from the Belhaven
school and is a student at East
Carolina College, Greenville.
Cake Cutting
Immediately after rehearsal on
Saturday evening, Mr.. and Mrs
Richard o. Howard, parents of the
bridegroom entertained with a cake
cutting at Flossie's House in Pan
tego.
The reception room was deco
rated with camellias. Mrs. Harry
Latham, aunt of the bride, directed
guests to the DINING room, where
magnolia leaves and white candles
formed a background for the re-
freshment tables.
Mrs. T. A. Jordan, aunt of the
Bridegroom, presided at the brides
table, which held a three-tiered
cake topped with a miniature bride
and groom and an arrangement of
white snapdragons and carnations
thanked by white candles in sill
yer candelabra. The brides moth
err served punch. Ham biscuits,
cheese waters, mints, and nuts COM
pleted the refreshments Assisting
in serving were Mrs. Glenn Cara
wan, Mrs. Willie Keaton Stanley,
Miss Frances Davis and Miss
LYDIA Mann Bishop.
Mrs. B. F. Keaton invited guests
to register in the Brides book.
Out of town guests included Miss
Kaua Koski Shoe Penn; Miss
Susan MCGOWAN, Mrs. Marvin
Hutt, Mrs. David Petit, Silver
Spring, Md; Mr.. and Mrs. Ford
Mercer and family, Severna Park,
Md; Mr.. and Mrs. Blanco Parker,
Pine Level; Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Tubb, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Kinlaw
and Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Boyer,