Milford chronicle., 1962-06-22
Wedding
ARTZ = UMBERGER

Mis- Josephine Borden Artz
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Shaeffer Artz of Toms Brook, Va.
became the bride of Richard Novel
Umberger, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John w. Umberger of Wythe-
vile, Va. The double ring ceremony
was performed in st. Peters Luth-
eran Church, Toms Brook, Va, on
Saturday, June 16, at 4 pm, with
the Rev. L. Allan Wertz, Jr., pastor
officiating.
The church was beautifully dec
GRATED with palms, candelabra, all
tar flowers of white roses and baby
breath.
The organist was Mr.. Kenneth
Lee Wilmington, student at Pea
body Conservatory of Music, W h @
played a program of music prior ito
the ceremony consisting of select
ions by Bach, Handel, Pachelbel
Buxtehude, and Brahms. The pro-
cessional was Trumpet Voluntary
by Purcell and the occasional
Nov Thank We ALI Our God" by
Karg-Elert.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father. She wore a formal
gown of satin shantung designed
with a fitted bodice, sculptured
neckline embroidered with sequins
and seed pearls and long sleeves
ending with points ait the wrist Her
full skirt was accented with bus
tie at the back, ending in a train.
Her fingertip veil was attached ito
cap of lace and seed pearls. She
wore a strand of pearls, a gift of
the bridegroom. She carried a
cascade bouquet of white roses,
gypsophylia and baby breath.
Mrs. Har1and j. Kronk of Fred
ericksburg, Va, sister of the bride,
was matron of honor. Her street
length gown of aqua silk organza,
the bodice of which was embroid-
cred She wore a headband of aqua,
featuring a face veil and carried a
bouquet of white daises.
Bridesmaids were the Misses
Barbara Ann Rissmiller of Milford,
a member of the faculty of the Mill
ford Special School District, a d
Jane Temple Bivens of Pearlsburg,
Va, a college room mate of the
bride.
They wore gowns Identical to
that of the matron of honor a n d
carried bouquets of yellow daises.
Mr. Harold B. Umberger of Fort
Worth, Texas, brother of the groom
was best man. Ushers were MesSrs.
John Paul Umberger of Winston
Salem, ND, brother of the groom,
Francis Christian ArtZ, Tom S
Brook. Va, brother of the bride,
Harland ]. Kronk, Fredericksburg
Va, brOther-in-law of the bride,
Clarence Moore, Jr., Wytheville, Va.
The brides mother wore a pink
silk sheath dress with matching
accessories and red rosebuds.
The groom's step mother wore a
light green dress with matching ac-
cessOries and red rosebuds.
After the ceremony a reception
was held on the lawn of the church.
Mrs. E. r. Miley, Jr., of T o m S
Brook, was in charge of the recep-
tion. Assisting were Miss J a e
Pinter, Mrs. G.. M. Borden, M S.
Alvin Bann, all of Toms Brook,
Miss Carol Tucker Campbell o f
Winchester, Mrs Virginia Alliotti
of Strasburg, and Miss Joan Einar-
sen of Harrisonburg.
After a wedding trip to Myrtle
Beach, SC, and other points of in
terest, the couple will reside near
Blacksburg, Va.
Mrs. Umberger is a graduate of
the public schools of Toms Brook,
a graduate of Madison College and
taught two years in Rocking
ham County Public Schools. T h S
past year she was elementary mu-
sic teacher of the Milford Special
School District in Milford, Della
ware.
The groom is a graduate of EN-
ory and Henry College, a graduate
of the Lutheran Theological South
ern Seminary of Columbia, S. c.,
and on July LIST, he will become
pastor of New River Lutheran Par
ish. west of BIacksburg.
Prior to the wedding rehearsal
on Friday evening, a dinner parity
WAS given for the bridal parity at
Hamilton Restaurant, by Mrs. John
w. Umberger, Stepmother of h e
groom.
A personal shower was given the
bride recently by the elementary
faculty of Milford Special School
District.