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The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 11

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The Pantagraphi
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Bloomington, Illinois
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Put Your Pay CKecE In the War. Join the 10 Club" SECTION Four Pages of Women's Markets and Financial-Want Ads Radio. Interest Agriculture Central Illinois' HOME NEWSpaper Since 1846 IN THREE PARTS SECTION 8 PAGES BLO OMINGTON, ILLINOIS, SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1945. Pattern for a Wedding z. 1 i -v vVv I 1 17 t- iu I i i f' i 1 3 I '-tL-Al' wuAi- 1 1 5 1 1 FRIENDS OF THE XEWLYWEDS extend their best wis! the couple receives guettt at the reception.

This sailor seems betdtant about taking advantage ef his right to kb the bride. MISS MARGARET HAYES, maid of honor, gives a final pat to the vett of Miss Betty Lou Bolinger before the wedding party starts down the aisle. Friends of the bride straighten her train. Sgt. Moorman Weds Ruth Gronemeier ELEVEN anniversary and two others.

Mr. and Mrs. IL M. Skadow cl Park Ridge, the former a brother of George Skadow, and Mr. and Mrs.

H. K. George oi Chicago, will also celebrate their ar.niver-sarics. The two couples are visiting at the Skadow home this weekend. Another guest is Mrs.

A. Ckadow cf Park Ridge, mother cX George Skadow. Tilton Miss Floy Whit H3 Zoology, durir: which tirr.e fc accompanied three paleor.tolcj.cal expeditions in the west. He has recently been honorably discharged after two years overseas in the army. i -T The ITS MR.

AIM) MRS. NOW, and Freese, leave the church. for the guests by the bride and ding. Mrs. Harry Reep and Miss Bertha Scrimshaw, aunts of the bride, presided at the punch bowl and served.

Hostesses were sis ters of the and Mrs. Loren Richardson. The bride was graduated from the University of Illinois as a dietician. She completed her wont at the Michael Reese hospital in Chicago and is now dietician at the new Memorial hospital in Springfield, where her husband is also employed. After a short honeymoon, the newlyweds will live at 502 North First street, Springfield.

For tra veling the bride chose a suit of lime green crepe wdth tan acces sories. Out of town guests were pre sent from Springfield, Fancy Prairie, Lincoln, Rossville, Farm er City, Peoria, Urbana, Cham paign and Manteno. Two Return Home From Iowa Visit Miss Dorothy Spear and Miss Marguerite Bendschneider, 607 East Olive street, have just re turned from a week's visit in Fairfield, with an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Srout and family.

While there, they visited an other cousin, Mrs. Joe Srout Jr, formerly Dorothy Nihols of Fairfield. Mrs. Srout's husband is with the army in Germany. Some time was also spent with Mrs.

Beverly Srout and 7 months old son, Jackie Jr. Her husband, LL Jack Srout, was killed in ac tion July, 1944. BEFORE for San Diego, Calif, Mr. and Mrs. Frrc A SLICE of wedding cake is cut bridegroom.

the bride and bridegroom, John A. THE COUPLE takes advantage of after the ceremony. MISS CALLAHAN TO BE MARRIED 0 George Callahan, 1207 West Walnut street, announces the engagement and approaching mar riage of his daughter, Margaret, to Robert Crawford, son of Mr. and Eugene Crawford, 911 North Mason street. The wedding will be at 8 a.

m. Tuesday at bu t'atricKs church. Mrs. Hinshaw Here From East Mrs. J.

Paul Hinshaw has ar rived home from New York city to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Kies, 1211 Hillcrest, Normal, and her sister. Mrs. Sumner Goodfellow 1109 Elmwood road.

Mrs. Hinshaw has resigned her position as professor of voice at Hillsdale college, Michigan, and will return to New York city after her visit here, to make her home there until her husband, Lt. J. P. Hinshaw, returns from France.

Lt. Hinshaw has been overseas 20 months. El Paso Residents Attend Wedding EL PASO. (PNS) Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Beale and Mrs. Sophia Erskine plan to go to Danville Sunday to attend the wedding of the latter grandson. Corp. Robert M. Erskine, son of Mr.

and Mrs. George Erskine, and Miss Evelyn Cummins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cummins, will be married at 2 p. m.

Sunday in St. James chapel, Danville. Corp. Erskine lived in El Paso as a boy. Miss Eunice Baker Becomes Bride of Springfield Man Newlyweds Take Trip To Minnesota Miss H.uth Mae Gronemeier, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. William Henry Gronemeier, 709 South Mercer avenue, became the bride of Sgt. Perry Wilson Moorman, son of Mrs. Odie Moorman of Maysvillefc at 4 p. m.

Saturday. Dr. Edgar E. Atherton read the single ring ceremony in the WeS' ley First Methodist church. Miss Louise Lange, organist, played a prelude of nuptial music, and Miss Margaret Hayes sang.

The wedding was held on the sixth wedding anniversary of Capt. and Mrs. Hanks. Capt. Hanks is now an intelligence officer with the army in the Philippines and has been overseas for two years.

Veil Caught With Rosss. The bride wore a gown of white silk marquisette made with a full skirt and a fitted embroidered bodice. Her fingertip veil was caught with roses and she carried a bduquet of talisman roses and white gladioli. Her sister, Mrs. C.

F. Hanks, was matron of honor. She wore a blue silk jersey gown and a sweetheart hat. She carried white gladioli and pink roses. The wedding ring in the cere mony Saturday was half of a wide gold band wihch was used 60 years ago when the bride's grandmother, Mrs.

Frank English, was a Dnde. Go to Minnesota. Best man was Oscar Moorman of Maysville, a brother of the bridegroom. Ushers were Verne Shaver of Colorado, Ohio, a brother in law of the bridegroom, and Jack Rossetter, brother in law of the bride. A wedding supper was held at the Hotel Rogers for members of the immediate family.

The couple then left on a wedding trip to Minnesota. Weather Observer. Out of town guests present for NEWLYWED MISS JEANNE MILLS became the bride of Paul William Humphries Sunday, Aug. in Bloomington. Mr.

and Mrs. Humphries will make their home in Normal after a w-edding trip to Chicago and Wisconsin. Ooclnne Photo 1 rs', 1,1 Ml ii mi' admire their wedding gifts. 3 COUPLES OBSERVE ANNIVERSARIES Mr. and Mrs.

George W. Ska- dow, 204 West Wood street, will have a dinner party Sunday noon in celebration of their wedding the wedding were Mrs. Odie Moorman of Maysville, moth er of the bridegroom; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Moorman and two children, Roger and Leslie, also of Maysville; Verne Shaver and daughter Delpha Dee, Mrs.

Ayns- ley Ross and son Mark of Chica go, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rossetter of Elmwood Park, and Mrs.

Ed En- gelman of Evansville, Ind. The bride is a graduate of the University of Illinois and the bridegroom of the University of Missouri. He is a weather ob server for the army air force. Hafley-Neff Wedding Held In California Mr. and Mrs.

Otha Hafley of Le Roy have announced the mar riage of their daughter Dorothy to Thomas F. Neff, soundman second class, son of Carpenter's Mate Second Class and Mrs. Newton O. Neff, 208 West Mulberry street, Normal. The wedding took place Aug.

3 in the Wedding Bell chapel in San Diego, Calif. The single ring ceremony was used. The bride wore a poudte blue suit with blue accessories and a harmonizing corsage. The newly-weds are living in San Diego, where Petty Officer Neff is attending the West Coast Sound school. He recently returned from 15 months active duty in the Pacific area.

The bride attended Le Roy High school and the bridegroom University High school. Party Honors Mrs. Gowdy On Birthday Mrs. James Gowdy of Elliott was honored with a picnic supper Thursday night at Miller park. She was presented with a birthday cake, decorated with 69 candles Those present for the dinner were Mr.

and Mrs. Chester Gowdy, Mrs. Clara DeLong and daugh ter Hazel, Mr. and Mrs. John De Long and son, Mr.

and Mrs. For rest Stahly and son, Miss Marilyn Andrews and Miss Virginia Cross- man. Mrs. Gowdy has been visiting her son Chester, 1117 South Fell avenue. Normal, and a daughter, Mrs.

Stahly, 605 East Walnut street. Miss Kearney, Mother Vacationing in Chicago Miss Mary Kearney, 823 East Jefferson street, left Saturday noon to spend the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawrence of Waukegan. On Monday she will meet her mother, Mrs.

Mary A Kearney of Bloomington, and they will spend the week in Chi cago visiting Mr. and Mrs. Don Kearney, and Miss Pat Kearney, their first opportunity to relax Dinner Given On Rileys' Anniversary Mrs. Alice Light, 409 East Grove street, entertained with a dinner Friday night at Blooming ton Country club honoring Mr, and Mrs. James C.

Riley, 208 LaFayette apartments, on their 41st wedding anniversary. Among the guests present were Mrs. Light's son in Iffw, Capt. Lee McTuman, who is home on leave, and Heafer Riley, Who is home after recently receiving his discharge from the army. An other guest was Mrs.

H. Scott Downs of Evanston, a daughter of the Rileys. Mrs. Downs is spend ing several days visiting with her parents. Janssens to Visit In Zeeland, Michigan The Rev.

and Mrs. William Jansscn and two children, 106 North Fell avenue, leave this week to visit the former's mother in Zeeland, Mich. Mrs. Fauntz Spends Weekend With Mother Mrs. Charles Fauntz of Chicago is spending the weekend with her mother, Mrs.

Thomas H. Reed, 608 North Prairie street. Mrs. Stuart Bill, Daughter Visiting Mrs. Stuart Bill and daughter Sandra Lee of Racford, N.

are visiting at the home of the Curtis Bills, 909 Hovey avenue. Normal. Miss Floy White to Marry WELDON. (PNS) Miss Eu nice Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Baker of Weldon, and Verne Scott of Springfield were married at 4 p. m. Thursday at the Weldorf Methodist church. The Rev. W.

Howard Baker, brother of the bride and pastor of the Methodist church at Manteno, officiated in the double ring ceremony in the presence of 100 rela tives and friends. The ceremony was read before an altar of can delabra and baskets of pink and white gladioli. Miss S'Monne Shinneman played wedding music and accompanied Miss Bertha Scrimshaw of Cleve land, Ohio, aunt of the bride, who sang. Wears Net, Taffeta. The bride wore a floor length gown of white net over taffeta.

Her fingertip veil was held by a coronet of pearls. She carried a wnite iJiDie on wnicn were gladioli and gypsophilia with a cascade of white ribbon. She also wore a strand of perirls. Her matron of honor, Mrs. Paul Rf Covey of Peoria, was dressed in a floor length gown of blue crepe.

The bridesmaids were nieces of the bride: Miss Audrey Galaway of Bloomington and Miss Gunelda Galaway of Deland. They were dressed in aqua and in blue The bridesmaids and the matron of honor all carried colonial bouquets of white and pink gladioli with matching coronets. Lee Baker, brother of the bride: was best man. Ushers were Hu bert Yoder of Middlebury, Ind. and Loren Richardson of Weldon of I Graduate.

A reception at the home of the parents followed the wed' Charles Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hamilton White of Oak Park, Olive Branch, announce the engagement of their daughter, Floy Mewborn, to Charles Ellitt Tilton III of Til-ton, N. H-. and New York city.

He is the son of Mrs. Charles Elliott Tilton and the late Major Tilton of Tilton. N. II. Miss White is a graduate of Southwestern university in Mem phis, Tcnn where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority and a charter member of "Torch honorary society.

She studied art and fashion design at the Amcri can academy. Chicago, the Frank lin Schol. New York and ttie Memphis acadamy. For the last several years Miss White has been a fashion designer in New York. She is the granddaughter of the late Dr.

and Mrs. Joseph L. Mew born of Memphis, and the late Mr. and Mrs. John M.

White of Bloomington. Mr. Tilton is the grandson of the late Honorable Charles Elliott Tilton. After four years at the Berkshire school in Sheffield, Mass he was associated with the I Harvard Museum of Comparative.

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