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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/6/1944
Impressive nuptial rites at the
Church of the Pilgrims, Washing
ton, D. C, on Saturday, Decern
ber 2, at 8:30 in the evening,
united in marriage Lois Behm,
member of the Women's Reserve,
United States Navy, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Behm
of 94 Bouck street, Tonawanda
New York and John Lewis Gaines:
Jr., U. S. Army, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Lewis Gaines of Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
Dr. Andrew R. Bird officiated
at the ceremony, performed before
an altar banked with palms,
ferns, white candelabra, and white
chrysanthemums. The pews were
marked with clusters of white
mums and -ribbons.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
gown of deep ivory faille. It was
fashioned with a sweetheart neckline,
long tight sleeves finished
with a ruche of the material. The
fan-shaped train was accentuated
by a panel of ruffles. Her fingertip
veil of illusion fell from a
coronet of seed pearls. She carried
an arm bouquet of Johanna
Hill roses.
Miss Marjory Mackey, the maid
of honor, wore a bouffant-styled
gown of moss green taffeta, the
yoke and skirt of which had an
insertion of matching velvet. Her
headdress was of ostrich tips and
veil matching her frock. She carried
a bouquet of bronze mums
tied with talisman satin ribbon.
Yoemen of the Women's Reserve,
United States Navy, Irene
Berry of Floral Park, Long Island:
New York; Marguerite Harper,
Wakefield, Massachusetts; Mimi
Haughton, Dumont, New Jersey;
and Marjorie Steele of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, were bridesmaids.
Their gowns were of aqua taffeta
styled similarly to the maid
of honor's. They carried bouquets
of yellow chrysanthemums and
wore tulle veils matching their
gowns.
Sgt. Robert Major of Los Angeles,
California, was best man.
Yoeman Ruby Tucker of Florence,
South Carolina; Janet Smith,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Dorothy
Bentley, Monroe, Michigan;
and Virginia Gronowski, New Lisbon,
Wisconsin, also of the Women's
Reserve, U. S. Navy, served
as ushers.
A reception at the Kennedy-
Warren followed the ceremony.
Receiving with the bride and
groom and members of the bridal
party were the parents of the
bride. The bride's mother wore a
street-length dress of moss green
with a matching hat and corsage
of orchids.
The bride and groom left later
in the evening for a wedding trip
in Connecticut.
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