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- Niagara Gazette - 7/5/1941
WILSON-A lovely summer wed-
ding took, place Saturday evening,
June 28. at 7 o'clock in the Methodist
Episcopal church at Wilson,
when Miss Naomi Violet Beutel.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C.
Beutel, of Wilson, and Mr. Ralph J.
Tompkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al-
bert T. Tompkins of Sanborn, were
united in marriage. The Rev. John
F. Leffler, pastor of the church,
performed the ceremony before the
altar effectively decorated with bas-
kets of rose-pink Virginia gladioli
with gypsophelia and fan palms.
Special muscial selections by Miss
Delores Herbst, cousin of the bride,
provided the musical setting for the
service. Immediately preceding the
ceremony, Ronald Gotts, also cousin
of the bride, sang. "I Love You
Truly."
The bride, who was given in mar-
riage by her father, entered the
church to the strains of the "Lo-
hengrin Wedding March." She wore
a princess gown of white embroid-
ered mousseline de soie with sweet-
heart neckline and puffed sleeves.
Her wreath and sheeer long silk veil
had been worn by her mother as a
bride. She carried a bouquet of
white sweet peas tied with a huge
white satin bow.
Mrs. Lewis L. Morris, of Niagara
Falls, sister of the ride, was her
only attendant. Her shell pink chif-
fon gown was made on Grecian
lines with short sleves and a full
skirt. she carried a bouquet of pink
Premier roses and pink sweet peas
tied with a large blue satin bow,
and wore a rose in her hair.
Miss Janice M. Smith, of Buf-
falo, little cousin of the bride, was
adorable as flower girl. She wore
a floor length shell pink mousseline
de soie dress with a fitted bodice
short puff sleeves and a very full
skirt trimmed with blue bows. Her
bouquet was of pink roses, white
sweet peas and blue bachelor but-
tons.
Henry Allen Treichler, of San-
born, friend of the groom, was his
best man. Donald Imson, Jr., of Ni-
agara Falls, small nephew of the
groom, acted as ringbearer. He
looked very trim in his white palm
beach suit. He bore a pillow of
white.
The ushers were Waldo F. Beutel
of Wilson, and Lewis L. Morris, of
Niagara Falls, brother adn brother-
in-law, respectifely of the bride.
The mother of the bride was be-
comingly dressed in a navy blue
flowered dress of silk crepe with
white accessories. She wore a lovely
corsage of Premier and Talisman
roses with sweet peas and bachelor
buttons.
The bridegroom's mother was attractive
in a powder blue silk crepe
dress with white accessories. She
aLso wore a corsace of Premier and
Talisman roses with sweet peas and
bachelor buttons.
An informal reception was held
at the home of the bride's parents
for 60 guests. The table was deco=
rated with white and pink and cen-
tered with a three-tier wedding
cake.
Later in the evening, Mr. and
Mrs. Tompkins left for a 10-day
honeymoon through the southern
states, visiting the bride's brother,
Frederick H. Beutel, who is in camp
at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
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