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- Niagara Gazette - 8/20/1949
BERGHOLTZ. Aug. 20.-A lovely
wedding was solemnized Saturday
afternoon. August 13. at 3 o'clock
in the St. James Lutheran church,
when Miss Loraine Burger, daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Buer-
ger, Bergholtz, was unite in mar-
riage to Mr.. Robert G. Taylor, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor,
1926 LaSalle avenue, Niagara Falls.
The Rev.. Walter Williams, uncle
of the bride, from Defiance, O.
performe the double ring cere-
mony, which took place before an
altar enhanced with an all-white
floral arrangement of carnations,
gladioli and palms. Musical back-
ground for the wedding was pro-
vided by Theodore Graban, who
accompanied Edward Schultz, cou-
sin of the bride, vocallist.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, chose a gown of lumin-
ous traditional satin,, richlly ac-
cented with a hooped skirt of cir-
culating Chantilly lace. Lavish
seed pearlls and perll beading out-
lined each quilted raised floral mo-
tif extending from the filmy yoke
throughout the princes panel into
the clustered flowers of the bouf-
fant skirt. The long fitted sleeves,
edged with lace, came to a point
over her hand. She carried a white
prayer book with an orchid and
streamers of babies' breath.
Miss Helen Marie Buerger, the
bride's sister, was maid of honor,
gowned in pink ninon highighting
a ditinguised filmy yoke dropping
a bertha gathered shoulderette and
matching gauntlet. She carried a
cascade bouquet.
Miss Ruth Loge, Mrs.. Roland
Camann, Mrs. Harold Wienke and
Mrs. Ray Wienke acted as brides-
maids. They wore orchid gowns
similar to that of the maid of hon-
or, with matching headpieces and
gauntlets. Each carried white
gladioli centere with orchid gladi-
oli buds.
The bridegroom was attended by
Gordon R. Voelker as bestman ad
the ushers were Harold Wienke,
Harold Thompson,, John Roach and
J.. Drummond Murray.
Mrs. William Buerger, mother of
the bride, was attired in a navy
blue lace dress with white acces-
sories. Mrs Williamm Taylor, moth-
er of the bridegroom,, chose a gray
lace dress with gray and green ac-
cessories.
A dinner for 85 guests was served
at the Plantation restaurant fol-
lowed by a receptionn at the Berg-
oltz firehall, where 335 guests
were received.
Upon the return of Mr. Taylor
and his bride fromm a trip through
the New England states and the
Thousand Islands they wil reside
in Rochester, where Mr. Taylor will
attend Rochester Institute of Tech-
nology.
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