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- Niagara Gazette - 6/18/1952
White peonies, gladioli and ferns
decorated the altar of the First Methodist
church, for the informal afternoon
wedding of Miss Frances
Bovee, Grand island, and Mr. Philip
Bechtel, Buffalo avenue. The Rev.
Eugene Fleury officiated at the
double ring ceremony.
Mrs. Bechtel is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Benedict A. Bovee, and
the groom is the son of Mr. Philip
Bechtel, Sr.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore an afternoon frock
of white lace over shell-pink satin.
A matching fitted jacket, with three quarter
length sleeves and Peter Pan
collar, was buttoned down the back
over a strapless bodice.
The bouffant skirt fell in soft
gathers from the waist. Pearls and
white veiling accented a hat of soft
white straw, and the bride carried
Colonial bouquet of white roses
with stephanotis tied in the streamers.
The bride's sisters were her attendants.
Mrs. Robert A. McKown,
Grand island, the matron-of-honor,
was gowned in powder-blue organdy
with white applique. Her. colonial
bouquet was fashioned of delphinium
and pink roses.
Mrs., Harry C. Blatchley, Penn
Yan, bridesmaids, was similarly at-
tired in a pale yellow and'white ap-
pliqued organdy, and she carried
salmon color roses and white step-
hanotis. Small white Crocheted caps
trimmed in veiling, completed the
ensembles.
Mr. Charles Bechtel was his brother's
'best man, with Mr. Kenneth
Bovee, brother of the bride, as his
attendant. The bride's mother chose
a crepe afternoon dress of soft rose
shade, with beige accessories and
wore a white gardenia corsage.
A reception for 150 guests on the
terrace of the river front home of
the bride's parents followed the cere-
mony. On leaving for a honey-
moon trip to Virginia, the bride
wore a grey and white tailored sum-
mer suit, with white accessories and
a white orchid.
ALSO
Niagara Gazette
Mr. and "Mrs. Philip S. Bechtel
have-returned from a honeymoon
trip.through New Jersey and Virginia.
Mrs. Bechtel is the former
Miss Frances Evelyn Bovee, daughter
of Mr. - and Mrs. Benedict A.
Bovee, Winter road. The couple was
married June 14 at the, First Methodist
church, Niagara Falls.
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