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- Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 11/13/1942
Miss Evelyn Bohnenstadt. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Bohnenstadt
of Route 3, Lockport. became
the bride of Ralph Hilts, son
of Arthur Hilts of Niagara Falls,
recently in St. Andrews' Lutheran
Church, Pekin.
The altar was banked with white,
yellow end red pompons. The Rev.
Christ Schmidt officiated and. the
bride was given in marriage by her
father. She wore a gown of white
satin with long train and lung
sleeves. The sweetheart neckline
was trimmed with pearls. She wore
a two-strand pearl necklace, gift of
the groom. Her finger-tip veil was
trimmed with lace and caught to
a pearl crown. She carried a
Colonial bouquet of white roses and
pompons.
Mrs. Ruth Schul, sister of the
groom, was matron of honor. She
wore a gown of blue flowered taffeta.
Bridesmaids, Miss Adeline
Trombley and Miss Lois Crotlott,
wore pink and yeilov flowered
dresses. All wore headdresses to
match their dresses, two-urand
pearl necklaces, gifts of the bride,
and carried arm bouquets of yellow
pompons and roses tied with ribbon
matching their dresses
Gordon Schul was best mau and
ushers wer- Elswortn Bohnenstadt
and Rienhold Kraaze.
° The bride's mother wore a green
crepe gown trimmed with gold.
With it she wore black accessories
and a corsage of pink roses and
tearose pompons. The grandmother
of the bride wore black crepe
dress trimmed with white and black
accessories. She wore a corsage of
red roses and lavender pompons.
The bridegroom's mother wore a
dark red velvet dress with black accessories
and corsage of .rust color
pompons and yellow roses The
Misses Delores and Emmaud
Schmidt sang and played the wedding
music.
Fifty guests attended a wedding
dinner at the home of the bride's
parents. Decorations were of yellow
and pink. The bridal table was centered
with a. three-tiered wedding
cake and decorated with pink and
yellow pompons and yellow candles.
Guests were present from Niagara
Falls. Lockport, Sanborn, Wilson
and Buffalo.
Mr. and Mrs., Hilts left for a
short wedding trip, the bride wearing
a green crepe dress with matching
hat and tan coat. They will
make their home with the bride's
parents.
Pre-nuptial entertainments for
the bride Included: A variety shower
given by the bride's mother; a
linen shower by Mrs. Rienhold
Kraase, a variety shower by Mrs.
Arthur Hilts, Miss Lois Creticutt
and Mrs. Gordon Schul, a bedroom
shower given by. Mrs.'Powly.
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