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- Niagara Gazette - 8/2/1950
WILSON, Aug 2--The Concordia
Lutheran church, Beebe road, was
the setting Saturday at 4 p.m. for
the lovely summer wedding of Miss
Jean Zastrow, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Zastrow, East Wil-
son, to Mr. Melvin Upton, son of
Mr. George Upton, Wilson. The Rev.
C. W. Oldach officiated.
The double ring ceremony was
solemnized before the altar decor-
ated with baskets of multi-colored
gladoli.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride was gowned in slipper satin
with Chantilly lace trim, long point-
ed sleeves and a full skirt forming
a circular train. Her finger-tip veil
fell from a crown studded with pearls.
She carried a cascade bouquet of
white gladoli, baby mums and
gypsophilia. Her only accessories
were rhinestone ear rings, a gift of
the bridegroom.
Miss Betty Zastrow, North Tona-
wanda, cousin of the bride, was maid
of honor and was gowned in hya-
cinth blue taffeta, with matching
sweetheart headdress and mitts. She
carried a bouquet of hyacinth, blue
gladioli, gypsophilia and larkspur
tied with a pink bow.
Miss Linda Hopkins and Miss Rita
Pratt, Wilson, were bridesmaids.
They were gowned in matching pink
taffeta and carried bouquets of pink
gladioli, larkspur and gypsophilia,
tied with matching bows. Both wore
pink headdresses and mitts similar to
the maid of honor.
Miss Cathy Upton, niece of the
bridegroom, was flower girl. She wore
yellow organdy over a hooped skirt
of yellow taffeta. She carried a
colonial bouquet of pink and yellow
rosebuds and gypsophilia tied with
pink and yellow ribbon. Her tiny
yellow headdress matched the brides-
maids.
Elwin Upton, brother of the bride-
groom, was best man and the ushers
were Robert Jaenecki and Maurice
Upton.
Preceding the ceremony, tradi-
tional wedding music was provided
by William F. Etcheid and Clifford
Upton sand, "O Promise Me," and,
"The Lord's Prayer."
The bride's mother chose a navy
and white print with white acces-
sories and wore a corsage of mized
flowers.
Mrs. George Upton wore a light
blue print with white accessories and
wore a corsage of mized flowers.
Mrs. Caroline Schnoor, grand-
mother of the bride, chose gray and
white sheer print with black acces-
sories and wore a corsage of mixed
flowers.
Following the ceremony, a recep-
tion was held for one hundred guests
at the home of the bride, a buffet
supper was served.
After a wedding trip to the Thou-
sand Islands, the couple will reside
in the Townline road, Wilson.
Both the bride and bridegroom are
graduates of Wilson Central school.
Guests attended from Buffalo, Ro-
chester, Niagara Falls and Lockport.
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