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- Niagara Gazette - 7/11/1946
EAST WILSON, July 11-A pretty.
June' wedding took place' on
Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
St Peter's Lutheran church, in
the' Beebe road, when the Rev. Carl
W. Oldach united In marriage, at
double ring ceremony. Miss Dorothy
Helen Wilkins, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Wilkins, of
the Beebe road, and Mr. Paul Edward
Wolter, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Wolter, of Mlddleport, before
an altar decorated with roses,
palms and lighted tapes.
The bride, who was given In
marriage by her father, was lovely
in a gown with fitted bodice, long
sleeves and full skirt of silk net extended
to a long train. Her fingertip
veil of French illuslon: edged
with seed was caught from a tiara
of seed pearls and orange blossoms
and she carried a cascade bouquet
of white roses. She wore a gold
wrist watch a gift of the groom.
Thurston Smith, sister of the
bride, was matron of honor and
wore a gown ot white net fashioned
with fitted bodice and full skirt
and carried a cascade bouquet of
Talisman roses fled with matching
ribbon.
Mrs. Roland Wilkins, Mrs. Albert
Scherer, Miss Alice Goodlander and
Miss Katherine Wolters the bridesmaids,
wore white taffeta gowns
with' fitted bodices and yokes of illusion
with long full skirts and car-
ried cascade bouquets.of red roses.
Ann Wilkins and Barbara Kugler,
flower glrls, wore gowns of pale blue
net with long skirts of tiered ruffles.
They, carried' small colonial bouquets
of red roses Michael Smith
was the ring bearer.
Roland Wilkins, brother of the
bride was best man and the ushers
were Albert Schurer, Carl Raduns,
Karl Schurer and Franklin Eich.
Mrs. W. Albright. organist, played
the wedding inarch, and Thurston
Smith sang; °'Because" and, "O
Promise Me."
The bride's mother wore a dress
of gray silk print with white accessories
and the bridgroom's mother
wore; lavender flowered sheer with
white accessories. Both wore corsages
of yellow roses.
A reception was held on the terrace
at the white pillars Inn at
Lockport with 150 guests present
Mr. and Mrs. Wolter left for a
wedding trip through the New
England states. The bride chose a
green suit with white accessories
and gardenia corsage for traveling.
Upon their return they will reside
in Middleport.
Out-of-town guests were present
from Brockport, Lyndonville, Me-
dina, Middleport, Lockport, North
Tonawanda, Newfane and Wilson.
Mrs. Wolter is a graduate of
Newfane Central school and Roch-
ester Business Institute. Mr. Wol-
ter is a graduate of Middleport high
school and Rochester Mechanics
Institute. The bridegroom served
as staff sergeant in the U. S. Army
Medical Corp in the European the-
ater.
Prenuptial events included va-
riety shower by Mrs. Ella Dean;
bridge luncheon, by Bonnie Guild
and Ruth Dean; variety shower,
by Mrs. Roland Willkins and Mrs,.
Edward Kugler; variety shower, by
Mrs. Ella Goodlander, Mrs. Sum-
ner Wyman and Mrs. Alice Good-
lander; variety shower, by Mrs.
Karl Krause; personal shower, by
Mrs. Shirley Tudor; dinner party,
by the office girls of Upson com-
pany; kitchen and pantry shower,
by Mrs. A. Schurer, Mrs. K. Schurer
and Mrs. Katherine Wolter.
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