March 12, 1954
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Marlene Hedrick
Marlene Hedrick, Joe Neisler
ToBe Wed In June Ceremony
Dr. and Mrs. Clyde R. Hedrick
of Lenoir have announced the en
gagement of their daughter, Mar
lene, to Joseph Andrew Neisler, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Neisler
of Kings Mountain.
The wedding will take place at
,S:30 p.m. on June 19 in the First
Presbyterian Church in Lenoir. The
couple will live in Kings Mountain.
Marlene attended Salem Academy;
and is a junior at the College. i
Joe attended Woodberry Forest!
prep school and is a senior at
Davidson College.
Marlene’s bridesmaids will be
Misses Nancy Bernhardt, . Ruth
Nelson, Syb Hamer, Sara Ann
Powell, Laura Moore, Sally Bruce,
Marilyn Hedrick, her sister Phy-
!is Hedrick, all of Lenoir, and
Mrs. Buck Timberlake, Joe’s sister
oh Matthews, N. C. Mrs. Stewart
H. Sherman, a 1953 graduate of
Salem, will be her sister’s matron-
of-honor.
The June Bride Has Worries
involving Invitations, Exams
By Diane Knott
The June Bride — the girl with
ihe radient glow no matter what
kind of soap she uses—the girl who
does nothing except attend parties
ill her honor and count the days
until the day she will start down
the aisle to say “I do.”
Facts show that this just isn’t
true. A bride in June or January
must have her feet planted firmly
on the ground—if her gaze seems
to indicate that she is far away in
a world of dreams, she is probably
trying to think of names to be put
on the list of people whom she will
send invitations, she must organize
her nlan of action. First, the list
of people who should receive in
vitations ; second, the list of home
town people '^ho will be called;
third, the list of people to be seated
in the ribbons at the wedding;
fourth, the list of out-of-town
guests; and fifth, the list of people
to be invited to all parties in her
honor.
After those minor details she wifi
probably write various notes to
herself to make arrangements such
as: see the preacher about the
church reservation, see the organist
and the soloist, see the lady at
the florist, see the photographer,
see the caterer, select invitations,
china, silver and crystal, and select
calling cards and thank-you notes.
The bride must begin to buy her
trousseau. This is probably the
most enjoyable part of her plan
ning; however, if seems hours of
trying on clothes and having cloth
es fitted. The bride must select
her wedding dress, veil and the
dresses for her attendants. In do
ing the latter she learns that one
attendant cannot wear green, an
other prefers not to buy a blue
dress and so on down the line
until black seems to be the only
color left. She finally gives up
trying to please everyone and
chooses the color she wanted in
*ke beginning. She must remind
the attendants to have their shoes
d^wd to match their dresses. She
must remember each girl’s hat size,
glove size, dress size, and shoe size.
The bride must arrange a meeting
between her parents and the par
ents of her fiance in case they do
not know one another. She knows
she must smile when her parents
refer to her as “our own little
baby” and present her baby pic
tures to the parents of the groom.
She must keep the conversation
going in case it begins to lag and
she must serve refreshments with-
6ut any serious mishap.
The groom must be reminded of
such things as having the bottoms
of his shoes blacked so they will
be neat looking when he kneels
during the ceremony. He must be
reminded to have the best man pay
the preacher after the ceremony.
If the groom is in the service the
bride must wait patiently until he
can receive his orders so that a
date can be set for the wedding.
She has visions of having to change
the date of their wedding at the
last minute because the groom has
received a cancellation of his leave.
There are gifts the bride must
give to people participating in the
wedding. She must select flowers
for her mother and the mother of
the groom. She must select a gift
for the groom — preferably some
thing that he may keep and use.
Then there is the legal procedure.
The wedding license must be gotten
tilong with a blood test. The bride
must be sure the license is given
to the preacher after the ceremony
so that he may send it to the re
corder of the court. Otherwise,
the marriage will be illegal.
The June bride, as all other
Salem students, must take her
exams, write term papers, read
parallel, and do all the other things
concerned with the closing of
school and graduation. She dares
Edith Explains
Alaskan Home
Is No Igloo
By Mary McNeely Rogers
“Friday is the day!” smiled Edith
Tesch over the typewriter in Miss
Simpson’s office as she explained
about her wedding to Sam Vaughn
and her new home in Alaska.
Their wedding will be today in
Immanuel Moravian Church. The
ceremony will be performed by
Edith’s father. After their honey
moon, Edith and Sam will live in
Clemmons until they leave for
Alaska the third week in June.
Reverend Vaughn will be pastor of
the Bethel Moravian Church and
will have three or four other
churches nearby.
They X plan to travel to Seattle,
’Washington by plane and from
there to Alaska and on to Bethel
by dog sled. Edith expects to do
a lot of traveling by dog sled.
“It’s the only way we can get to
Sam’s churches in the winter—^we
can’t use a car in the snow and its
too close to fly—and besides we
don’t have a plane.”
Their home won’t be in an igloo,
but a house almost as comfortable
as those here in the states. The
house is already furnished and has
a set. of .dishes and “eating irons.”
“I’m not quite sure what the eating
irons are going to be,” she ex
plained. Edith is planning to take
her silver, a set of china, a mix-
master, a steam iron, and a deep
frier with her.
She is not as sure about the
clothes to carry as she is about the
other things. “I am sure that I
am going to take three or four
pairs of long underwear.” She de
cided to wait until they arrive to
buy her clothes or order them from
a mail-order house. All their food
and clothes will be ordered from
there and will arrive on the boat
that comes twice a year—in May
and August. “Just think —I will
only go shopping twice a year.”
Edith and Sam are' planning to
learn to speak the Eskimo language
before they return to the sates in
about five years.
Maybe at the end of those five
years, Edith will return and tell
other Salemites about igloos, long
u n d e r^v ear, and eating irons.
Memorial Choir
Sings In Chapel
The choir of the Memorial In
dustrial School of Winston-Salem
sang in chapel on Thursday. The
group was directed by Mrs. Macon
who also introduced the numbers.
In the first group of songs, the
entire choir sang “Going Home”
and “Seek Ye the Lord”. Henry
Austin then sang Handel’s arrange
ment of “Where ’ere you Walk”.
The second group of songs con
sisted of two spirituals: “Deep
•■River” and “Rock My Soul”, ar
ranged especially for the choir.
The girls of the choir then sang
“My Rosary” after which Henry
Austin sang Shubert’s “Ava Maria”.
As the last number on the pro
gram, the entire choir sang “Ma
dam Jeanette”. For an encore, the
group' sang “Bless- This House”
with Henry Austin singing the male
solo part.
Dottie Drops Hints For Bridal
Gowns, Gifts, Superstitions
By Dottie Morris
I was wandering around town the
other day, just window shopping
when I decided to visit a bridal
department and pretend that I was
a bride-elect.
I went in one of the most ex
clusive women’s stores in Winston-
Salem; known for its ability to
fulfill every need and especially for
its bridal department. They have
several outstanding dresses, three
of which I would love to have
myself one day as a bride.
One is a “candle-light” silk taf
feta with hand worked lace fram
ing the sweetheart neckline. There
is a wide panel of this lace down
the front of the dress accentuating
its graceful lines.
The dress has three-quarter
length sleeves with the skirt gath
ered along the lace panel and on
the side seams. “Old fashioned”
in style, this dress would make a
lovely addition to any wedding.
Next, I selected a white satin
with short sleeves and again the
sweetheart neckline. The skirt- is
felt lined for stiffness, cut in a
princess style and features, a ver}-
long train. The sle.|ves are of hand
worked lace, ffa^Sfe and daint>',
while the neckline is also framed
with this same lo'vely material. This
dress is particularly stjded for the
tall, staturesque bride.
The third and last selection is a
spring dress of organdy. This also
has short sleeves and features an
overskirt, short in front and flow
ing down in the back to form a
long train.
There are two bands of embroid-
erjf across the bodice, continuing
on to the overskirt and around the
edge of the train. The bodice it-
.self has the sweetheart neckline.
edged with a band of seed pearls.
Eye-catching in style, this dress is
a must for the prospective bride.
Bridal gifts are specialties of this
store, including iterris for guests
-and for the groom. Gifts from the
groom to the bride usually fall
under the category of jewelry or
vanities, with pearls a general
favorite.
Compacts with matching lip-stick
cases are also given. One feature
at this store is such a set (in black
case) with a clover leaf design.
Another one shown was an oval,
smooth gold compact which can be
monogrammed with initials and the
dates.
Small perfume bottles for the
purse' are nice and also larger per
fume bottles for the dressing table.
This store features one such bot
tle, light blue in color, trimmed in
fourteen carat gold and imported
ifrom Germany. These come in dif
ferent shades and sizes. Some are
round and some are bell-shaped.
The bride is more limited in her
gifts to the groom. Cuff-links are
a 1 w a 3's acceptable and make a
handsome gift. Some brides may
prefer a gold or silver monogram
med cigarette case.
Also to be given are fitted men’s
kits, outfitted thorough!}', or a pair
of silver-back brushes with initials.
Superstition plays a role at a
wedding. Th.e old adage about
“something old, something new,
something borrowed and something
blue” is carefully followed by many
brides.
Another idea which some brides
follow is the practice of not seeing
the groom on the wedding day
until the wedding. Another saying
which may or may not be true is
“Happy is the bride the sun shines
on”.
When I had finished my bridal
shopping and started back home, I
began to wonder who the next
bride would be. Whoever the lucky
person will be, I’ll be there to offer
best wishes and throw some rice.
not even think of cooking, washing,
-snd ironing for fear that she will
have a nervous breakdown. She
puts her faith in the belief that all
such things will come naturally
after a period of time and exper
ience.
The June bride must keep her
.■feet firmly planted on the ground
and constantly moving. She doesn’t
see how she can possibly get all
the things done that she must do,
J)ut she is sure that on the day of
her wedding she will be calm and
serene. She knows that things will
be done one way or another, and
that her wedding day will be the
happiest day of her life.
Diane Knott
Diane Knott Plans To Marry
Lt. Bill Driver In Mid-June
Mrs. William Allen Knott of
Kinston has announced the engage
ment of her daughter, Diane, to
First Lieutenant Bill Clinton
Driver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Olin
Little Driver of Girard, 111.
The wedding will take place June
19 in St, Mary’s Episcopal Church
in Kinston.
Diane is a junior at Salem,
Bill attended the Umiversity of
Indiana and was graduated from
Florida State University. He is
now stationed with the Air Force
in Arizona.
Diane will have as her attendants
Mrs. James W. Winters of Greens
boro, N. C, Mrs. H. Graham Knott
of Kinston, N. C., Miss Emily
Knott of Alexandria, Va., and
Misses Jackie Nielsen and Jean
Kanter, both of Kinston, N. C.