■ North Wilkesboro Has • I trading redius of 50 milea, I serving 1^0,000 people In I Northwestern Carolina. /ol. 44 No. 20 The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress in - -——— ——— Published Monday* and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C„ June 22, 1950 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shoooina Johnson-Pardue Wedding Solemnized At Wilmington Wilmington, June 4 — The I marriage of Miss Cynthia John son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hooper Johnson of this city, to Don Ralph Pardue, son Of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Pardue of Roar ing River, was solemnized at the home of the bride at 5:30 o'clock June 3. The Rot. Alexander Mil ler officiated at the ceremony. The home was decorated throughout with greenery and white spring flowers. An impro vised altar was set before the mantel and flanked on either side with palms. The mantel was de corated with five-branch can delabra in which burned small white tapers, and was centered with an arrangement of white spring flowers. Prior to the ceremony, music was played by William G. Robertson. Soloist John Mac Dougall sang "The Voice That Breathed O'er Eden" and "O Perfect Love." The traditional wedding marches were used. The bride descended the steps with her father by whom she was given in marriage. She wore bridal gown of nylon tulle styled with a low off-the-shoul der neckline bordered with a wide bertha Of bead-embroider ed Rosepoint lace. The snug bas que bodice was made with tiny covered buttons which extended to the hips in the back. The triple-layered bouffant skirt of nylon tulle extended into a chapel train. She wore nylon mitts made with pleated insets. Her full length veil of imported UPTOWN SERVICE station NOW OPEN ON SUNDAYS 8:00 a. m. - 5:00 p. m. Amoco Products — Washing, Lubricating, Polishing, Waxing WANT A TAXI? Call 52 or 254 BUSIC CABS At Uptown Service Station French bridal illusion was top ped with a pearllzed orange blos som tiara made with a circular trim of pearl tips. Her only ornament was a single strand of pearls, gift of the bridegroom. She^carried a white prayer book topped with a corsage of white phalaenopsls orchids and showered with white orchids and 8tain ribbons. Attending the bride as matron of-honor was Mrs. Hooper du Bois Johnson, sister-in-law Of the bride. She wore a gown of starch ed white organia embroidered with a green leaf design, and styled with a fitted bodice. The bouffant skirt of white organsa was made over a pale green taffe ta underskirt and was styled with matching green taffeta sash. She wore a matching short bolero made of flutted ruffles, and car ried an arm b6uquet of California daises tied with matching green ribbon. Hershel T. Ward of Granite Falls attended the bridegroom as best man. Hooper duBois, Johnson, brother of the bride, acted as head usher. Mrs. Hooper Johnson, mother of the bride, wore an afternoon dress of nary marquisette fash ioned with a deep V-neckline styled with a V-shaped collar tucked across the front. The dress was made with cap sleeves, a softly shirred bodice, and a belled gored skirt. She chose mauve ac cessories and a matching hair ar rangement of tulle and flowers. She wore a shoulder corsage of pale lavendar orchids. Mrs. J. P. Pardue, mother of the bridegroom, wore a black marquisette afternoon dress with beaded neckline and belled skirt. Her accessories were white. Lav- j endar orchids were pinned at her shoulder. Immediately following the cere mony a reception was held at the bride's home. The bride's table was laid with a white satin cloth an