Filkins And Colegrove Wedding At Sciotoville Sciotoville Church of the Naxarene was the scene Sunday afternoon of a wedding ceremony in which Miss Carolyn Alberta Finkins and Phillip G. Colegrove were married by Rev. Gordon B. Maywood with Rev. Elwood J. Dodge assisting. The Nuptial vows were exchanged as the hands of the clock were approaching 4. Palms and baskets of white gladioli and pink carnations decorated the church altar at which the bride was given in marriage by her father, Vernon C. Filkins. A white kneeling bench entered the alter which was illuminated by candles burning in four seven-branch candelbra. White muslin lined the bridal aisle and the family pews were designated by white satin bows. The bride is the elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Filkins, 5723 Cherry St., Sciotoville and the bride- groom is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Forest S. Colegrove, 7303 Gallia St. During the hald hour pre- ceding the cermony, a nuptial recital was presented by Ovid W. Young and Miss Mary Whitt. The latter sang "Walk Hand in HAnd" by Cowell, "O Promise Me" by de Koven and during the ceremony "wedding Prayer" The organ numbers were "If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee: by Bach, "Panis Angelieus" by Frank, "O Lord Whose Mercies Numberless" by Handel, "Ave Verum Corpus" by Mozart, "Adodiation" by Borowski, "Zueignung" by Strauss, "Theme" from "Etude" by Chopin, "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" by Herbert, "Au Clair de Lune" by Debussy and "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by Bach. He also played the traditional marches. Organza over Taffeta fashioned the brides floor-length gown. The fitted basque had a modified scoup neckline and long tapering sleeves. Lace molifs decorated the full skirt, and self-covered buttons closed the dress down the back. The chapel train extended from an organza bow. A forward spray of imported pearlized orange blossoms held the bouffant veil of English illusion. She carried a cascade of white carnations and lily of the valley centered with a white orchid. Miss Anne Sylvia served as the bride's maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss Dottie Colegrove, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Connie Filkins, sisger of the bride. They wore identical floor-length empire gowns of pink crepe and lace. The lace bodices had elbow-length sleeves. Their headpieces were flowered hairbraid crowns and maline veils, and they carried colonial bouquets of pink carnations. The bridegrooms brother, Forrest Colegrove of Streets- boroserved as his best man, and the ushers were Richard E. Quigley of Centerville and Forrest B. Smith of Mechester, Tenn. Mrs. Filkins, mother of the bride, wore a dress of Dior blue lace, fashioned with a square neckline, short sleeves and a sheath skirt. She wore a matching shell hat with a veil and white gloves. Pink carnations formed her corsage. The bridegroom's mother chose a navy blue ribbonelle dress with a square neckline and a sheath skirt. Her accessories were light blue and she also had a pink carnation corsage. Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the Steel-workers Hall in New Boston, where a three-tier wedding ake topped with a miniature bride and bride- groom, cyrstal punch bowls, candles and bouquets of pink rosebuds decorated the brides table. The assistant hostesses were three aunts of the bride, Mrs. Howard Schwamberger, Mrs. Henry Turner and Miss Jessie Kuhner. The bride changed into a forest green empire sheath dress with a white lace collar and bone accessories before the couple left on a wedding trip of undisclosed destination. After June 27, the new Mr. and Mrs. Colegrove will be "at home" at 500 Mussoak Dr. in Kettering, a suburb of Dayton. The bride is a graduate of Portsmouth East High School in the Class of 1963. She studied two years at Ohio University Portsmouth Branch. A graduate of Wheelersburg High School in the class of 1957, the bridegroom received a degree in engineering from the University of Cincinnati in the Class of 1962. He is employed by the Air Force as a mechanical engineer at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton. Out-of-town guests attending the wedding and reception included JOhn Aeh, Harvey Park, Mr. and Mrs. Edgel Rigsby, Mr. and Mrs Robert Bowman, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Andre, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Kent Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. Gerd Schrick, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Leadingham, Mr. and Mrs. David Hohler, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Quigley and Miss Gwen Marsh, all of Dayton; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weghorst, Mr. and Mrs. John Me**tle, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ruth and Mr. and Mrs. James Kendall all of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hoffman and Mrs. Orland Huffman of Chillicothe, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weghorst and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sliveson of Logan, Mr. and Mrs. John Newman of Ashland, Ky., and Mr. and Mrs. John Blanford of Clayton. Mr. and Mrs. Melby Moore of Greenfield, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reiter of Westerville, Mr. and Mrs. James Sherlock of Cincinnati, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Grace of South Point, Rev. and Mrs. Gordon Maywood of Newark. Mr. and MRs. Orin McWilliams of Georgetown, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ison of Milford, Mr. and Mrs Forrest Colegrove of Streetsboro, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Leadingham of Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Ovid Youn of Kankakee, Mr. and Mrs Forrest Smith of Manchester, Tenn., and Mr. And Mrs. James Stroud of Baltimore. Paper: Portsmouth Times Date: 21 Jun 1965 Location: Portsmouth, OH Source: http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=55957406&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=3&currentPage=140&fpo=False Terry Colegrove My goal is simple - to help you reach yours! Pampered Chef Team Leader Consultant # 546527 410-768-4013(h) 443-517-7294(c) www.pamperedchef.biz/tcolegrove