...so Dr. Adkisson went on to write 19 diet books ??? At 02:57 PM 03/04/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Dear List, > >>From the pile of yellowed newspaper clippings: handwritten date of Sept >19, 1926 > >A pretty wedding took place at high noon Sunday when Miss Ruth L. Cooper >and Alva B. Adkisson were united in marriage at the home of the bride's >parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Cooper, by Rev. Charles A. Edwards, pastor of >the Methodist Episcopal church. The impressive ring ceramony was used. > >Preceding the wedding, "I Love You Truly" was sung by Miss Irma French, who >was accompanied on the piano by Miss Cleone Andrews of Portland and Raplh >Cooper on the flute. Mendelssohn's wedding march was also played by them >for the occassion. > >The bride was attired in a gown of white georgette with a lace wedding >veil, arranged on a coronet of orange blossoms, carrying a shower bouguet >of pink Ophelia roses and lilies-of-the-valley. > >Miss Verna Pickel acted as bridesmaid, wearing a gown of pink georgette and >carrying a bouquet of pink and yellow cactus dahlias. > >The flower girls, little Dorothy Vogle and Verla Adkisson, were also >daintily costumed for their part in the ceramony. > >Glenn Cooper, brother of the bride, attended the groom as the best man. > >Following the ceramony. Miss French sang "At Dawning" and a reception was >held for 65 assembled friends and relatives. > >The rooms were tastefully decorated rose and gold being the color scheme. >The alter was emabnked in potted palms and autum leaves, while baskets of >autumnal flowers were placed at either side and about the adjoining rooms. > >Mr. and Mrs. Adkisson will make their home in Portland, where Mr. Adkisson >is a student in the Univeristy of Oregon Medical School. >********************************** >The Havnar Family Network >Family Internet Exchange >http://havnar.home.mindspring.com/ > > >==== ORWASCO Mailing List ==== >This is a friendly list. Therefore, NO FLAMING or rude behavior in any form >will be tolerated. Offenders will be cheerfully removed from the list on their >FIRST offense! Play nice, so we can all have FUN... > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > >