Chris: Ruth Hastings' Wedding! I've first knew Ruth in first grade at Dufur Public Schools - then, I spent grades 2 - 8 at the 1-room Nansene School. I have a picture of Grades 1 & 2 at Dufur Public Schools in 1928-29 school year. and another of the entire Dufur High School in 1936-37, when we were freshman. (Some of us later transferred to The Dalles HS.) Violet Moore Guy Formerly of Dufur, OR 03/05/00 ============================ Chris Havnar wrote: > Another yellowed clipping from the trunk with a handwritten date of > March 9, 1941 - > > Candlelight Ceremony Read at Dufur Sunday - > Before more than 200 friends and relatives gathered at the Dufur Church of > Christ Sunday afternoon, Miss Ruth Cecilia Hastings, daughter of Mr. and > Mrs. Norman Hastings of Boyd, and Jesse Willett, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. > Willett of The Dalles, were united in marriage by Rev. Earl Downing of > Dufur. The 2:30 ceremony was read by candlelight at the altar, which was > banked with pink and white carnations and snapdragons, accented with green > fern. Palms also were used to decorate the church. > Preceding the service, Miss Fern Knight, dressed in pink taffeta, and > Miss Cheri Pratt, who wore a peach lace gown, lighted the candles. > The bride who was given in marriage by her father, was attired in a > white slipper satin gown with lace insets and pearl trim made princess > style. Her fingertip veil was held in place by a coronet of lace and her > bouquet was of pink rose buds and freesia. She also carried a hairpin > lace handkerchief, heirloom of her mother's family. > Attending the bride were her sisters, Miss Elsie Hastings and Mrs. Grant > Bolton, who wore similar dresses of light blue and rose moire taffeta. > Miss Bernice McFarlane, as maid of honor, was attired in a pale pink > georgette gown with shirred bodice and full skirt. Each carried nosegays > of sweet peas and rosebuds and wore matching doll hats. > Ronald Willett was best man for his brother, Jesse. Ushers were Wallace > Hastings, brother of the bride, and Roy Wolfe. Patty Bransetter of The > Dalles dressed in ruffled pink taffeta acted as flower girl. > Miss Evelyn Campbell sang "Until", preceding the ceremony, accompanied > by Dr. John Gilhousen, who also played the wedding marches and incidental > music. > Mrs. Norman Hastings, mother of ther bride, wore a black afternoon dress > with a corsage of pink rosebuds, while Mrs. W.A. Willett, the groom's > mother, chose a flower print silk ensemble with red rosebuds for her corsage. > The reception at the church, following the ceremony, was attended by 95 > guests. The bride's table was tastefully arranged with pink candles and > snapdragons, while daffodils and pussywillows were used about the rooms. > The wedding cake was three-tiered and made by Mrs. William Steuber of Boyd. > The Misses Arlene Noble, Dorothy Whitten, Anna Steuber, Camille Nye, Los > Terry, Cheri Pratt and Fern Knight served, with the Mesdames William > Steuber, Andrew Whitten, Claude Terry, Violet Bolton, Frank Huston and Ed > Tidwell assisting. > For traveling, Mrs. Willett wore a rose dress, coaqt and hat with black > accessories and pink rosebuds for her corsage. Following a short wedding > trip, the young couple will be at home on the George Hastings ranch near Boyd. > **************** > Christine > ********************************** > 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... > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/