The marriage of Miss Eva Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Ways Green, to Mr. B.A. Happy-Junior, was painfully solemnized Tuesday evening, February 12, in Memorial Hall. The Hall was tastefully decorated the altar or, better, stage was a bank of ferns with lighted candles placed on pedestals here and there among the greenery. Rev. Lock M. Tight of Sizetown performed the most impressive ceremony, which was interrupted quite often by laughs from the congregation. Before the ceremony, Miss Singa Well sang a delightful parody on “Oh Promise Me” written by Miss Desha.
“Oh promise me that when I call again
You’ll hypnotize your father just at 10,
It is not conducive to our love
To hear him stamping on the floor above.
I call on you and not your Aunt Jane.
Your brother Tom give me an awful pain,
Oh ship him West and send the bill to me,
Oh promise me, oh promise me.”
To the tune of Lohengrin, the bridal party entered the Hall. Groomsmen and bridesmaids came alternately down the aisles. The many varied colors of the dresses and the dark of the suits formed an attractive background for the rest of the party. The matron-of-honor, Miss Bright Green, the sister of the bride, was next to reach the stage. The diminutive ring bearer, or more appropriately hoop bearer, little Miss Bird Right, tripped her way along the already assembled group. The little flower girls, Narcissus and Hyacinth Smell, with great big bows and sashes carried large bunches of paper flowers which they did not drop because of fear of the janitors.
Then the bride, a most glorious and very impatient young lady wearing a gown of white crepe-de chine, entered on the arm of her father. Het veil carried by two pages, Masters Hold and Carry High, was caught with a piece of white ribbon in the form of a hand and the bridal bouquet was a most exquisite combination of white and lavender paper roses with an occasional piece of fern.
After waiting very restlessly for several minutes at the altar, she was finally joined by the groom who seemed to have just been revived from a fainting spell by the first aid of the best man, Mr. Give Support. Rev. Lock M. Tight, after stating the reasons for the wedding and find that no objection was raised, joined the two by placing the hoop over their heads and “Pronounced them a pair of reprobates.” A most thrilling salute then passed between the bride and groom and all the party very quickly left the stage.
In the family benches were seated Mrs. All Ways Green, Miss Jane Rabbitfoot, Miss Ima Happy-Junior, Miss Flapper Happy-Junior, and Mr. Tom Rails Green.
Mr. and Mrs. B.A. Happy-Junior left immediately for a four-months tour in the beautiful county of Study before they go to Vacation, where Mr. Happy-Junior will be employed three months.
The cast of the above wedding presented by the Junior-Freshman Classes was as follows:
Miss Eva Green—Alce Barbee
Mr. B.A. Happy-Junior—Elizabeth Parker
Rev. Lock M. Tight—Pauline Hawkins
Mr. All Ways Green—Mary Hill
Mrs. All Ways Green—Elgie Nance
Miss Jane Rabbitfoot—Carrie Moore Neal
Miss Ima Happy-Junior—Margaret Williford
Miss Flapper Happy-Junior—Kate Hunter
Mr. Tom Rails Green—Daisy Lee Glasgow
Mrs. U.R. Gay—Elizabeth Roop
Miss Bright Green—Lois Crowell
Mr. Give Support—Jean Abell
Miss Bind Right—Kate Sheets
Miss Narcissus Smell—Esther Efird
Miss Hyacinth Smell—Eleanor Tomlinson
Master Hold High—Ruth Piatt
Master Carry High—Elizabeth Transou
Miss Singa Well—Ella Aston
The Bridesmaids—Mary Louise House, Helen Ford, Ellen Wilkinson, Margaret Perry, and Mary McKelvie.
The Groomsmen—Hannah Weaver, Louise Woodard, Mary Ogburn, Katie Holshauser, and Sophia Hall.
From the front page of the Salemite, student newspaper, Salem College, Winston-Salem, N.C., Feb. 16, 1924
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