Members and friends of Bethany Methodist church staged a womanless wedding Tuesday night in the church grove for the purpose of raising funds for a new Sunday school room, and the affair, farcical in the extreme, was enjoyed by the crowd.
J.M. Williams, long, lean and lanky but wearing a becoming wedding smile was the personification of everything but beauty in the role of bride. “She” was gowned I what her parents perhaps thought was a becoming manner for effect her window curtain train had the gown of all brides that have gone before completely shadowed. Her close fitting turban, very chic, served only to accentuate the willowiness of her anything but plump form.
Dale Millar, in the role of husband, made a very acceptable goat and was fittingly attired in deep mourning. And it was proper that he should have worn black because the wife will probably drive him to distraction if jealousy is included in his make-up. Twice before completion of the ceremony, he was obliged to remonstrate with her for flirting with the groomsmen and there were times when her mind appeared to wander and a pinch on the part of the groom was necessary in order to elicit answers to the parson’s questions.
The nuptial knot was tied by Ernest Booth, who was just as serious as his Christian prefix would indicate were it spelled differently. His line of chatter would have gotten him a hand on Keith and there were times when it appeared to the groom that the parson was trying to hog the show.
Eugene Miller in the roll of ring bearer played an Irish trick on the groom when he substituted a rolling pin for the ring and the new Mrs. showed the elongated Benedict the manner in which husbands should be handled immediately after the joining to process had been completed. Maggie in all her glory doesn’t even know the use of a weapon of this nature.
L.J. Kirkland, one of the flower girls, had considerable trouble in keeping her rolled stockings up but managed to get through the ceremony without causing a riot, due principally to the protection accorded by her sister, George Kirkland, another flower girl.
The bride was given away by her father and mother, Z.R. Breeze and Mayon Parker, Mrs. Breeze taking the affair very much to heart and expressing her grief in a manner to make the welkin ring, her sobs almost shaking the rafters of nearby houses. The father looked at the matter in an entirely different light and appeared relieved after the words necessary to make the daughter a Mrs. had been spoken.
Nothing was omitted toward making the wedding one of the social events of the autumn season. A.J. Foster was bewitching as the dame of honor while Pervis Hunt took an active part as best man, apparently thinking at times that the bride would in the last minute, perhaps, turn to the best man as a natural choice for husband. This perhaps might have occurred but for the eagle eye of the groom.
Bridesmaids included Marion Oakley Walter Gattis and Raymond Proctor, and they too were given ample opportunity for flirtatious amusement during the cementing of the bonds. Claude Hunt, Thomas Vickers and Thomas Roberts made very acceptable groomsmen although it is doubtful if they took the matter seriously enough.
The wedding march was played by Miss Lida Mae Lowry and in this element of fun was omitted. Her rendition of Lohengrin’s was as cleverly done as had the wedding been real.
Prior to the ceremony and as a serious part of the evening’s program Miss Pearl Dawson of Greensboro recited. Her efforts were well received and she was warmly applauded.
From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sept. 10, 1924
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