By E.F. Rollins
New Bern, N.C., Sept. 29, 1925—A pretty wedding of interest throughout the Carolinas occurred at Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church Tuesday 9 p.m., Sept. 29, when Miss Wheatley J. Todd of New Bern became the bride of Prof. Allen S. Meachum of Warren, Ark. The vows were spoken before Rev. E.F. Rollins, pastor of St. Augustine A.M.E. Zion Church, Kinston, N.C.
The church was elaborately decorated with stately palms as a background for quantities of white lilies and roses. An arch was attractively decorated with Southern smilax and ferns, under which the bride and groom stood.
Preceding the solemnization of the marriage vow, Miss Ruby Jones sang “I Love You Truly.” The Live Wire Club, an organization gotten up by Miss Todd, rendered a bridal chorus from Lohengrin, followed by a solos, “Because”, by Miss Emma E. Foreman of Kinston, N.C.
To the strains of the wedding march from Mendelssohn played by Mrs. Esther Hazel-Powell, accompanied by Mr. Albert Spruill, violinist, the bridal party entered.
The ushers and honor guest entered first. Miss Sadie Green with Miss Ethel Leath, Miss Alvera Bryant with Miss Clara Williams.
Miss Maggie Lloyd of Washington, N.C., gowned in yellow chiffon embroidered in gold beads, with hat and slippers to match. Mr. William H. Bryant by her side. Next, Miss Rosa Lloyd of Washington, N.C., who was dressed in a girlish frock of blue crepe de chine with white lace trimmings and crystal beads, accompanied by Mr. Harris.
Followed by Miss Dosia Bell Lewis of Bladenboro, N.C., who was dressed in a lovely blue canton crepe, by her side was Prof. W.S. Todd, A.B., brother of the bride. The maids carried arm bouquets of maiden hair ferns and white roses.
Miss Adelaide Fisher of New Bern, N.C., maid of honor, wore a lovely pink satin crepe dress in circular effect trimmed in white fur, and carried an arm bouquet of pink roses and ferns. Following her came two little flower girls daintily dressed in pink and blue crepe de chine, trimmed in rosebuds, who scattered rose petals in the bride’s pathway.
Little Earl Davis was ring bearer. He wore a white suit and carried the ring in a white lily on a fern wreath. The bride entered n the arm of her father, Rev. J.W. Todd, who gave her in marriage. She was never more attractive than in her wedding gown of white crepe satin brocaded in designs of silver and her wedding veil of venetian lace held with orange blossoms. Her corsage was bride roses, orchids and valley lilies in shower effect. The little boy that bore the train of the bride was becomingly dressed in a white suit.
She was met at the altar by the bridegroom and his best man, Mr. Davis of New Bern, N.C.
As the bridal party left, Mendelssohn’s recessional march was rendered. Following the ceremony, a brilliant reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents on Jones Street. Several hundred guests were present.
Mrs. Meachum is the only daughter of the Rev. And Mrs. W.J. Dodd. She is a graduate of Eastern N.C. Academy of New Bern and Livingstone College. She is unusually popular, very attractive in manners, and a devout Christian.
The groom received his A.B. from Livingstone College. He possesses all the elements which speak for his greatness.
At 12:30, the evening of the 29th, the bride and groom boarded a west-bound train for Warren, Ark., their future home.
From page 2 of The Star of Zion, Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 22, 1925
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