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Show "iimuiiiiiiiiiiiiLjiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiimtjiiiiMiimmiiiiiiiii iiimniiiiimiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiniiioiiiimiiioiiiiiiim Whiting-Springmeyer Wedding June 10 Highlights Local Social Events . . .. Highlighting social events here this season was the marriage of Venice Whiting, daughter of Mrs. Beulah Whiting, and Lt. R. L. Springmeyer of Palo Alto, Calif., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Chase of Provo. The marriage took place at the home of the bride's mother last Wednesday evening in the presence of immediate family members and close friends. William T. Tew, Jr., performed the ceremony. The bride was charmingly gowned in an exquisite Chantilly lace in off-shade white over slipper satin with flowing train. Her floor-length veil carried out the same pattern of lace and was attached at-tached to an unusual lace cap. She carried a lovely bouquet of butterfly butter-fly orchids, stephanotis and lilies-of-the-valley. " Attending as matron of honor was Mrs. T. M. Haymond, sister of the bride, attired in pale orchid starched chiffon over, taffeta. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Beth M. Carter of Salt Lake City,. Phyllis Smart, Mildred Parry, Dama Grant, Elaine Brockbank, and Vel-ma Vel-ma Olsen of Salt Lake. They wore dainty models of frosted starched chiffon fashioned with long fitted bodices and billowy skirts. Starched Starch-ed chiffon ruffled caps and matching match-ing elbow-length mitts were added to the costumes. The first three named were in blue and the other three pink, and they held matching match-ing and contrasting bouquets. Little Barbara Haymond, niece of the bride, was flower girl, and Harriet Whiting, also a niece, was train-bearer. They were prettily dressed in pink and blue starched chiffon, fashioned like the bridesmaids brides-maids gowns. The groom was in formal military mili-tary attire and was attended by his brother, Lt. Charles Springmeyer, also in uniform. Mrs. Whiting was in dusty fus-chia fus-chia crepe and lace accentuated by an orchid corsage and Mrs. Chase wore white crepe andTJopcorn lace with orsage of rosebuds and ru-brum ru-brum lilies. The marriage took place before an improvised altar near a large oval window covered with white gladioli stalks and graceful green ivy. On either side stood tall white tapers in sloping candelabra. The stairway from which the bridal party descended was laced with garlands of green and white flowers, flow-ers, and white taffeta ribbon held in place by Masters Jay Haymond, Tommy Haymond and Jimmy Whiting, formed an aisle for the wedding march. The bride was given In marriage by her brother, M. V. Whiting. Her wedding day was also the anniversary anniver-sary of her brothers, M. V. and Harold Whiting, and earlier on the same day she received her degree from the Brigham Young university. A reception followed the wedding, wed-ding, at which about 350 guests attended. at-tended. The reception was conducted conduct-ed in the spacious garden of the Whiting home and the former was brilliantly lighted with vari-color-ed lights. At about 10 o'clock the bridal party retired to the garden, where the Val Norns and White Keys of the B. Y. U. sang their unit songs and the former group presented the couple with a beautiful electric clock. Garden music was played on the vibraharp by Faun Schumtz. The serving table was beautiful with a huge four-tiered wedding cake made by the bride's uncle, Henry Child, of Spanish Fork. A miniature bridal couple and decorations decor-ations of white chiffon were noticeable no-ticeable decorative features of the wedding cake. Rosebuds and lilies-of-the-valley were in dainty white pottery figurine candleholders and white tapers burned. Clever ice cream molds and individual cakes decorated with rosebuds and silver sil-ver beads were served. Serving was in charge of Mrs. Mae Fletcher, Fletch-er, Mrs. Maude Curtis and Mrs. Agnes McKee, assisted by the B. Y. U. girls. The honored couple received many lovely gifts which were arranged ar-ranged by Mrs. Harold J. Whiting Whit-ing and Mrs. W. Verl Whiting. After the reception, the newly-weds newly-weds left for Palo Alto, Calif., where Lt. Springmeyer will receive his degree from Stanford university. univer-sity. They will spend two weeks at Carmel-by-the-Sea, and will later make their home at Benicia Arsenal in California. For traveling, the bride chose a navy blue wool gabardine suit with navy and white accessories, with a corsage of butterfly orchids. |