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Show -- . ..,, x " M L - V Before their wedding date, Cindy Allen and Ryan Poulton check prices while shopping for a cabinet to store their newly-bought china. Bridal registry system lists most wanted gifts sl girl's china when the plate is over $10, When a girl comes into register she selects her patterns and the number of each she wants. The store marks off the se lection once the wanted number has been acquired. The only time a girl is under obligation to buy anything any-thing is if she has selected something some-thing which is not carried in regular reg-ular stock and has to be ordered specially. One of the advantages of Felt-Buchorn's Felt-Buchorn's bridal registry is their "Top of the Table Club" plan. This plan lets the couple purchase the items they did not receive at their wedding over three year's time. They pay around $10 a month which most couples can afford, with no down payment, no carrying charge and no interest in-terest Felt-Buchorn gives to each a "Bride's Book of Plans." The book contains ideas charts and reminders which will help a girl before the wedding. It also contains con-tains charts to keep a record of budgeting for an entire year. Girls commented that there were many things, especially ideas for budgeting which they had no idea of before. Girls may register their selections selec-tions at more than one store. For instance a girl may register her china at one store and crystal at another. At large department stores girls may select towels, sheets, appliances and housewares house-wares for their registry. Felt-Buchorn always displays a girl's selections, but during a busy month like June they have to be changed and replaced with another's selections quite often. June and August are the busiest months with 110 girls registered at Felt-Buchorn for this June. The other months generally find from 25 to 30 girls registered. Mr. Felt said the trend is for more ornate china now, although many choose a plain pattern because be-cause they feel they can dress it down better for less formal occasions. oc-casions. China starts at around $20 a place setting; casual ware, $7.50; crystal, $3.50 a piece; glassware $1.50; sterling silver, $40 a place setting-; silverplate, $10 and stainless steel $7.50. The most expensive china ever ordered ord-ered from Felt-Buchorn was $325 a place setting. "It was not ordered ord-ered by a bride, however, but by a couple going into the diplomatic field," said Mr. Felt. BY HELEN FORSBERG Staff Writer In years past it was difficult for a bride to let her friends and relatives know what she wanted and needed as wedding gifts, but today with the bridal registry system a bride can tell her friends exactly what she would like to receive. Most of Salt Lake's leading department de-partment stores, gift stores and jewelry stores offer some type of a bridal registry. Owner of Felt-Buchorn, M. H.W. Felt says "bridal registry lets a girl start out married life with the things she needs most." Felt-Buchorn offers a "top-of-the-table" registry reg-istry supplying the bride with china, casual dinnerware, crystal, glassware, sterling silver, silver-plate, silver-plate, stainless steel, tablecloths, placemats and bric-a-bracs for decorating. According to Mr. Felt many of the girls have no idea what they want so they try to help them according to their background back-ground and tastes. Some of the girls come from homes where the entertaining has been very casual and will have no need for china since they will probably entertain in much the same manner as their parents. Also said Mr. Felt "the younger the girl the more likely she is to lean more towards casual cas-ual ware. The post-graduate or the girl who has been out in the world working wants something more ornate to use for entertaining entertain-ing her husband's boss." "If a girl wants china we encourage en-courage her to pick a pattern that will be in a price range wedding guests can pay for," said Mr. Felt. He said many people don't have the money to add to Published Monday through Friday during fall, winter and SDrlne quarters, except during test week by University of Utah students Second class postage paid In the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah. The editorial receives the final approval of the editor in consultation with the editorial board. All material submitted to the Chronicle becomes the property of the Chronicle and may be subject to editing and condensation. |