WASHBURN BRIDE--Mrs. Thomas R. York, Jr., above, was Miss Laurine Joyce Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laurel Thompson of Washburn before her recent marriage. The marriage took place at the First Baptist church of Washburn, with the Rev. Philip C. Hughey performing the double ring ceremony.
Traditional wedding music was played on the organ and piano by Mrs. Wilmont Churchill and Miss Helen Knox before the candlelight ceremony. Rev. Philip Hughey sang "Thou Art Mine Own," and Mrs. Owen Smith sang "I Love You Truly."
Rev. Philip Hughey, Jr., pastor of the church, read the double-ring service in the presence of relatives and friends of the couple. Escorted by her father, Miss Thompson was beautiful in a Victorian period gown of white organza embossed with ivory camellias and lilies of the valley.
made with fitted bodice and hooped skirt, the ruffles forming three points in the chapel length train. Her veil of bridal illusion fell from a Victorian bonnet made of ruffles matching the gown. She carried a white Bible with white orchids and organza markers tied with gypsophila.
Miss Loretta Thompson, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Her gown was of orchid-pink organza with embossed white dots fitted bodice and hooper skirt. She wore white short gloves and carried a crescent of white gladioli flowetes and gypsophila tied with lime-green tulle, with matching flowers in her hair.
Miss Mildred Schnebbe of Scarsdale, N. Y., a college classmate of the bride, and Miss Phyllis York of Mars Hill, a sister of the bride groom, were bridesmaids. They wore identical gowns of lime-green organza embossed with white dots fashioned like the gown of the maid of honor. They wore short white gloves and carried crescents of white gladioli flowerets and gypsophila tied with orchid-pink tulle and wore matching flowerets in their hair.
Dana McCrurn of Mars Hill was best man, while Sgt. John E. Thompson of Waco, Texas, brother
of the bride, and Vaughn Shaw of Mars Hill were ushers.
Mrs. Thompson, mother of the bride, wore an afternoon gown of aqua crepe with a pink hat and gloves, complementing her costume with a corsage of sweetheart roses. Mrs. York, mother of the bride-groom, wore a white linen dress with a green hat and gloves, while her corsage was of yellow roses.
Mrs. Audber Thompson of Houlton, paternal grandmother of the bride, wore a grey suit with black accessories and a gardenia corsage.
Mrs. Victoria Wilder of Washburn, maternal grandmother of the bride, was gowned in an afternoon black print dress with black accessories and a corsage of white gardenias.
The reception was held in the church parlors instead of the garden of the bride as originally
planned due to weather conditions.
Refreshments were served buffet style. The bride's cake, made by Mrs. Uno Espling of New Sweden, made an attractive centerpiece surrounded by clusters of mock orange arranged by Miss Edith Aylette of Presque Isle, while the table was lighted by white tapers in silver candlesticks.
The bride's cake was served by Mrs. Harold Wilder and Miss Helen Knox. Miss Polly Bearce and Miss Kay Lancaster were at the punch bowl while Mrs. Edmund Burke of Worcester, Mass., and Mrs. Gerald Donahue of Presque Isle, aunts of the bride, served. Mrs. Carroll Walder was in charge of refreshments, assisted by Mrs. William Foster, Mrs. J. C. McCall, Mr. Henry Russell, Mrs. Myrtle Smith and Mrs. Betty Umphrey.
Mrs. Carroll Kelly of Mars Hill and Mrs. Kenneth Flewelling, cousins of the bride, were in charge of the gift table at the home of the bride.
Mrs. John E. Thompson had charge of the guest book. Decorations at the church were in charge of Mrs. Peter Burke and Mrs. Edmund Rollins, with floral, arrangements by Mrs. Alice Kimball of Presque Isle, Mrs. Harold Umphrey and Mrs. Julia Umphrey of Washburn.
Immediately following the reception, Mr. and Mrs. York left for a wedding trip to the Great Lakes, Montreal and Quebec. The bride chose for traveling a tan and blue pin check suit with matching jacket and hat, and luggage tan accessories. She wore a white orchid.
Mrs. York was graduated from Washburn high school and Colby College where she was president of Chi Omega sorority. For the past year she has been teaching at Washburn high school.
Mr. York graduated from Aroostook Central Institute, Hebron academy and attended the University of Maine. He is associated with the firm of J. E. York's Sons in Mars Hill where the couple will make their home.
Out-of-town guests included: Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Thompson, Vaughn Thompson, Miss Jean Estabrook, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thompson and daughters, Sally and Nancy, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Thompson and son, Randy, Mrs. Eldon Pray, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brown, all of Houlton; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reardon of Milo; Mrs. E. W. Higgins of Portland; Mrs. Edmund Burke and daughters, Cynthia and Elizabeth of Brewer; Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Sylvester of Ashland; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Beck, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. Wlliam Hanscom, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wight and daughter, Georgene, Miss Alice Kimball, Miss Edith Aylette, Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Donahue and daughter, Mary Lou, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cliff, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Edgecomb, Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Somerville, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Andrews and son, Malcolm, Mr. and Mrs. Cobby Downing, Mrs. Murchie Mersereau of Presque Isle.
Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Shulman and daughter, Betty, of New York City; Harold Lacy and Miss Mary Sullivan of Methuen, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Graves, Sr., and Mrs. Stephen Brown, Miss Carolyn Brown, Stephen Brown, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hewitt, Mrs. Mac Hanson, Mrs. Charles Rogers, Mrs. Lawrence Sanborn, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Welch, Mr. and Mrs. Stetson Hussey, Sr., David Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smith, Miss Hortense York, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Fenderson, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Warren, Miss Catherine Castle, Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs Keith Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graves, Mr. and Mrs. Wendall Pierce, Mrs. Lee Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Don McCrum, Mr. and Mrs. Athill Banks, Sabin Milliard, Miss Arlene York, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown, Robert Morris, Mr. and Mrs, Del York, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Kelley and son, Peter, all of Mars Hill; O. P. Pierson of Caribou, and Mr. and Mrs. Keith Smith and Mrs. Wendal Staples of Westfield.