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-'V~i PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday,Dec. 14, 1967 McCaughrin-Musslewhite Vows Spoken In Aveleigh Presbyterian Church Ceremony Miss Margaret Gibson Mc- Caughrin and Captain Emory Lawrence Musselwhite exchang ed marriage vows at the Ave leigh Presbyterian Church of Newberry at four o’clock on the afternoon of December second, 1967. Officiating at the cere mony wtre Reverend James Allen of Gaffney and Dr. N. E. Truesdell of the Aveleigh Pres byterian Church. Nuptial music was rendered by Miss Elizabeth Fowler, organist, and by Mrs. Richard Ruble, soloist, aunt of the bride. “Entreat Me Not to Leave de soie and Chantilly lace. The the ceremony and the “Wedding Prayer” was used at the close. The wedding march from Lohe ngrin and Mendelsshon’s Wedd ing March, traditional wedding marches, were used for pro cessional and recessional. The bride, given in marriage by her father, Mr. Albert Gib son McCaughrin, was lovely,jin a wedding gown of ivory peau de soie Chantilly lace. The bateau neckline of the empire bodice and the elbow length sleeves were edged .n lace. The skirt was A-line and featured a Watteau Chapel train with lace motiffs. Her silk illusion veil fell from a French bow of peau de soie. She carried a bouquet of white roses. Her attendants were: Miss Ellenor Cathcart McCaug-hrin of Newberny, sister ob the bride and maid of honor; Misses Zeagler and Bonnie Wade both of Atlanta, Georgia; and Mrs. Herbert Lee Lawton of George town, South Carolina. They were gowned in floor-length dresses of emerald green velvet. A black panel of satin was att ached by a bow at the empire waist line. They carried bouq uets of white carnations. Lt. Col. Emory Lawrence Musselwhite, Jr., father of the groom, served as best man. The groomsmen were: James Cath cart McCaughrin and Robert Lusk McCaughrin, brothers of the bride; Jeffrey Musselwhite, brother of the groom, and John Cross Atkinson, cousin of the groom, both of Lumberton, John David Halfacre and Geo rge Lawrence Jones, both of Columbia. The mother of the bride was attired in a dress of muted pink silk with Venise lace trim and matching hat and accessories. The mother of the groom wore two-piece dress of powder esses presented the bride with eon for the wedding party and a stem of her chosen crystal. the out-of-town guests on Sat- Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Floyd urday. Each lady was given a entertained Miss McCaughrin beautiful camelia. The table, and Captain Musselwhite with which seated the wedding party, a delectable turkey dinner, was laid with a handsome Mad- served buffet style. A pink eria cloth and centered with a motiff was carried out with an silver epergne containing an arrangement of pink carnation arrangement of pink and white and pink candles on a beauti- carnations. The luncheon was fully appointed table and pink given at the home of Mrs. J. E. candles throughout the dining- Wiseman on Calhoun Street, room and livingroom. A corsage Several parties were given of pink carnations was pinned in Atlanta. on the bride. Thfe host and hostess presented the bride MOVINGS with a silver butter dish. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Bradfield Mr. R. B. Killingsworth of have moved to 949 Cline street Hilton Head, Mrs. Ben Pickens to make their home, of Spartanburg and Mrs. Char- Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith les S .Haltiwanger of Columbia *re now residing at 2533 Henry gave delightful buffet lunch- Ave. aab-asMaa aas Lostume 'A,- the diningroom where delicious white was used in the decor- refreshments were served. The ations and in the attractive table, covered by a linen cut- place cards. A corsage of yell- a blue silk with matching access ories. The beautiful church decor ations were accomplished by Miss Ellenor Cathcart, aunt of the bride, with a large floral arrangement of white chrysan thimums and gladioli flanked b> seven-branched candelabra and emerald fern balls in antique urns. Other candelabra and emerald fern completed the sta tely setting M iss McCaughrin is the daug hter of Mr. and Mi's. Albert Gibson McCaughrin. A 1965 graduate of Columbia College, Columbia, S. C., she was for the past two and half years a mem ber of the faculty of Glen Hav en School. Dekalb County, Geo rgia. Captain Mifsselwhite is the son of Colonel and Mrs. Emory Lawrence Musselwhite, Jr., of Lumberton, North Car olina. A 1964 graduate of the Citadel, he is a career Army Officer, recently returned from combat duty in Vietnam. Their new residence will be at 2119 Lumpkin Road, Augus ta, Georgia. Following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gibson McCau ghrin entertained at their home at 1208 Calhoun Street. Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Floyd greeted the guests at the door. Receiving with Mr. and Mrs. McCaughrin w r ere Colonel and Mrs. Mussel white, the bride and groom, and Miss Ellenor McCaughrin. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kinard of Clover invited the guests into work cloth, was centered with a three-tiered wedding cake on either side of which w r ere sil ver candelabra w'ith epergnes containing white carnations and snapdragons. Assisting in the diningroom were Miss Julia Kibler, Miss Lillian Kibler, and Mrs. B. A. Buddin. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wilson invited the guests into the gift room where Mrs. Richard Rhule and Mrs. Frank Partridge entertained. Miss Bonnie Wade kept the bride’s register. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. French bade the guests good bye. The McCaughrin home was beautifully decorated with arr angements of pink carnations and gladioli in the livingroom and arrangemtnts of white car nations and snapdragons in the hall and diningroom. A most interesting feature of the recep tion was the cutting of the wed ding cake by the bride and gr oom in the established custom of the Army by using a sabre. In this case the blade so used was the sabre worn by the gre at-great uncle of the bride, Col onel James Nance, Commander of the Third Regiment. Long- street’s Corps, Army of North ern Virginia, Confederate Sta te's of America. After the reception the bride and groom left for a honey moon trip to Hyannis Port, Mass. The bride’s going-away costume was seafoam blue knit dress with matching coat and hat and tan accessories. REHEARSAL PARTY After the rehearsal, the wed ding party was entertained with a dinner party at the Newberry Inn given by Colonel and Mrs. Emory Lawrence Musselwhite, Jr. During the evening the bridal couple presented gifts to the members of the wedding party. OTHERS PARTIES HONOR ING miss McCaughrin Mrs. J. D. French and Mrs. Leon Nichols gave a miscell aneous shower for Miss Me Caughrin at the home of Mrs. Nichols. Punch and delicacies w'ere served. Many bride’s games were enjoyed by the guests. Mrs. John Norris and Mrs. H. B. Wilson entertained with a luncheon. A motiff of gold and ow carnations marked the place of the bride. The hostesses presented the bride with a stem of her chosen crystal. Mrs. Gurnie Stuck, Mi’s. Al vin Kinard, and Mrs. H. W. Lominick favored Miss Mc Caughrin with a delightful luncheon at the New’berry Inn. The places were marked with minature wedding bells and a corsage of white carnations was given the bride. 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