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From: Violet Guy <>
Subject: Re: [ORWASCO] Wedding - Hastings- Willett - From the trunk
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 00:54:16 -0700


Chris:

Ruth Hastings' Wedding! I've first knew Ruth in first grade at Dufur
Public Schools - then, I spent grades 2 - 8 at the 1-room Nansene
School. I have a picture of Grades 1 & 2 at Dufur Public Schools
in 1928-29 school year. and another of the entire Dufur High School
in 1936-37, when we were freshman. (Some of us later transferred
to The Dalles HS.)

Violet Moore Guy
Formerly of Dufur, OR
03/05/00

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Chris Havnar wrote:

> Another yellowed clipping from the trunk with a handwritten date of
> March 9, 1941 -
>
> Candlelight Ceremony Read at Dufur Sunday -
> Before more than 200 friends and relatives gathered at the Dufur Church of
> Christ Sunday afternoon, Miss Ruth Cecilia Hastings, daughter of Mr. and
> Mrs. Norman Hastings of Boyd, and Jesse Willett, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.A.
> Willett of The Dalles, were united in marriage by Rev. Earl Downing of
> Dufur. The 2:30 ceremony was read by candlelight at the altar, which was
> banked with pink and white carnations and snapdragons, accented with green
> fern. Palms also were used to decorate the church.
> Preceding the service, Miss Fern Knight, dressed in pink taffeta, and
> Miss Cheri Pratt, who wore a peach lace gown, lighted the candles.
> The bride who was given in marriage by her father, was attired in a
> white slipper satin gown with lace insets and pearl trim made princess
> style. Her fingertip veil was held in place by a coronet of lace and her
> bouquet was of pink rose buds and freesia. She also carried a hairpin
> lace handkerchief, heirloom of her mother's family.
> Attending the bride were her sisters, Miss Elsie Hastings and Mrs. Grant
> Bolton, who wore similar dresses of light blue and rose moire taffeta.
> Miss Bernice McFarlane, as maid of honor, was attired in a pale pink
> georgette gown with shirred bodice and full skirt. Each carried nosegays
> of sweet peas and rosebuds and wore matching doll hats.
> Ronald Willett was best man for his brother, Jesse. Ushers were Wallace
> Hastings, brother of the bride, and Roy Wolfe. Patty Bransetter of The
> Dalles dressed in ruffled pink taffeta acted as flower girl.
> Miss Evelyn Campbell sang "Until", preceding the ceremony, accompanied
> by Dr. John Gilhousen, who also played the wedding marches and incidental
> music.
> Mrs. Norman Hastings, mother of ther bride, wore a black afternoon dress
> with a corsage of pink rosebuds, while Mrs. W.A. Willett, the groom's
> mother, chose a flower print silk ensemble with red rosebuds for her corsage.
> The reception at the church, following the ceremony, was attended by 95
> guests. The bride's table was tastefully arranged with pink candles and
> snapdragons, while daffodils and pussywillows were used about the rooms.
> The wedding cake was three-tiered and made by Mrs. William Steuber of Boyd.
> The Misses Arlene Noble, Dorothy Whitten, Anna Steuber, Camille Nye, Los
> Terry, Cheri Pratt and Fern Knight served, with the Mesdames William
> Steuber, Andrew Whitten, Claude Terry, Violet Bolton, Frank Huston and Ed
> Tidwell assisting.
> For traveling, Mrs. Willett wore a rose dress, coaqt and hat with black
> accessories and pink rosebuds for her corsage. Following a short wedding
> trip, the young couple will be at home on the George Hastings ranch near Boyd.
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