MARRIAGE: Donald Lee BENSON to Lois Jean BENSON, 1948, Blair County, PA

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Are Married

MR. AND MRS. D. L. BENSON [photo]
Miss Benson Is Bride In Church Rites

Miss Lois Jean Benson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W, Benson of 1417 Eighth 
street, became the bride of Donald Lee Benson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. 
Benson of 1013 Fourth avenue, Duncansville, in a beautiful candle-light ceremony 
in the First Evangelical United Brethren church on Friday evening, June 11, at 
7.30 o'clock. Rev. A. Byron Fulton officiated at the double-ring ceremony 
assisted by Rev. Norman R. Wagner, pastor of the Duncansville Methodist church.
The church was beautifully decorated with gladiola, carnations, peonies, 
cybodiums, ferns and candies. Miss Peggy Springer, organist, played "To a Wild 
Rose," "Intermezzo" and the traditional wedding marches, and accompanied Kenneth 
Beasom, soloist, as he sang "I Love You Truly," "Because" and "The Lord's 
Prayer" as the couple knelt at the altar.
  The bride, given in marriage by her father, was lovely in a gown of ivory 
satin with a bertha collar, fitted bodice, long tight sleeves pointing at the 
wrist, bustle and a full skirt ending in a train. Her fingertip veil of net, 
edged in lace, fell from a tiara of pearled orange blossoms in bonnet shape and 
she carried a white Bible with gardenias; and streamers tied with baby's breath.
  The maid of honor was Miss Barbara Benson, sister of the bridegroom, who was 
attired in a gown of pink taffeta with a full skirt and sweetheart neckline. She 
wore a half-hat of pink net and bows and carried a bouquet of pink carnations, 
yellow daisies, and baby's breath tied with a pink bow.
  The bridesmaids were Miss Janice Retz of Hollidaysburg, cousin of the bride, 
attired in a gown of yellow taffeta with full skirt and sweetheart neckline, a 
half-hat of yellow net and carried a bouquet of pink carnations, yellow daisies 
and baby's breath with a yellow bow; Miss Shirley Benson, sister of the 
bridegroom who wore a gown of aqua taffeta and net half-hat and carried a 
bouquet of yellow carnations, delphinium and baby's breath tied with an aqua 
how.
  Sandra Reese was the flower girl, wearing a long dress of white organdy with a 
full skirt trimmed with pink velvet bows over a skirt of pink satin. Her half-
hat was of pink net and she carried a basket of rose petals. Maurcie Glunt, 
nephew, of the bridegroom, served as ringbearer, wearing a white gabardine suit 
with a maroon bow tie and carried a white silk pillow.
  Melvin Benson, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. The ushers were Jack 
and Bernard Benson, brothers of the bride.
  The mother of the bride chose a navy blue dress with white accessories and 
wore a corsage of pink roses. The mother of the bridegroom chose a gray dress 
with white accessories and a corsage of red roses.
  The reception was held in the church social room with approximately 200 guests 
attending.
  The bride presented compacts to her attendants and the bridegroom gave bowties 
to his best man and ushers.
  For traveling, Mrs. Benson wore a white dress with white and gold  accessories 
and a corsage of gardenias. Following a wedding trip to Petersburg the couple 
will reside at the home of the bride.
  The bride is a graduate of Altoona High school, class of 1947, and is employed 
by the "Stork Nest." The bridegroom is a graduate of Hollidaysburg High school, 
class of 1944, and served as a boatswain's mate 2/c in the navy for 28 months, 
21 of which he spent overseas. He is employed by the PRR.

Altoona Mirror, Saturday, July 3, 1948, page 3