Santa Cruz Sentinel/1945/06/15/Beautiful June Wedding Rites

Beautiful June Wedding Rites. Elizabeth Edmund-Perry Olsen In Congregational Church. June furnished one, of her choicest days, and her loveliest flowers for the mid-afternoon wedding Sunday in the First Congregational church when Miss Elizabeth Frances Edmund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Edmund of Santa Cruz became the bride of First Lieut. Perry Olsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Olsen of Oakland. Rev. Heber St. Clair Mahood, pastor of the church, officiated at the doable ring ceremony. White gladioli, stocks and snap dragons with a background of greenery formed a most beautiful setting for the rites, with lights from many candles in silver candelabra shedding a mellow glow over the bridal party as they were grouped before the altar. Attired in exquisite embroidered net gown treasured in Mrs. Bertha Roberts' family, grandmother of the bride, for many years and wearing an heirloom lace bridal veil cascading from a crown of white bouvardia, also belonging to Mrs. Roberts, the charming young bride was escorted to the altar by her father, Harvey W. Edmund, who gave her into the keeping of the man of her choice. She carried a shower bouquet of orchids, bouvardia and gardenias. Bride's Attendants Miss Mary Edmund, twin sister of the bride, was maid of honor and Joan Bailey of Pasadena, nursing student roommate and Muriel Tweedie of San Francisco, Chi Omega roommate, were bridesmaids and the two little flower girls, nieces of the bridegroom, were Gloria and Marilyn Graham. The maid of honor wore a becoming white net gown with "off the shoulder" effect. She carried pink sweet peas and pink bouvardia tied with blue streamers. The two bridesmaids were dressed in similar style but their shower bouquets were tied with pink streamers. The charming maids wore the same kind of flowers tucked into their hair. Scott Chalfant, who served as best man, and the bridegroom, have been friends from the second grade to college. Ushers were W. J. Edmund, brother of the bride; John Beale, Don Graham, brother-in-law of the bridegroom. Wedding Music Preceding the ceremony Cecylle Loomis sang, "I Love You Truly," with Wilda Lornor Reed at the organ. Mrs. Reed played the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin as the wedding party entered the church, and Mendelssohn's Wedding March as a recessional. Mrs. Edmund, mother of t h e bride, wore a beige suit with pink accessories and Mrs. Olsen. mother of the bridegroom, wore gray with a fuchsia hat. Both mothers wore corsages of orchids. Garden Reception There were 200 guests at the reception following the church ceremony, held in the garden of the Edmund Pasatiempo home, lovely in its summer wealth of foliage and flowers. The mothers, and Mrs. Roberts, grandmother of the bride, wore long dresses at the reception in varvina shades of blue. White sweet peas, stock and gladioli graced the lace-covered bride s table on the lawn. Mrs. L. E. Oates of Los Angeles, a friend of the Edmund family previous to their marriage, cut the bride's wedding cake, after the first piece which the bride cut Mrs. Roberts was seated by the side of her grandson, Jon Edmund, who came from the south for the wed ding festivities. There were many relatives and friends from Burlingame, Los Gatos, Hillsborough, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bakersfield for the church ceremony and reception. To Live In Bay Area The bride, following her graduation from Santa Cruz high school, was a student for two years at the University of California at Berkeley and has served for one year as a cadet nurse in San Francisco. Lieut. Olson was graduated from Oakland high school. University of California and then entered the air corps in the spring of 1943 at Lincoln, Nebraska. He was graduated from Douglas, Arizona. He flew a B-17 based in Italy, and has three Oak Leaf Clusters and Air Medal, also a presidential citation. He just returned from European service with the 15th air force. Mr. Olsen and his bride will make their home in the bay area, following a wedding trip, the destination of which they did not reveal.