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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, May 25,1965
Lovely Weddings Result From Organization
Editor's Note: This is the last article in a four part series on college marriage.
By Corrine Newberry
A wedding used to be a fairly simple thing.
Often held in the bride's home, most marriages were conducted quietly and calmly and with a minimum of fuss and bother.
Consider, for example, the bare minimum of the bride's responsibilities: her wedding, personal and linen trousseau; invitations and announcements;bridal portraits and wedding photographs; all church and reception details and expenses, including music; and the gifts, attire and flowers for her wedding attendants.
Today's bride, however, soon discovers that her pre-wedding duties can be an overwhelming task, especially if she doesn't attend to them far enough in advance.
ACCORDING TO THE multitude of wedding booklets and guides that are published today to make the bride's job somewhat easier, the key to a successful and memorable wedding is organization—beginning, preferably, three months before the wedding is to take place.
The best way to begin your wedding preparations, must bride's manuals say, is to hold a family conference and consider the money
you will be able to spend for the wedding, the number of guests you and the groom's family will invite, where and when the ceremony will take place, whether the wedding will be formal, semi-formal or informal, and the type of reception you will have.
IF YOU ARE having a church wedding, you may choose between the main sanctuary or the chapel, which makes an ideal setting for a smaller or less formal ceremony. Or, sentiment may cause you to choose a home or garden wedding. The important thing to remember when selecting your location, the guide booklets say, is that every wedding can be lovely, no matter whether large or small, lavish or simple.
Wedding etiquette also says that the bride's costume determines the degree of formality for the wedding and wedding party. The gown should be selected about three months ahead of time, as well as bride-maids dresses. Since this is perhaps one of the most pleasant duties the bride will undertake, she should allow plenty of time for her final selection and for fit-tings.
THE BRIDE'S FATHER, of course, presents his daughter in marriage. If this is not possible, most wedding guides suggest an uncle, brother, guardian or close friend of the bride. It is also per-
missable to respond from the pew and give away the bride.
After all wedding gown details and attendant's final fittings have been attended to, the guest list for both families must be compiled. Wedding guides suggest the bride order her invitations and/or note and letter paper as soon as possible.
It's never too soon to begin addressing them, since double envelopes and a great deal of time are involved.
At least three weeks before the wedding, the bride should check again with the florist, the reception caterer if she is having one, and the minister to make sure all arrangements are being handled properly. In between these duties, the bride should be sure she is up to date on her gift acknowledgements and has completely planned her traveling costume. Wedding photographs and stories are usually given to newspapers at least two weeks ahead of time.
Bridal manuals suggest that about a week before the wedding the bride make a final count of guests who will be attending, gift-wrap her gift to the groom, and begin arranging her gift display in her home. All cards are removed from gifts when they are arranged for friends to see, and any check gifts are acknowledged with a
card stating that a check has been received and from whom.
Many brides entertain their bridesmaids with a luncheon, tea or dinner several days before the wedding, although this is not an absolute necessity.
The wedding rehearsal, to which
all members of the wedding party wear semi-formal attire, is the last item on the bride's check-list. Often the parents of the groom entertain the wedding party and out-of-town guests with a dinner following the reception, but this is merely a matter of personal taste.
Pinnings and Engagements
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Judy Nelson, Lawrence senior,
Chi Omega, is pinned to Jean
Owen, Kirkwood, Mo., sophomore,
Sigma Nu.
Joan Gilpin, Iola sophomore, Pi Beta Phi, is pinned to Web Golden, Iaun junior, Sigma Chi.
Virginia Lee Monroe, Kansas City, Kan.. senior, is engaged to Gary F. Grazda, Kansas City, Kan. senior.
Ann Schroeder, Lawrence junior, Alba Delta Pi, is engaged to John C. Houssner, graduate student at University of Missouri.
Susan Sorem, Hutchinson sophmore, Alpha Delta Pi, is pinned to Douglas Stoddard, Louisville, Ky., sophomore, Kip Pkape Tau.
Ellie Taylor, Paola senior, Alpha Delta Pi, is engaged to Thaddeus Michael Sims, Paolt senior, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Gene Ann Baade, Independence,
Mo., senior, Gamma Phi Beta is pinned to Buddy Barnes, Tulsa, Okla., senior, Phi Gamma Delta.
Suicean Classen. Hoslington junior, Alpha Chi Omega, is pinned to Clifford Jeffries, Kansas City senior.
Janice K. Gray, Fort Scott sophomore, Alba Chi Omega, is pinned to Chet McLaughlin, Kansas City junior, Pki Kappa Psi
Becky Larson, Bartlesville, Oklah., junior, Delta Gamma, is pinned to Larry Hayes, Kansas City, Mo., junior, Delta Tau Delta, Liz Linde, Wichita sophomore, Delta Gamma, is pinned to L. P. Jeter, Wichita senior, Delta Upsilon.
Laura Beth Shelby, Kansas City junior, Alpha Chi Omega, is engaged to Gary Price, Wichita junior.
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How much longer can we hand you this line?
Forever, we hope.
Because nobody ever intends to change the Volkswagen's shape.
The only reason the Volkswagen is ever changed is to make it work even better.
The money that isn't spent on outside changes is spent inside the car.
This system provides an immense advantage: Time. Years of it.
There's time to improve parts and still keep most of them interchangeable.
There's time to put an immense amount of hand work into each VW, and to finish
each one like a $6,000 machine.
And this system has also kept the price of the Volkswagen almost the same over the years.
(Which is why it's so easy to get VW parts, and why our mechanics don't wake up screaming.)
Some cars keep changing and stay the same.
Volkswagens stay the same and keep changing.
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