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- News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday, December 30, 1954
Miss Bass, Lt. Goodwyn Exchange Nuptial Vows (Includes picture)
FAYETTEVILLE ? Miss Grace Irene Bass, daughter of Edward C .Bass of Fayetteville and the late Mrs. Bass, became the bride of First Lieutenant Arthur Fountain Goodwyan, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Leggett Gooedwyn of Leggett, at 7:30 last evening. The ceremony took place in the Haymount Methodist Church with the Rev. Vlyde Boggs officiating at the double ring ceremony.
Mason Bell, organist, and William Belche, vocalist, presented a program of music.
The bride was given in marriage by her father. She wore a gown of hand-clipped resepoint lace over myolon tulle and satin, with lace motifs accented in the tulle fold of the portrait neckline. A scalloped lace overskirt merged into a back fan effect over a train of tulle over satin appliqued with lace motifs. Her fingertip veil of French illusion was draped to a lace shell cap embroidered with seed pearls and iridescent dwquins. She carried a cascade bouquet of white phalaenopsis orchids, bride?s roses and lilies-of-the-valley.
Miss Gertrude Bass, sistger of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore a floor-length gown of Christmas red nylon net over taffeta. Her headdress was a bandeau of white, and she carried a round bouquet of white Garza chrysantheumums and bride?s roses.
Miss Gloria Bass, anotgher sister of the bride, Mrs. Thomas Forbes of Sanford, and Miss Jane Fountain of Rocky Mount, cousins of the bridegroom, were bridesmaids. They wore dresses of Christmas red and head bandeau of white and carried round bouquets of Garza chrysanthemums.
Lieutenant Goddwyn ahd his father as best man. Ushers were S. Edward Bass and Nelson Bass of Fayetteville, brothers of the bride. Ben Fountain Jr., of Rocky Mount, Richard T. Fountain Jr. of Chapel Hill, Bruce Fountain Jr. of Tarboro, cousins of the bridegroom and William L. Goodwyn Jr. of Rocky Mount, and George A. Goodwyn of Leggetss, brothers of the bridegroom.
Mrs. James Robert Luther Jr. of Lexington Park, Md., sister of the bride, wore a ballerina sleeveless dress of white lace over satin embroidered with sequins and pearls. She wore matching pumps and a corsage of red roses.
Mrs. Goodwyn, mother of the bridegroom, wore an arcady blue lace and tulle dinner gown with a sweetheart neckline, outlined with iridescent sequins, short sleeves and a circular skirt. She wore a corsage of red roses.
Immediately following the ceremony, the bride?s family entertained at a reception at the Woman?s Club.
Mrs. Goodwyn received her Batchelor of Science degree from the Woman?s College of the University of North Carolina. For the past three years she has taught at Worth Business College in Fayetteville.
Lieutenant Goodwyn attended Oak Ridge Military Institute and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of North Carolina. He was a member of the National Honor Society of Scabbard and Balde, a member of the Monogram Club, and a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity. Upon graduation he received his commission in the United States Air Force.
Later in the evening the bridal dcouple left for a wedding tgrip. For traveling the bride wore a suit of navy with patent and winter white accessories. She wore a corsage lifted from her bouquet. They will make their home in Waco, Texas, where Lieutenant Goddwyn will be stationed at James Connelley Air Force Base.
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