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Author: klfontenot
Surnames: Carleton, Dahlgren, Harper
Classification: marriage
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(Published in the Lake Charles American Press for
Sunday September 30, 1956, p. 31,Lake Charles,
La.)
Carleton-Dahlgren Vows Solemnized
Miss Betty Ann Dahlgren became the bride of Dr.
Milton Lee Carleton in the Crown Heights
Christian Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at
7:30 p.m. September 28.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.G.
Dahlgren, Oklahoma City, and the bridegroom is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Carlton of Crosby,
Texas. Dr. Carlton is residing in Lake Charles.
The Rev. J. Clyde Wheeler officiated at the
ceremony. Mrs. Ted McElroy, organist, played the
traditional nuptial music and accompanied Joseph
Benton, soloist.
The sanctuary was decorated with arrangements of
white gladioli flanked on each side by 14 branch
candelabra against a background of greenery. In
the chancel, centered behind the communion table,
was a candelabra with lighted tapers. A satin
covered pre dieu (sic) was placed in the center
of a gladioli and candelabra arrangement with a
background of jade greenery. A white cloth
marked the bridal aisle and family pews were tied
with satin bows.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, chose
a gown of chantilly lace and gossamer tulle over
satin. The elongated bodice was designed with a
Sabrina neckline and long tapered sleeves. The
front of the bouffant skirt featured alternate
tiers of lace and pin pleated tulle and fell into
a train in back. Her chapel train was edged with
a dust ruffle of tulle. Her fingertip veil of
imported illusion fell from a cloche of lace
embroidered in seed pearls.
The bridal bouquet was a shower arrangement of
white feathered carnations and stephanotis
blossoms tied with satin streamers.
Mrs. E. George Dahlgren, Jr. Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, served the bride as matron of honor.
She wore a cocktail length dress of copen blue
iridescent taffeta. Matching velvet framed a
shallow yoke at the scoop neckline and a matching
velvet inset in the skirt was finished at the
waistline with a flat bow. She wore a velvet bow
on her head, white shorty gloves, and shoes to
match her gown. Her bouquet was a shower
arrangement of white gladioli blossoms with copen
blue pompoms.
Miss Dorothy Kamp, Oklahoma City, and Miss Sandra
Carleton, sister of the groom of Crosby, Texas,
were bridesmaids. Their gowns, accessories, and
bouquets were identical to those of the matron of
honor.
Paul Carleton, brother of the groom of Crosby,
Texas, served as best man. Arthur Hoklins III,
Lake Charles; E. George Dahlgren, Jr., brother of
the bride, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Dr. H.G.
McFarland, and Dr. W.B. Fowler, both of
Shreveport, La, served as groomsmen and ushers.
A reception was held immediately after the
ceremony in the social hall of the church. The
bride's table arrangement was one of garlands of
maidenhair fern, white asters, and copen blue
pompoms. Five branched candelabra were placed on
each side of the cake arrangement.
Assisting at the reception were Mrs. Byron Lamun,
Mrs. Leonard Babcock, Mrs. Lawrence Stone, Miss
Nancy Roberson, all of Oklahoma City; Mrs. John
Miller, Mrs. Keith Kashwer and Mrs. Leroy Coppock
from Stillwater, Oklahoma; Mrs. Eugene Needham,
Miss Jane Ann Robinson, and Miss Louise Lansden
for Norman, Okla., and Miss Jane Babcock from
Lake Charles.
For the wedding trip to Colorado the bride chose
a sheer wool ensemble in mink brown. The costume
was a sheath dress with a silk chiffon top and a
short bolero jacket. Her accessories were brown
and she wore a bronze chrysanthemum corsage.
The bride has been serving as field director with
the Sowela Area Council of Camp Fire Girls in
Lake Charles.
The groom is a dentist practicing at 920 ½ Ryan Street.
Out of town guests included: Mrs. W.W. Harper,
grandmother of the groom, West Columbia, Texas,
Mrs. Paul Carleton, Crosby, Texas; Dr. and Mrs.
Cliff Breaud, Levelland, Texas; Mrs. H.G.
McFarland, Shreveport, La., and Miss Carolyn
Dutton of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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