Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Thursday, September 11, 1941

SOCIETY

A wedding of interest to many friends in north Louisiana was that of Miss Mavis Emmons of Dodson, La., and Mr. Douglas Bickley of Bastrop, which was solemnized on August 19 at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, at the home of the bride's brother, Mr. Morelle Emmons, of Simsboro.

The bride wore a beige wool dress with brown accessories. Her corsage was of orchids.

The double ring ceremony was read by Rev. L. P. Moreland of the Simsboro Methodist church. Immediately after the ceremony the couple left for New Orleans after which they will be at home in Bastrop where the groom is employed by Louisiana Power and Light company and the bride is a member of the Bastrop Grammar school faculty.

Out-of-town guests for the wedding included Mrs. Lula W. Emmons, Mr. Jack Emmons, Mrs. Iver W. Peters and Mr. Paul Peters of Dodson, Mr. Murle W. Emmons of Savannah, Ga.; Mrs. Paul Turner of Portsmouth, Va., Mr. and Mrs. George Orr, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Green, Mr. John Newton Jones, Dr. F. B. Ogden, Mr. Ben Stanley, Mr. Glen Wilson, Miss Adice Maroney and Miss Bennie Gipson of Bastrop, La.