Oakland Tribune/1944/Flier, Bride Honeymoon

Flier, Bride Honeymoon

The California Sierra has attracted attracted many newlyweds this year. In the foothills are Staff Sergeant Wallace Higginbotham who claimed as his bride earlier in the month, Miss Marjorie Olsen at a candlelight ceremony conducted in the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Perry M. Olsen of Sunnyhills Road. In a setting of white gladioli, the couple took their places at one end of the living room. The bride wore a bouffant model of white mousseline de soie with lace inserts, inserts, trimming the full skirt and lone sleeves finishing the bodice which was made with a sweetheart neckline. Bouvardia and orchids in the bridal bouquet completed the ensemble. Mrs. Donald F. Graham who attended her sister as matron of honor was dressed in a delphinium blue silk jersey and carried colonial bouquet of pink and blue flowers. Gloria and Marilyn Graham, nieces of the bride, served as ribbon bearers, forming an aisle for the bridal party. Their gowns were pale pink taffeta and made floor length. Each attendant carried miniature Colonial bouquets. The bridegroom returned to Oakland, after three years of heavy combat duty in the South Pacific He has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters. Sergeant Higginbotham is a son of Mrs. Ora Higginbotham of Ocean View Drive, and is a graduate of the Oakland Technical High School. His brother,Robert Higginbotham of Oakland, was best man. The bride was graduated from Oakland High School, studied at the University of California for two years and was later graduated from Armstrong College. At the time of her marriage, she held a secretarial position with the Fourth Air Force. Her brother, Lieutenant Perry A. Olsen, A.A.F., is now at Lincoln, Nebraska, having been home on leave recently.