Virginia R. Spayd Is Church Bride of John Towers, Jr.

Before an altar decorated with while gladioluses and palms, in the First Methodist church, Belmar, Miss Virginia Ruth Spayd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elsworth S. Spayd, 1306 L street, Belmar, became the bride of John Towers, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Towers, 1311 L street, Belmar, Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. The Rev. Lawrence G. Atkinson, pastor of the church, was the officiating clergyman.

Mrs. Mildred Condit played the wedding music and Mrs. John Brown, Neptune, was soloist. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of white duchess satin with hoop skirt and high neckline trimmed with seed pearls. Her fingertip veil of illusion edged with chantilly lace fell from a tiara of alencon lace. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses.

Miss Lucy Spayd was her sister's maid of honor. She wore a gown of fuchsia moire taffeta with bouffant skirt, cap sleeves and high neckline. Her matching headpiece was of shirred net and she carried a shower bouquet of white and fuchsia gladioluses.

Mrs. Harry Joseph, cousin of the bride, Philadelphia, and Miss Betty Lee Wilde, Brielle, were bridesmaids. Their gowns of aqua moire taffeta and their matching headpieces were styled similar to those of the maid of honor. They carried bouquets of yellow gladioluses.

John McCarthy, Springfield, served as best man. Ushers were John Brown, Neptune, and Elliot Lichtenstein, Springfield. The bride’s mother wore a lace trimmed gown of blue crepe with pink accessories and a corsage of pink roses. The bridegroom's mother was attired in a pearl gray gown with violet accessories and wore a corsage of violet asters.

Following the ceremony, a wedding dinner was served at The Anchorage, Belmar. The bride chose for her traveling costume a rose silk dress with brown and green accessories and she wore a corsage of white roses. After a wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Towers will reside in South Bend, Ind.