These are some newspaper clippings from the 1938-1940s,.and are from Mildred Rakestraw Hopper's (1917-2000) scrapbook of weddings, with a couple of other things.

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1- Frances Edwards to Pvt. Gilbert E. Watson
2- Margaret Evans to Francis O. Bryant
3- Irene Floyd to Carroll P. Craig
4- Iris Fisher to Ernest W. Balser

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5- Bride of the Week: Margaret Ruth Fodrell
6- Speaks Vows: Lillian Virginia Gilley
7-  Elizabeth Gilley Weds Mr. Steele
8-  Miss Griffin is Bride of Clyde Powell

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9-   Miss Ruth OliveHaizlip is Bride of Sgt. Caffey
10- Miss Hale Is Bride Of Gordon Osborne
11- Heath-Hambrick Vows Spoken In Lovely Setting
12- Catherine Heath

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Mildred Randolph Rakestraw Hopper (1917-2000)

Birth:	Nov. 24, 1917
Death:	Feb. 15, 2000
EDEN - Mildred Rakestraw Hopper, 82, of 318 Cedar St., died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2000, at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18, 2000, at Kings Highway Christian Church. Burial will be in Overlook Cemetery. She was a native of Leaksville (now Eden), attended Kings Highway Christian Church. For many years, she taught a teen girls class and in later years, taught a ladies Bible study class. She was the treasurer of Hopper Oil Co., where she and her husband, were owners/ operators. Survivors are her husband, William "Mutt" Hopper of the home; daughters and husbands, Betty Wynne and Richard Wynne of Raleigh, Vivian Ann Lee and Wayne Lee of Atlanta, Ga.; grandchildren, Joshua, Zachary, Hannah and Sam Wynne of Raleigh, Dosier and Jessica Lee of Atlanta, Ga.; and sister, Vivian Winn of Eden. She was the daughter of the late Charlie B. Rakestraw and Maybud Manley Rakestraw.     Family links:   Parents:   Charlie Ball Rakestraw (1890 - 1988)   Maebud Manley Rakestraw (1898 - 1955)
Burial: Overlook Cemetery Eden Rockingham County North Carolina, USA

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