POSTON - TASCHEREAU WEDDING

     The following appeared on page 10 of the Mon., Oct. 16, 1944 SPOKANE DAILY CHRONICLE. See Copyright permissions, posted May 13, 2011.


MISS MAUDE POSTON TO WED TASCHEREAU

     Pioneer Spokane families will be united with the marriage Wednesday of Miss Maude Isobel Poston, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Poston, of the Waikiki Farms, to Charles Samuel Taschereau, son of Mrs. Charles Fleury Taschereau, N2518 Magnolia.
     The ceremony will be performed at 2:30 in the afternoon by the Very Rev. Charles E. McAllister at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.  A wedding reception will follow at the Poston home on the Little Spokane.
     Mrs. Edwin Neal, the former Miss Gertrude Poston, will be matron of honor.  The two little girls acting as train bearers will be Frances Poston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Poston, niece of the bride-elect, and Diane Romain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. norbert Romain.  chari Poston, another daughter of the Cecil Postons, will be ring bearer.
               Brother as Best Man
     Clifford Taschereau will be his brother's best man and henry Taschereau of Mason City, another brother; Gordon poston of Pullman, brother of the future bride; Hal Forden and Dick Collier will be in the usher group.
     Mr. Taschereau, under a civil service commission appointment, has been chief ship planner at Pearl harbor for the last year and a half and will continue in this same position at Bremerton, where the couple will reside.  They will have a wedding trip, returning to Spokane October 28 for two weeks before traveling to the Coast to make their home.
     Miss Poston is widely know in Spokane.  She received her bachelor of arts degree at Washington State College and did additional work at the university of hawaii, majoring in mathematics.  She is a member of the Spokane Mountaineers, the Altrusa club and Company C of the Spokane Cavalry group.
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      Mr. Charles Albert Poston
                  announces
       the marriage of his sister
                Maude Isobel
                         to
   Mr. Charles Samuel Taschereau
                         on
Wednesday the Eighteenth of October
       Nineteen hundred forty-four
                          at
 Cathedral of St John the Evangelist
            Spokane, Washington
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     The following was published with a picture, not included here, on Oct. 17, 1944.

Bride-Elect Honored at Luncheon

     The romantic spotlight this week falls on Miss Maude Isobel Poston (left), whose marriage to Charles Samuel Taschereau will take place tomorrow afternoon at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.  The bride-elect is shown here with her future mother-in-law, Mrs. Charles Fleury Taschereau, N2518 Magnolia, who entertained in her honor at a luncheon party in the italian Gardens of the Davenport hotel yesterday afternoon.
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               News Announced.
     News of the betrothal is being told close friends at a luncheon party in the Italian Gardens of the Davenport hotel this afternoon.  Her future mother-in-law, Mrs. Taschereau, is the hostess.
     Invited were Mrs. Neal, her sister; Mrs. Poston, sister-in-law; Mrs. Norbert Romain; Mrs. Trevor Bridges of Vancouver, B. C., another sister, whose husband, Capt. Bridges, is stationed in the south Pacific; Mrs. Gordon Baldwin, who will play at the wedding reception; Mrs. Sam Seaton of Coulee Dam; Mrs. Henry Taschereau of Mason City; Mrs. James Sanger of Oroville; Mrs. Richard Ott; Mrs. Clifford Taschereau; Miss Edna Johnson; Mrs. John Sallsbury; Mrs. Ralph Salisbury; Mrs. Harold Salisbury, Mrs. B. F. Westmore; Mrs. Robert Burns; Mrs. Charles C. Brown; Mrs Daniel Dwight; Mrs. Ed Hughes; Miss Helen hurd; Mrs. Maude Whitaker; Mrs. Jess Overholser; Mrs. George Mowbray; Mrs. Charles Massie; Mrs. Marvin Sanger of Ontario, Calif.; Miss Ruth Bloom; Miss Bertha Ballou; Mrs Robert Candee; Mrs. Wilbur Kirkman; Mrs. C. A. Veasey; and Miss Winona Veasey.
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NUPTIAL RITES TO UNITE PAIR

     Shortly after 2:30 this afternoon Miss Maude Isobel Poston will become Mrs. Charles Samuel Taschereau.  The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist has been decorated with large white chrysanthemums and pompons for the all-white wedding.
     The Very Rev. Charles E. McAllister will officiate at the candlelight ceremony.
     To be escorted to the altar by her brother, Charles A. Poston, the bride has chosen the traditional wedding attire.  Her white satin gown is fashioned with a full skirt, extending into a long train.  Her floor-length veil is held in place by a tiara, and her bridal bouquet is of gardenias and white chrysanthemums.  She will carry the heirloom handkerchief of Mrs. Henry Richards, carried by many Spokane brides.

               Mrs. Neal Attendant.
     As Matron of honer her sister, Mrs. Edwin Neal (Gertrude Poston), has chosen a gown of delicate pink chiffon with a silk net veil held in place by a tiara.  Her flowers are of light pink carnations and yellow roses.
     Clifford Taschereau will be his brother's best man, and Henry Taschereau of Mason City, another brother; Gordon Poston of Pullman, brother of miss Poston; Hal Forden and Dick Collier, the ushers.
     The future bride asked her two little nieces, peggy Poston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Poston, and Katherine Poston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Poston of Pullman, to greet the guests at the cathedral door and to take care of the guest book.
     As train bearers Frances poston, another daughter of the Cecil Postons, chose delicate pink with pink and white flowers for her hair; Diane Romain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Romain, chose blue with yellow chrysanthemums for her hair, Chari Poston, also a daughter of the Cecil Postons, as ringbearer, will wear white.
     Mrs. Charles C. Brown, close friend of the Poston family, will take colored pictures of the wedding ceremony and reception to follow at the Poston home on the Little Spokane.

               Assist at Reception.
     Assisting at the reception will be Mrs. John Salisbury, Mrs. C. A. Veasey and Mrs. Robert Burns.
     As a going-away costume the future bride will wear a black suit with white frilly blouse and black accessories.
     The marriage unites two pioneer families of Spokane.  Mis Poston is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Poston of the Waikiki Farms, and Mr. Taschereau, the son of Mrs. Charles Fleury Taschereau, N2518 Magnolia.
     After a wedding trip the couple will return here October 28 for two weeks befor traveling to Bremerton to make their home.  Mr. Taschereau, under a civil service commission appointment, is chief ship planner in Bremerton.
     Many parties have been given for the couple in the last several weeks.