The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 13, 1995 Page: 3 of 12
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The West Nfews - Thursday, April 13,1995
Page 3
Becky Lynn Cassady and Jerry Lee Veselka
exchange wedding vows April 8 in Bellmead
Annual Sprin gfest event scheduled
in historic Cleburne. April 21 and 22
5 - On Bride
turday.AjrllJ
Mrs Jerry Lee Veselka
formerly Becky Lynn Cassady
Becky Lynn Cassady and Jerry
Lee Veselka were united in
marriage April 8, 1995, in the
Bellmead First Baptist Church
in Bellmead. The ceremony was
officiated by Reverand Alan
Ritchie.
The bride is the daughter of
Graham and Linda Byrom of
Millsap and Gary and Doris
Cassady of Mineral Wells. Ma-
ternal grandparents are Tommy
and Fay Helleson of Ross and the
late J. D. Wilcox of West. Pater-
nal grandparents are Tack and
Carol Byrom of Alburquerque,
New Mexico, and Wilbur and
Elah Cassady ofMarrietta.Ohio.
The groom is the son of Joe
Jerry and Rosalie Veselka of Lacy
Lakeview. His grandmother is
Rosie Supak of Lacy Lakeview.
The bride was given in mar-
riage jointly by her father, Gra-
ham Byrom, and by Gary Cas-
sady.
The bridal gown was of white
slipper satin adorned with seed
pearls and iridescent sequins and
trimmed in white lace. The train
consisited of layers of ruffles
trimmed with white lace from
the waist to the length of the
train. The headdress was a veil
with iridescent sequins. The bride
also wore white lace boots.
For something old, the bride
carried wedding gloves belong-
ing to her grandmother, Fay
Helleson. She wore pearl jew-
elry for something new, her
headdress for something bor-
rowed and carried a teal-blue
lace handkerchief for something
blue. The bride wore a garter
adorned with a new penny for
good luck.
The maid of honor was Me-
linda Cassady, sister of the bride.
The bridesmaid's were Theresa
Coe, Leslie Byrd and DeeAnn
Gordon, all former classmates
of the bride.
The bridal attendants wore
teal blue dresses.
The best man was David
Musia and groomsmen were
Donnie Sheffield, David Schulz
and Jeff Martin.
Lacey Simonton was flower
girl and Willie Bishnow, nephew
of the groom, was ring bearer.
Candle lighters were Natha
Byrom, sister of the bride, and
Lisa Charanza, cousin of the
bride. They wore peach colored
dresses.
The Rice Girls were Courtney
Parnell and Kayla Wilcox, cous-
ins of the bride, and Courtney
Bishnow, niece of the groom.
They wore teal and peach floral
print dresses.
Ushers were Joey Charanza
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and Justin Wilcox, cousins of the
bride, and Jeff Fryer.
Vocalists were Lydia Jones
and Graham Byrom, father of
the bride, and the pianist was
Nyla Hill.
The house party members
were Tiffany Shupak, Shelly
Sheffield and Tonya Sanders.
Following the ceremony the
couple were honored with a re-
ception, dinner and dance hosted
by their parents at the Bellmead
Civic Center.
The bride is a graduate of
Millsap High School where she
was an honor graduate. She at-
tended Hill College and was a
member of the rodeo team.
The groom is a graduate of
Connally High School and has
lived in the Lacv Lakeview area
all his life.
Both the bride and the groom
are employed at Plantation
Foods. The bride works in data
entry in the Accounting Depart-
ment. The groom is a supervisor
in the Shipping Department.
The couple are honeymooning
in Las Vegas. Upon their return
they will live in Ross.
Pre-nuptial showers
honor bride-elect
Becky Lynn Cassady was
honored with bridal showers at
the Women's Club of Mineral
Wells on February 12 and at the
Bellmead Civic Center on March
19.
A personal shower was held
for her in the home of Cynthia
Charanza in the West area on
March 25.
She and Jerry Lee Veselka
were married on Saturday, April
8,1995.
LONE
ST A R
Apr. 21-22—Sixth Annual Blue-
bonnet Antique Show, Salado. Over
35 outstanding antique dealers from
the southwest and surrounding areas
will gather in historic Salado, 50
miles north of Austin. Salado trans-
ports you back in time to a town
where the Chisholm Trail came right
through Main Street and the stage
line slopped. The antique show, lo-
cated indoors at the Salado School
Complex, will please antique lovers
and collectors by featuring fine ex-
amples of old glass, silver, furniture,
quilts, and other collectable items
found in Texas. An additional fea-
ture of the weekend will include a
lour of Salado’s most unique homes.
For more information, contact the
Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box
81, Salado, 76571. 817/947-5040.
Apr. 29-30—Brazos River Festi-
CLEBURN1S - On Iriday,
April 21, and Saturday, Airll 22,
Cleburne's sixth annual S ufing-
fest will take place in thi city's
historical downtown. T1 Tree
festival will utilize dow tjown
boulevards, buildings, h alrket
Square and open spaces to ihow-
case a multitude of activiti sand
exhibits.
Last year, Cleburne I o is ted
more than 15,000 visitoi \ land
this year over 20,000 a e ex-
pected. The festival kic s off
Friday night with a free treet
dance at the FNB of Clel urine.
Visitors can do a little tw -step
to a great C & W band vhile
enjoying smoked barbreqi i pro-
vided by the Downtown Cle iume
Association. During the ( nice,
visitors can mingle amon, river
sixty cooking teams from cross
the state as they prepare ft • Sat-
urday's sanctioned BBQCc (Hoff.
Teams will compete for ever
$1,000 in cash and troph is in
pinto beans, chicken, pork ribs,
brisket and new to this ; ear's
cookoff,ostrichchili.TheJoi nfeon
County Ostrich Breeders u,so-
ciation will host this even and
be selling chili to the public Pro-
ceeds from this will benefit Iqcal
breeders.
The Annual 5K Bluebi nhet
Fun Run to benefit the Clel arne
Main Street Project will be held
early Saturday morning.
Artists and crafters will lave
over 100 booths set up Saturday
morning. There will also be many
food booths including Cleburne's
famous 1950 Shifter's Chili Dogs
served by the Layland Museum
only during Springfest.
There will be live musical
entertainment throughout down-
town all day including gospel
choirs, rock-n-roll groups, coun-
try western bands and jazz
musicians. In addition stage
dancers, tumblers, square danc-
ers and karate groups will
perform.There wil' also be an
antique, classic and hot rod car
show, a three on three basketball
tournament and rides on an
antique fire engine or the "Lil*
General" train available.
The 1905 Layland Museum
will host a varieity of activities
and entertainments for children
including activities in Lion's Al-
ley, tours of a Santa Fe Caboose
and museum exhibits of prehis-
toric findings, Indian artifacts,
turn of the century memorabilia
and Civil War displays..
Springfest is sponsored by the
Downtown Cleburne Association
which promotes downtown res-
toration and development. Cle-
burne is one of five 1992 Texas
Main Street Project small cities
selected by the Texas Historical
Commission in Austin.
For further information, call
(817) 641-4562.
Sepeda - Hutyra
Donna Marie Hutyra and Joe Louis Sepeda are engaged and plan
a June 24 wedding at St. Mary's Church of the Asumption in West.
The bride elect is the daughter of Mrs. Georgie Hutyra ofWest and
the late Raymond J. Hutyra.
She is a graduate ofWest High School and the University of North
Texas. She is employed by West ISD.
The prospective groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas L.
Sepeda of McGregor. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ecolastico
DeLarosa of San Antonio.
He is employed by the Trane Company in McGregor.
Ribbon cutting
ceremony...
The West Chamber of Conimerce conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony at the West Main Street Auction last Sunday. The
auction is located in the t lilding at 125 S. Main, which for many years housed the Lorch Manufacturing Company. The
s and collectibles, is open the second Sunday of every month beginning at 1 pan. Those pictured
ront row (left to right) are Cheryl Marak, Miss West Janna Hardwick, Mayor William F. Pareya,
Gladys Quilter, Marjorie doss and Gary Ellis (owner), Miss Westfest Amy Karlik and Christine Wyninger. On the back row
are Darrin Banik, Russ Wi Icey, Jim Quilter, West Chamber President Maggie Grmela, Dennis Adair, Edward Chudej, C.W.
Cemosek, Lucille Price ar d Kathy Krai.
Brett ren Bytes
tivities.
By Rev. 1 obert Holaday
The "Jesus Seminar" is at it again. This self-appointed group of
val, Waco. Celebrating its 32nd year, jqew Testament scholars, many if whom teach at mainline seminar-
thc annual festival at Fort Fisher Park je8i gathers every so often to dec de what is and is not real in the New
features great family entertainment. Testament. Now they are sayit g the resurrection did not happen.
Events include live entertainment, Jesue died and someone probt :ly took his body. Then they turn
an arts and crafts show, an art auc- around and say that the resurt ftion is important for the faith,
lion, tours of historic homes, and a I always wonder how some p< »le can say that the resurrection is
children’s area with creative art ac- notreal but it is an important c mponent of the faith. Sometimes I
think there's a logic circuit miss ig. If the resurrection is not real the
faith is only a figment of the ir agination and we all ought to stay
home this coming Sunday. i
This is an example of how the hurch frequently drifts into periods
of spiritual anemia. We appear C be in such a day today. Oh, there
are lots of people in the chut cl but what do they and even their
preachers and seminary profess >rs really believe? I find it interest-
ing that there are no more than t dozen accredited seminaries in this
country that require their facult to sign a statement affirming their
belief the Bible is entirely true i all it intends to teach. Will there
be revival when we are unwillii to affirm our commitment to the
scriptures and the great truths i the faith?
Notice
Grimm Ins. Agency
Walla Ins. Agency
will Close
Friday, April 14
in observance of
Easter!
(lwc-13)
9{eiu Arrivals
Hannah Marie Uptmore
Garrett Uptmore is very happy to announce the arrival of his baby
sister, Hannah Marie, bom April 4,1995, at 11:23 a.m. at Hillcrest
Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Hannah weighed seven pounds, 15
ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.
Proud parents are Gary and Laura Uptmore ofWest.
Grandparents are Paul and Marie Russell of Mexia and Ernest
and Lucille Marie Uptmore ofWest.
Holden Patrick Sykora
Haylee and Hannah Sykora are proud to announce the arrival of
their new baby brother, Holden Patrick, who was bom April 3,
1995, at 12:36 p.m. He weighed six pounds, five ounces and was 19
inches long.
He is the son of Patrick and Laurie Sykora ofWest. Grandparents
are Ed and Dorothy Sykora ofWest, Carl and Ann Erwin of Robinson
and the late Bobby Magness. Great-grandparents are Louis Sykora
ofWest and Janie Magness of Roanoke, Virginia.
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