Word: padelford
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Love, Klieg-lighted and aromatic, came to television last week. In Los Angeles, over the Don Lee video network, 26-year-old William Vincent Hazen took Marian Padelford, 19, to be his lawful wedded wife. A dental technician, Bridegroom Hazen planned to celebrate his marriage vows with a script of his own devising. It included such dialogue as "My future plans are of educating the public in the immense perennial humanitarian program that the dental profession has mapped out for those who will but come to its portals. All of which bounteously builds up to better dentistry for better living...
Throughout the historic ceremony, Miss Padelford, wearing traditional white dress and veil and carrying a bouquet of heat-stricken gardenias, chewed quietly upon a wad of gum, as did her three bridesmaids. Constantly eased out of camera range by Bridegroom Hazen, Miss Padelford was only occasionally visible on the television screen. Municipal Judge Joseph Marchetti, who performed the ceremony, was inundated with confetti (rice will not televise) by a prop man with deplorable aim. After the service, while the organ moaned through Lohengrin, relatives of the bride and groom made a mad rush to congratulate the newlyweds...