Christ Church at Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., was the scene of the wedding of Jane Courtney Mehrer daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold George Mehrer, of Bloomfield Hills, and William Ramsay James, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Stubbs James of Birmingham, Mich., formerly of South Bend. The service took place at 4:30 o’clock Dec. 29 with Rev. Perry Williams, pastor of the church, officiating.

Miss Martha Mehrer was maid of honor for her sister and Miss Barbara Mason and Miss Ann Benjamin, of Detroit, and Miss Nancy Holmes and Miss Audrey Braun, of Bloomfield Hills, were bridesmaids. Robert Womsley, of Dayton O. acted as best man. Ushers included William Aikens and Michael Shallcross, of Birmingham; John Colwell, of Flint, Mich.; Robert Walters of Detroit, and Richard Taber, of East Lansing, Mich.

The bride wore ivory pure silk peau de soie, fashioned in empire style. A band of delustered satin embroidered with seed pearls formed a square neckline and extended down the back in two panels to form a chapel train. A juliet cap of heirloom lace held in place the fingertip veil of ivory illusion. She carried a bouquet of phaelanopsis orchids and lily of the valley.

Full princess frocks of jade green velveteen made with square necklines were worn by the bride’s attendants. They had tiny calot hats of matching jade velveteen and carried cascade bouquets of gardenias. Mary and Jacki Wells, nieces of the bridegroom, wore short bouffant dresses of jade velveteen and carried small baskets filled with rose petals.

A reception was held in Orchard Lake Country Club, after which Mr. and Mrs. James left for Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to spend three weeks. They will be at home at 29 Yarboro Rd., Bloomfield Hills. The bride is a graduate of Kingswood School, Cranbrook, and Bennet Junior College, Millbrook, N. Y. Her husband is a graduate of Cranbrook School and Princeton, N. J.

Source: The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana): 06 January 1956: page 20.