ZUM4929928: May 05, 1954 - In Stockhelm, Sweden, May 27th, wedding between Marion B. Folson Jr. BA, Rochester NY, and Christine M. Groth, daughter to mr and mrs Olof W.Groth, Stockholm. Best men was the bridegroom's father mr Marion B.Folson, undersecretary of the US's treasury. Bridemaids were Miss Eve-Britt Groth, Miss Frances Folson, Miss Gunilla Silas-Lindquist and Miss Ulla Sjoestroem. Ushers were Mr Goeran Holm and Mr Gilbart T. Hoard. The bridegroom's sister, Miss Frances Folsom, dancing with Mr Thord Thordson after the dinner / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4930023: May 05, 1954 - Salvation Army's New Chief Elected. The High Council of the Salvation Army, announced the name of the man elected as the new general of the movement. He is Commander Wilfred Kitching, aged 61. A big name among the army's brassbands, he was born at Wood Green and now works at the London Headquarters. General Albert Osborn retires on June 30 after eight years at the head of the army. Keystone Photo Shows: - Commissioner Wilfred Kitching, photographed at Sunbury Court, in a happy mood - after his election as the new general of the Salvation Army / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4930062: May 05, 1954 - Abbey celebrates its £1,000,000 mark: A ceremony was held this afternoon outside Westminster Abbey to mark the reaching of the One Million Pound Mark for the restoration fund. Cables form U.S.A. and Australia were received raising the figure grom £980,000. A thermometer outside the Abbey was altered and a thousand balloons were released in thanks / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4926981: Apr. 14, 1954 - Independents' Exhibit Paintings And Sculptures: Three Guesses to say what it is... You lose. The Sculpture is entitled” The Virgin and the Child” and is due to the imagination and the Talent of the Paris Artist Parran. One of the features of the annual exhibition of 'Independent' Artists now being held at the Grand Palais, Paris / Bridgeman Images