Race Track dealmakers the Hurwitz¹s, Mrs. Connally schmooze it up at 
Barry Silverman¹s Ritz-Carlton wedding:

³One fine day for matrimony²
by MAXINE MESINGER
July 26, 1993, Monday

	LOVE in bloom: Barry Silverman and Shara Fryer's wedding Saturday night 
was wonderful; so much so that on several occasions during the ceremony, 
the guests applauded.

	One of the bursts of applause came when Shara, looking so gorgeous, came 
down the aisle. ³If I had any doubts at all about getting married, they 
vanished when I saw her coming in,² Barry said. His favorite song, circa 
1963, is ³One Fine Day,² and he had her wedding ring engraved inside, 
³This is One Fine Day² and the date; Shara had his ring engraved ³One 
Fine Day - Forever.² Neither knew the other was doing that. The wedding 
itself was rather small, but 400 people were at the reception; both the 
wedding and the reception were at the Ritz-Carlton. Shara's mom, Velda 
Fryer, was so happy, as were Shara's brother and sis-in-law, Stuart and 
Tere Fryer; the three came from Hallettsville. Barry's mom, Beverly, and 
her hubby, David Barg, also wore big grins all night, as did Barry's 
brother, Adam; today is Adam's 40th birthday. Said Beverly, ³This is one 
of the happiest days of my life.² Judge Eric Andell and Rabbi David Lyon 
from Congregation Beth Israel presided at the ceremony. Judge Andell will 
be sworn in Aug. 20 as judge of the First Court of Appeals. He was a 
state district judge, Juvenile Division, in Harris County . 

	Mayor Bob and Elyse Lanier were there and stayed until 11:30 p.m., which 
he so rarely does. Normally, he leaves an event in time to be home for 
the 10 o'clock news. Nellie Connally came with Charles and Barbara 
Hurwitz. It was hard for her to be in such a crowd, with so many, 
naturally, expressing their sorrow over the recent death of her husband. 
Barry Silverman said, ³My only sadness is that Governor Connally isn't 
here.² They were very close friends.

	Recently Barry joined Connally and Hurwitz in their race-track project. 
Barry's roommate from the University of Texas, Albert Feinberg, and wife 
Joyce came from El Paso, and Lisa Holland Nelson, the girl Barry took to 
his senior prom, came from NY. The members of Shara's softball team from 
her days at the University of Texas came, as did the members of her 
Birthday Club; among them are Barbara Hurwitz; Linda Gale White, there 
with hubby, former Gov. Mark White; and Mary Jo McGee. Kara Childress 
came solo; hubby Roy was at home on the phone for four hours trying to 
settle his contract with the Houston Oilers . . .

	Debbie and Channel 13 news anchor Dave Ward were there; every time 
anyone said, ³I'm so glad to see you,² he countered with ³I'm happy to be 
seen.² Dave suffered a blood clot in his brain when he had a fall a 
couple of months ago.

	³The clot is completely gone now, and I feel good.² Among Shara's 
co-workers at Channel 13, where she co-anchors the 6 o'clock news with 
Dave, were station manager Jim and Diane Masucci, Lis Exon, Mary Ellen 
Conway with Henry J.N. Taub, Deborah Wrigley, Wayne Dolcefino, Melanie 
Lawson with hubby Geary Broadnax, Elma Barrera, Cyndy Garza, Ilene and 
Bob Allen, Gertrude and Marvin Zindler, Audrey Mansfield, and Channel 13 
producer Kim Jackson and hubby Bob. The station's chief camera man, Ed 
Bragg, worked hard to make it for the 10'clock news. Barry's oldest 
friend, Frann Lichtenstein, was there; her daughter Jill was with Brad 
Deutser . . .

	Ben and Melanie Barnes came from Austin with their daughter Elena, 
almost 3. Former Channel 13 staffers Jim and Dana Rosenfield and son 
Jamie, 2, came from Chicago, where he's with WLS; Dana's with ABC news 
and has been with Peter Jennings covering the flood; she returned to that 
scene Sunday. Susan and David Jackson were there; she's with CNN, and 
he's with Time mag. Vicki and Norm Miller, a former Astro and still 
working for them; Texas Racing Commission's Ann Wilson and hubby Jim, 
former prez of Astrodomain, came from Abilene. The list goes on, but my 
space doesn't . . .


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