Just a comment from an S.B. High School alumna, Class of 1968, regarding Maggie Yates's article in the Wedding Guide on changing one's surname when getting married .
Interesting article. However, since my husband and I both took each other's surname five years after we had our lovely S.B. wedding in December 1969, I've used the term "birth name" rather than "maiden name" for two reasons: It's inclusive of all genders, and many women are not "maidens" when they get married!
We and our two daughters enjoyed having a unique surname. My husband was quite obliging to my idea of hyphenating when I said that I missed my birth name after five years of losing my identity as "Mrs. Ron Turner." We sent out a printed announcement to all who had witnessed our wedding in 1969 and to the family, friends, and work colleagues we had at that time in October 1975.