Marriages (Burdick - Houck) MHD Collection

 

Miss Mary Shirley Burdick, daughter of Mrs. Spencer Burdick and the late Spencer Burdick of Glenfield [Lewis Co., NY], became the bride of Robert Houck, son of Mrs. Oscar Houck and the late Oscar Houck of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Thursday afternoon, Nov. 23, 1939, at the home of the bride's mother.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. John M. Joslyn, Pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Atonement, of Syracuse.  The sister of the bride, Miss Matilda Burdick of Bernardsville, N.J., was maid of honor and Eugene Houck, of Bainbridge, brother of the bridegroom, was best man.  The bride wore Royal Blue chiffon velvet and carried a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums.  Her attendant wore green chiffon velvet and carried pink chrysanthemums.  The bride is a graduate of Lyons Falls High School and Syracuse University and has taught in the Bainbridge Central High School for the past five years.  The bridegroom is a graduate of Bainbridge Central High School and is employed in the Borden's Research Laboratory at Bainbridge.  Those attending the wedding were Mrs. Oscar Houck and Eugene Houck of Bainbridge, Mrs. Spencer Burdick of Glenfield and the Rev. and Mrs. John Joslyn and children, John, Paul and Nancy of Syracuse.