Thursday, May 23, 2013

Marriages (Pr, Ta) MHD Collection

 
A very pretty home wedding took place last Tuesday, Apr. 21, when Miss Caroline Cora Prentice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Prentice, of Rockdale [Guilford, Chenango Co., NY], became the bride of Robert Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hall, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  The ceremony as performed by the Rev. R. Lewis Johnson, pastor of the Baptist Church of Bainbridge.  The couple was attended by Mrs. Clifford Ballantine, sister of the groom, and Charles Prentice, brother of the bride.  The bride wore a cadet blue print dress and her attendant wore a yellow print dress.  Mr. Hall was employed by A.P. Hohreiter before his induction into the United States Army last Thursday.  [MHD notation:  1942]
 
Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Vestal was the scene Saturday morning of the marriage of Miss Eleanor Ruth Prothero, daughter of Mrs. Demon Prothero of Vestal [Broome Co., NY], R.D. 2, to George Andrew Munk of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  The Rev. Francis Zimmer said the Nuptial Mass., and Mrs. R.C. DuBois organist played the program of wedding music.  The double-ring ceremony was performed before an altar banked with cathedral tapers in candelabra and pedestal baskets of yellow chrysanthemums.  The bride was attired in a gown of white celanese and marquisette, designed with three-quarter length sleeves, a sweetheart neckline and full skirt.  Her fingertip veil of illusion was held in place by a tiara of orange blossoms and she carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums.  As her only ornament, the bride wore a gold locket which was the gift from the bridegroom.  Mrs. Cecil Kelly of Binghamton, matron of honor for her sister, selected a blue chiffon gown with a matching tiara and veil.  She carried a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums.  Stephen Blasak of Binghamton attended Mr. Munk as best man.  Mrs. Prothero, mother of the bride wore a street-length dress of black crepe, with gold accessories and a corsage of red roses.  Mrs. Ethel Rosenkranz of Lynbrook, L.I., Sister of the bridegroom, chose an aqua wool dress with brown accessories and a corsage of talisman roses.  A reception at the home of the bride's mother followed the ceremony.  A buffet luncheon was served, the table being centered with a tiered wedding cake.  Baskets of yellow and white chrysanthemums decorated the rooms.  Mr. and Mrs. Munk then left on a short wedding trip the bride appearing in a beige suit with brown accessories and a corsage of yellow chrysanthemums.  The couple will reside in Bainbridge after Nov. 12.  Mrs. Munk a graduate of St. Paul's School in Binghamton, was employed at IBM until recently.  Mr. Munk is a graduate of Bainbridge High School, and is employed at the Scintilla Magneto Company at Sidney.  [MHD notation:  Nov. 6, 1943]
 
Miss Thelma E. Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Taylor, was married to Elwyn D. Hitchcock, son of Joseph Hitchcock, Tuesday, Nov. 6, at noon, in Owego.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Conklin, pastor of the First Baptist Church.  After returning from a trip to Niagara Falls, they are residing at their new home recently purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Borge Anderson.  [MHD notation:  1945]

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