Marriages (Pratt) MHD Collection

 

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn C. Pratt of 471 Chenango Street, announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Bette Ruth Pratt, to Richard W. Trusler, U.S.N.R., son of Mrs. Marion B. Trusler of 471 Chenango Street.  The double ring ceremony was performed at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in the North Presbyterian Church.  The Rev. Harry B. Mathias, pastor, officiated.  The bride was attired in a street-length dress of beige crepe, worn with black accessories and a corsage of white carnations and pom-poms.  Miss Marion E. McCarthy, maid of honor, selected an aqua dress with black accessories and a corsage of red roses.  Richard H. Randall was best man.  A reception was held at the home of the bride's parents after the ceremony.  The bride will continue to reside in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] while her husband will return to his duties at the U.S. Naval Training Station, Bainbridge, Md.  [MHD notation:  1943]

 

Miss Janice E. Pratt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pratt, Harpursville [Broome Co. NY], and Sergeant Howard A. Loker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Loker, East Brook Walton [Delaware Co., NY], were married Wednesday, March 14, at 1 p.m. in Elm Park Methodist church in Oneonta.  Rev. Paul Hulslander pastor, performed the ceremony.  Mr. Pratt gave his daughter in marriage.  Mrs. Stanley Wasson, sister of the bride, was matron of honor, and Loren Mann of Union was best man.  Snapdragons and candelabra featured the church decorations.  The bride wore a gray pin-stripped suit with blue blouse and gloves and black accessories.  Her corsage was of white accessories.  Her corsage was of white carnations and yellow jonquils.  Mrs. Wasson was gowned in a sheer two piece dress of two-toned blue with matching accessories and wore a corsage of white carnations.  After a brief wedding trip, Sergeant Loker and his bride will live in Geneva, Neb., where he is stationed at the Fairmont army air base.  Mrs. Loker is a graduate of Afton High School and Oneonta State Teachers' college, class of 1930.  She has since been a member of the Bainbridge Central school faculty.  The groom attended Walton High school and was employed at Scintilla before entering the service in April 1942.  He has recently returned from 20 months overseas, having taken part in the Libyan, Tunisian, Sicilian and Italian campaigns and was awarded a presidential citation with Oak Leaf cluster in the Libyan campaign.  [MHD notation:  1945]