Marriages (August 16)

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Springstein on Academy street, was the scene of a quiet, but pretty wedding, July 30th, at 4 p.m., when their daughter, Mabel A., was united in marriage to E. Beecher Ward of Binghamton by Rev. J.S. Crompton, the beloved pastor of the M.E. Church.  Beneath a beautiful canopy of woodbine and ferns, intermingled with a choice collection of exquisite blossoms, the bride charmingly gowned in white silk mull and rare lace, carrying a bouquet of white sweet peas, and the groom in the usual conventional black, with the perfectly arranged ring service, plighted their troth, to love and to cherish, amid the hushed silence of the few immediate friends present, as owing to recent bereavement in both families, only a small number were invited.  Those from out of town were E.C. Ward, father of the groom; Claude Springstein, brother of the bride; and Misses Ruth Wilcox and Bernice Abbey all of Binghamton.  Among the useful gifts received was a gift to the bride of fifty dollars from her father, and a gold watch and chain, of fine design from the father of the groom.  At five o'clock a bountiful supper was served, after which Mr. and Mrs. Ward, amid a shower of rice, took the train for their future home.  Both bride and groom were formerly popular students of the Binghamton High School, and a host of young people are delighted at their decision of making the Parlor City their permanent home, and welcome them right royally.

Gather the mid-summer splendor,

In all its beauty rare,

Shedding its redolent sweetness

O'er this wedded couple so fair;

May the silver chord ne'er sever,

While their hearts are bound in one,

Nor the golden bond be broken

Until their life-work is one.

[Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 4, 1904]

 

The birthday of Mrs. Reuben Wright was pleasantly celebrated last Wednesday evening by the marriage of her daughter, Leda to Claud Miner, the ceremony being performed by Rev. A. McIntyre in the presence of a few relatives and friends.  A tempting wedding supper was served after which the guests departed with best wishes for the bridal couple.  Among the gifts was a rubber tired buggy from the bride's family.  [Bainbridge Republican, Aug. 4, 1904]



On Sunday afternoon, November 6, 1904, at the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. George Slater of Bennettsville [Chenango Co., NY], Lizzie E. Slater was united in marriage to Charles M. Dewitt of Binghamton, Rev. A.E. Holmes of Masonville officiating.  Friends were present from Binghamton, Schenectady, Masonville and Bennettsville.  Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt will make their home in Binghamton [Broome Co., nY].  [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 10, 1904]

 

In the Cairo Herald of Greene County, N.Y., there appears an extended notice of the marriage of Rev. Homer F. Yale of Westfield, N.Y., son of the Rev. Luman Yale of Guilford, with  Miss Lillian Winans of East Durham.  The marriage ceremony performed by the Rev. A.C. Youmans, of Albany, took place in the Christian church at Freehold, two miles distant from the bride's home, on the morning of October 26th.  The church was tastefully trimmed for the occasion.  The bride was beautifully attired in a gown of white silk trimmed with lace dotted with white silk medallions, and carried a bouquet of white carnations.  Mr. Yale was formerly pastor of the East Durham Baptist church and at the time Mr. Youmans was pastor of the Christian church at Freehold.  The two clergymen were very intimately associated when serving churches in that section.  After the wedding knot had been tied the bridal party was escorted to the bride's home, William Winans.  Then a sister, Miss Pearl Winans, who had acted as bridesmaid to Mrs. Yale, and the groomsman, George E. Williams, were married by the same clergyman.  Mr. Youmans, and amid eighty or more guests.  The bride was gowned similarly to Mrs. Yale.  The home had been made into a bower of flowers.  After a sumptuous repast had been served the two newly married couples left for the Catskills where they separated, Mr. and Mrs. Yale coming to spend a week in Guilford and Bainbridge.  Many met them while here last week and congratulated Mr. Yale that he had secured so charming a bride.  They have gone to their home at Westfield where Mr. Yale is pastor of the Baptist church.  He is a young man of talent and ability and is very successful in the ministry.  In connection with the above event we make mention of the rather curious circumstance of the two brides acting as bridesmaids in June of this year in the marriage of their father to his second wife.  Mr. Yale and Mr. Williams, the prospective sons-in-law served as groomsmen.  [Bainbridge Republican, Nov. 10, 1904]