Saturday, April 5, 2014

Marriages (April 5)

Saturday Morning, Oct. 10th, 1936, occurred the marriage of Miss Louise Yale, of Endicott [Broome Co., NY], daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yale, of Guilford, to W. Bernard Windt.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Leo Bonton, of Oxford, former pastor of the Guilford M.E. Church at Sage Chapel, Ithaca.  The bride is a graduate of the class of 1922, Guilford School, and also of Cornell University, Ithaca.  She has taught at Endicott for four years.  Mr. Windt is teacher of music in the Endicott Schools.  Their many friends extend congratulations to them.  The wedding was attended by the immediate families and intimate friends.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 22, 1936]
 
Of widespread interest in the state is the marriage October 14th at St. John's Episcopal Church of Miss Marion Armistead Lewis, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Langhorne Dabney Lewis, of Torresdale, Pa., and Lynchburg, Va., to Edson Wheatley Collins, of Bainbridge, N.Y. [Chenango Co.]  The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Collins, of Bainbridge.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. Robert A.Magill, rector of the church, in the presence of the immediate families and close friends.  Wedding music was furnished by Miss Maude S. Larkin, organist at St. John's, who played as the guests assembled, "Romance," by Cooke, "Venetian Love Song," by Nevin, and "Vision" by Rheinberger.  The usual wedding marches, the bridal chorus from Lohengrin and Mendelssohn's Wedding March and during the ceremony, Mendelssohn's "On Wings of Song" were played.  Mrs. Eugene Ballard, of Falls Church, formerly Miss Eleanor Bowen, of Lynchburg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Almon Bowen and cousin of the bride, was her only attendant.  She wore sapphire velvet and a hat to match.  Her flowers were Sweetheart roses, worn at the shoulder.  The bride was given in marriage by her father.  The groom was attended by Harry T.P. Lewis, of Quantico, brother of the bride.  The bride's wedding dress was of copper-colored velvet, in autumn shade, made simply and worn with an antelope hat to correspond.  Talisman roses reflecting the color of the frock, gardenias and lilies of the valley were worn in a shoulder bouquet.  Her accessories were brown.  Immediately after the ceremony, Mrs. John H. Lewis, grandmother of the bride, entertained members of the relationship at an informal reception at her home on Oakwood Place.  Decorations of fall foliage and flowers were used.  The bride, descended from old Lynchburg and Baltimore families, was both christened and confirmed in St. John's Church, where the ceremony was performed.  She attended Lynchburg schools and was graduated from Frankford High School in Philadelphia, taking later classes in library and secretarial work.  The groom, whose parents came to this country from Great Britain and have lived since that time in Bainbridge, N.Y., was graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilson fraternity.  He is located at Norwich, N.Y., where they will make their home after a wedding trip.  Among relatives from a distance for the wedding were Colonel and Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Almon Bowen and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith, of Richmond--The News, Lynchburg, Va.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 29, 1936]
 
Miss Evelyn Beulah Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Harris, of Walton [Delaware Co., NY], was united in marriage on Friday, October 16th, to Lynn Edward Ryan, of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].  The couple was attended by Mrs. Douglas Roof, sister of the bride, and Stanley Ryan, brother of the groom.  The ceremony was performed at the parsonage in Masonville by Rev. Murray.  Mrs. Ryan is a former resident of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY].  They will make their home in this village.  Mrs. Ryan is employed at the American Plastics plant and Mr. Ryan at Bob's Diner.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 29, 1936]

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