Friday, May 30, 2014

Marriages (May 30)

Miss Helen Peckham, daughter of E.J. Peckham, of East Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], and Guy Eckert, of East Branch [Delaware Co., NY], were united in marriage, Saturday, September 13, at the Presbyterian manse of Guilford Center with the Rev. Ralph B. Gamewell, pastor of the Guilford Center Presbyterian Church, officiating.  Miss Norma Peckham, John Eckert and E.J. Peckham were present at the ceremony.  Mr. and Mrs. Eckert will make their home at East Branch.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 2, 1941]

Miss Katherine Flynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Flynn of Waverly [Tioga Co., NY] and a former member of the Bainbridge School faculty, was married to First Lieut. Walter Koelliker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Koelliker, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], last Saturday morning at 11:30 at an impressive ceremony in the Mitchell Field Chapel.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. Paul Giegerich.  The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Helen Flynn, of Ithaca, and Atty. Robert Broadfoot, of Sidney, was the bridegroom's attendant.  The bride is a graduate of Cornell University and a member of the Delta Gamma Sorority.  She was the Homemaking instructor in the local school for several years.  Lieut. Koelliker was graduated from the Rhode Island State College of Engineering and is now in the Army Air Corps, stationed in New York City.  The couple will reside in Bronxville [Westchester Co., NY].  [Bainbridge News  Republican, Oct. 9, 1941]

Miss Margaret Rohr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Rohr, of Westport, Conn., and Kermit Nichols, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Nichols, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], were united in marriage Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at the Nichols home, Old Elm Farm, below this village.  The Rev. Paul Hulslander, pastor of the Methodist Church officiated.  The bride wore a soldier blue velvet corduroy dress, with a shoulder corsage of red roses and white chrysanthemums.  Present at the ceremony were Mr. and Mrs. Nichols, Emily Nichols and the Rev. and Mrs. Hulslander.  A wedding breakfast was served after the ceremony.  The bride is a graduate of Staples High School, Westport, Conn. and the bridegroom attended Bainbridge High School and is a graduate of New York State Agricultural and Technical Institute, of Morrisville.  Following a motor trip through New York and Connecticut, Mr. and Mrs. Nichols will be at home to their friends at Old Elm Farm the last of October.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 9, 1941]

Miss Inath Gertrude McGowan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McGowan, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], was married to Lloyd William Hubbard, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hubbard of Bainbridge, Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Methodist parsonage at Coventry.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Hall.  The couple was attended by Miss Nora McGowan, sister of the bride, and Kenneth Craver, of Bainbridge.  After a short trip Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard will reside in Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 16, 1941]

Miss Velma Jane Lord, of Albany, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lord, of this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], was united in marriage to Leonard S. Glasgow, of Albany, Saturday evening, Oct. 11, at 7:45 o'clock in St. John's Episcopal Church, North Adams, Mass.  The couple was attended by Mr. and Mr. George Green, Troy.  The bride who was given in marriage by her father, was attired in a gown of turquoise velvet with a corsage of red roses.  A dinner for the bridal party followed the ceremony which included the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lord, of Bainbridge' her sister Miss Betty Lord, of Connecticut; the attendants, Mr. and Mrs. George Green, of Troy, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Glasgow.  The couple left for a short trip after which they will make their home in Albany.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 16, 1941]

Word has been received by friends in town of the wedding plans of Howard Adams, of Urbana, Ill, and formerly of this village, to Miss Virginia Froyd, of Paxton, Ill., which will take place during the Christmas holidays.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 23, 1941]

Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Green, of South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], announce the marriage of their daughter, Frances U. Green, to Durwood L. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  Private Brown was formerly of Guilford, but now is stationed at Camp Poke, La.  The couple were married on Oct. 3 at the Baptist parsonage of Lusville, La.  Floyd MacArthur and Felix J. Vaughn, two of Mr. Brown's Army friends, were witnesses.  The many friends of Mr. Brown in Guilford extend congratulations to them.  He was working in Oxford at the time he entered the Army.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 23, 1941]

Miss Helen Whitmore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Whitmore, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], and Lewis Pierce, son of Olin Pierce, of Afton, were married Saturday noon at the home of the bride's parents.  the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Clifford E. Webb.  The maid of honor was Miss Margaret Whitmore, a sister of the bride, and Ross Teed, a brother-=in-law of the bridegroom, was best man.  The couple will reside in Afton.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 30, 1941]

Mrs. Josephine Provenzon, of Sidney [Delaware Co., NY], has announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Virginia M. Provenzon, to J. Edward DeRock, son of Mrs. Mabel DeRock, of Sidney.  No date has been set for the wedding.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 30, 1941]

At the residence of the bride's father, on the 23d inst., by Rev. W. Searls, Mr. Albert Case to Miss Clara C. Peck, both of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  [Chenango Union, Dec. 30, 1863]

In Smithville on the 21st inst., by Rev. A. Otis, Mr. Theodore B. Schenck, to Miss Eliza Kinnier, all of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].  [Chenango Union, Dec. 30, 1863]

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