Marriages (June 11)

Mr. and Mrs. George Fisk were given a surprise party Friday evening on the occasion of their 40th wedding anniversary.  Invited by their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wesson Packer, to dinner at the Dairy Kitchen, they arrived to find a party of friends ready to help them celebrate the event.  Following the dinner, which featured a large wedding cake, the guests returned to the Fisk home on Bixby street for an evening of bridge.  The guests of honor were presented with a gift; the Rev. S.E. Heath making the presentation and extending the best wishes of the guests.  Those present included: Mr. and Mrs. Packer, the Rev. and Mrs. S.E. Heath, Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Roider, Mr. and Mrs. James Ireland, Mrs. and Mrs. G.E. Howland, Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Hovey, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Finch, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dix, Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Carris, Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Tuckey and Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Peckham.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, June 18, 1942]

 

Baskets of pale pink roses and summer greenery decorated First Methodist Church when Miss Marian J. Peckham became the bride of Dale H. Wade at 5 P.M. Sunday.  Miss Peckham is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Peckham, Bainbridge, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], and Mr. Wade is the son of Edgar A. Wade, Oakland, Calif.  The bride was given in marriage by her father before an altar lighted by cathedral candles.  The Rev. Dwight S. Large, pastor, read the service before 200 friends and relatives of the couple.  Mrs. Ethel Moody sang "Ich Liebe Dich" (Grieg), accompanied by Mary Van Valkenburg Bragg.  Mrs. Bragg played the bride's Oberlin College hymn softly as the couple exchanged vows.  The bride wore a white chiffon gown with a heart shaped neckline edged with seed pearls.  The sleeves were pointed over the hands and the gown had a long train.  Her three-quarter length  veil was of illusion and fell from a lace tiara edged with pearls.  White Iris centered the bridal bouquet of white roses.  Mrs. Harry Ingell, Jr., was matron of honor.  She wore a maize chiffon gown with short puffed sleeves and a bouffant skirt.  Pleated frills trimmed the sheer skirt.  She wore yellow roses.  Harold Bauman was best man.  Ushers were Harry Ingell, Jr., and Donald Peckham, brother of the bride.  Mr. Peckham is a student at Oberlin college.  For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Peckham chose a poudre blue lace gown and white accessories.  Pink roses and stephanotis formed her corsage.  A reception for 100 guests was held in Wesley hall following the rites.  A tiered wedding cake centered the long table.  At either end were silver bowls of pale pink roses and other summer flowers.  Ivory tapers were in silver candle holders.  Members of the Orpheus Society served the guests.  When the couple left on a wedding trip, Mrs. Wade was wearing a brown sheer crepe overskirt with a white sheer frock.  Her hat was brown and other accessories white.  She pinned the white iris form her bridal bouquet to the shoulder of her traveling ensemble.  Mrs. Wade is organist at First Methodist Church.  Mr. Wade is at the United State Naval Training Station, San Diego, Calif.--Port Huron Times Herald.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 2, 1942]

Lucy T. Delello

 

 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Delello, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Lucy T. to Larry Argiro, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Argiro, of 608 North Townsend street, Syracuse, at a dinner for the immediate family, Saturday, June 27.  Miss Delello attended Bainbridge Central School and is at present engaged as a forelady in Scintilla Magneto.  Mr. Argiro is a graduate of the college of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, where he was affiliated with Sigma Chi Alpha, Fine Arts honorary, and Kappa Phi Kappa, education honorary.  He was a member of the Bainbridge High School faculty where he had charge of the Art Department.  Mr. Argiro has left for Camp Belvior, Virginia, where he will receive his basic training preliminary to his assignment to a camouflage school. [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 9, 1942, July 16, 1942]

 

A beautiful June wedding took place in the Sacred Heart Church at Utica [Oneida Co., NY], June 27 at 11 A.M. when Miss Ruth Cotter, daughter of Mrs. Cecil Doolittle, of 2207 Highland avenue, Utica, became the bride of Charles John Odell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Odell, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].  the bride, who was given in marriage by a cousin, Harold Porter, wore a white flowered marquisette gown, 3/4 length sleeves and a full length train.  She wore a long veil, with orange blossom tiara and carried white roses.  Miss Marie Suskie, as maid of honor, wore a pink marquisette dress.  Her flowers were mixed garden flowers.  The bridesmaids were Miss Rita Cotter, sister of the bride, and Miss Edna Bialis.  Miss Cotter wore a yellow marquisette dress with a flowered tiara. Miss Bialis had a blue marquisette gown, with a blue flowered tiara and a bouquet of mixed garden flowers.  Carol Grieneder, flower girl, wore a white net dress with flowers fastened to the net. Raymond Zimmer was best man and John Eichlorn and Tom Suskie, schoolmates of the bride, were ushers.  Mrs. Cecil Doolittle, mother of the bride, wore a pink lace dress with yellow corsage, and accessories to match.  The groom's mother wore a baby blue silk Jersey dress with a pink corsage and white accessories.  Wedding marches were rendered on the organ by Joe Enfield.  A reception for 60 was held at the bride's home and a wedding breakfast was served.  The bride and groom visited the bride's grandmother at Ogdensburg Hospital while on their wedding trip.  Mr. and Mrs. Odell will reside near Guilford as soon as the house is completed.  [Bainbridge News & Republica,  July 9, 1942] 

 

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Glenn, of Utica [Oneida Co., NY], announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Margret, to Lieut. Charles Storer Scovil, son of Mrs. J. deLancey Scovil and the late Rev. J. DeLancey Scovil.  Miss Glenn is a graduate of the Utica Free Academy and attended the School of Related Arts and Sciences.  Lieutenant Scovil is a graduate of DeVaux School, Niagara Falls, and received his commission as second lieutenant at Fort Monmouth, N.J., in June.  He is now stationed at Frost Jackson, S.C.  No date has been set for the wedding.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 9, 1942]

 

The marriage of Sherriff Alley and Miss Harriet Alger, both of Masonville [Delaware Co., NY], took place Sunday at 1:15 P.M., at the Methodist parsonage in Bainbridge.  They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hodges, of Sidney.  Mr. and Mrs. Alley will make their home in East Masonville.  They both work in the Scintilla plant, at Sidney.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 9, 1942]

 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Petley announce the engagement  of their daughter, Clara Louise, to Carl Toby Hovey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hovey, of Kirby street, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  The wedding will take palce in the late Summer.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 9, 1942]