Thursday, June 12, 2014

Marriages (June 12)

Word has been received of the marriage, on July Fourth, of Lee Bennett of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], and Mrs. Pearl Green, also of Greene, in Whitney Point.  Mr. Bennett is a former resident of this vicinity and is the father of Mrs. Edward Gliha.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 16, 1942]
 
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Myers announce the engagement of their granddaughter, Helen Antonia Myers, to Donald E. Springsteen, of Hackensack, N.J.  Helen Myers is the daughter of William Lambert Myers, of Bainbridge and Albany.  Donald Springsteen was educated at the Mount Hermon School, and is now with the Curtis Wright Co., of New Jersey.  He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Springsteen, of Hackensack, where Mr. Springsteen is connected with the Hackensack Record. The marriage will take place in August.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 16, 1942]
 
Mr. and Mrs. J. Cornelius Van Houten announce the marriage of their daughter, Martha Elizabeth, to Russell Charles McCall on Saturday July 11, at LaGrange, Ga.  Mr. McCall, who is now in the service, was formerly in the meat department at the American Store.  [Bainbridge News & Repulbican, July 16, 1942]
 
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Branham announced the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth Anne, to Joseph Brock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brock, of Skaneateles [Onondaga Co., NY], at a picnic dinner held at their home, Sunday, July 19.  Betty graduated from Bainbridge Central High School in 1938 and has since completed two years at Syracuse University.  She is now a Senior in the Syracuse Memorial Hospital Training School and is this year president of Azenda Honorary Society.  Mr. Brock graduated form Skaneateles High School in 1936 and is now associated with his father on their farm on Skaneateles Lake.  No date has been set for the wedding.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 23, 1942]

Sunday afternoon, July 19, at 3:30 o'clock, at St. Mark's Church, Teaneck, N.J., occurred the marriage of Marjorie Alice Potts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren D. Potts of Teaneck, to Dr. Anthony Wayne Sylstra, of Pearl River, brother of N.L. Sylstra, of Guilford.  The officiating minister was the Rev. L.F. Nichols, rector.  The small but beautiful church was decorated with summer flowers.  The bride was most attractive in net over white satin, full length veil and carried white roses.  Her attendants wore blue and pink mousseline de soie and net caps.  Their flowers were pink roses and forget-me nots.  the best man was Richard Sylstra, of Midland Park, N.J., brother of the groom.  The men in the wedding party wore white linen.  Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the Elks Club House, Hackensack, N.J.  The bride is not known in Guilford, but the groom is a resident of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]. He is a graduate of Peddie Prep School, Heightstown, N.J., Cornell University, class of 1941.  Since completing his college course he has served on the staff of the Veterinary Hospital at Pearl River.  Best wishes are extended to them for  happy future.  They are spending their honeymoon at Lake George.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 23, 1942]

In the First Baptist Church, at 1 o'clock this afternoon, was solemnized the marriage of Miss Mary M. Mosenthin and Donald Allnatt, both of this city [Little Falls, NY].  The Rev. Charles B. Allnatt, pastor of the church and father of the groom, performed the nuptial ceremony.  The church was decorated with ferns and white hydrangeas tastefully arranged.  The bride was given in marriage by her father, while Miss Janet Newport and William Werner of this city were maid of honor and best man.  Misses Gertrude Tiedman and Caroline Love were bridesmaids, and Edward Fulmer, this city, and Dalton Kellog, of Georgetown, N.Y., were ushers.  The bride was attractive in a gown of brocaded marquisette, fashioned along princes lines, with long circular train.  Her veil was of silk illusion, of finertip lenth, attached to a tiara of orange blossoms.  She carried a bouquet of gladioli.  The maid of honor wore white net, over taffeta, with a green tiara and shoulder length veil. She carried pink roses tied with green ribbon.  The bridesmaids wore similar gowns of frosted organdy, with Miss Tiedman in pink, and Miss Love in blue.  Each wore a matching tiara and shoulder length veil.  Both carried colonial bouquets of mixed flowers.  The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Mosenthin, 22 Loomis street, is a graduate of the local high school. The groom, son of the Rev.  and Mrs Charles B. Allnatt, 2 Dale Place, also was graduated from the local high school, and is a member of the Royal Cnadian Air Force, stationed at Chatham, New Brunswick, Can.  A reception followed the ceremony, in the church parlors after which the couple left for a honeymoon at Hatch Lake. They will take up their residence in Canada.--From Little Falls Evening Times, Thursday, July 9.  The Rev. Allnatt is a former pastor of the Bainbridge Baptist Church.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 30, 1942]

Miss Barbara Lester Kirby of Ithaca, daughter of Mrs. John Reuben Kirby, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY],was married last Thursday to Lieutneant (j.g.) Carlisle Moore, U.S.N.R., son of Mrs. Elizabeth Conover Moore, of New York City, and of Herbert Hill Moore, of Ashville, N.C.  The ceremony was performed in Sage Chapel, Cornell University, by the Rev. James A.G. Moore. A reception took place at Willard Straight Hall, the Cornell student union.  The bride was given in marriage by her uncle, Ralph W. Kirby, of Bainbridge.  Mrs. Bruno Roehrl was her sister's matron of honor, and Craig Thompson was best man.  Ushers were Cornelius Kaylor, Fred O. Waage and M.L. Hulse.  The bride, Cornell '34, is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi.  she has been on the staff of Willard Straight Hall for four years.  Lieutenant Moore was graduated in 1933 from Princeton, where he was elected to Terrace Club. He formerly taught English at Cornell, and last year was assistant professor of English at Michigan State college. The couple will go south on their wedding trip,--From New York Herald Tribune, July 24, 1942  [Bainbridge News & Republican, July 30, 1942]

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