Saturday, June 14, 2014

Marriages (June 14)

Miss M. Louise Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Lewis, of 67 North Main street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], was married to Winston S. Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. N.P. Nelson, of South Main street [Bainbridge, NY], Saturday at St. Peter's Church.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Moore, of Unadilla.  The couple was attended by Miss Louise Whitman, of Bainbridge, and Joseph Nelson, of Binghamton, brother of the bridegroom.  the bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a street length dress of light blue, with white accessories and a corsage of pink rose buds.  The maid of honor was dressed in navy blue with white accessories and a corsage of yellow rose buds.  The mother of the bride was attired in beige with beige accessories and a corsage of bronze gladioli; and the mother of the bridegroom wore a light blue dress with white accessories and a corsage of peach gladioli.  Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the home of the bridegroom's parents.  After returning from a trip to the Thousand Islands, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are at home to their many friends at 37 South Main street.  Mrs. Nelson is a graduate of the Bainbridge Central High School, Oneonta Normal and Columbia University; and she is a member of the Bainbridge Central School faculty.  Mr. Nelson is employed at the Scintilla Magneto Division of the Bendix Corp., Sidney.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 27, 1942]
 
Mrs. John Casson, of 35 West Tennessee street, Skaneateles, has announced the marriage of her daughter, Miss Carolyn Casson, to Gordon Kendall Burton, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Burton, of this village.  The marriage was solemnized at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Aug. 15, at the bride's home with only the immediate families present.  The Rev. John B. Dobson, Jr., rector of the Presbyterian Church, performed the ceremony.  The couple was attended by Miss Kathryn Casson, of Skaneateles and Mr. Carson, U.S.N. Ph. M. 3/C, a friend of the bridegroom.  The bride was attired in a street length dress of white with a corsage of red and white roses.  Her maid of honor wore a street length dress of pink with a rose corsage.  Mrs. Burton taught languages in the local B.C.H.S. up until three years ago when she left to teach in the Redford School for Girls at El Paso, Texas, where she plans to continue teaching.  Mr. Burton is a Pharmacist's Mate, Third Class, United States Navy, and is assigned to the Chelsea Naval Hospital, Mass.  He has a brother, Pvt. William Burton, who is a member of the United States Army, stationed at Camp Stoneman, San Francisco, Cal.  Mr. and Mrs. George Burton and Miss Roberta Burton attended the wedding from Bainbridge.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 27, 1942]
 
Mr. and Mrs. Wendolin Mertz, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Margaret Mertz, to Warren Bennett Davy, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Davy, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].  The ceremony took place in St. Paul's Rectory, Jacksonville, Fla., in an afternoon wedding on Aug. 15, with the Rev. Henry J. Rotuge, chaplain of the United States Naval Reserve, officiating.  The couple was attended by Mrs. Mildred M. Ray and Thomas G. Cox, of the U.S. Marines.  The groom, a member of the U.S. Marines, stationed at Jacksonville, Fla., graduated from the Greene High School with the class of '35; Mrs. Davy, a graduate of the local Bainbridge Central High School, class of '40 returned to her home here and will continue to work in the Scintilla Magneto plant.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 27, 1942]
 
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Puerile, of 27 Pearl street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Mary Theresa Puerile, to Charles Anthony Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller, of Nineveh.  Miss Puerile, a graduate of Bainbridge Central High School, is employed as forelady at Scintilla Magneto Co., ,Sidney, and Miller, a graduate of Williamsburg High School, Brooklyn, is also employed at the Scintilla plant.  No date has been set for the wedding.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 27, 1942]

Announcement was made last week of the engagement of Miss Margaret Gere, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Brewster Gere, of 1812 Euclid Ave, Syracuse [Onondaga Co., NY], to Graydon V. Cass, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cass, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  Miss Gere, a graduate of Nottingham High School, where she received the Bausch and Lomb Science Medal for excellence in the study of science, is a junior student at Cornell University and is a council member of the Cornell Independent Association.  During her high school years, she was editor-in-chief of the Nottingham "Citizen," and was the representative of New York State as the 1940 Good Citizenship Pilgrim in Washington, D.C.  Graydon, a graduate of Bainbridge Central High School with highest honors, also graduated form Cornell University in May of this year and at present is employed as bacteriologist in the research department of Crown Can in Philadelphia, Pa.  At college he was president of the Cornell Independent Association and a member of the Student council.  No date has been set for the wedding.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 27, 1942]

Miss Lillian I. Payne, daughter of Mrs. L.E. Payne, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], became the bride of Tech. Corporal Walter B. Shipman, son of Mrs. Martha Rider, of Rockdale [Chenango Co., NY], on Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Community Methodist church of Wareham, Mass.  The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Wilfred D. Hamilton, of Wareham. The couple was attended by Miss Hazel Gardner and Sergeant James B. Coffee. The bride wore a street length dress of navy blue with red and white accessories and a corsage of red roses and white baby's breath.  There was a reception at the headquarters of the 1st Battalion, 505th Regiment, Camp Edwards, Mass., where the huge wedding cake was served.  Mrs. Shipman is a graduate of Bainbridge Central  High School and Oneonta Normal.  For two years she has been a teacher at East Masonville, Sidney Central School system.  Corporal Shipman entered the service of "Uncle Sam" in March.  He was first stationed at Fort Eustis, Va., but was later transferred to Camp Edwards. on Sept. 1st he received his Sergeant's rating.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Sept. 3, 1942]

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