Saturday, July 12, 2014

Marriages (July 12)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vroman of Nineveh, N.Y., R.D. No. 1 [Broome Co., NY], celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary December 3, 1943.  In the evening they were pleasantly surprised by about twenty members of their family who helped them celebrate the occasion with ice cream and cake.  They received many beautiful cards and gifts of money in honor of the occasion.  [Afton Enterprise, Dec. 16, 1943]

Miss Virginia Dimicco, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dimicco became the bride of ART 2/c Robert L. Graham, son of Mrs. Helen Graham, Endicott [Broome Co., NY], at a very pretty double ring ceremony last Saturday morning in the Sacred Heart Church, with Rev. Fr. John Kavanaugh officiating.  The bride was gowned in ivory white satin with a French illusion veil caught by a tiara of orange blossoms and carried a white prayer book adorned with white gardenias.  Miss Florence Dimicco, bridesmaid and sister of the bride, wore a gown of pink net and silk jersey with robin's egg blue colonial hat and carried a mixed bouquet.  Daniel Contento, USN, of Endicott, was best man and the ushers were William McIntyre, brother-in-law of the bride and Thomas Graham, brother of the groom.  The bride's mother was attired in a powder blue print silk jersey dress with a corsage of pink rosebuds.  The groom's mother wore a soldier blue crepe dress with a corsage of Talisman roses.  A wedding breakfast was held in the DeCumber Hotel for the immediate families.  After a wedding trip the couple will make their home in Squantum, Mass., where the groom is stationed at a Naval base.  [Sidney Enterprise, Dec 23, 1943]

The engagement of Miss Elizabeth Zurbruegg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Zurbruegg, 68 West Main St. [Sidney, Delaware Co., NY], to Seaman 2/C, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cass, 13 Smith street, has recently been announced by Miss Zurbruegg's parents.  Miss Zurbruegg is a graduate of the Sidney High school and Seaman Cass attended the Johnson City and Unadilla schools.  No date has been set for the wedding.  [Sidney Enterprise, Dec. 23, 1943]

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Wendler of 1293 Second Avenue, Watervliet, N.Y., announce the engagement of their daughter, Marjorie A., to William P. Stevens, son of Mrs. W.H. Stevens, of Sidney.  Miss Wendler is a graduate of Watervliet High School, Russell Sage College and Samaritan Hospital of Nursing.  She is now employed by the Watervliet Board of Education as school nurse-teacher.  Mr. Stevens is a graduate of Norwich High School, attended Hartwick College for two years and is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  He is employed as a designer by Scintilla Magneto Division of Bendix Aviation Corporation in Sidney.  The date for the wedding has been set for Easter Vacation.  [Sidney Enterprise,  Dec. 23, 1943]

Announcement has been made of the engagement of Betty Irene Decker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Decker, of McClure [Broome Co., NY], to Claude A. Teale, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Teale of North Sanford [Broome Co., NY].  Miss Decker is employed in Sidney at the A & P market.  No date has been set for the wedding. [Sidney Enterprise, Dec. 23, 1943]

Mrs. J.C. Simpson has returned from a visit with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie G. Young and family, Middletown.  While there she attended the wedding of her grandson, Sea. 1/c Milton L. Young, to Joyce Decker, also of Middletown [Orange Co., NY], in the Middletown Methodist Church.  Dec. 12.  Rev. T.E. Edwards performed the double ring service.,  They were attended by their close friends, Miss Dorothy Stephens as bridesmaid and Donald Sauer as best man.  The bride was charmingly gowned in brown velvet, with a corsage of white gardenias.  Miss Stephens wore a gold color dress and a corsage of dark red roses.  A reception followed at the bride's home for about 50 relatives.  The bride has been employed in the telephone office in Middletown.  The Young family resided in Sidney when the groom was a boy.  Sea. Young is with the Coast guard, stationed at New London, Conn., where they will reside.  [Sidney Enterprise, Dec. 23, 1943]

Mr. and Mrs. Morris A. Reynolds of North Afton [Chenango Co. NY], announce the engagement of their daughter, Isobel Viola, to Clayton Henry Mulwane, foster son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter McIntyre, of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].  [Bainbridge News & Republican,  Jan. 6, 1944]

 

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