Saturday, July 26, 2014

Marriages (July 26)

Burr - Springsteen:  Miss Marian Ruth Springsteen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Springsteen, of Ouaquaga [Broome Co., NY], was married to Sergeant Charles J. Burr, Saturday afternoon, July 29.  The ceremony was performed on the lawn at the home of the bride's parents by the Rev. T. Pert Gates, of Windsor.  The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burr, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY].  A reception was held on the shaded lawn following the ceremony.  The bride's table was decorated in red, white and blue, on which were two cakes--one the wedding cake, the other a birthday cake for the groom.  The bride graduated from Windsor High School in 1937 and is employed at the Scintilla in Sidney.  The groom graduated from Binghamton High School in 1938 and is now chief of section in the Marine Engine School at Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida, where they will reside for the present.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 10, 1944]

Comings - Poole:  The wedding of Miss Pauline J. Poole, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Poole, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], to Philip C. Comings, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Comings, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], was solemnized Wednesday afternoon, August 2, in the Baptist Church, Afton, by the Rev. Alan A. Douglas, pastor, and the Rev. Harold Baer, of Chatham, Va., an uncle of the bride.  A reception followed in the church parlors for 130 guests with a four-tiered wedding cake centering the bride's table.  After a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Comings will be at home in Coventry.  Both young people are graduates of Afton Central School and active in community and church affairs.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 10, 1944]

The First Baptist Church was the scene of a very pretty wedding, Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, when Miss Mary Emilou Howland daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orla F. Howland, 28 Kirby street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], was married to Herman Weissflog, Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weissflog, of Monsey.  The Rev. R. Lewis Johnson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, of Kingston, performed the double ring ceremony.  The church was decorated with baskets of gladioli and bouquets of garden flowers.  Mrs. Ernest Hoyt played the organ.  The bride, given in marriage by her father wore a gown of starched ninon with lace, and her full length veil was held in place with a flower tiara.  She carried a colonial bouquet of white roses and baby's breath.  The maid of honor, Miss Wilburna Holbert, wore pink chiffon with shoulder length veil and carried a colonial bouquet of pink rose buds and white asters.  Best man was Marshall Andrews, brother-in-law of the bride. The bride's mother chose a dress of lilac and white jersey and wore a corsage of white rose buds.  The groom's mother was dressed in black and old rose, and wore a corsage of white rose buds.  The bride is a graduate of Bainbridge Central High School and the New York State College for Teachers at Plattsburgh, and for the past two years has been in charge of the Home Economics course at the South New Berlin Central School.  Chief Petty Officer Weissflog, who graduated form the New Berlin High School, enlisted in the U.S. Navy in May, 1938, and was at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Jap attack. He saw service in the first Coral Sea actions and many other Pacific engagements. After serving three years outside the Continental United States he was granted a 30-day leave, and will report back to the West Coast on Aug. 28 for reassignment to duty.  Mrs. Weissflog expects to accompany him.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 17, 1944]

Miss Barbara Hunt Remsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Remsen of Scarsdale, and Lt. George Sherwood Tillman, U.S. Army Air Forces, son of Chenango County Clerk Irving D. Tillman and Mrs. Tillman, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], and formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], were married Aug. 9 in the First Baptist Church at Norwich. The Rev.  Harold Knight performed the ceremony. The bride, who is a graduate of Scarsdale High School and Ohio University, has taught second grade in the Norwich school system for two years and will return this fall.  Lieutenant Tillman is stationed at Drew Field, Tampa, Fla., where he will report Aug. 19 after the young couple return from a short wedding trip.  Lieutenant Tillman was graduated form Norwich High School, Manlius Military Academy and Hamilton College.  He enlisted in the Army Air Forces in September, 1942.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Aug. 17, 1944]

 

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