Thursday, September 18, 2014

Marriages (September 18)

Miss Bertha Alice Castle, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Castle and Edwin Lindsey Butler of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY] were quietly married at the home of the bride's parents on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock.  Rev. John T. Lyon, pastor of the Federated church officiating.  Mrs. Butler is a graduate of the Unadilla High School, Syracuse University and the Albany Business College.  For the past few years she has been employed in Oneonta by the Elmore Milling company. Mr. Butler is a graduate of the New York State School of Agriculture at Cobleskill.  For the present Mr. and Mrs. Butler expect to make their home in Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].  Their many friends extend congratulations, [March 28, 1936]
 
Rev. and Mrs. J.H. Dickerson of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., announce the engagement of their daughter, M. Elizabeth, to Mr. S. Earl Hollenbeck, of Washington, D.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Hollenbeck, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  No date has been set for the wedding.  [June 1936]
 
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Herrick were very pleasantly surprised last Saturday evening at their home in North Main street when about thirty of their friends appeared to help in the celebration of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.  Cards and other games were enjoyed during the evening and refreshments, provided by the guests, were served.  Jay F. Hager, on behalf of the guests, presented Mr. and Mrs. Herrick with a gift in memory of the occasion.   Out-of-town friends in attendance included Mr. and Mrs. Merville Cook of Sidney and Mr. and Mrs. Jay F. Hager of Masonville.  [June 20, 1936]
 
PETLEY- SACKETT:  A charming event took place yesterday noon at the M.E. parsonage where nuptial ties were cemented amid the delicate bloom of flowers, the sincere congratulation of friends and the happy predictions for the future.  It was the marriage of Miss Lulu Viola Sackett, second daughter of Rev. C.H. Sackett, pastor of the Methodist church of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], and John Hamilton Petley, son of Mr. Thomas Petley, residing a short distance above the village of Bainbridge.  The ceremony was performed by the father of the bride in the presence of about forty assembled guests.  then followed the pleasant scene of the gathered company extending their heartfelt wishes for the happiness of the newly wedded pair.  A beautiful collation followed in which the bride had been the chief inspiration and the practical artist, an accomplishment which is considered of inestimable and priceless value in every household.  Mr. and Mrs. Petley left in the afternoon for a short bridal tour.  They will, upon their return, reside with the parents of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Petley, upon the landed estate of Harrison L. Beatty.  The bride was attired for the wedding ceremony in a pretty gown of white organdie trimmed with Valenciences lace, flowers in the hair, and carried a bouquet of flowers in her hands.  Her traveling suit was of steel gray with hat to match.  The wedding presents to the bride, were many, and the groom was substantially remembered with gifts, among which was a check for $25 form Harrison L. Beatty who is now traveling in foreign lands. The bride is a bright, vivacious young lady with many friends.  She has been a student at the High School and is prominent in church circles.  The groom is a scientific as well as a practical farmer, and his future success is assured from his already pronounced business qualifications.  The Republican extends best wishes for a happy future to Mr. and Mrs. Petley.  [Feb. 20, 1901]
 
STEAD - HOVEY:  One of the most pleasant social gatherings it has been our privilege to attend of late was the occasion of the marriage of Miss Ethel A. Hovey, youngest daughter of Mrs. Marilla A. Hovey of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and Mr. Alvin B. Stead of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], at the residence of the bride's mother, Thursday evening, Jan. 24, 1901 in the presence of many friends and relatives of the bride and groom.  Soon after seven o'clock the guests began to arrive and at the hour appointed for tying the nuptial knot the parlors were well filled.  Promptly at eight o'clock the bride and groom slowly entered the parlor to the soft sweet strains of the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin as they sounded from the organ by Miss Bertha C. Stead, sister of the groom.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. Charles N. Olmstead, pastor of the M.E. Church, Guilford, under a bower of evergreens, in the center of which was suspended a horse shoe, tied with white ribbons. Green and white were the wedding colors.  The bride was tastefully attired in a gown of green satin with trimmings of white silk and white chiffon and carried a bouquet of white hyacinths tied with white satin ribbon.  The bride wore a gold chain with opal setting, a gift of the groom. She made a dainty appearance.  The groom wore the conventional black.  Following the ceremony the bride and groom turned and facing the company received the usual congratulations and well wishes of the friends assembled, after which an elegant collation was served under the direction of cateress McCall of Oxford.  During the congratulations the strains of Mendelssohn's grand wedding march were heard from the organ.   Many elegant and valuable presents show the high esteem in which the recipients are held.  The newly wedded couple were driven the same evening to Norwich, amid showers of rice.  The next morning they took the Utica express over the O.&W. for Utica and Syracuse.  After a brief wedding trip they will return to Guilford to reside.  The bride is a most estimable young lady and will be greatly missed in Oxford and the groom who needs no introduction is an enterprising young farmer.  All will unite in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Stead all the happiness that can possibly crowd into their lives. 

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