Marriages (October 23)

Mr. and Mrs. P.G. Decker, of 156 River street, Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY],  have announced the engagement of their daughter, Evelyn, to Cadet Donald H. Pratt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pratt, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  The bride-elect is employed by the Scintilla Magneto Division of the Bendix Aviation Corporation.  She is an Oneonta High School graduate and was a member of Tau Phi Epsilon Sorority. Cadet Pratt was graduated from the Bainbridge High School and attended the Academy of Aeronautics, LaGuardia Field, New York City.  At present he is taking the Army specialized training in engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 23, 1943]

 

The marriage of Miss Mildred Martha Tew, daughter of Elmer Tew, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], and P.F.C. Kenneth Stanley Jeffers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Jeffers, of Afton, took place in the Afton Baptist Church at 8 o'clock Saturday evening, Dec. 4.  The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Alan Douglas, pastor of the church.  The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a white satin princess wedding gown en train, fashioned sweetheart neckline, lace inserts, and long sleeves puffed at the shoulders.  Her finger-tip veil of tulle was arranged with a coronet of seed pearls.  She carried white roses.  Miss  Mary Tew, sister of the bride, was maid of honor.  She wore a dress of pink marquisette, made with a sweetheart neckline, tight shirred bodice with full skirt, and carried pink roses.  the bridesmaids were Miss Florence Moore, and Mrs. Fred Fuller, sister of the bridegroom.  They wore similar gowns of blue and green and carried yellow mums.  The three attendants wore short veils, fastened with velvet bows in matching colors.  The flower girl was little Miss Garneta Winsor, who wore yellow silk and a bandeau of yellow ribbon and veiling.  Master Francis Kenneth Fuller, in military uniform, acted as ring bearer.  The bridegroom was attended by his brother-in-law, Fred Fuller, and George Alean and Clifford Johnson acted as ushers.  The bridegroom's mother wore a black and white ensemble and a corsage of red roses.  Mrs. Harry G. Horton, aunt of the bride, was attired in black velvet and wore a corsage of pink carnations.  Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. Robert Wood, accompanied by Miss Ruth Chamberlain at the organ sang "At Dawning" and "Because."  The auditorium was beautifully decorated with white crepe streamers, each pew being marked with flowers and streamers, and the altar was banked with palms, evergreens, sprays of red berries and baskets of yellow chrysanthemums.  Two candelabra with white tapers placed at each window, completed the decorations.  A reception for relatives and friends followed the ceremony in the church parlors.  The bride and bridegroom and members of the bridal party, received under an arch of white, with wedding bells and streamers.  The bride's table was centered with a three-tiered wedding cake. The bridesmaids and three intimate friends of the bride, Miss Thelma Brown, Miss Helen Finch and Mrs. Robert Wood, served.  The bride is a graduate of the Afton Central School and at present is employed in the Scintilla Magneto Co., Sidney.  The bridegroom is a graduate of the Afton Central School and is a graduate machinist in the U.S. Army now stationed at Walker Army Air Field at Victoria, Kan. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 16, 1943]