Marriages (June 27)

Hulbert - Weeks

October 13, 1937

Miss Ruth Weeks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ray Weeks, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], and Walter Hulbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hulbert, of Deposit [Delaware Co., NY], were united in marriage at the First Methodist church of Oneonta on Wednesday afternoon, October 13th, Rev. Harold Buckingham was the officiating pastor.  Miss Jean Dawson, friend of the bride, and Bruce Weeks, brother of the bride, were the attendants. The young couple will make their home in Afton.  Mrs. Hulbert attended the Bainbridge Central School, and graduated with the class of 1935.

 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Thomson

January 1, 1938

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomson celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary at their home in Afton [Chenango Co., NY] on New Year's Day.  Mr. and Mrs. Thomson were married in Afton by Rev. Henry Hill, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Afton in 1896, and have made their home in that village since that time.  Mr. Thomson came to the vicinity of Afton from Fresno, California, forty-five years ago.  After a family dinner party, a photographer took pictures of the entire group. Guests included Mrs. Thomson's father, Wm. H. Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. Merwin Thomson and daughter, Donna, of Afton, Wayne E. Thomson and children, and Mrs. Adah Follett of Bainbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marriott and children, of Sidney, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Terry of Nineveh.

 

Leach - Ireland

February 1938

Miss Ruth Roberta Ireland daughter of Mrs. Elbert Ireland, was united in marriage with Richard Stillman Leach, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stillman Leach of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], at a ceremony witnessed by the families and close friends on Saturday at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Yale Lyon officiating. The couple was attended by Miss Helen Kemp and Joseph Ireland of Unadilla, the latter a brother of the bride.  presiding at the organ was Mrs. L. C. VanOrsdale of Sidney.  Following the ceremony a luncheon was given at the Ireland home for 35 guests.  Mrs. Leach is a graduate of Sidney High School and attended Hartwick College and Westminster Choir School at Princeton, N.J. After a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Leach's future home will be near new Hartford.

 

Doolittle - Gustavson

May 1938

Miss Wilma Gustavson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Verner Gustavson, and Frank Doolittle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Doolittle, were united in marriage Saturday evening, at 6 o'clock in the home of the bride's parents on the Bainbridge-Sidney road. The Rev. G.H. Orvis of the Presbyterian Church performed the ceremony.  Mrs. Lennart Ideman, sister of the bride, and Ove Munk were the attendants.  The bride wore a gown of blue lace and her corsage was of yellow roses.  Mrs. Ideman wore a light pink organdie gown with a corsage of red roses.  Mrs. Lura Lewis played the Bridal march for the ceremony, and incidental music during the reception which followed.  After the reception, Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle left for a short wedding trip.

 

Bergen - Hirt

April 1938

Miss Virginia Frances Hirt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Hirt, and John Lott Bergen, son of Mrs. Caroline VanSinderin Bergen of Jamaica, L.I., were united in marriage on Friday morning by the Rev. George H. Orvis at the First Presbyterian Church.  Mrs. A.C. Wilcox was at the organ.  The bride was given in marriage by her father.  She wore a white taffeta princess type gown, trimmed with lace, and a finger tip veil.  Her bouquet was of gardenias and lilies of the valley.  The maid-of-honor was Miss Anna L. Bergen of Jamaica, L.I., sister of the groom.  She wore a fuchsia taffeta gown. The bridesmaids were Miss Mildred Petley of Bainbridge and Miss Eloise Carpenter of Morris. They were dressed in pink and blue taffeta. The attendants wore large straw hats with matching ribbon crowns, and carried bouquets of talisman roses.  Mrs. Hirt, mother of the bride, wore a gown of hyacinth blue lace with a gardenia corsage. The mother of the groom, Mrs. Bergen was dressed in royal blue lace, with a corsage of gardenias.  Teunis J. Bergen of Rockville Center, L.I., cousin of the groom, was best man. The ushers included:  Milton G. Billard of Far Rockaway, L.I., and Maurice Amend of Queens Village, L.I.  The church was attractively decorated with banks of palms and Easter lilies by the local Crescendo Club, friends of the bride.  Following the ceremony, an informal reception was held in the church, after which the bridal party, relatives and out-of-town guests were entertained at a breakfast at the Red Shutters Tea Room in Afton.  Mr. and Mrs. Bergen left in the afternoon for New York City from where they sailed Saturday for Bermuda on the "Monarch of Bermuda."  Mrs. Bergen is a graduate of the Bainbridge  High School and William Smith College.  At present she is one of the music supervisors in the Johnson City School system.  Mr. Bergen, a graduate of Bucknell College is in the employ of General Motors at Jamaica.