Marriages (April 20)

Burr - Slater

Married October 5, 1940, Norwich, NY

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  The marriage of Miss Gertrude M. Slater, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Linn W. Slater, to Donald H. Burr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon G. Burr of this city, was solemnized this morning at 10 o'clock in the First Congregational Church.  The pastor, the Rev. Dr. G. Edgar Wolfe, officiated, using the double ring service.  An organ recital by Mrs. Floyd Miner preceded the ceremony. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a princess style gown of white satin with a finger tip veil.  She carried a shower bouquet of white roses, bavardia and maiden-hair fern.  Her maid of honor, Miss Eleanor Gates, wore a short sleeved dress of dusty pink taffeta with a sweetheart bonnet of wine velvet. She carried an arm bouquet of wine scabisosia.  Charles Munday served as best man.  Ushers were Henry Burr, a brother  of the bridegroom, and Paul Enggard.  A wedding breakfast was served the bridal party and immediate families at the Oxford inn following the ceremony.  Pre-nuptial events honoring the bride were given by Miss Eleanor Gates, Mrs. Vernon G. Burr, Mrs. Leon M. Walworth, Mrs. G. Ray Wells, Mrs. Arthur Davis, Miss Evelyn Christie and Miss Gertrude Reynolds.

Mr. & Mrs. Orrin Anderson

55th Wedding Anniversary - Married December 25, 1879

A few relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Orrin L. Anderson surprised them at their son's home Tuesday on the occasion of their 55th wedding anniversary.  December 25, 1879, Alice Skinner and Orrin Anderson were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Skinner, on the Norwich-South New Berlin road.  Mr. and Mrs. Anderson lived for many years on the farm where their son, Daniel Anderson, now resides.  To them were born two children, a son, Daniel E. Anderson, who married Lena Pudney and a daughter, Eunice, who married Charles Pudney.  Eunice Anderson Pudney died in April, 1926.  There are four grandchildren, Laverne D. Anderson, who married Anita Belle Christman of South New Berlin; Olive Anderson, who is her father's housekeeper since her mother died, and Richard and Donald.  Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have always lived within three miles of their present home. They are both well known in Norwich and South New Berlin and have many friends here.  At 2 o'clock a bountiful turkey dinner was served, to which the company did ample justice.  Later Mr. Aldrich, in behalf of the company, presented the couple with a radio, which he said would speak for them in the days to come.  Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are in usual good health, and hope to enjoy many more years together.  A poem, "Fifty-five Years Married" written by Miss Maude Mathewson and dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson appears below:

Fifty-Five Years Married

by Maude Mathewson

This Christmas Day of 1934

Brings memories by the score.

Long ago, before my time,

Occurred a wedding in Dec. 1879.

Alice Skinner was the fair-haired bride,

Orrin Anderson was the man by her side.

A farmer's daughter she,

And a farmer he was bound to be.

The Wedding ceremony done,

A new home was soon begun.

Not far from her father's house, less than a mile,

They began their home on the farm of Smith Guile

For full many a year

They lived on this farm here;

But when their son married and brought his bride home,

The old folks left them and started to roam.

In all they have lived in places three,

But now live near the old place, just as should be.

The years have brought joys and pleasures by the score,

But sorrow has knocked at their door.

Eunice, their joy and pride, has crossed the tide,

And Lena has joined her on the other side.

They two are waiting in heaven fair

For the grand reunion when we shall meet them there.

The hopes of this couple today

Are centered in their grandchildren four;

One girl and three boys,

Bring them plenty of joys.

Our love and best wishes we bring today,

As we help them celebrate this mark along life's way.

They who have lived through peace and strife

Fifty-five years as man and wife,

Fifty-five years of married life.

Marriage Notices

Chenango American, March 29, 1860

In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 28th inst. by Rev. J.O. Ransom, Mr. Chas. B. Smith to Miss Jane E.Blivin, both of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] on the 20th inst., by Rev. B.L. Bennett, Mr. E.J. Fink to Maggie Brown, all of Oxford.

In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] on the 28th ult. by W. Crandall, Esq. Mr. Geo O. Monroe of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss A.M. West of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by Rev. E. N. Ruddock, Frederick Smith to Miss Fanny Fisher, both of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango American, April 12, 1860

In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., by Rev. A. Parker, Mr. Robert Wilson, Jr., of this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Abbey Jane Manning, of the former place.

At the Baptist Church, in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst. by Rev. L. Wright, Mr. Reuben S. Aldrich to Miss Nancy J. Hunt, both of Norwich.

At the same time and place, by the same, Mr. Willard F. Lewis, to Miss Betsey E. Edmonds, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst. by Rev. C. Blakesley, Mr. Timothy D. Anthony to Miss Mary A. Hart, both of Plymouth.

In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th ult. by the Rev. W.T. Potter, Mr. Boughton O. Morse of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Ann Augusta Gleason of the former place.

At Slater's Hotel, Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY] on the 5th inst. by Rev. S. Johnson, of Center Lisle, Mr. Merrick Hallenbeck of Lisle [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Antonette, of Triangle [Broome Co., NY]