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Weddings and Engagements
Miss Dorothy Corak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Corak of Midland Ave., and Carl Amedeo, son of Mrs. Fanny Amedeo of Chester, were united in marriage Thursday morning at 9 o'clock in the Presentation Catholic Church.
The very Rev. George A. Baumer performed the ceremony before an altar decorated with ferns and palms.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a traditional white satin gown with illusion net yoke trimmed with rhinestones and edged with Chantilly lace. It had long sleeves and a full skirt ending in a long train.
Her fingertip illusion veil was held in place by a coronet crown of rhinestones, and she carried a bouquet of calla lilies centered with a white orchid, stephanotis and satin streamers.
The matron of honor, Mrs. Joseph Pakavich, wore a pink organdy and lace gown, matching small picture hat and a Colonial bouquet of pink roses.
The bridesmaids were Miss Kathryn Gimbus of Midland, and Miss Eleanor Lettiero of Clairton. Frank Amedeo of Clairton, a brother of the bridegroom, was best man. Ushers were Thomas Lettiero of Clairton, and Peter Corak of Midland, a brother of the bride.
After the ceremony a wedding dinner for 75 was held at Deramo's Restaurant, scene of an evening reception of 300.
Following a wedding trip to Atlantic City and New York City, the couple will reside in Chester.
The bride attended Midland High School and the bridegroom was graduated from Chester High School and is employed at the Homer Laughlin China Co.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 17, 1950
THE ENGAGEMENT AND approaching marriage of Private Joyce Smith to Sergeant Lawrence Lee Mundell of Fairmont, W. Va., has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Smith, 796 Chester Ave;
Both are attending technical schools at the Chanute (Ill.}Air Force Base. She is in the Weather School and her fiance in Jet School.
Aug. 5 is the date chose for the nuptials in the chapel at the base.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 19, 1950
LISBON MARRIAGE LICENSES
William Joseph Shoub, grocer, and Margaret Ann MacLean, Wellsville.
Rolland E. Barrett, seamen, and Mary Alice Metz, potter, East Palestine.
Earnest Luther Carter, brick layer, and Dorothy Alice Price, Wellsville.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 22, 1950
The Methodist Church was the scene of nuptials at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, uniting Miss Eugenia Hill, daughter of Mrs. Lucille Hill of Birmingham, Ala., and Howard Stanley, son of Mrs. W. L. Stanley Worrell of Eupora, Miss.
Rev. M. V. Stone, pastor, officiated for the double-ring ceremony.
The bride wore a gown of embroidered white organdy, designed with a low scalloped neckline, cap sleeves, a wide sash and a full, gathered ballerina-length skirt, lavishly embroidered at the hemline.
She wore a single strand of pearls a gift of the bridegroom, and her fingertip veil or nylon net was caught in place by a bandeau of orange blossoms. Her flowers were a corsage of orchids.
Mrs. Robert Pyle was her sister's matron of honor in a ballerina-length gown of Navy blue eyelet with a sweetheart neckline, cap sleeves and a full skirt. She wore matching accessories and a corsage of gardenias. Donald Brooks was best man.
A reception for the wedding party followed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, 1228 St. George St., East Liverpool, where a three-tiered cake, topped with a miniature bridal couple, centered the bride's table. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor E. Loar of Hanover were guests.
The couple left for a brief motor trip through Ohio and Pennsylvania and Mrs. Stanley was attired in a yellow linen dress with white accessories and her orchid corsage.
The newlyweds plan to make their home at 240 Carolina Ave. The bridegroom is a member of the dredge crew employed near New Cumberland by the Iron City and Sand & Gravel Co.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 18, 1950
ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Alice Alton, to James West.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Mrs. Amy Alton of Main Blvd., and the late J. L. Alton, and her fiance is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R West of Leesville.
The bride-elect is a 1949 graduate of East Liverpool High School and has been employed at the D. M. Ogilvie Co. Mr. West was graduated from Delroy (O.) High School with the class of 1948 and works for the Bowerston Shale Co. in Bowerston.
The wedding will be an event of the near future.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 20, 1950
LISBON MARRIAGE LICENSES
William Neil Dudley, Jr., student, Charlottesville, Va., and Janice Mary Edgerton, recreation leader, Columbiana.
Howard Eugene Stuller, laborer, Kensington, and Margaret Eileen Wright, West Township..
from The East Liverpool Review, July 27, 1950
Lois Henderson Of Weirton Is Chester Resident Bride
MISS LOIS Edna Henderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Henderson of Weirton, and Gene Edwin Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis of Carolina Ave., Chester, were married Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Chester Church of the Nazarene.
Rev. Paul M. Fitch, pastor, performed the double-ring ceremony in the presence of the immediate families.
The bride chose a white net street-length dress with white accessories. Her corsage was of gardenias and pink rosebuds.
Miss Mary Henderson, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid. She wore a pink dress of sheer seersucker with white accessories and a corsage of pink rosebuds.
Gayle Davis, brother of the bridegroom, was best man.
Following a reception at the home of the bride's parents, the newlyweds left for a trip through the Eastern states.
They will reside in a newly furnished apartment on Erie St., East Liverpool.
The bride was graduated from Weirton High School in 1940 and was employed at Isaly's in Weirton.
A graduate of Chester High School, the bridegroom works for Crucible Steel Co., in Midland.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 22, 1950
A NEIGHBORHOOD ROMANCE culminated in marriage Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock when vows were exchanged by Miss Bonnie Clark and Donald Jones in the parsonage of First Church of Christ. Rev. D. Park Chapman performed the double ring rites.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Eunice Clark, 606 College St., and Albert Clark, 527 1/2 Washington St., and the bridegroom is the son of Mrs. Alice Jones, 609 College St.
The bride wore a beige suit with brown accessories and a corsage of sweet peas.
Miss Marian Clark, sister of the bride, was maid of honor in white, she also wore a corsage of sweet peas.
William Roberts, half-brother of the bridegroom, served as best man.
Thirty friends and relatives attended a reception at the home of the bride's mothers. A miniature bridal couple topped the three tiered cake.
Upon their return from a honeymoon in Milwaukee, the couple will reside with the bride's mother.
A 1946 graduate of East Liverpool High School, the bride is a beautician at the Ceramic Beauty Shop. The bridegroom is a machinist at Treawell Construction Co., in Midland.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 25, 1950
In a gown of her own creation, Miss Ann Rita Pansy became the bride of Richard Gordon West in a single-ring ceremony, Saturday, July 15, in the Presentation Catholic Church.
Rites were performed by Rev. Paul P. Leger before an altar decorated with bouquets of while flowers and ferns.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and mrs. Ross Guy Pansy of Inglewood, Calif., former residents here. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon E. West of Los Angeles.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a white satin gown with yoke, long pointed sleeves and peplum of effect of Chantilly lace. The scalloped neckline and long train were of silk. She carried a cascade bouquet of eight white orchids. Her tiny rhinestone earrings were a gift of the bridegroom.
Miss Lena Moniello of New Haven, Conn., a cousin of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore a Nile green gown and carried a bouquet of red roses.
The bridesmaids were Misses Mary Pichelli, Louise Glovanelli and Evenlyn Borato, all of Midland, Mary Menich and Jean Robertson of Inglewood, and Rose Rivelli of Wellsville. They wore pastel orchid gowns with matching picture hats.
The bride designed her attendants' gowns.
Francis Fanfera was the best man. The ushers were Daniel Borato, Jess Bernardi, Anthony Pantoni, Fritz Grant, Joe Giambroni and Alfred Cilli. Anthony Schuster of Sharpsburg was ring bearer.
A dinner for 150 guests was given at the Club Belvedere following the ceremony, and 500 attended a reception that night in the Croation Hall.
The bride attended Midland High School, and was graduated from Inglewood High School and El Camino College. She is a dental assistant and a receptionist in Inglewood.
The bridegroom is a graduate of Horace Mann School in Los Angeles and is a purchasing agent for the Keene Pipe & Supply Co. there.
Following a wedding trip to the east, the newlyweds will reside in Inglewood.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 25, 1950
CLIMAXING A ROMANCE of three and a half-years, Mr, and Mrs. William Myers, 213 West Second St., have announced their daughter, Miss Ruth Louise Ruble, to Corporal Jay W. Wollam, son of Mrs. Betty Nardone of Columbus and J. L. Wollam of Negley.
The nuptials will be performed in the near future at St. Mary's Cathedral in Austin, Texas, by Rev. Fr. Stephen A. Cronto, pastor.
The bride-elect attended East Liverpool High School and has been employed at the F. W. Woolworth Co. Corporal Wollam has concluded a furlough with his family nad reported to the Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio, Texas after being a patient there.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 27, 1950
Mrs Ruby McMullen and Archie Creslip, both of Lisbon R. D. 1, were married Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Second Christian Church of East Liverpool by Rev. Oskey W. Grow, pastor.
The bride was given in marriage by her father, Dorsey Beaver. She wore a street-length dress of blue taffeta with white accessories and an orchid corsage. Her rhinestone necklace and earrings were gifts from her father.
Miss Jennie Stillwagon of Lisbon was bridesmaid. She chose a street-length dress of pink satin, white accessories and a corsage of gardenias.
Following the ceremony, a dinner was served 30 guests at the bride's home.
The bride is employed at the Metsch Refactory Co. at Newell, and the bridegroom works at the McLain Fire Brick Co. in Wellsville, They are residing at the bride's home.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 28, 1950
Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Mildred Corradi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Corradi, 67 Midland Ave., to Delmar James Hays Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar J. Hays of East Liverpool.
Miss Corradi is employed as a clerk in Gahoto's Market and her fiance works at the Crucible Steel Co. He served in the Navy during World War II.
No Wedding date has been set.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, Dec. 31, 1952.
Jane Speerhas' Parents Announce Her Engagement.
The engagement of Miss Jane Speerhas to Thomas W. Scott has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Speerhas, of LaCroft.
She is a senior at East Liverpool High School.
Her fiance is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott of Northside Ave. Pleasant Heights, and is employed at the Crucible Steel Co. at Midland.
No date has been set for the wedding.
Source: the East Liverpool Review, Dec. 31, 1952.
Engagement Told For Carol Moffett and C. L. Virden
Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Carol Eliane Moffett and Curtis Lee Virden.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Mrs. Nora Moffett, 608 1/2 Grove Alley, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Virden of Glenmoor R. D. I.
MIss Moffett is a 1952 graduate of East Liverpool High School and is employed at the A. J. Olson Co. Her fiance was discharged from the Army in July after four year's service with the Army Engineers and is employed at the Edwin M. Knowles China Co.
No Wedding date has been set
Source: the East Liverpool Review, Dec. 31, 1952.
Christmas Eve Rites Unite Shirley Creamer, R. D. Morris.
Marriage vows were exchanged, on Christmas Eve by Miss Shirley Jean Creamer and Richard D. Morris in the Boyce Methodist Church. The Rev. Paul Bailey, pastor officiated.
The bride is the daughter of E. L. Creamer, 1752 Pennsylvania Ave., and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Morris of Sixth St., Chester.
A light blue street-length dress with dark blue accessories was worn by the bride and her corsage was of white carnations. Her rhinestone necklace was a gift from the bridegroom.
Miss Patty Morris, sister of the bridegroom, was maid of honor in an aqua dress with a corsage of pink flowers.
Ray Handey served as best man.
A reception followed at the home of the bride's father. After a brief honeymoon in Cleveland, the couple will reside with her father.
She is employed at Rapport's Dress Shop and her husband, a 1951 graduate of Chester High School, works at the Taylor, Smith & Taylor Co.
Source: the East Liverpool Review, Dec. 31, 1952
MARRIAGE VOWS WERE EXCHANGED Friday night at 7:30 o'clock by Miss Martha Ellen Cunningham and Everett Horner Jr. White flowers, palms and lighted tapers formed the alter setting in St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church for the double ring rites performed by Rev. W. T. Wilson, pastor.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cunningham, 343 Grant St., and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett H. Horner of Beechwood.
Mrs. William Riedel Jr. presented a fifteen minute recital of traditional nuptial music.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride was attired in an aqua suit and wore white accessories. Her corsage was of yellow roses tied with white ribbon.
Miss Dorothy Horner, sister of the bridegroom, was maid of honor in a Navy suit with white accessories. Red roses former her corsage.
Roy Cunningham Jr., brother of the bride, served as best man.
Those who usered were William Reidel and Robert Heckathorn.
For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Cunningham chose yellow with white accessories and a corsage of pink roses.
Mrs. Horner was dressed in Navy with white accessories and a corsage of white roses.
A miniature bridal couple topped the three-tiered cake at a reception for families and friends at the home of the brides parents. Mrs. Marcella Heckathorn, Mrs. William Reidel, Mrs. James Evans, Miss Hannah Franklin and Mrs. Roy Cunningham Jr., were aides.
The couple left for a few day's trip to Cleveland.
Employed in the office at Erlanger's, the bride is a 1943 graduate of East Liverpool High School
The bridegroom, who is employed as truck driver for the city, was discharged a year ago after serving three years in the Army.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 29, 1950
Plans have been announced for the approaching marriage of Miss Rita Mary McNeill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McNeill of Midland Heights to C. Russel McPherson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis McPherson of New Brighton.
The ceremony will be performed Saturday morning, Aug 12, at 10 o'clock in the Presentation Catholic Church by Rev. Fr. Paul F. Leger.
Miss McNeill has chosen Miss Phyllis Crano of Pissburgh as maid of honor and Miss Ann Travis of Wellsville as bridesmaid. Maureen Cronin, a niece of the bride-elect, will be flower girl.
A graduate of Midland High School in 1946 and the Ohio Valley Business College in East Liverpool, the bride-elect is employed at Ohio Bell Telephone Co. in East Liverpool.
Mr. McPherson is a graduate of Rochester High School and is a senior at Geneva College
A wedding reception and dinner will be held at the Penn-Beaver Hotel at Rochester.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 31, 1950
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Heckathorn of Wells Ave., gave a dinner Wednesday night to announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Gladys Roberta Heckathorn, to Elmer Archer Cook, son of Mrs. Mary Orr of Pennsylvania Ave., East Liverpool.
Places were set for 16 relatives and friends at a table centered with a cake decorated with pink rosebuds, green leaves and a miniature boy and girl carrying a pink candle. Place cards revealed the engagement. No date has been set for the wedding.
Miss Heckathorn was graduated from Wellsville High School and is a teacher in East Palestine. Mr. Cook is a student at Thacker Academy in Pittsburgh.
Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 31, 1950
Sally Troutman, Wayne R. Marion to Wed Sept. 3
ANNOUNCEMENT is made of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Sarah (Sally) Louise Troutman to Wayne Robert Marion.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Troutman of Walnut St. and the prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Marion of High St.
Open church nuptials will be observed Sept. 3 at 2:30 o'clock in St. John's Evengelical Lutheran Church with Rev. Wilbert T. Wilson officiating.
Both are graduated of East Liverpool High School with the Class of 1946. The bride-elect is employed as a file clerk at the Patterson Foundary & Machine Co. Following his graduation, the prospective bridegroom served 22 months with the Navy and is a sophomore at Miami University in Oxford.
Source: the East Liverpool Review, August 1, 1950
Miss Margaret A. MacLean Marries William J. Shoub
TWO OF THE older families of Wellsville were joined when Miss Margaret Ann MacLean, daughter of Wilbur L. MacLean of Riverside Ave., and William J. Shoub, son of Mr.and Mrs. Earl G. Shoub of Broadway, were united in marriage Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the First Presbyterian Church at Wellsville.
The double ring nuptials were performed before an altar banked with palms, white gladiolus and two seven-branch candelabra bearing lighted tapers. Dr. S. W. Beltler of Erie, Pa., former pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. John C. Little, pastor, solemnized the marriage.
Escorted to the altar by her father, the bride wore a gown of white frosted organdy styled with a scalloped bertha neckline and a ruffled skirt ending in a chapel train. Her veil was held in place by a bonnet of the same material as the dress. She carried a bouquet of spray orchids and lily of the valley and white orchids. For something old, the bride wore a pearl ring which belonged to her paternal grandmother.
The matron-of honor, Mrs. Bianca Bacon of Lisbon, cousin of the bride, wore a green frosted organdy dress and carried a bouquet of white carnations and yellow roses. She wore a tiara of yellow roses.
Mrs. Dorothy Rose and Miss Gretchen Eckfeld, cousins of the bride, and Miss Ann Shoub, sister of the bridegroom, who served as bridesmaids, were attired in identical dresses of white organdy over yellow taffeta. They also carried bouquets of white carnations and yellow roses and wore yellow roses in their hair.
The bride's aunt, Mrs. A. D. Dorrance of Alliance, wore a pink crepe dress with blue accessories and a corsage of pink roses. The bridegroom;s mother's dress was blue with white accessories and her corsage was of pink roses.
The bridegroom's father was the best man and ushers were Homer Ferguson, George Curry and James McDevitt, cousins of the bridegroom and Norman Eckfeld, cousin of the bride.
A recital preceded the ceremony, Mrs. Darlene Minford of Pittsburgh, sorority sister of the bride at Denison University in Granville, singing "I Love You Truly", "Because", "Always" and "O, Promise Me" and Mrs. Winifred Neitz, organist playing several selections including "Liebestraum", "Ich Leibe Dich" and "Kameradi Ostrow"
A reception was held at the home of the bride's father following the ceremony. Hostesses were Mrs. Dante Lavelli of Cleveland, Mrs. David Holloway of Columbiana, mrs. Walter Shoub of Huntington, Mrs. John Cochran of Detroit and Mrs. Norman Eckfeld.
Fro traveling, the bride wore a rose suit with brown accessories and a corsage of white orchids. Following an eastern trip, the young couple will reside at 529 Riverside Ave.
Guest were present from Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cincinnati, Canton, Alliance, Huntington, Detroit, Wheeling, Harvey, Ill., Steubenville and Columbians.
Source: the East Liverpool Review, August 1, 1950
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