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Sylvania Couple Wed 50 years
January 17, 1951
Picture Caption: About 250 friends joined Mr.
and Mrs. William G. Mosher [nee Carrie Packard] in celebrating their golden
wedding at open house in their home in Sylvania. About 50 others
telephoned that they were unable to be with them because of the slippery roads.
Mr. and Mrs. Mosher were married Jan. 17, 1901, by the
Rev. S. W. Reynolds, pastor of the Southside Baptist Church, Elmira. They
have resided for the entire 50 years in the same home, which was Mrs. Mosher’s
home from childhood.
The house was attractively decorated with floral
pieces from friends and organizations. Among them were pieces from Maxwell
Chapter, OES, the Past Matrons Association, Effie Smith, W. W. and Frances
Beaman, the Whitlock family which included, Mr. and Mrs. Morris [Maurice]
Whitlock, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Whitlock, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hager and Miss Blanche
Whitlock, the Packard family which included Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Packard, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Seeley, Mr. and Mrs. Lacelle Leggett; a group of Troy friends and a
group of Sylvania friends.
Mrs. Mosher wore a corsage of yellow rose buds, a gift
from her husband.
In the afternoon Mrs. Allen Bates, Elmira; Mrs.
Raymond Harpester, Binghamton, and Mrs. Danna Harnard, Owego, acted as
hostesses. In the evening, Mrs. Lois [Whitlock] Ryland and Mrs. Gerald
Whitlock poured. They were assisted by Mrs. Earl Hager, Mrs. Morris
[Maurice] Whitlock, Mrs. Joseph Whitlock and Miss Clara Austin
Among out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. M. J.
Oliver and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Turner of Elmira; Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Essenwine
and Mr. and Mrs. George Wood, Towanda; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Crittenden,
Coudersport; Mr. and Mrs. Crittenden and family, Mansfield.
HAVEN-BENSON - The Haven-Benson Wedding in Columbia - On Thursday evening, December 13, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Haven of Columbia, was the scene of a joyous occasion when their only daughter, Lina S., became the wife of Mr. Lewis H. Benson of Troy, Pa. The rooms were artistically decorated with laurel foliage; the color scheme being pink and green. Miss Beatrice Slocum of Coryland, presided at the piano and promptly at six o'clock the bridal party entered the parlor and took their places under an arch of laurel, where they were met by Rev. Dr. T. A. Hughes of Troy, who very impressively performed the ring ceremony in the presence of a hundred and thirty guests.Miss Nora Lieby of Columbia, acted as bride's maid and Charles Francis Haven, brother of the bride, as best man. The bride was gowned in white liberty silk and carried a shower bouquet of white hyacinths.After the ceremony a bounteous dinner was served under the direction of the famous caterer, Jennie Nelson of Troy. The bride's table was beautifully decorated with carnations and smilax; festoons of ribbon from the ceiling to the corners of the table added greatly to the effect.The bride is an accomplished and popular young lady and the groom is a young man of sterling worth and rare business qualities, and the high esteem in which they are held was made manifest in the many and beautiful presents which they received.The happy couple left 'mid a shower of rice and good wishes for an extended visit in New York.
MOSHER-McCLELLAND One of the prettiest of home weddings occurred on Wednesday evening, June 14, at "Elmshade," the residence of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Besley of Columbia Cross Roads, the occasion being the marriage of their niece, Miss Bertha M. McClelland, to Mr. Clarence Peck Mosher of Sylvania. The house was beautifully decorated-the parlors in daisies, ferns and mountain laurel, and the dining rooms were resplendent with roses. The presence of over one hundred relatives and invited guests added to the joyousness and attractiveness of the scene. At seven o'clock the delightful strains of Lohengrin's wedding march, as rendered by Miss Nellie Andrus, announced the approach of the bridal party, who entered the parlor, passing between the two long daisy chains carried by two little flower girls, Helen Horrings of Ovid, NY, and Bessie Swayze, and took place in front of the spacious bay window. The soft light, shedding its rays over the scene, made the bridal party, with its background of lavishly-banked laurel and graceful trailing sprays of asparagus, a truly charming picture. The fair young bride was gowned in white organdy and carried white roses. Little Miss Lucille Besley, in white organdy over blue silk, with white carnations, was charming as maid-of-honor. The bridesmaids were Miss Julia Besley and Miss Gertrude Cornell, and the groomsmen Mr. James Thrall and Mr. Sidney McClelland. The solemn and impressive ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. G. Cameron, at the conclusion for which the bride and groom received the hearfelt greetings and congratulations of their many friends. An elegant wedding supper was served, and the happy pair left on the north-bound train at 9 p.m. for a short trip. Upon their return they will reside at Sylvania. The large number of beautiful and useful gifts presented them is another attest of the esteem in which these two young people are held.
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SMITH - BESLEY Fiftieth Anniversary
Mr., Mrs. Besley To Be Honored on 50th Anniversary An open house honoring the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Donald V.
Besley of Columbia Cross Roads is planned for Sunday, July 9, from 2 to 5 p.m.
at the Columbia Cross Roads Methodist Church. Hosting the affair will be
their children, Mrs. George (Phyllis Jean) Sutton of Roseland, N.J. and Lt.
Colonel Richard D. Besley of Norfolk, Va.
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SMITH - TAYLOR - Their Golden Wedding
Anniversary
October 26, 1856
October 26, 1906
A sum in arithmetic, including the four ground rules. We have not time
to amplify, but deducting the earlier from the later date we have 50 – the
wedded life of Dr. E. G. Tracey and Juliet R. Smith of Sylvania, Bradford Co.,
Pa. A golden wedding rarely comes these days. “Almost” is oftener
attained. So when the years rolled around, and the bell struck fifty, the
many friends of this notable pair met to do them honor in the “Homestead on the
Hillside,” where Rev. David Ferris of the Methodist Episcopal church, had
performed the marriage ceremony in 1856. It was the time of the monthly church
sociable, which was in every respect a success. The house was tastefully
decorated by the young people with autumn foliage the Artist Divine had gaily
tinted for the day so perfect in sunshine. Festoons of delicate ground
pine and branches of evergreen hung lovingly about the pictures, and the dear
dead faces that looked from the walls, whose spirits we believe are always with
us. Yellow chrysanthemums and primroses with fragrant carnations, the
gifts of friends, were in pretty contrast with potted plants and the gay
sumac.The older friends were first served the “wonderful supper,” than which no
other church ever excelled, if it they equaled. The program was full of good
things. A poem from one who first saw the Armenian hills in 1851, and met
this branch of the Smith family. Dr. Barker of Troy, followed with the
reading of “Dr. O’Finnigan,” very ably rendered, and as perfect a Dr. Tracey as
if the kodak had been snapped upon his own dear self. Then came a song of
the olden time, “I Stand On Mem’ry’s Golden Shore,” exquisitely sung by Alice
STRAIGHT Bradford and Florence BURRITT Card, Mrs. Ira Parsons read an article
written by Dr. Thomas Gray when the silver anniversary was commemorated. The
bridegroom of a half century then came to the front visibly affected yet
self-possessed as he greeted his friends and told of the years that lay behind
him. The number that he found in the borough when he came was 263, of whom by 17
remain, calling each by name. He told how he had gone in and out among
them seeking their good, and only that; how he left Sylvania, spending 28 years
in Troy, always looking forward to the time when he should return to spend his
sunset in the place where he found and won his sunny bride, and there he would
be laid with the people he called HIS when this earthly life is over.When he was
seated, Mr. Cameron arose, congratulating the venerable couple, they had been
helps not hindrances to each other. It was not flattery when the speaker
said, no night was ever so dark, no storm so fierce, no cold or heat so great
but this doctor heeded the call to go or come for humanity’s sweet sake; the
poor had not been neglected nor the rich catered to. Wealth might have
been his, perchance had he been selfish. Skillful as a practitioner, wise
as a councilor, helpful as a neighbor, genial as a friend, his keen sense of
humor has carried him through difficulties and burdens under which others would
have fainted. Dr. Tracey has been alive to every interest in the
betterment of the church and community, and has not turned away, as many
another, when the call for help has come.Several tableaux varied the monotony
and helped make things lively. Old hats did service on the heads of Mr.
Watkins and the Doctor, looking ancient enough for Noah’s time. The
wedding gloves, white kids, were on exhibition, one-button affairs, greatly in
contrast to those of 1906. And there was the collar on the neck of Mrs.
Tracey, which she wore that Sabbath morning in 1856. Mabel Gray donned a
green silk gown made with bertha and flowing sleeves, trimmed with fringe,
quaint enough, sure, one of the bride’s trousseau. Among the guests from out of
town were, Mr. E. C. Tracy of Waverly, a nephew of Dr. Tracey, and Miss Tuttle
of Rochester, N. Y., a cousin of Mrs. Tracy. The Guest of Honor.
STRYKOWSKI-WOOD
Stephanie Marie Strykowski of Elmira, NY and Ian Michael Wood of Columbia
Crossroads, PA will be married December 17, 2005 at the Maranatha Bible Church
at 11 AM by Rev. Daniel Miller and Rev. John Hickock. The bride-elect is the
daughter of Joseph Strykowski and Nancy Strykowski both of Elmira and the
granddaughter of Betty Davis and Shirley Strykowski, both of Wellsboro, PA.
Stephanie is a 2002 graduate of Southside High School, a 2004 graduate of
Corning Community College and will graduate in 2005 PSI CHI with a Bachelor of
Science majoring in Psychology from Elmira College. She is planning on
furthering her education in a combined Masters and Psy D program for Clinical
Psychology specializing in children and mental health. The groom-elect is the
son of James and Judith Wood of Columbia Crossroads, PA and the grandson of
James Wood Sr. and Mary Wood of New Jersey. Ian is a 1997 graduate from Palmyra
High School, PA and a 2002 graduate of Temple University of Architecture. After
a reception at the National Warplane Museum, the couple will reside in Elmira,
NY.
TAYLOR--CARD - The Taylor - Card Nuptials 1906 - "Hedge Rowe Farm" the home of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Taylor, was the scene of a pretty wedding Tuesday afternoon, June 19th. The contracting parties were their only daughter, Clara Bessie, and Mr. Walter Henry Card of Elmira, NY. Among the hundred guests from Burlington, Troy and East Troy, Sylvania, Sullivan, Canton, Elmira, New York City and Galeton, Pa. were representatives of many well-known families. The house was prettily decorated. A rope of ground pine entwined the balustrade in the hall, the mantel was banked and white roses studden an arch of verdure supporting a wedding bell of white beneath which the ceremony was impressively performed by the bride's pastor, the Rev. Edward P. Morse, of the First Presbyterian church, following Shelley's Love Song by Mr. Wilson Weigester and the wedding march by Miss Amelia Lamkin. The bride was given away by her father. In attendance on the bridal couple were Miss Caroline Wagner, maid of honor, Misses Ella A. Maynard and Alice Colony, Mr. Maynard Bradford, best man, Messrs. George Case and Amasa Maynard with little Pauline Card and George Burritt Taylor as flower bearers. The bride's gown was cream silk trimmed with chiffon and applique. She carried dark red roses. Her going away gown was a pretty shade of gray taffeta. The bride's gift to her attendants were unique souvenir spoons and to the flower bearers pretty gold rings. The bride received many hansome tokens of the esteem in which she is universally held. Congratulations and felicitations over, a five-course dinner was daintily served under the direction of Cateress Jennie Nelson. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer B. Card, prominent residents of Sullivan, Tioga County. He is prominent in Odd Fellows' circles, having been district deputy grand master. Mrs. and Mrs. Card left on the 4:25 Northern Central train north for New York, Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Among the guests from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Randolph P. Hill, Misses Anna Laura and L. Bessie Hill, Mr. Harry H. Hill, Miss Brink and Miss Cummings, Elmira; Mr. and Mrs. Sherman H. Hill, New York; Mrs. D. H. Lamb, Galeton; Dr. and Mrs. Manley, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Whitman, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Greenough, Mrs. Sarah Packard, Canton.
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Judsons to Be Feted On Golden Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. James Judson of Columbia Cross Roads will be honored at a
reception observing 50th wedding anniversary. The affair hosted by their
family is planned for Sunday, June 25 [1972] from 2 to 5 p.m. in the social
rooms of the Columbia Cross Roads Methodist Church. Olive Tears and Mr.
Judson were united in marriage on June 21, 1922 at the Presbyterian Manse in
Elmira, N.Y. by the Rev. R. Levi Williams. The couple has two children,
Mrs. Joseph (Ellen) Foust of Granville Summit and Wendell Judson of Columbia
Cross Roads. There are eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Friends and relatives are invited to attend the open house. It is request
that gifts please be omitted.
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The marriage of Miss Alice Canfield and Arthur Burnham, Springfield, Pa., was solemnized at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Helen Canfield, Austinville, on Saturday, September 11, at 12 o’clock. The Rev. George Kahill, Pittsburgh, Pa., performed the ceremony in the presence of the immediate family.
MISS JONES BECOMES BRIDE IN PRETTY CHURCH WEDDING
The Community Church of Columbia Cross Roads, was the scene of a very pretty
wedding Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock when Miss Janet Eloise Jones,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Jones, became the bride of Mr. Jay B.
Westcott, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Wescott, Upsilanti, Michigan. Rev. Paul
Brown performed the ceremony.
The altar of the church was decorated with a background of evergreen against
which were placed large bouquets of peach and yellow gladioli.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, was attired in a princess gown
of white satin en train and wore a long veil of tulle. She carried a bridal
bouquet of Madonna lilies.
Mrs. Kenneth Beachley, of State College, sister of the bride, was matron of
honor. She wore an apricot lace redingote over taffeta and carried a bouquet of
delphinium. Miss Laura Bohlayer, of Canton, and Miss Marjorie Mahood, Troy acted
as bridesmaids. Miss Bohlayer wore an orchid net redingote over taffeta. Miss
Mahood wore turquoise net over taffeta. Both carried bouquets of Talisman roses.
Miss Anna Mae Peckham, Orwell, tiny cousin of the bride, was a most charming
flower girl. Her floor-length dress was of yellow organdie with a blue sash. She
carried a tiny old-fashioned bouquet. Master Danny Peckham, Troy, was ring
bearer. The mother of the bride was dressed in powder blue silk lace and wore a
corsage of roses.
Mr. Bertrand McLaughlin, Jackson, Michigan, served as best man. Mr.
Raymond Haviland, Detroit, Michigan, and Mr. Kenneth Beachley, State College,
were the ushers.
Music before the ceremony was furnished by Miss Beatrice McNitt, Milroy, Pa.
at the piano, and by Donald H. Ruth, Elmira, who sang “O Promise Me” and “Ich
liebe dich” by Grieg.
A reception for the immediate family was held at the home of the bride
following the ceremony. The couple left for a week’s trip through Northern New
York, parts of Canada and Michigan. The bride’s traveling costume was of navy
wool crepe with navy accessories.
Miss Jones was graduated in music from Mansfield State Teachers college,
May, 1937.
Mr. Westcott is a graduate of the Michigan State Normal College and the
University of Michigan. He has also done graduate work in the University of
Nancy, Nancy, France, and is now working on his Ph. D degree at Harvard
University. The couple will make their home in Cambridge, Mass.
MISS CARD BECOMES BRIDE IN PRETTY SPRING WEDDING
Before a bank of flowers and ferns in the home of her parent, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Card, Sylvania, Miss F. Lucille Card became the bride of Jesse Sumner, East
Smithfield, at eight last evening. Rev. Montague White officiated and the
wedding party included Mr. Bird Sumner, Athens, as groomsman, Mrs. Pauline
Brace, Springfield, as bridesmaid., little Miss Marilyn Drake and Master Harry
Card carrying the ribbon, and little Miss Jane Brace, who carried the
ring—concealed in a white lily. The bride was charming in white crepe and
carried a bouquet of white lilies and double tulips. The bridesmaid wore blue
crepe and carried a bouquet of tulips and Canterbury bells. Mrs. Victor
Ellenberger, Troy, played and Miss Evelyn Kresge sang preceding the ceremony. A
buffet supper was served to seventy-five guests, the tables being decorated with
narcissus and daffodils. They left during the evening for a short honeymoon to
Harrisburg and Hershey and will be at home at the home of the groom near East
Smithfield. The bride is a graduate of Troy High School and Mansfield State
Teachers College. She taught the Morgan School, Armenia, this past school year.
The groom is a prosperous farmer and the newly-weds have the best wishes of a
host of friends in the Troy Community and East Smithfield. The gifts included a
candle wick bedspread, electrical appliances, glassware, silverware, and much
fine linen.
PARMENTER-BALLARD WEDDING PRETTY CHURCH AFFAIR
In the presence of one hundred and twenty-five relatives and friends in the
Columbia Cross Roads Community Church, Miss Marian Parmenter, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Brenton J. Parmenter, Columbia Cross roads, became the bride of Leon
Ballard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Ballard, East Troy, at 2 o’clock
yesterday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by L. F. Basford, a former
pastor, assisted by Rev. Paul M. Brown. The bride, who was given in marriage by
her father, wore a white lace dress with veil and carried a bouquet of white
snapdragons. The maid of honor, Miss Lenore Morrow, Loysville, Pa. was dressed
in blue organdie, leghorn hat with peach trim. The bridesmaids, Misses Alice
Beal, East Troy, Jean Russell, East Smithfield, Miriam Terry, Brooklyn, Pa., and
Miriam Brown, Newark, N.Y.—wore peach organdie dresses and leghorn hats with
blue trim. Their bouquets were roses and ferns, tied with silver ribbon. Isaac
Slingerland, Troy, was best man and Gerald Vickery and Maxwell Van Veghten,
Columbia Cross Roads were ushers. Miss Harriett Brown, Columbia Cross Roads,
delighted with several musical selections and during the ceremony played “O
Promise Me.”
Under the capable supervision of Mrs. Roy Kennedy, the church was very
beautiful with baskets of blue delphinium, white roses, baby’s breath and ferns.
The bride’s gift to her maid of honor was a gold bracelet and, to the
bridesmaids and pianist, she gave vanity cases.The bride’s mother, Mrs.
Parmenter, wore navy chiffon with red hat and Mrs. Ballard, the groom’s mother,
black and white chiffon with black hat. Following the ceremony a reception was
held at the home of the bride. Mrs. Ballard is a graduate of Troy High School,
class of 1931 and Mansfield State Teachers College class of 1936. For the past
year, she has been a teacher in the East Smithfield school. Mr. Ballard is a
successful farmer in the Pisgah section, being associated with his father. Upon
their return from a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Ballard will reside with the
groom’s parents, Pisgah. (handwritten on article 1937)
MISS GERNERT, MR. HAVENS WED IN PRETTY HOME CEREMONY
The marriage of Miss Lillian Louise Gernert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Spencer S. Gernert, Columbia Cross Roads, and Thomas Maurice Havens, son
of the late Mr. Frederick Havens, Troy, took place Saturday, July 31st, at four
o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents. (handwritten on article 1937)