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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/6/1937
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bowman
of 412 Stanley street, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth
Barbara to Peter S. Kantor,
son of Mrs. John Kantor, of 340
Stanley treet, will take place Saturday
morning, June 26 in the Ascension
church.
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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/1/1937
A lovely wedding was solemnized
Saturday morning, June 26th at
10 o'clock in the Ascension Church
at a nuptial High Mass, when
Miss Elizabeth Barbara Bowman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Bowman of Stanley street,
became the bride of Peter S. Kantor,
son of Mrs. John Kantor of
Stanley street, the Rev. Father
Grotty officiating. Pink and white
rotes and white candelabra adorned
the altar.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
white satin gown made on princess
lines which buttoned down
the back as far as the waist and
then formed into a long fanshaped
train. The sleeves were
made in ruffled tiers from the
shoulder to the elbow becoming
very tight and forming a point
over the hands. Orange blossoms,
clustered into a crown on her
head, held her long veil ot illusion.
She wore* while satin sandals and
carried a shower bouquet of white
bridal roses, lilies of the valley,
and gypsophila.
Sister Maid of Honor
Miss Barbara Marie Bowman,
her sister's only attendant, was
maid of honor. She wore aqua
embroidered net, made princess
style with a squared neck faced
In shell pink grosgrain from
which were tiny buttons, made of
the same material as the dress,
reaching to the hemline. She
wore an aqua poke bonnet with
shell pink grosgrain steamers.
Her sandals were of the same pink
shade as that of the grosgrain.
She carried a sunburst bouquet
of premier roses, gypsophila, tied
with pink lily of the valley ribbon.
Mr. J. Stanley Thursby was
best man and Albert Kantor acted
as usher. Miss Ann M. Bowman,
youngest sister of the bride, sang
^Ave Marie" during the ceremony
accompanied by Mrs. Anna Forten
at the organ. She wore a coral
dress with brown accessories and
a corsage of roses, sweet peas and
forget me nots.
Mrs. Lawrence Bowman, mother
of the bride, wore a navy blue
marquisette printed in green and
white, with white accessories. She
wore a shoulder corsage of roses
and bachelor buttons. Mrs. John
Kantor, mother of the groom, also
wore navy blue marquisette printed
in lavender and ivory with
white acccessories. Her corsage
was similar to that of the bride's
mother.
Immediateiy after the ceremony
a reception was given at the home
the bride's parents. Dinner
was served to fifty guests at one
long table. A huge wedding cake,
topped with love birds and a weddmg
bell marked the plaee of
the bride and groom. Bouquets
of roses, flanked by white candles
and silver holders, adorned each
and of the table. White favors,
similar to the one topping the
cake designated the place of each
guest. Later in the evening a
reception was held for 100 friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Kantor have left
fcr a four weeks wedding trip to
California and will be at home
after July 26th at 340 Stanley
street.
The bride's going away costume
was a beife suit with matching
accessories and a shoulder cor-
sage of violets.
Among the out of town guests
included Mrs. Elizabeth Phillip of
New York City.
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