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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/20/1922
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Vigrass of
Hart land, N. Y., announce the marriage
of their daughter, Beatrice V.,
to George A. Bacon of Tonawanda on
Saturday.
ALSO
North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/17/1982
Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Bacon of Tonawanda will
be honored on their 60th
wedding anniversary on
Thursday with a home
liturgy celebrated by the
Rev. Msgr. Ralph M. Miller,
pastor of St. Francis of
Assisi parish in Tonawanda,
followed by an open
house Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Bacon and the
former Beatrice Vigrass
were married on Feb. 18,
1922, in the old St. Francis
church on Adam Street,
now the school gymnasium.
The couple recalled
that it was very cold and
icy and it snowed the
afternoon of the wedding.
A neighbor, Gus Beutner,
drove them in a large
touring car that had curtains
on the windows to the
7 a.m. wedding mass. The
Rev. Aloysius Bachman,
then pastor, officiated at
the ceremony. Attendants
w e r e William and
Josephine Bacon, brother
and lister of the bridgroom.
After the ceremony,
Mr. Bacon's mother
served breakfast for the
wedding party in the Bacon
family home at 294 Broad
St., Tonawanda.
We walked downtown in
the afternoon and there
were a lot more stores 60
years ago than there are
now." Mr. Bacon recalled.
In the evening, a home
reception was given for the
newlyweds for their family
and friends.
Mr. Bacon is a retired
marine engineer and has
made several scale working
models of marine
engines. He has also completed
several grandfather
clocks making one for each
of the couple's five
children. Many pieces of
wood furniture in their
home were handcrafted by
him.
Mr. Bacon's hobbies also
include photography. He
took all of the pictures in
present-day times for the
"Then and Now" slide
show that is shown by the
Historical Society of the
Tonawandas. Mr. and Mrs.
Bacon are members of the
society.
A professional drummer
for more than 30 years, he
is one of the first gold card
life membership holders in
the American Federation
of Musicians Local 209. The
Bacons are also members
of the Holy Name Society
and Altar Society at St.
Francis Church.
The couple are parents of
Mrs. Daniel (Margaret M.)
Asbury of Fort Lauderdale,
F l a . ; Mrs. Wendall
(Bonnie) Wilbar of Man-
chester, N.H.; Mrs. Duane
(Bernice) Townsend;
George (Lois) Bacon, Jr.,
and Jack (Pat) Bacon, all
of Tonawanda. They have
14 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
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