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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/13/1938
The wedding of Miss Hilda
Goerss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
August Goerss of Ward road, town
of Wheatfield ,to Clarence Witkop,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Witkop, of Bergholtz, was solemnized
Sunday afternoon, June 12th
at 4.30, in St. John's Evangelical
Lutheran church, the Rev. W. J.
Thiemecke, officiating.
The church was decorated with
palms and baskets of peonies, and
an archway over the front pews,
was beautifully decorated with
roses and beauty bush. Mrs. Thiemecke
sang, "We at Thine Altar
Stand," by DeKoven and "Wedding
Hymn," by N. J. Hong with
August Huebner at the organ.
The bride wore a white satin
gown, fashioned with a lace yoke
and the fitted bodice was trimmed
with tiny white satin buttons.
The sleeves were long, extending
to a point at the wrist, and the
skirt flowed into a long train. Her
long tulle veil fell from a halo
of pearls and she carried a shower
bouquet of bridal roses.
The maid of honor. Miss Pearl
Durow, of Niagara Falls, cousin
of the bride, wore a peach colored
chiffon dress, made with a shirred
bodice. She wore blue flowers in
her hair and carried a bouquet of
delphinium and talisman roses.
The bridesmaids were Miss Beatrice
Stenzel, cousin of the bride
and Miss Margaret Durow of Niagara
Falls, also a cousin of the
°ride. They wore blue chiffon
dreSsea, with peach colored flowers
In their hair and carried bouquets
of talisman roses and delphinium.
Joyce Millville, niece of the
bride was flower girl, and wore
a long pink taffeta dress and carried
a basket of sweet peas. Howard
Strassburg, cousin of the groom
wtis ring bearer and wore a
white satin suit.
Robert Eichorn, of Buffalo, was1
best man. The ushers were Norman
and Carl Goerss. brothers
of the bride and Frederick and
Arthur Witkop, cousins of the
groom.
The mother of the bride was
attired in a blue printed crepe
dress, and the groom's mother a
black lace gown with bolero. Each
wore a corsage of roses and sweet
peas.
Following the ceremony, a dinner
and reception for seventy-five
guests was held in the Holy Ghost
school hall, Bergholtz. The hall
and tables were decorated in a
color scheme of yellow and white.
The bride's table, with covers laid
for sixteen, was centered mith a
wedding cake.
Mr. and Mrs. Witkop left for
a motor trip to Michigan. After
July 1st, they will take up their
residence in their new home in
Niagara road, Bergholtz.
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