Bits & Pieces Part 16 Unknown Newspaper (Probably The Attica News) Weddings in Genesee/Wyoming Co. 1907 HEANEY-MARTIN Bergen People Interested in a Church Wedding in Churchville. Bergen, Jan. 24, 1907-A very pretty wedding was solemnized at St. Vincent de Paul's Church at Churchville yesterday afternoon, when Miss Jennie MARTIN, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John MARTIN of Riga, became the bride of William J. HEANEY of Rochester. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. J. BRESNIHAN in the presence of the relatives and near friends of the contracting parties. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Kathryn L. MARTIN, and Bernard S. HEANEY of Rochester was best man. - - - - - - - - - - STAFFORD-DAVY Wedding solemnized by the Rev. Seth COOK of Bergen at His Home. Bergen, Jan. 24, 1907-Yesterday at 12:30 o'clock, at the home of the officiating minister, Jay Walter STAFFORD, son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. STAFFORD, occupying Mrs. J. H. TUTHILL's farm in Riga, and Miss Edith Mary DAVY, daughter of Mrs. Mary J. DAVY, who lives in the northwest corner of the town of Le Roy on the Griswold Road, were married by the Rev. Seth COOK of this town. The bride and groom were accompanied by the mother of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. STAFFORD took the 1:41 train at this station for a short trip. On their return, they will reside for a time with the groom's parents. - - - - - - - - - - Home of Mrs. DAY scene of Marriage-Her daughter, Alice H. wedded to F. G. GARDNER A very pretty wedding took lace at the residence of Mrs. Fanny T. DAY of Summit Street last evening (no day, 1907), when her oldest daughter, Miss Alice H. DAY, was married to Fred Grant GARDNER of Alexander. The large house, which is one of the oldest in the village, had been elaborately decorated for the occasion, white and green being the prevailing colors. The railing of the staircase in the front hall was attractively wound with green. The ceremony took place in the big living room, the south end of which had been converted into a bower of green by palms, potted plants, and festoons and branches of wild smilax. A small dais had been built, covered with rugs, on which Dr. FANCHER stood to perform the ceremony. The service used was the new Presbyterian form of marriage arranged by Dr. Henry VAN DYKE and was very impressive. To the strains of the Mendelssohn march, played by George T. JOHNSON, the bridal party slowly entered, led by George and Calvin DAY, children of Moses T. DAY of Buffalo, brother of the bride. The lads were attractive in their white suits and with their serious childish faces. One carried a small silver tray, on which was the wedding ring, and the other had a basket full of white narcissus. The groom followed with his best man, George DAY, a brother of the bride. The came the maid of honor, Miss Elizabeth DAY, sister of the bride, and lastly the bride herself, accompanied by her mother. She wore a dress of white chiffon, trimmed with duchess lace, and carried a shower bouquet of Bride roses, lilies of the valley and maidenhair ferns. Miss Elizabeth DAY was dressed white silk muslin, delicately figured in green. Mrs. DAY wore gray silk and old lace. After the ceremony supper was served. The bride's table seated 12 and was decorated with green and white festoons, falling from the chandelier to the corners of the table. The centerpiece was of white carnations and ferns. The waitresses who served the supper were Mrs. Arthur CHURCHILL, Misses Florence and Caroline DOLBEER, Miss Elizabeth CANEY, Miss Florence JUDD, Miss Olive BARTON, Miss Rachel T. MILLER, Miss Laura KEEHN, Miss Nancy GLEASON and Miss Fanny DAY. When the bride descended the stairs in her going away gown, amid a shower of rice and confetti, she threw her bouquet among the guests below, and it was caught by her sister, Miss Fanny DAY. Among the gifts was a beautiful guest book, with silver pen and inkstand, and many of the guests wrote their names in it during the evening. The out-of-town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Joel MILLINER, Mr. and Mrs. George MILLINER, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene SWEZEY and Mrs. And Mrs. Moses T. DAY and children of Buffalo; Dr. Hannah MYRICK, a college classmate of the bride, of Boston, Mass; Mrs. Andrew MARTIN of Tonawanda, Mrs. Sarah M. GARDNER, Mr. and Mrs. Luther W. GARDNER, Mr. and Mrs. Otis J. GARDNER, Mr. and Mrs. R. Tracy MILLER, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman B. MILLER, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. BURKE and Calvin J. HARRIS of Alexander and Mr. and H. W. PETTTIBONE of Attica. Mr. and Mrs. GARDNER will be at home after February 1st at No. 20 Summit Street. - - - - - - - - - - KING-PARSONS East Pembroke, Jan. 23, 1907. Louis KING of this place and Miss Nina PARSONS of Oakfield were united in marriage by the Rev. William M. STEELE at his home in this village on Saturday at 8 p.m. They were accompanied by Mr. KING's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. William SHUMWAY. - - - - - - - - - - Submitted by Kathy Helmer Kathle7297@aol.com