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§curric-2f sum-is and t donenakestonof the oth St. r Lady t Con ike an I Hoiy ide at Octo-■e will ;s and Socie-ountry Friday Holy Braves vill be'homas )e par-south-in use iristianMISS BEMIS. MR. ERICKSON ARE MARRIEDCeremony Take* Place at Maynard and Reception At Bride’* HomeWest Concord.—Miss Eleanor Victoria Bemis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James C. bemis ot 16b Commonwealth avenue, Weslt; Concord, became the bride of Walfred George Erickson, last Saturday afternoon at St. George s Episcopal Church in Maynard. Kev. Harold Goll, Jr., officiated, and a reception followed a\ the home of the bride’s parents.The matrons of honor were Mrs. Philip Lozier ot Harvard and Mrs. Richard Westley of New York, while the bridesmaids were Mrs. Joseph Woju-kiewiecz, Mrs. Emilie Cormier, both ot Gardner; Miss Margaret Rossi ot Grange and Miss Virginia Troy ot boston. Best man tor the bridegroom was Ragnon Shuhz ot Gardner and the ushers, headed by Emilie Cormier of Gardner were: Joseph Woju-kiewiecz of Gardner; Francis Ariger of Winchendon; Charles Shay of Concord and Philip Lozier ot Harvard.The bride wore white slipper satin with sweetheart neckline and peplum overskirt with finger-tip veil and she wore a eoionet of lilies of \he valley. Her bouquet was of white roses with orchid center. The gowns of her attendants were as follows: matrons of honor, fuschia vafffeta with tira of ruffles in an apron effect ending in a bus-\,le and they wore flowered bands and matching veil for headdresses. Each carried bouquets of while gladioli with tuschia tints.The bridesmaids woref Mar-\ha Washington style gowns with tiras of ruffles down the back and their gowns were in nile green, blue, orchid, pink and they wore floweied bands and matching veil for then headdreses. They each carried cascades of gladioli on pastel streamers.The church was -prettily decorated for the ceremony with white gladioli and the pews with satin ribbons and streamers. After a wedding *„rip to Niagaia Falls and Canada, by motor, the couple will reside in Gardner where the bridegroom is employed.Guesis were present, from Somerville, Boston, Harvard, Bane, North Chelmsford, Gardner, Ayer, Tamworth, New Hampshire, Worcester, Webster, Lowell, Concord and New York.Mrs. Erickson was graduated from Concord High school, class of 1943, and the Henry Hey-wood School of Nursing, 1946. The bridegroom served four years in the U. S. Marine Corps and was graduated from Gardner High school in 1941.The first platform scales were invented in 1830 by Thaddeus Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury, Vt
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Concord Enterprise
Concord, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Sep 18, 1947
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