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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 16

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Suzanne Crowell Becomes Engaged Garden City Resident Patricia Durham, Law Student to Wed Airline Stewardess Engaged to Manhattanite To Wed R. M. Mendes Mr. and Mrs. William Francis Crowell of.

Garden City, formerly of Brooklyn, have announced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Suzanne Crowell, to Richard M. Mendes, 16 BROOKLYN EAGLE, JUNE 29, 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Durham of 2701 Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter.

Miss Patricia Durham, to John Patrick Garrigan of 253 V. 72d Manhattan, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James E. Garrigan of Maplewood, N.

J. Miss Durham is a graduate of St. Agnes Seminary and attended Marymount College, Tarrytown, X. Y. She is an airline stewardess for Colonial Air Ways.

Mr. Garrigan was graduated from St. Benedict's Preparatory School and attended Setoii Hall Academy. He is attending St. John's Law emjoomm son of Mr.

and Mc. George L. Mendes of Greenwich, formerly of Garden City and Brooklyn. Miss Crowell was graduated from Garden City High School and attended Bennington College. Mr.

Mendes was also graduated from Garden City High School and is attending the University of Virginia, where hp is a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. An August wedding is planned i a By RL'TH g. n.A is itor SonXy Edit I School and is a member of the Downtow Ath-iletie Club, Thi Delta Phi and the Xew York ommen Jrnn Banfem Suzanne Crowell Patricia Durham The month of June is almost a memory and a wonderful, Rallnp memory especially for the graduates. In fact June and gradua- fa Moore- Winslow Nuptials Miss Elizabeth Winslow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Cam-) eron Winslow of Sunset Farm, West Hartford, was married at noon yesterday at her parents' home to Leonard Brown Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Page Moore of i Hon parties are particularly synonymous, aii parents, wno nave graduates in the family, rack their brains to think of something unusual in the way of a party for them. But we know four graduates, Barbara Ann McGrath, Mary Ellen Devery, Mary Ann Dros and Cynthia Ann Green, all graduates of the Class of '52 at St. Angela Hall Academy, who put their pretty heads together and said to their parents instead of each of us having a party let'-have one big party.

And that they did. Of course, the idea met with instant approval of their parents, who are Mr. and Mrs George E. McGrath of S. Oxford Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph F. Devery of 291 Sherman Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Dros ol 266 Washington and Mrs.

K. K. Green of 456 Washington Ave. And so a supper party was given at Michel's. Flatbusn Ave.

and to the private dining room went the graduates and their escorts. The room was a bower of blue delphinium and pink carnations and, of course, there was a large cake frosted with the same colors and lettered "Congratulations to the Class of '52." Each girl received a corsage, pink carnations and baby's breath. An orchestra that played continually, topped off the party. A little bird told us that the mothers and fahers who were the chaperones enjoyed themselves as much as the young people did. Barbara wore an orchid pink organza frock over taffeta, made with a bouffant skirt.

Mary Ellen was in a plaid dimity frock, Mary Ann was in an orchid organdy dress embroidered in white and trimmed with black velvet. Cynthia wore nile V--' -I Nir- i I 1 jf -i 118 Willow and Mystic, Conn. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Payson Miller of Hartford. Miss Winslow's attendants were her sisters, Mrs.

Henry M. Horn and Miss Sarah Wins-low. Eugene D. White of Cambridge. was the best man, ami Henry M.

Horn of Bloom-field. and H. Lee Hirsche of West Hartford served as ushers. The bride attended The Put-rey School, the University of Rochester and Bennington College, from which she graduated in 1031. and then served one year on the faculty of The Litchfield School.

She is a granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel K. Thompson of Briarcliff Manor. X.

and the late Lieut. (USX) and Mrs. Francis Winslow of Wash green marquisette with a wide of green satin interwoven pink. Among the guests at the party were Eileen Acheson, Rosemary Ancona, Jean Bernabo, Monica Cirillo, Theodora Con-stanson, Barbara Corun, Eleanor Delaney, Marie Ianora, Ann Marie Kalmes, Phyllis McCormick, Joann McDermott, Patricia Turt-Larkln Mrs. John J.

Thornton Turt-Lrkm Mrs. Robert A. Edwards McHale, Fiora Maltese, Eileen Miclat, X'orma Mele, Judith Per iMiSS LaWSOn iBarbara Birch rotto. Joan Scuderi. Ellen Smith.

Nancy Savilli, Suzanne Trin- Miss Burger Married neer, Genevieve Tursi, Sue Weil. tit iBecomes. Bride of ington, D. and is a niece of is vvea xo Lawyer Miss Harriet P. Winslow and Bradford Bachracta Also, Gerard Barnes, Francis Bruton.

William Boylan, Thomas Edge, John Fallon, Dominic Friscia, Laurence Grady, Robert Herley, Ronald Holmberg, Richard Isaacs, Howard Kelt ing, Raymond LaRaja, Thomas Loftus; John McSherry, Michael Marty, William Piro, Cha.ies Quinn, Gerald Salvatore, Paul Schroerier, Gilbert Siegers, Gerald Seitz, Thomas Smith, Thomas Sweeney, Francis Wissel, Edward Werner and Charles Wynne. Mr. Carlile P. Winslow, both of Yesterday Miss Sybil Whitney Burger, Mrs. Thomas F.

Gillen Washington, and of Mrs. Fran cis Winslow of Chevy Chase, George W. Smyth Jr. Miss Barbara Lou Birch. daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Alfred William Birch of 32 Stephens Court, was married yesterday at St. Mark's Methodist Church to George Watt Smyth son of Mr. and Mrs. George Watt Smyth of 934 E.

39th St. The Rev, Dr. William daughter of Mrs. Norman Chap Maryland. Mr.

Moore attended Polytech nic Country Day School, Marl Miss Florence M. Meyer Is Bride of Mr. Gillen Miss Edna Lawson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F.

Law-son, of 8701 Shore Road and Sag Harbor, was married yesterday to John V. Thornton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Thornton of Woodhaven.

The boro College, Amherst College MRS. JOHN J. BLUST and her daughter, Miss Grace Love Blust of 24 Garden Place will sail for Europe on Aug. 8 to return home Sept. 10.

They will spend weekends at Goshen, X. where he graduated in 19.jl.andi the School of Law at Xew York! Florence Morrison Meyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. University; and is a member ol Qird A. Meyer of 1108 Union" was married to Thomas until sailing time Mr.

and Mrs. John L. Fitzgerald and their three young daughters, Kathleen. Patricia and Jane Fitz Bruce Reed officiated. A recep i neta ueita cm a no.

ni yeu FYancis Cilicn son cf Mr. and Mrs John Gi ,050 0.pan gerald of 209 Clinton Ave. are spending the Summer at Lake Phi. He is a grandson of Mr. in the Lady Chapel of St.

Patricks Cathedral, Manhattan. Rev. Joseph Symes performed jtion followed the ceremony in the ceremony and celebrated the the Church House, nuptial mass at St. Anselm's' The bride wore a gown of niid Mrs. George T.

Brown of Mohawk, N. J. Miss Virginia Adelaide Bierds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bierds of 3901 Glenwood Road, a graduate Xew London, and the late Mr.

and Mrs. Louis A. St. Joseph Guild of the Class of '52 of Berkeley Institute, sailed Thursday on the gandy. Her fingertip veil of The Rev.

Charles McManus officiated and a reception was held at the Park Lane, Manhattan. The bride wore an imported white organdy gown over blush Sets Date for Bridge Moore of East Orange, X. J. Mr. Moore and his bride vi Church.

A reception followed at the home of the bride. The bride wore a igown of embroidered Swiss organdy, Ryndam of the Holland-America Line for a two-month vacation in France. Upon her return on the Noordam of the same line, she will go directly to Ecole Champlain in Vermont where she will be a guest at the school banquet. In September Miss Bierds will enter Wellesley College as a freshman. live during this Summer at 3320 St.

Joseph's Guild, Xursing X. Washington, D. C. sisters of the Sick Poor, has an- with a bouffant skirt terminat Miss Ruth Nelson Will Wed in August ing in a train. Her three-tier French illusion veil fell from a Juliet cap of orange blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley.

Mrs. James suk illusion was attached to a lace cap and she carried white orchids and lilies of the valley. Miss Caroline Phraner was maid of honor md was gowned in lavendar nylon net with daisies interspersed throughout the skirt and amidst the inverted pleated yoke ruffle. Mrs. Alfred Charles Lange of Union City, the bridegroom's sister, was ma man Burger of 40 5th Manhattan, and the late Mr.

Burger, was wed yesterday in the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Manhattan, to Robert Anthony Edwards, -son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mansfield Edwards of Brooklyn. The Rev.

Edward L. Foster officiated. The bride, given in marriage by her uncle, William Chapman Burger of Stamford, wore a white taffeta lace edga gown with a veil of silk illusion attached to a pearl coronet. She carried a mother-of-pearl prayer book on a cascade of lilies of the valley and stephanotis. Mrs.

George Chapman Singer was her sister's matron of honor and Miss Elizabeth Wilson the maid of honor. The Misses Mar-guerite Griffin and Mary Kath-erine Murray were the bridesmaids. Kenneth Ayling was best man and the ushers included, l.t. Norman Pflomm and Dr. George Schmitt.

Mrs. Edwards attended Scarborough School, Ohio Wesleyan University, and was graduated from the Columbia University Presbyterian School of Nursing. Mr. Edwards attended Brook- nounced initial plans for Fall bridge which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 25 in the grand ballroom of the Towers Hotel.

I pink fashioned with an illusion neckline and appliqued with (embroidered organdy roses. Her i veil of illusion was attached to i a cap of matching organdy roses and her bouquet was of i lilies of the valley, stephanotis Mr. and Mrs. Georae Xelsotr Rosemary Norton rV Kelly sister of the bride, of 110 Miller Ave. announce the engagement of their daughtet.

was matron ot honor, ne Wed Yesterday to John D. Meehan Mis Ruth Nelson to Dr. Harold Mrs. Harold C. Kenney i bridesmaids were the Misses Ranch of Flushing.

The wed- nresident nf tho Dorothy and Marilyn Lawson, tron of nonor and was sim-, also sisters of the bride. All iliarly attired in yellow. Both ding has been planned furjHueh Beslev treneral rlv.irJand plnk roses in an old fash' August tfegK-y. geneiai chdir- lon arrangement. The matron Nelson was graduated iman- and 1Irs- James A- honor, Mrs.

Edward J. Acker from Franklin K. Lane High llpi" co-chairman, enter-1 of Setauket, was gowned in wore ballerina gowns of yellow organdy, with matching hats, and carried bouquets of i jowers white organdy over lilac and a and Queens College. Sue tained at a luncheon recently at studied for her master's degree the convent. 218 76th for the yeuow uaisies.

white picture hat trimmed with the lilac. She carried an old Alfred Charles Lange, of the bridegroom James J. Thornton, brother of at Columbia University and is Miss Rosemary Jeanne Norton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D.

Norton of 20 Sterling Place, and Long Beach, became the bride yesterday of John Daniel Meehan, son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Meehan of 539 W. Fulton Long Beach, in St.

Augustine's R. C. Church. The Rev. Howard Tilley officiated at the ceremony, and the Rev.

Vincent Brown celebrated the the bridegroom, was best man was best man. The ushers were The ushers were Thomas F. fashioned bouquet with yellow flowers predominating. Miss Andrea G. Browne, niece of the cnairmen of the various com mittees.

Daughter Born James Isherwood of Hartford and Richard Birch cousin of the bride, of Rock bridegroom, of BrightwaterS: Thornton brother of the bridegroom, William F. Lavelle, Andrew P. Donovan and Harold A. Meriam. ville Centre Mr.

and Mrs. Robert .1 Don eh- bridesmaid, wore a gown in the on the faculty of P. S. 61. Dr.

Ranch was graduated from Flushing High School and Queens College. He received his master's degree from the University of Illinois and his doctorate from Brown University. Dr. Ranch is an assistant professor at the University of The bride is a graduate of lyn Preparatory School, ami erty of 85 Van Cott Ave sl'e over aqua. Her bou-stead, announce the hirth of a quet had pink as the predoml mass.

The couple received the Mrs. Thornton was graduated i Institute and Green from Notre Dame College of Mountain Junior College. Mr. Staten Island. She did graduate Smyth was graduated from daughter, Eloise Anne tolor lier picture hat erty, on May 22, in Mercy Hos-'was (-''immed with aqua pital, Rockville Centre.

Joseph Breslin Jr. served as best man and the ushers in universities of South Carolina and New Mexico and served with United States Navy in World War 11. Mr. Edwards in with the Onyx Oil and Chemical Co. of Xew Jersey.

Papal blessing. A reception followed at the Montauk Club. The bride wore a gown of heirloom Chantilly lace which had been worn by her mother, over ivorv satin fashioned with 1 )-' J' 'V- x'4o wu' V.UIUUIU10 i mvds.uj polytechnic Preparatory coun-and is a student at St. John's try Dav School and Yale Uni-L'niversity School of Law. 'versityl Mr.

Thornton was graduated i cluded James F. Leonard Jr. and Edward M. Maguire. Mrs.

Gillen attended the Clare, a portrait neckline, a butterfly L' iJ School and is a member of peplum embroidered with seed Chironean. Mr. Gillen attended 'pearls -and a bouffant skirt terminated in a cathedral train Mrs. John D. Meehan Brooklyn Preparatory School.

Her French illusion veil was held in place by a small bon Upon their return from a wedding trip to Basin Harbor, the couple will reside at 1108 Union St. from St. John's University and from Yale Law School. He is a member of Delta Mu Delta, Cor-bey Court and the Order of the Coif. He served as a lieutenant in the Xavy during the second World War.

Formerly law assistant to Associate Judge Charles W. Froessel of the New York Court of Appeals, Mr. Thornton is with the law firm of Whitman, Ransom, Coulson Goetz. Manhattan. net of the Chantilly lace and seed pearls, and she carried a prayer book with white orchids ind lilies of the valley.

Barnard College Club Elects Offices Mrs. Frank McSorley of Lampasas, Texas, was matron from St. Francis Xavier Academy, and Notre Dame College of Staten Island, and did postgraduate work at Long Island University. She is a member ol the Guardian Guild and St. Peter's HosDital Auxiliary.

Mr. Meehan was graduated from Power Memorial High School and St. John's University. He attended New York Univeisity School of Engi-reering, and is associated with the New York Central System, if' charge of Lines East. oi honor for her sister, and the bridesmaids were Mrs.

James The Barnard College Club of The couple will honeymoon and Havana, in Sea Island, Brooklyn held its final Spring Norton of Forest Hills, sister' Cuba. -i meeting at the home of the re- in-law of the bride; Miss Anne Marlborough of Brooklyn, and Miss Patricia Morris of St. Al bans, cousins of the bride, and Elizabeth J. Rae Becomes Mrs. Cairns The marriage of Miss Eliza- tiring president, Miss Elizabeth Simpson, 2510 Clarendon Road.

The slate of officers for the coming year was elected. They are: President, Mrs. Albert F. Serocke; vice president, Mrs. Eugene Sterne, and recording Miss Ellen Tracey of Brooklyn.

The matron of honor was attired in a frock of mauve marquisette with lace panels and a jbeth June Rae, daughter of Mr. The F. C. A. Schaefers Celebrate Anniversary fichu edged with the lace.

Hor secretary, Miss Eleanor John-j son. Re-elected were: Corre-I bonnet was lashioned withi mauve flowers and pearls, and! and Mrs. David Wishart Rae of Brooklyn to Eugene William Cairns, son of Mr. and Mrs. 'il-Ham A.

Cairns of Baldwin, took place on June 11 in the Flat-bush Tompkins Congregational Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. A Schaefer of 205 Monitor St. he carried a cascade of ivy sponding Secretary Mrs.

Charles Reiehner, assistant corresponding secretary, Edith Hard- and stephanotis. The brides Church. A reception followed 1 maids were similarly attired celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on June 18. They entertained 80 guests at a cock wick, and treasurer, Mrs. Edward Hamilton.

except for picture hats oi mauve with lilac velvet at the Rohallion. The bride wore a gown of Chantilly lace and nylon tulle over taffeta and a lace cap with a fingertip veil. She carried white orchids and sweet peas. Mrs. Robert Fellows, sister of tail party at their home.

The party also celebrated Mrs. Schaefer's birthday. Mrs. Schaefer is the former Tillie Fagan of Bushwick. Mr.

Schaefer. who observed his 80th Dr. and Mrs. Hall Have 50th Anniversary William S. Meehan of Washington, D.

was best man for his brother. The ushers In cluded John D. Norton of Queens Village and James K. Dr. and Mrs.

B. S. Hall of Brooklyn celebrated their 50th the bride, was matron of honor. birthday on June 15. is a retired pharmacist and served 18 yearsj Robert Thistle was best man Norton of Forest Hills, broth wedding anniversary on June ers of the bride; Leo J.

Ritter of Michigan, and Joseph F. 21. They were honored at as a member of the Xew York1 and the ushers were Carmen State Pharmacy Board. He is alFerraro and Robert Fellows, ustee of the Brooklyn Collegej The bridegroom, who served i party given by their children. Lane of Long Bench Mr.

and Mrs. St.mlcv Orben of The couple sailed on the of Pharmacy and chairman 1 with the Air Force during emeritus of the executive board: World War II, attends Rens-of the New York State Phar-iselaor Polytechnic Institute. He lyueen or t.ennncla for a honey South orange, x. and Mrs. ON RIP orvt Mn.

Motih v7 vvcr of 715 E. 32d St. are pictured aboard the Furness liner Ouoen of Bermuda before their henfymoon Bermuda Mrs. Dwyer the former Fmnces Turecamo, dauhtar of Mr. and Mrs.

Bartholomew Turecamo of Flower Hill, Manhasset ond Bnghtwoters, formerly of Brooklyn Mr Dwyer is tho son of Mr ond Mrs. Cornelius J. Dwyer of Brooklyn. moon at. the Elbow Beach Surf HAPPY COUPLE Miss Peggy Logan, daughter of Mrs.

Albert E. Logan of 197 Rutland Road, and her fiance' William G. O'Brien son of Mr. and Mrs. William O'Brien of 152 Maple were photographed at Ihe Stork Club following the prom of Notre Dame College, Staren Island.

Miss Logan was recently graduated from th college, I Edward Hall of Brooklyn, at itlie latter Summer home in I Bethel. Conn. A buffet supper as served. Club, Bermuda. Upon their re- maceulical Association.

This is a member of Zeta Psi. urn, they ill reside in Forest year marks his 50-year member-; After a wedding trip to Hill. Iship in the Greenpoint Masonic, Canada the couple will make Mrs. Meehan was graduatedLodge. their home in Troy, N.

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