Allegany County MD Archives Marriages.....John Joseph LONG to Margaret Louise WITHERUP, 1939
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"The Evening Times" Cumberland, Maryland, Tuesday 26 Dec 1939: 
"Miss Margaret Witherup Is Bride of John J. Long-In a Christmas setting of rare beauty 
and with all the pomp and ceremony of the Church, Margaret Louise Witherup became the 
bride of John Joseph Long in a high nuptial Mass at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 
this morning. The Rev. Father Boniface, O. M. Cap., was celebrant of the Mass. The 
altars, decorated with poinsettias and aglow with numerous candles, and the Christmas 
tree that formed a background for the stable of Bethlehem, and the beautiful scene it 
portrayed, provided a real Christmas setting. The bride's gown was of oyster white 
Baronet satin, with a collar of Irish lace, three-tiered bustle with hip fullness, and 
a long train, Empire influence. The veil of tulle, draped from a becoming Juliet cap 
supplemented the bridal costume. She carried a white prayer book and a crystal and gold 
rosary-the gift of a friend. The bride's attendants were her three sisters, Mrs. Robert 
Wilson, matron of honor, and Misses Dorothy and Jean Witherup, bridesmaids. Mrs. Wilson 
wore Margaret Rose taffeta, and the Misses Witherup, aqua taffeta. All three gowns were 
designed to conform with the bride's gown. The matron of honor carried Talisman roses 
and the bridesmaids carried tea roses. The bride's mother wore powder blue witha a 
corsage of white gardenias. The bridegroom wore blue with a corsage of tea roses. John 
Schwarzenbach, of Pittsburgh, Pa., brother-in-law of Mr. Long, was best man, and the 
ushers were Elmer B. Gower and John Blough. A breakfast for the bridal party and the 
immediate families at the Fort Cumberland Hotel was followed by a reception at the home 
of the bride's parents. The couple motored to Baltimore and the bride will be matron of 
honor Thursday at the wedding of her college room-mate in Belair. Guests at the breakfast 
were: Mrs. Peter Long, mother of the bridegroom; Mr. and Mrs. John Schwarzenbach, 
Pittsburgh; Tasker G. Lowndes, Dr. John K. Rozum, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson, William 
Claus, Jane Hesse, Helen McFerran, Mary Murray, Jean Baer, Virginia McCullough, Richard 
Hohing, Mary Lee Crambett, Mrs. E. O. Fritch, Cumberland; Esther Fritch, Baltimore; 
Kathryn Fritch, Washington; Margaret Kohler and Robert Howson, Smithsburg; Jean and 
Katherine Tenny, Clearspring; Otis Hanna, Port Deposit; Mrs. C. A. Tenney, Clearspring; 
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Long, Jean and Mary Long, Mrs. E. O. Myer, Mrs. Addie Brown, Mrs. 
Frank Leucke, Robert Leucke, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bennett. The bride, a teacher at 
Allegany High School, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. Witherup, 616 Montgomery 
avenue. Mr. Long is a member of the faculty and football coach at Fort Hill High School."


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