Allegany County MD Archives Marriages.....John Edwin ROSS, Jr., to Dorothea Regina STINE, 1961 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shawn McGreevy shawnmcgreevy@geatz.com Cumberland Times, Cumberland, Maryland, 21 May 1961: "The marriage of Miss Dorothea Regina Stine, daughter of Mrs. William H. Stine, 315 Vine Street, Westernport, and the late Mr. Stine, to John Edwin Ross Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Edwin Ross Sr., of Ross Street, Westernport, took place Saturday, May 13. The double ring ceremony was solemnized in St. Peter's Catholic Church, Westernport, with Rev. George Pugh, officiating. Two standards of white gladioli and white carnations decorated the sanctuary, with matching bouquets on the aitar. Bows of white satin ribbon marked the pews. Mrs. George P. Ord was organist, accompanying Mr. Ord, vocalist, and playing the traditional wedding marches. They are uncle and aunt of the bride. George and Michael Ord, cousins of the bride, were altar boys. Escorted by her brother, William H. Stine, Jr., the bride was attired in a gown of silk organza and Alencon lace, fashioned with fitted bodice, Sabrina neckline, and short sleeves, with organza mitts. The front of the gown was on princess lines, and the back featured panels of appliqued lace and ended in a chapel train. Her fingertip veil of French illusion fell from a crown of seed pearls and sequins. She carried a bridal bouquet on a missal made up of gardenias and lilies of the valley which she dedicated as Mr. Ord sang ''Mother At Thy Feet I'm Kneeling." Miss Katherine J. Determan was maid of honor, and Miss Shirley Ross, sister of the bridegroom, was bridesmaid. David D. Wilson served as best man and Richard H. Wilson and Robert B. Cave, Accident, were ushers. A reception was held following the ceremony at the American Legion Home, Westernport. The decorations carried out in the bridal theme. The tiered wedding cake was ornamented with an arrangement of pink roses with a butterfly. The punch bowls were wreathed with similax. Miss Eleanor Ord. cousin of the bride, Mrs. Vincent Laffey, Mrs. William Freeman, cousin of the bride, and Mrs. Herbert Martin, sister of the bridegroom, presided at the punch bowls. Mrs. Lee McIntyre, aunt of the bride, and Miss Deborah Crist, cousin of the bride, served the wedding cake. Miss Sarah Ord and Miss Sharon Laffey were in charge of the guest book. The couple left for a wedding trip, the bride wearing a twopiece plaid suit with white accessories and a corsage of gardenias. The bride is a graduate of St. Peter's High School, Class of 1958, and is employed in the tabulating department at the Luke Mill of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. The bridegroom was graduated from Bruce High School with the Class of 1953, and attended Potomac State College for two years. He served with the Army in Germany two years, and is employed by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. Upon their return from their trip the couple will reside at 425 Vine Street, Westernport." This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/vitals/marriages/rossstine.txt