MARRIAGE: Montgomery BURLEY to Catherine MYERS, 1918, Blair County, PA

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BURLEY-MYERS

  A pretty wedding was solemnized at Fall River, Mass., last Wednesday 
evening that will be of interest to many Altoona people, the contracting 
parties being well known here.  They were Mr. Montgomery Burley, of this 
city and Miss Catherine Myers, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. H. Myers, 
formerly of Altoona.  The Fall River Herald published the following 
concerning the happy event:
  The marriage of Miss Mary Catherine Myers, only daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. J. D. H. Myers, of 871 Robeson street, and Montgomery Burley of 
Altoona, Pa., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ritten Burley of Tyrone, Pa., 
took place Wednesday evening at the bride's home at 7:45 o'clock.  The 
ceremony was performed in the living room by Rev. E. E. Clark of 
Pittsburg, Pa., assisted by Rev. John E. Charlton, Ph.D., pastor of the 
Union M. E. church, this city.  The single ring service was used.  The 
bay window in front of which the couple were married was very 
attractively decorated with palms and pink peonies and the mantel was 
banked with fern and peonies.
  The wedding marches were played by Mark Pierson, organist of the Union 
M. E. church.  The bride was given in marriage by her father.  Mrs. 
Clifford P. McCullough of the Congress Hotel, Chicago, a classmate of the 
bride at the new England Conservatory of Music, was the matron of honor, 
and Miss Martha Tate of Clarksburg, W. Va., also a classmate of the 
bride, was the bridesmaid.  The best man was David Jones of Pittsburg, 
Pa.
  The bride was charmingly attired in a gown of Georgette crepe over 
Japanese silk with a court train.  She wore a tulle veil made Lady Duff 
Gordon design, and carried a shower bouquet of white roses and white 
snapdragons.  The matron of honor wore pale blue silk tulle over blue 
satin with a bodice of silver lace and she carried an arm bouquet of 
Ophelia roses.  Miss Tate wore yellow satin trimmed with gold lace and 
carried an arm bouquet of Russell roses.
  A luncheon was served after the ceremony by E. J. Sokoll, caterer.  The 
display of wedding gifts was beautiful.  Among the out-of-town guests 
present were Mrs. Jennie Jones, of Pittsburg, Pa., Charles Tessinger, of 
Pittsburg, Pa., Mrs. Ella Howe, Miss Helen Louise Howe, Mrs. E. C. Marks, 
all of Altoona, Pa., and Dr. Clifford P. McCullough of Congress Hotel, 
Chicago.
  After a wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Burley will reside in Altoona, Pa., 
where the bridegroom is employed as inspector of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Co., in the district between Altoona and Pittsburg.  Mrs. 
Burley's traveling suit was of navy blue Skinner's silk, and she wore a 
navy blue Georgette crepe hat, with red trimmings.
  Mrs. Burley possesses an excellent lyric soprano voice and before 
residing in this city she was a concert singer in Altoona where she 
formerly resided.  She took a three year course of study at the New 
England Conservatory of Music and also sang for the New England Women's 
Press Club and many of the large Boston churches.  Before her marriage 
she was a member of the Fall River Musical Club, although she had not 
been active in musical work in this city.

Altoona Tribune, Monday morning, June 10, 1918, page 8