MARRIAGE: Kenneth Francis CHIRDON to Anne Faith SPEARING, 1948, Blair County, PA

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MR. AND MRS. JOHN CHIRDON [photo]

Wed In Rites At St. Leo's

  Miss Anne Faith Spearing, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Spearing of 1009 
Twenty-second street, and Kenneth Francis Chirdon, son of Mr. and Mrs. John 
Chirdon of Coupon, were united in marriage Thursday morning, June 10, in St. 
Leo's Catholic church. Rev. Father John P. Manning officiated at the double-ring 
ceremony.
  The bride wore a lovely colonial gown of white slipper satin with a high 
rounded neckline and the long tapered sleeves edged with Alencon lace. Her lace-
edged fingertip veil fell from a lace bonnet adorned with white sweet peas and 
California orange blossoms. She carried a white satin prayer book covered with 
white carnations with sweet pea showers.
  Miss Winifred Spearing, sister of the bride, served as bridesmaid and wore a 
baby pink faille taffeta colonial gown with a large white picturesque hat with 
baby blue streamers and mitts to match. She carried a colonial bouquet of pink 
and white carnations with pink, white and blue streamers.
  James Graham, nephew of the bridegroom, performed the duties as best man. The 
ushers were Riching [sic] Spearing, brother of the bride, and Patrick Reagan, 
friends of the bride.
  The bride's mother chose a navy blue dress with matching accessories and a 
corsage of pink car nations. The mother of the bridegroom was attired in a pale 
green dress with matching accessories and also a pink carnation corsage. The 
wedding breakfast was held at the home of the bride for the immediate families.
  The bride is a graduate of Altoona High school and Mount Aloysius college and 
is the commercial teacher at Beaverdale High school. The bridegroom is a 
graduate of Gallitzin High school, a veteran of World war II and a business 
administration student at St. Francis college.
  After a wedding trip through Buffalo, the couple will reside in Cleveland, O., 
where the bridegroom will resume his studies at the John Carroll college.

Altoona Mirror, Thursday Evening, July 8, 1948, page 27