MARRIAGE: John M. LEHR to Betty D. LONG, 1948, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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BETTY LONG IS BRIDE OF WEST LAWN MAN

  A lovely wedding was solemnized on Saturday morning, June 19, at 9 o'clock 
in the Sacred Heart Catholic church when Miss Betty D. Long, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Robert O. Long of 2608 Fifth avenue, became the bride of John M. 
Lehr, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Lehr of West Lawn.  Rev. Father Joseph D. 
O'Leary officiated at the ceremony which preceded the nuptial high mass.
  The church was decorated with palms and mixed flowers.  The church organist 
played the traditional wedding music and the boys' choir of the church sang 
the mass.
  The bride, given in marriage by her father, was lovely in a street-length 
dress of pale blue crepe with a blue hat.  She carried a white missal covered 
with white roses and satin streamers.
  Miss Ann Dibert, a close friend of the bride, was maid of honor attired in 
salmon pink with white accessories and a pink hat.  She carried a colonial 
arm bouquet.
  Francis J. Touey, cousin of the bridegroom of Upper Darby, was best man.
  The mother of the bride chose a navy blue print dress with a corsage of 
mixed flowers and the mother of the bridegroom selected a black print dress 
with a corsage of mixed flowers.
  Following the ceremony a breakfast was served at the Colonial hotel for 20 
guests.  The tables were decorated with roses and the bride's table featured 
a two-tiered wedding cake with a miniature bride and bridegroom.  The bride's 
gift to her maid of honor was an overnight bag and the bridegroom presented 
the best man with a wallet.
  Out of town guests were present from Upper Darby, West Lawn and Bryn Mawr.
  The couple left for a trip to Echo Lake in the Poconos.  For traveling the 
bride wore a gray gabardine suit with a white rose corsage.  They will be at 
home in Reading.
  The bride is a graduate of Altoona High school, class of 1945 and is 
employed by the Bell Telephone company.  The bridegroom is a graduate of 
Reading High school, class of 1940 and spent 37 months with the Army 
Engineers, 30 of which were spent overseas in the European theatre.  He is 
employed as an installer for the Western Electric company.

Altoona Mirror, Monday, July 26, 1948, page 4