Married September 5th 1925
in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York.


The Livonia Gazette
Livonia, Livingston County, New York.
Friday, September 11, 1925

Miss Dorothy Aiken Marries Donald Black

Last Saturday afternoon, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Aiken of Geneseo, occurred the marriage of their daughter. Miss Dorothy Louise, to Mr. Donald Ray Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Black, also of Geneseo. The house was decorated with palms, asters, gladoli and white Climatis, the color scheme being pink and white. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. W. Denness Cooper, pastor of St. Michael's Episcopal church. The wedding march from "Lohengrin" was played by Mrs. Humphrey Stapley.

The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of white silk crepe trimmed with shadow lace, and carried an arm boquet of bride's roses and lilies of the valley. The bride was attended by her cousin, Miss Celia Bearss of Livonia as maid of honor. Miss Bearss wore peach-blow georgette trimmed with satin rose buds and carried butterfly rose. The flower girls were Catherine McCallion, cousin of the bride, and Marilyn VanKleek, cousin of the groom. Both were dressed in white an carried pink and white asters. Betty Morris and Margaret McCallion, cousins of the bride, held ribbons of white satin to form an isle for the bridal party. Mr. Georg Culver was best man.

Mrs. Aiken, mother of the bride, wore powder blue romaine crepe, and Mrs. Black, mother of the groom. wore black crepe, Both carried butterfly roses. After the ceremony a buffet luncheon was served by Mrs. Charles Durkee of Avon, covers being laid for ten at the bride's table. Miss Anne Fisher of Springwater and Miss Ina Orman of Avon, friends of the bride and two pupils from the classmates and advanced classes in home economics in Wayland high school. Miss Antonetia Schmetz and Miss Dorothy Bill, waited on table. Guest were present from Rochester, Binghamton, Ripley, Ithaca, Wayland, Naples and near by towns.

Prenuptials events were showers by the girls in the home economic department, of Wayland high school, in which the bride was a teacher, by the faculty of the school, at the home of Mrs. Silas Parry and by the Big Sisters class of the Methodist church of Wayland. (sentence unreadable). After a short wedding trip to canada, Mr. and Mrs. Black will be at (unreadable) Conesus lake, in about two weeks.

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