MISS SKINNER WED IN PELHAM MANOR
Huguenot Memorial Church Setting for Her Marriage to Ray V. Sawhill Jr. Special to the New York Times.
PELHAM MANOR, N.Y., April 16 — Miss
Mitia Olga Skinner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fenwick Fenton Skinner of Mount Vernonr, was married to
Ray Vincent Sawhill Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Sawhill of Pelham Manor, this afternoon in the Huguenot Memorial Presbyterian Church here.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Charley L. Peeples of Hampton, Conn., a former classmate of the bridegroom, who was assisted by the Rev. Willard P. Soper. A reception was held in the Colonial Room of the Hotel Gramatan, Bronxville.
Because of the illness of her father, the bride was given in marriage by her brother, Gerson L. Skinner. She wore a gown of ivory satin, made with a full skirt embellished with a bustel of Chantilly lace and a train. Her veil of tulle, attached to a cap of Chaantilly lace was held in place by a coronet of seed pearls. She carried white sweet peas, orchids, gypsophila and bouvardia.
Mrs. Harry C. Woodruff of Metuchen, N.J., was the matron of honor for her sister, and the other attendants were Miss Jane Sawhill, sister of the bridegroom, and Mrs. Richard C. Hoerner of New Rochelle.
The bridegroom’s father was bestman. Ushers were Harry C. Woodruff, Richard C. Hoerner, Charles Schuster and George M. Thom.
— The New York Times, 17 Apr 1949
