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"I-C Friday, May 11, '62 DETROIT FREE PRESS Wedd mffs Prominent Families Linked by These 4 -TTP j. 1 '1 fV "i I II i Mrs. Thomas I Orr, Jr. veil, and white orchlda and stephanotis composed bridal bouquet. Matron of honor Mrs.

James D. Standish III and bridesmaids Suzanne G. Butt-rick, Mrs. Leo J. Fitzpatrick and Mrs.

Charles P. Orr wore Bianchl gowns of rose court They carried bouquets of garnet roses. Mrs. Leonard, the mother of the bride, wore a gown of sea mist silk, a small hat of blue and coral flowers and pinned spray orchids on her purse. The bridegroom's mother, Mrs.

Orr, wore a dark blue silk dress and a hat of whits flowers. She carried a spray of white orchids. The young couple will make their home in Connecticut. Miss Thomas, Mr. Mason Wed A house on Iroquois Indian Village, was awaiting Mr.

and Mrs. Harrington K. Mason when they returned from their wedding Journey. Their wedding took place at Christ Church, Grosse Poine, April 28. The bride is the former Patricia Ann Thomas, daughter of Mrs.

Bates Dalton of Rivard Blvd. and Julian Thomas. The bridegroom' parents are Mr. and Mrs. Arnold T.

K. Mason of Milwaukee. The brine was given in marriage by her uncle, Raymond Dexter Brown of HoJ-lis. N. M.

Mrs. Alfred R. Reuther Jr. was the matron of honor and Mrs. James Lloyd Collins of New Canaan, and Mrs.

Muir' Snow III were bridesmaids. The bridegroom's father was his best man. The wedding reception waa held at the Detroit Athletic Club. The bridegroom's parents gave the rehearsal dinner at the Detroit Boat Club. A wedding: of local interest took place in Rochester, N.Y., April 29 when Mrs.

Jane Allen Messier and Raymond C. Firestone were married in the chantry of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The new Mrs. Firestone wore for her wedding: a sky blue suit by Adele Simpson and a matching hat of blue veiling.

After a reception at Gene-nee Valley Club the Flre-tttone left for a trip to Hawaii. They will live In Bath, O. The bride la the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Clarke Allen who lived in Rochester.

Her greatgrandfather. Freeman Clarke, terved an comptroller in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. Mr. Firestone of Lauray Farms, Bath, is president and a director of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. He is the son of the late Mr.

and Mrs. Harvey S. Firestone of Akrcn. Although the Firestone family has long lived in Ohio they have had important social connections with Detroit for many years. The bridegroom's late father, Harvey S.

Firestone, was one of the late Henry Ford's closest friends and they used to go on camping trips with Thomas Kdison, Luther Burhank and John Burroughs. Years later Mr. Ford's yoiingftst grandson, William day Ford, married Mr. Firestone's granddaughter, Martha Firestone. They have lived in Grosse Pointe sine their marriage.

Grosse Pointers may have an opportunity to meet the bride this summer because the bridegroom usually shows his horses from Lauray Farms at both the Grosse Pointe Hunt- Club and the Detroit show every June. His daughter, Judith, was a prize Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Firestone George Van Kula of Cyril Detroit.

The wedding reception was held at Shadow Lawn, the home of the bride's parents, whieh Is a Bloomfield Hill show place. Mrs. Ralph A. Sturges III of New Britain, sister of the bride, was matron of honor. Her own bridal gown of candlelight peau de soie was worn by the bride.

The bride's heirloom rose pointe lace veil had been worn by women of several generations in her family. She carried a bouquet of white roses, white violets, lily of the valley and ivy. Bridesmaids were another sister, Andree B. Gallaudet, 1 Mrs. Harrington Mason father, John Askin, was such a famous citizen that thousands of his papers and manuscripts are on file In the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library and many other libraries throughout the country.

Born in Ireland of Scotch ancestry in 1734 he came to North America to serve as a soldier in the Seven Years' War which ended in Canada in 1760. He was in Detroit during Pontiac's War but later moved to Mackinac where he was associated in fur trading with John Jacob Astor, Maj. Robert Rogers and others. He was always loyal to the Brit ri ft 0-0-0-O-h! dreamy. delightful.

GALA PROM DRESSES ish Crown and in 1R02 set up resilience in Walkerville, Ont. Several of his children married into prominent Detroit families and the historian M. M. Quaife says of him "both socially and otherwise he belonged to the local aristocracy of his time." The (Jallaudcts are another famous family. Thomas Gallaudet, a young missionary, brought the first sign language to this country from France a century ago.

His son, Edward Miner Gallaudet, persuaded Congress to charter a college for the deaf which they also supported. Since then many members of the family have dedicated themselves to teaching the deaf, finding employment for them and helping them to live normal lives. Ilarhara Lconanl Mr. Orr's Bride Barbara Elizabeth Leonard and Thomas Lazear Orr Jr. of Pittsburgh left for a European wedding journey following their April 2S wedding in Christ Church, Grosse Pointe, and reception at the Country Club.

The families of both young people are prominent in banking circles. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Clark Leonard of Merriweather P.oad, Grosse Pointe Farms. Mr.

Leonard is an investment counselor for the First of Michigan Corporation. The bridegroom is the son of Mrs. Thomas L. Orr of Pittsburgh and the late Mr. Orr, who was an executive of the Mellon Bank.

The bride wore a gown of cameo Ivory textured Italian silk, with a neckline trimmed with pearl embroidery. An oversklrt spread Into a cathedral train. Her mother's Florentine cap of heirloom Duchess lace held her tulle Esr Y4 'i' to pay! 3Irs. George Van Kula, Jr. and the bridegroom's two sisters, Mrs.

John Johns of New Baltimore and Margaret Van Kula. All wore light -green peau de soie and ivy crowns. They carried cascades of white freesia and ivy. Charles B. Shubeck of Mal-ibu, the bridegroom's uncle, was best man.

The ushers included two of the bridegroom's brothers and two of the bride's brothers, Thomas and David Van Kula and Edson F. II and Thomas H. Gallaudet. After a trip through Canada and New England the couple will live at the Bain-bridge Naval Training Cen- divine to its Simply delicious Albert's bon-bon pa stel prom dresses for the loveliest night of the year! Flowery nylon velverays, floating nylon sheers, luscious laces all puffed out with their very own bouffant petticoats. Junior petite 5-13, Junior 5-15, Misses' 8-16.

winner at the 50th anniversary show at Grosse Pointe Hunt Club, last June. Mr. Firestone's former wife was Laura An Lisk Firestone who died July 3, 1960. Marion Gallaudet Weds Mr. Van Kma Marion Michele Gallaudet, a bride with distinguished ancestors, and Lt.

(j.g.) George Van Kula, USNR, were married May 5 in the Holy Name Catholic Church in Birmingham. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fr an 1 a Cockrell Gallaudet of Bloom-field Hills. The bridegroom's parents are Mr.

and Mrs. s. ter where the Lieutenant will be an instructor. The bridegroom's grandparents were the late Mr. and Mrs.

Michael Schubeck of St. Michaels, Pa. and the late Mr. and Mrs. George Van Kula of Uniontown, Pa.

The bride's grandparents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Askin Skae of Pon-tiac and Mrs. Edson F. Gallaudet of Pine Orchard, who was present for the wedding, and the late Mr.

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