East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-06-18
ception followed at The Robinhood

Mr.. and Mrs, McMillen motored
to Massachusetts, for their honey
moon and upon their return will
be at 1910 Van Buren st. until
August when they will establish a
permanent address in Cambridge,
Mass, where Mr.. McMillen enters
the law school Of Harvard Uni
versity.
The bride is member Of Alpha
Phi at Kent. Mr.. McMillen, a
Shaw High graduate is member
of Pi Gamma Mu (social science) e,
and Pi Sigma Alpha political sci
ence), national honorary fraterni-
ties, and Phi Alpha Theta, history
honorary fraternity.
Mr.. and Mrs. McMillen, parents
of the groom were hosts at the
rehearsal dinner at the Robinhood
Inn on Friday evening.
Lafferty-Shurmer
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic Wood
Lafferty who were married Satur-
day evening, June 18th in First
Baptist Church, will reside in
Boston where Mr.. Lafferty is a
student in the Harvard Medical
| School.
The bride, the former Joann
Shurmer, daughter of Mrs. Rollin
c. Shurmer, 1746 Bryn Mawr rd.
was escorted to the altar by her
brother, Robert C. Shurmer. She
was gowned in ice pink nylon tulle
over satin. Traditional orange bios
held her fingertip veil and she
carried white roses showered with
lilies of the valley. DR.. Harold
Cooke Phillips read the ceremony.
Attending the bride was Mrs.
Donald E. Gilbert as matron Of
honor; Mrs. G. Andrew McCullen
and Miss Nancy Tame as brides
maids. Robert Held of Fremont
was best man. Homer Williams of
Columbus, G. Andrew McMullen
and Richard R. West ushered.
A reception followed in the
church courtyard.
The couple will honeymoon at
Hillbrook Club and go on to their
new home, 203 Park dr., Boston.
The bride, a member of Phi
Kappa Zeta, was graduated from
Flora Stone Mather College and
the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Mr.. Lafferty, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred A. Lafferty of Fremont, o.,
is now a student at the Harvard
medical School in Boston. He
was graduated from Adelbert
College of Western Reserve Uni
versity and belongs to Phi Beta
Kappa, Beta Theta Pi and NJ
Sigma NJ.
BressOn- Brennan
On Saturday, June 18th in St.
Philomena Church the Rev. James
Hart, pastor at st. Thomas Aquin-
as Church united in marriage his
niece, Miss Elizabeth Anne Bren-
nan and Lawrence Girard Bresson.
The bride is the daughter of Nr.
and Mrs. William Brennan and
was given in marriage by her
father. Mr.. Bresson is the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Bresson
of Wooster, Ohio.
Garden flowers, all in white,
were used on the altar.
For her wedding the bride chose
an ivory satin and lace gown. The
bodice was of lace with long lace
sleeves and high neck with
touches Of satin. The floor length
satin skirt had an overdrape of the
lace which formed a brief train.
A juliet cap of satin and lace held
her fingertip veil of illusion and
she carried gardenias.
The attendants, Mrs. William
Ruddy, sister of the bride, and
Miss Carolyn Hart, cousin of
the bride, wore similar gowns in
organdy over taffeta and wore
headresses of yellow carnations
and yellow daisies. Mrs. Ruddy
was in pastel green and Miss Hart
in pastel yellow.
Clarence Bresson, the groom's
twin brother, was best man and
his other attendant was Robert
Spencer of Georgia. Ushering were
William d. Brennan, the brides
brother, and John Bresson, the
groom's brother.
The wedding breakfast was serv-
ed at the Lake Shore Country
Club. Later in the afternoon and
evening the bridal party received
friends at the home of the brides
parents, 1854 Speedway Overlook.
After an eastern trip the newly
weds will reside in Milan, Ohio.
The bride is a graduate of Notre
Dame Academy and the groom is
graduate of the College Of