Marriage of Grace Heckman to Gifford Bull on September 6, 1947The Ithaca Journal, Sep 8 1947, P. 4, Col.4-5, with photo of bride "
Miss Grace Marie Heckman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Heckman of Forest Home, and
Gifford Bull, son of Drs. Harry and Helen Bull of 817 E. State St., were married at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, in the Lutheran Church.
The Rev. A. H. Sardeson, pastor, performed the ceremony in a setting of church decorations consisting of baskets of white gladioli and lilies, and tall lighted tapers. Edward Bardwell was at the organ and played the Bridal Chorus Wedding March, recessional and several other selections.
The bride's father gave her in marriage. Her white slipper satin gown with sweetheart neckline had long pointed sleeves and a tapered bodice gathered at the hips. She wore a fingertip veil, with an oval tiara of starched net outlined with white satin. With this, the bride had on a single strand of pearls. Her colonial type bouquet consisted of white chrysanthemums and gladioli.
Miss Ruth Heckman, sister of the bride, was her only attendant. Her gown was of blue-green taffeta, with a fitted bodice, buttoned down the front, with cap sleeves. She wore matching lace mits, and her wide picture hat was made of the same material as the dress alternated with strips of blue-green net. Her yellow bouquet was similar to the bride's.
Mrs. Heckman, in a pearl gray crepe dress with wine colored accessories, had a corsage of dark red roses. The bridegroom's mother wore a fuchsia crepe dress, black accessories, and a corsage of white carnations.
Dr. Christopher Bull of Rochester was his brother's best man. Ushers were William S. Miller and Hugh Thompson, both of Ithaca.
A reception for the immediate families followed at the home of the bride's parents. For a wedding trip to Bermuda by plane the bride chose a gray suit with wine accessories, and an orchid corsage.
The bride was graduated from Ithaca High School with the class of 1940, and has been a flight instructor at the Ithaca Municipal Airport for several years. Bull, a graduate of Ithaca High School, is also a graduate of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Cornell, 1942. He flew the Hump during the war for China National Aviation Corp. Bull is now a graduate student in the School of Aeronautical Engineering at Cornell.
Prenuptial events consisted of showers given by Dr. Edgar E. Thorsland and Mrs. Thorsland, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Peters, and Mrs. G. R. Chamberlain."