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Chapel Island on Upper Saranac Lake
was the setting on Saturday, September 24 for the wedding of Laura
M. Harrigan, daughter of Mrs.
Adeline H a r r i g a n of Champlain,
N.Y., and James M. La Valley, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald La Valley,
Demars Blvd., Tupper Lake.
Deacon J a m e s Ellis of St.
Alphonsus Church officiated at the
wedding ceremony which included
the lighting of the wedding candle.
Mrs. Harrigan wore her native
long tartan kilt to escort her daughter
to the altar. The bride wore a white
satin gown with fitted bodice overlaid
with chantilly lace. The A-line skirt
flowed into a cathedral length train
trimmed with lace. Chantilly lace
also accented the Queen Anne
neckline and mutton style sleeves.
Her matching hat was trimmed in
lace and seeded pearls with lily of the
valley draped to the side and silk
olefin veiling forming a bow in the
back. She carried a cascade bouquet
of white mums and white roses
centered with cranberry mini mums
and rose babies breath.
Miss Kim Dean of Saranac Lake,
friend of the bride was maid on honor.
She wore a pleated polyester gown of
daphne rose designed with a sheer
long sleeve polyester jacket trimmed
with chantilly lace. Bridesmaids were
Adeline Harrigan, and Maureen
Harrigan of Champlain, sisters of the
bride; Lori Harrigan of Boston,
Mass., sister-in-law of the bride and
Mary Reilly, a friend of the bride
from Freeport, N.Y. They all wore
cranberry gowns styled identically to
that of the maid of honor and each
carried a nosegay bouquet of daphne
rose,
cranberry
and
white
chrysanthemums with rose babies
b r e a t h and c r a n b e r r y and rose
streamers, and wore hairpieces to
match.
The groom wore a Windsor style
white tuxedo and white gloves.
Donald La Valley of this village
was best man for his son. Ushers were
Tom Harrigan, brother of the bride of
Boston; Mass.; James McCartney,
Andrew Larche and Gordon Duval,
all friends of the groom of Tupper
Lake. They wore Windsor style silver
grey tuxedos with white gloves.
Jimmy Sloan of Tupper Lake,
nephew of the groom was ringbearer.
He was dressed in silver grey tuxedo
identical to the groomsmen. The
pillow he carried was hand-made by
his mother Donna Sloan, as a gift to
the bridal couple and was embroidered with the couple's names
and the date in the wedding colors.
Special readings selected by the
bridal couple for the wedding
ceremony were read by Donna Sloan,
sister of the groom; Kevin Harrigan,
brother of the bride and James McCartney, friend of the groom.
Flowers were designed and styled
by the groom's mother, Mrs. Lorraine
LaValley.
Chris Sullivan of Saranac Lake
played the Scottish bagpipes before,
during and following the wedding
ceremony. Following the marriage
service, a reception was held at the
Wawbeek Inn on Upper Saranac
Lake, with music provided by
"Smile" from Plattsburgh.
Wedding guests included friends
and relatives from Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Arizona,
California, Canada and Germany.
The bride is a graduate of North
Country Community College in
Saranac Lake and has been employed
at the Federal Correctional Institute
in Ray Brook. The groom is a
graduate of Plattsburgh State
University College and is presently
general manager of the focal radio
system WPTL. Mr. LaValley is also
the owner of the House of Sound, a
home entertainment center in Tupper
Lake.
Following a wedding trip to
Jamaica, the couple returned to make
their home at 51 Chaney Ave., Tupper
Lake.
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Priscella Earle, Stephen Larabie wed Sept. 24
Ms. Priscella M. Earle, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Guiffre of 213
Park St., and Stephen Larabie, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Larabie of
Potsdam, were married here on
Saturday, September 24.
J u s t i c e J a m e s C. F r e n e t t e
performed the outdoor marriage
ceremony at 1 p.m. at the home of the
bride's parents.
The bride who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a gown
of white lace over satin, fashioned
with short sleeves, long train and a
three-quarter length veil , or-
namented with rosebuds which fell
from a headpiece seeded with pearls.
Her bridal bouquet was made of silk
flowers consisting of red roses, pink
and white carnations.
Carla Guiffre of Tupper Lake,
sister of the bride was maid of honor.
She wore a light pink old fashioned
gown and carried a bouquet of silk
flowers with a red rose and pink
carnation.
Billie Jo Desmarais of Saranac
Lake, niece of the bride, was flower
girl. She was dressed in a pastel color
of pink and baby blue with a white
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jacket. Her basket was decorated
with silk flowers and she threw daisy
petals.
Yvon Bien-Aime of S a r a n a c
Lake, friend of the groom was best
man.
Paul Guiffre of Buffalo, brother
of the bride was the commentator for
the ceremony, reading from the
Family Bible, taking passages from
"Corinthians
I"
and
from
"Ephesians".
Vocalist for the ceremony was
Mrs. Theresa Racine of Tupper Lake
with
selections
including:
"Sunrise,Sunset", "One Hand, One
Heart" and "May the Good Lord
Bless and Keep You". Accompanying
her on the guitar was Eric DeForest
of Tupper Lake.
The bridge that was used in the
outdoor marriage ceremony wasmade by Mr. Phillip Larabie, father
of the groom.
For her daughter's wedding Mrs.
Guiffre wore a baby blue gown with a
corsage of baby blue silk carnations.
Mrs. Larabie, mother of the groom
wore a pink gown with a corsage of
silk white carnations.
A premarital party was held at
the Guiffre home on Friday, September 23 and following the marriage
Saturday a reception was held at the
Moose Club with about seventy guests
attending. Music was provided by the
"Verse tones".
The wedding cake was cut by Mr.
and Mrs. Arnold Blander of Tupper
Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Larabie are
residing at 1 Pitchfork Road, Tupper
Lake after a short wedding trip to
Montreal, Canada.
Both the bride and groom are 1979
graduates of Tupper Lake High
School. The bride is employed at
Sunmount Developmental Center.
The groom is employed at the Federal
Correctional Institute in Ray Brook,
N.Y.
Out-of-town guests attending the
wedding c a m e from Syracuse,
Rochester, Potsdam, Cortland,
S a r a n a c Lake, Albany, Buffalo,
Gouverneur, Norfork, N.Y. and
Pennsylvania.
Tel. 359-7501
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