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"Miss Williams Is Engaged To Lt. Lewis -- PETERSBURG--Mr. and Mrs. Paul Eaton Williams, Jr., announce the engagement of their daughter Ann Randolph, to Lieutenant Lunsford Hoxsey Lewis, Jr., son of Mrs. Blance Leebrick Lewis, of Elkton, and the late Dr. Lewis. The wedding will take place in the Fall.
Miss Williams is a graduate of Southern Seminary and Junior College. Lieutenant Lewis attended North Carolina State College, Raleigh, NC."--20 June 1954, Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch
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"Miss Leebrick To Become Bride -- LYNCHBURG--Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Leebrick of Lowesville, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Marion Helen, to Charles Edward Cash, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ameros Cash of Montebello."--20 October 1946, Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch
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"HENRIETTA LEEBRICK WEDS --KENT, O., May 30 -- Henrietta Leebrick, daughter of Dr. K. C. Leebrick, president of Kent State University, and Laurel Parkinson of Kent were married here today in a ceremony at the bride's home. Miss Leebrick is a graduate of the University of Syracuse. Parkinson, employee of the Atlas Powder Co. in near-by Ravenna, was graduated from Kent State and Ohio State Universities.", 31 May 1942, Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH)
"Miss Leebrick Married In Kent, Ohio--Of social interest in Kent, Ohio, was the wedding on Memorial Day of Miss Henrietta Leebrick, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Karl C. Leebrick, to Laurel Parkinson.
Dr. Leebrick and his family came to Honolulu in 1920 and he was for many yars dean of the history department at the University of Hawaii. He returned to the mainland seven years ago to become president of the college of liberal arts Syracuse university. His brother J. Paul Leebrick, lives in Honolulu.
An account of the marriage, published in the Evening Record and Daily Courier-Tribune, is reprinted below:
'Before an altar banked with ferns and orange blossoms, Miss Henrieta Leebrick, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Karl C. Leebrick, became the bride of Laurel Parkinson, Saturday night at 8 in the Leebrick home on W. Main St.
'White flowers were the decoration throughout the rooms, with a white floral group forming a centerpiece for the table.
'Performing the ceremony was the Rev. E. Turner Stump. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Music was played by Mrs. C.J. Alexopoulos at the piano, and Kenneth Byler, violinist.
''Miss Leebrick's gown was in the traditional bridal style of white Duchess satin. The neckline was in modified sweetheart style. Full skirt of Duchess satin ended in a regulation train. Her full length veil was held in place by a tiara of hand made lace, which had been worn by Miss Leebrick's great grandmother.
'Her only jewelry was a string of pearls, a gift of the bridegroom. A shower bouquet of Johanna Hill white roses was carried by the bride.
'Miss Ann Armstrong, serving as maid of honor, wore a gown of pale green faille taffeta with a high waisted bodice and wide skirt. In her hair she wore a tiara of yellow daisies. Her bouquet was the same as the bride's.
'Mrs. Karl Leebrick, mother of the bride, wore a dress of dawn blue with accessories to match and an orchid corsage. Mr. Ruth Parkinson, mother of the bridegroom, wore a rose lace dress with matching accessories and an orchid corsage.
'Attending the bridegoom as best man was Karl C. Leebrick Jr., brother of the bride.
'Mrs. Parkinson is a graduate of Syracuse university, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Mr. Parkinson, son of Mrs. Ruth Parkinson of Kent, is a graduate of Kent State university, where he was a member of Sigma Tau Gamma fraturnity. At present, he is employed as a chemist with the Atlas Powder Co. in Ravenna.'"--20 Jul 1942, Honolulu (HI) Star-Bulletin
"News of The Leebrick Family--Pleasant news has come concerning the Karl C. Leebrick family, formerly residents in Honolulu. Karl C. Leebrick Jr. was married in Chicago September 19 to Miss Lois Wicks of New York. They met at Syracuse university, where Dr. K.C. Leebrick Sr. was a member of the faculty prior to his going to Kent State university, Kent, O., as president of the latter institution. The bride is a second lieutenant in the medical corps, assigned to March field, Riverside, Cal.
The daughter of the Leebricks, Henrietta Leebrick, is now married to Laurel G. Parkinson, a chemist especially skilled in wartime work, who has just been moved to the Atlas Powder Co. plant at Tamaqua, Pa. Previously he was with the Atlas Powder Co. plant at Apco, O., near Kent.
Dr. Leebrick is now a major, taking a special course in the Army Civil Affairs Training School at the University of Chicago. He and Mrs. Leebrick are together at Chicago and both are well. He reports that the Civil Affairs school is stiff, both physically and mentally. His future assignment has not been determined, but he rather hopes it will be in the Pacific.
The Civil Affairs Training School work is preliminary to assignment to military government duties in occupied areas after these have been taken from the enemy. Already a large number of graduates of this training course are on duty in North Africa, in Sicily and now on the Italian mainland. Dr. Leebrick went into army service immediately after resigning as president of Kent State."--11 Nov 1943, Honolulu (HI) Star Bulletin
"Henrietta Parkinson: Manor Club Manager. Henrietta Parkinson, a retired resident manager of the Manor Club of Pelham, died of cancer yesterday at home in Pelham. She was 72.
Mrs. Parkinson was born May 24, 1917, in Berkeley, Calif., to Karl Clayton and Beryl Fountain Leebrick. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1937 with a bachelor's degree in humanities.
She was resident manager of the Manor Club of Pelham for many years until her retirement in 1979. She was active in the Pelham Country Club and Huguenot Memorial Church.
She married Laurel Parkinson in 1942 in Kent, Ohio. Mrs. Parkinson enjoyed working on flower arrangements, and whe was qute good at it, said her husband. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Parkinson is survived by three children, All Parkinson of Tampa, Fla., Karl Parkinson of Manchester, Conn., and John Parkinson of New Windsor, Md., and five grandchildren.
Arrangements are being handled by Pelham Funeral Home."--29 Dec 1989, The Daily Times (Mamaroneck, NY)