"Orchid boutonnieres"
A Wedding to Remember
Barnstable Patriot, September 28, 1978
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'Twas a joyous happening last Friday morning at St. Mary's Episcopal Church when
Berton Phinney, 84, and
Mrs. Catherine Edson, a sprightly 78 (widow and widower), both of Centerville, became husband and wife in a touching wedding ceremony performed by the
Rev. David W. Myers.
Attending the bride was
Mary Stack of Centerville, and best man was the bride's son,
Bernard Linehan of Sandwich.
Other children of the bride and their spouses in attendance were:
daughter
Catherine (Mrs. Red Chase) of St. Simon Island, Ga.,
daughter
Joan (Mrs. Larry Chafe) of Bridgewater.
Grandchildren of the bride attending were
Michael Chafe,
Sherry Romanovitz of South Yarmouth,
Mrs. Bruce
Holly Ellis and their daughter
Hannah, a great grandchild; and
Elaine Cestaro of East Dennis.
Among others at the wedding were a nephew, Ronald Stankus of Brockton; a friend,
Barbara Winslow of Vermont;
Perry Phinney of Nccdham, a daughterin-law of the bridegroom; and
Rose Beaumont,
Harriet Hall and
Catherine Borden of the Home Health Aide Board of Cape Cod where the new Mrs. Phinney has served for the past 12 years and p lans to continue that service.
Mr. Phinney is a retired civil engineer. Because of travel distances and work schedules, his children were unable to attend.
Beautiful orchid boutonnieres worn by the nuptial couple were the gift of
Nelson Stone of Barnstable.
A wedding breakfast was held at
Eli's Cape Shore Restaurant in East Sandwich.
Mr. and Mrs. Phinney are making their home on Blueberry Hill Road, Centerville.
It Never Happened (A Memoir In Meme Form)
= CHAPTER ONE: "TEN YEARS AGO THIS VERY DAY"
"It was pretty much exactly ten years ago this very day -- "
“ . . . It never happened."
"Yes, it did. That was the day that my brother met me for lunch at a casual dining seafood restaurant in Wareham, Massachusetts."
"You are deluded."
"The reason I remember it so well is that -- "
"You lie."
"He played one of his l favorite funny, funny jokes on me. Which was to arrange a meeting and then totally stand me up. Which was super super funny. And then he would completely deny it. The first time he ever did this was in 1979. In Harvard Square."
"You fantasize."
"And I believe that this lunch we had together was the first initial swirl, in what was to be my final -- I was circling the drain. For the last time. I was a horrible person! I was the worst type of person a person could be. Also, I was completely out of my mind. My whole entire life up to this point had been just ...
It Never Happened (A Memoir In Meme Form)
= CHAPTER ONE: "TEN YEARS AGO THIS VERY DAY"
"It was pretty much exactly ten years ago this very day -- "
“ . . . It never happened."
"Yes, it did. That was the day that my brother met me for lunch at a casual dining seafood restaurant in Wareham, Massachusetts."
"You are deluded."
"The reason I remember it so well is that -- "
"You lie."
"He played one of his l favorite funny, funny jokes on me. Which was to arrange a meeting and then totally stand me up. Which was super super funny. And then he would completely deny it. The first time he ever did this was in 1979. In Harvard Square."
"You fantasize."
"And I believe that this lunch we had together was the first initial swirl, in what was to be my final -- I was circling the drain. For the last time. I was a horrible person! I was the worst type of person a person could be. Also, I was completely out of my mind. My whole entire life up to this point had been just one long, endless series of psychotic breaks, one after the other, for f -- "
"You are ...
So It Was Pretty Much Exactly Ten Years Ago This Very Day: A Short Story
“ . . . It never happened."
"Yes, it did. That was the day that my sister met me for lunch at a casual dining seafood restaurant in Wareham, Massachusetts."
"You are deluded."
"The reason I remember it so well is that -- "
"You lie."
"She played one of her l favorite funny tricks on me. Which was to arrange a meeting and then totally stand me up. Which was super super funny. And the she would completely deny it. The first time she ever did this was in 1979. In Harvard Square."
"You fantasize."
"And I believe that this lunch we had together was the first initial swirl, in what was to be my final -- I was circling the drain. For the last time. I was a horrible person! I was the worst type of person a person could be. Also, I was completely out of my mind. My whole entire life up to this point had been just one long, endless series of psychotic breaks, one after the other, for f -- "
"You are manipulative. What is it you really want?"
"And ...
