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- Richmond Times Dispatch
Virginia
Wednesday, April 7, 1943
Ethel Levine, Milton Bass Are Married
The wedding of Miss Ethel Levine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Levin, and Milton Bass, United States Naval Reserve, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Bass, of this city, took place Sunday at 7:30 p.m., at Temple Beth-El. Rabbi Nathan Kollin officiated.
The bride was given in marriage by her father. She wore a dress of magnolia satin, fashioned with marquisette yoke trimmed with seed peals; basque waist, with skirt shirred at the hip line and falling into a long train. Her full length veil of illusion bordered with heirloom lace fell from a tiara of matching lace studded with seed pearls. She carried a paryer book decorated with white orchids.
Miss Esther Goldfarb, of Richmond, was maid of honor. She wore a dress in American Beauty taffeta, fashioned with a V-neck line, sleeves below the elbow with skirt shirred on to basque waist.
Little Miss Roberta Levine, sister of the bride, was junior bridesmaid. The bridesmaids were Mrs. S.L. Elfmon and Mrs. Bernard Fleishman, of Fayetteville, North Carolina; Miss Annette Rubenstin, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Miss Harriet Lewis of Richmond. They wore dresses in waltz blue.
The attendants carried lights cathedral candles entwined with flowers and wore tiaras of the same flowers.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Ex-retailer Milton Bass dies - He operated hardware stores for decades;
He later became a noted track-and-field athlete
Walking into Milton Bass' City Hardware store at 1317 Hull Street was like taking a stroll down a small-town street in America.
There were bins of individual things, such as nails, screws and bolts. When a customer came in and said something didn't work, "my father would say, get this out of this bin and that out of that bin," said a daughter, Stephanie Wishnack of Richmond. His store was all about personal service.
Fellow hardware store owner David Musick recalled, "His aisles had so much stuff you couldn't move. We don't know how he found anything, but he'd move 15 boxes and there it was. He'd do anything for a customer."
Mr. Bass, who retired and sold his business in 1993 after 50 years of serving customers, died of heart problems Friday in a local hospital. He was 87.
"He was a hustler," Musick said. "Most of the time he ran the cash register, but he also did some selling. He ran the delivery truck. He did everything. He just flew around. He was a much smaller operation than we were at Musick Hardware, but he was good at what he Mr. Bass did."
The Reading, Pennsylvania, native moved to Richmond with his family when he was 6. While he was attending the University of Richmond, he enlisted in the Navy right after the attack on Pearl Harbor that precipitated America's entry into World War II and served in the Pacific theater.
When he came home, Mr. Bass, who had worked in a hardware store during high school, opened City Hardware on Hull Street. At one time, he also owned branches in the Beverly Hills Shopping Center in Henrico County and in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center in Richmond.
He began running and became diet-conscious in his 50s, when he was diagnosed with high blood pressure. What started as a health move evolved into a passion. He competed all over the world in masters track and field events and was a volunteer at local track and field events. In a 1961 meet in New Zealand, he set a U.S. record for the 60-and-older age group for 800 meters, clocking at 2 minutes, 19 seconds.
"He inspired and encouraged so many people to run," his daughter said. He had been a volunteer for Meals on Wheels and at Cedarfield retirement community in Henrico, where he lived.
Mr. Bass nursed his wife, Ethel Levine Bass, through 12 years of macular degeneration. She died in January 2007.
In addition to his daughter, survivors include a son, Howard Bass of Beersheva, Israel; two other daughters, Robin Bass of Boston and Wendy Spiro of Atlanta; two brothers, Barney Bass and Harry Bass, both of Richmond; and nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at Bliley Funeral Home, 3801 Augusta Avenue. Burial will be private.
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