Evening star., 1935-10-26
Weddings of
in
Washington
Westcott- Nup-
tials Last Evening.
Miss Ganey Bride.

A wedding of more than usual
interest was that last evening of Miss
Judith Leroy Steele, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. Frank Steele, and Mr..
James Blakely Wescott, son of Mr..
John j. Westcott. The ceremony was
performed lin the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Townsend at 3507 Lowell
street, the Rev DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo,
pastor of the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church. officiating, at 8
o'clock in the presence of a small
company of relatives and intimate
friends. Mrs. D. c. Knowles, violinist,
and Mrs. w. S. Burbank, pianist, gave
a short program of music before the
ceremony and played the wedding
music. The house was decorated with
ferns and white chrysanthemums and
the improvised altar was lighted with
candles.
The bride was escorted and given in
marriage by her father and wore a
becoming gown Of white satin
fashioned with a long train. The
bodice was shirred to yoke and but
toned with tiny satin buttons down
the back, and the leg O. mutton sleeves
were finished in points over the hands.
Her two-tier tulle veil was arranged in
cap effect and held by orange blossoms
and she carried white chrysanthe-
NUNS.
Miss Sally Steele, sister of the bride,
and Miss Francesca Martin were
bridesmaids. wearing Grecian gowns of
yellow velvet which had standing col
lars at the back, and short trains. In
their hair they wore gold tiaras and
they carried bronze chrysanthemums
Little Nell Townsend, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Townsend. was
the flower girl In a dainty frock Of
peach color chiffon made very short
and shirred on to yoke, and she
carried an fashioned nosegay.
Mr.. Howard Clark was best man
and Mr.. Charles Stewart groomsman
for the bridegroom.
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Westcott left
for wedding trip. the latter wear
ing brown crepe dress trimmed with
gold ornaments, brown felt hat and
brown suede shoes, gloves and purse.
Mrs. Westcott is a graduate of West
ern High School and George Washing
ton University, where she took her
A. B. degree three years ago and
last year took her masters degree.
She is in the science department of
the Powell Junior High School. Mrs.
Westcott is a niece and the name
sake of Miss Judith L. Steele. much
loved principal of Fairmont Sem
mary, in which capacity she served
for 20 years. Mr.. Westcott is grad
uate of Western High School and
George Washington University and is
connected with the Resettlement Di-
vision of the Federal Government.
They will make their home in
Washington.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Mrs. E. T. Curtis of st. Louis, Mo-;
Mrs. William Townsend Of Deland,
Fla, and Mrs. E. r. Short and Miss
Christine Short of Pulaski, Tenn.
Miss Mary Margaret Ganey, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Ganey,
of 1908 Juniper street northwest, was
this morning to Mr.. Thomas
Joseph Sugrue, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sugrue, of Naugatuck, Conn,
at st. Michael's Church at Silver
Spring, Md. The Rev. Thomas A.
Calnan, pastor of the church, Off
ciated. Miss Margaret Virginia Carr
and Mr.. Francis Joseph Sheehy Of
Wilmington, Del, were the attendants.
The only guest was MIR. John Abbott
Lardner of New York.
The bride was statistician in the
Oil Enforcement Division of the De-
partment of the Interior. She was
educated at Immaculate Conception
Academy, st. Joseph's College at En-
metsburg, Md, and Trinity College,
from which she was graduated in 1881.
Mr.. Sugrue is staff writer for the
American Magazine of New York. He
was educated at Washington and Lee
University, where he received an A. B.
in 1929 and an M. A. in 1880. He
was formerly a member of the repor-
torial staff of the New York Herald
Tribune, and is a member Of Phi Beta
Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi and Omicron
Delta Kappa. The couple will reside
in New York City.