Evening star., 1935-04-28

Full military ceremony attended the
wedding yesterday afternoon of Miss
Jennie Hilda Holm. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. August Holm of st. 1gnace,
Mich, and Lieut.. Joseph Menzie Pitt
man, U. S. A., of Fort Washington,
Md, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Menzie H.
Pittman of this city. who were married
at 4:30 O'Clock in the Memorial Chapel
at the Army Medical Center in Wash
ington. The ceremony. which was
preceded by organ music played by
Miss Mary Schick and a solo sung by
Mr.. John Cullen. was performed by
Rev. John S. Kelly, chaplain of the
Medical Center In the chapel, with
its fiagstone floor, the altar was
banked with palms, ferns, Easter lilies
and white roses.
In the absence OF her father, the
bride was given in marriage by Repre-
sentative PrentiSs NJ Brown of Michi-
gan. She wore gown of white lace,
fashioned on princess lines, with a
cowl neckline and dolman sleeves
tapering into points at the wrists. A
belt around her waist was caught in
the front with a pearl buckle, and
the skirt terminated in long train in
the back. Her veil, a family heirloom.
was Of lace and net, made in coronet
style and caught with wreath of
orange blossoms. The bride carried a
bouquet Of white roses and lilies of the
valley.
Mrs. Dorothy Wilson Rehmann OF
Silver Spring was the matron of honor
and wore a gown of tearose chiffon
with a cowl neckline in front and a
draped neckline in back, which was
caught with two small clips. The
gown had cape sleeves, and the hem
line was trimmed with a ruffie OF
| taffeta. With this Mrs. Eehmann
wore a large picture hat and long
gloves made of high-light taffeta and
slippers of the same shade as the
gloves. She carried a bouquet OF
Johanna Hill roses and Spring flow
ers, tied with a long tearose taffeta
ribbon.
The four bridesmaids-Miss Taimi
Holm, sister Of the bride: Miss Anna
Rebekah Fisk, Miss Alice Bradley and
Miss Mary Foster-were dressed alike
in high-light chiffon gowns, designed
similarly to that of the matron of
honor, and their picture hats, long
taffeta gloves and slippers we're in the
same shade. They each carried bou-
quets of Johanna Hill roses, blue del
phinium and talisman color snap
dragons, tied with long tearose color
taffeta ribbon.
The bridegroom had as his best
man his brother. Mr.. Edward Willis
Pittman. His uShers included Lieut..
Frederick w. Coleman, 3D.; Lieut..
Ralph Alspaugh and Lieut.. Douglas
Gilbert, classmates of the bridegroom,
and Lieut.. Normando Costello, all sta
toned at Fort Washington. Follow
ing the ceremony the ushers formed
an arch with their sabers at the foot
of the altar, under which the bride
and bridegroom passed.
A reception for $50 guests was held
Immediately afterward at Delano Hall,
Army Medical Center. Lieut.. and
Mrs. Pittman were assisted in receiv-
ing by Mrs. Holm, mother of the
bride, and Mr.. and Mrs. Pittman,
parents of the bridegroom. Also as
sisting at the reception were Miss
LYDIA Keener, Miss Kathryn Morgan
and Mrs. Prentiss M. Brown.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Pittman left soon
afterward for an automobile trip to
New York and the Northern States.
They will be at home after June at
Fort Washington. Mrs Pittman's
going costume was q navy blue
sheer crepe jacket dress, blue rough
straw sailor hat, blue kid pocketbook
and slippers, white gloves and shoul-
der bouquet Of gardenias.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Mrs. Jean Goudreau OF st. Ignace,
Mrs. william l.. White and Miss Lempi