Evening star., 1940-10-20
Attractive
Wedding at
BarneSVi1le
Laura WoOdfield
And w. J. .Ofutt
Are Married

OF interst in nearby Maryland is
the recent wedding OF Miss Laura
Evelyn Woodfield and Mr.. William
Jerome Ofutt, which took place
Wednesday morning, September IL,
at a nuptial mass at st. Mary's
Catholic Church in Barnesville. The
Rev. Carl F. Hess, pastor of the
church, offlciated.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. Waters Woodfleld OF
Germantown and Mr.. Offutt is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Of
futt of Poolesville.
Before an altar lighted with can
dies and adorned with red, pink
and yellow dahhas and fern, the
bride was given in marriage by her
father. She wore a white slipper
satin dress with long, tight-fltting
sleeves ending in points at the
wrists. The gown had a tight-fit-
ting waist. a sweetheart neckllne and
a train Her lace veil was long and
fell from a coronet of seed pearls
and orange blossoms and she car
ried shower of white roses and
baby's breath.
Each of the attendants wore
dresses of various harmonizing
shades befitting an autumn wedding.
The maid of honor. Miss Marguerite
L. Offutt of Poolesville, sister of the
bridegroom, wore a deep rose satin
dress accentuated by a fitted waist
and a low, old-fashioned neckline.
She wore a small net and velvet
veil, corresponding to the shade of
her dress.
Other Attendants
Similarly Gowned.
Mrs. Kenneth H. Howard,
Gaithersburg; Mrs. Bernard L. Of
futt, Poolesville; Miss jamie Wood
field, Washington, and Miss Mary
Ellen Jarboe, Washington, were the
other attendants. Their taffeta
dresses were similar in style. Mrs.
Howard's dress was a peach shade,
while Mrs. Offutt's was teal blue.
The gowns of Miss Woodfield and
Miss Jarboe added to the scheme,
being of American beauty and aqua
shades, respectfully. They carried
muffs of clusters of Johanna Hill
roses. In their hair they wore net
and velvet head dresses matching
their dresses
Dressed in f1oor-length peach taf-
feta dress and with a blue bow of
ribbon in her hair, little Miss Mary
Loretta Offutt of Barnesville was
the flower girl She carried a bas-
ket of garden flowers. The bride
and bridegroom's mothers wore black
tailored dresses with corsages of
Johanna Hill roses.
The bridegroom had for his best
man his law associate, Mr.. Edwin
F. Nikirk of Frederick. Mr.. Bernard
L. Offutt, Poolesville, brother of the
bridegroom; Mr.. Guilford Watkins,
Gaithersburg, cousin of the bride;
Mr. William E. Aud, Poolesville, a
ClaSsmate of the bridegroom, and
DR.. Marshall L. Stewart, Baltimore,
former law associate of the bride
groom, were the uShers.
Miss Constance N. Jones of Dick
erson played organ selections and
during the ceremony Mrs. Charles
P. Riordan of Libertytown sang sew
eral solos
Breakfast and Reception
At Poolesville.
After the wedding a breakfast and
reception was held at the bride
grooms home in Poolesville. The
brides going-away costume was a
soldier blue outfit, with a corsage of
pink roses Mr. and Mrs. Offutt left
for a wedding trip to New York and
the Worlds Fair. While on their
trip they visited Sister M. Sulpice
Offutt. an aunt of the bridegroom,
at the Visitation Convent, Baltimore,
and Sister NJ Clementia, also an
aunt of the bridegroom, at the
Mount st. Joseph Convent, Phila-
delphia.
They will reside for some time
with Mr. Offutt's brother and sister,
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard L.
Offutt, Poolesville. Later the couple
will move to Frederick. where they
will make their residence.
Mrs. Offutt is graduate of
Gaithersburg High School and Mr..
Offutt is a graduate of Poolesville
High School. He received his legal
degree at Columbus University and
is now a practicing attorney in
Frederick.