Evening star., 1941-11-21
Miss Eileen ID. Harte
Is Maid of Honor.

Miss Eileen ID. Harte
Is Maid of Honor.
Miss Eileen Denise Harte. sister OF
the bride, was maid of honor and
wore a gown of defense gold faille
with darker velvet scroll trim and a
matching velvet bonnet with ostrich
plume Her bouquet carried out the
Navy blue and gold theme.
The brides other attendants in
cluded Miss Barbara Harte, another
sister of the bride, in defense gold
Miss Frances Travisano of Newark
N. j.. and Miss Mary Crowley of
Troy, N. Y, in shell pink; Miss Alice
Mamaux of South Orange, N. J..
and Miss Gail Ringer of Gler
Ridge, N. j. in gypsy rose color
Their gowns were made like that OF
the maid OF honor, but their heart
shaped hats were untrimmed.
Mr.. Peary DiebitSch Stafford
brother of the bridegroom, was best
man and the ushers were MeSsrs.
Hugh G. COrrigan and David S.
Smith, both of Dartmouth, class of
'42, as is the bridegroom: Ensign
Malcolm Stearns, jr, U. S. N. R.;
MldShipmen Frank H. O'Brien, Will
liam H. Crawford. jr.. and Joseph B.
Tully and Mr. Charles B. Harte,
brother of the bride.
At the reception at the@Stafford
house on Allison street, the young
couple received before a screen of
palms. fern and Easter lilies. On
the wall of the living room where
the reception took place, hangs the
flag which the bridegroom ma
ternal grandfather carried with him
to the North Pole. This flag was
made for her husband by Mrs.
Peary. The centerpiece of the tea
table was the brides cake baked in
three heart-shaped layers, in COM
pllment to the brides maiden name
and decorated with anchors, in ref
erence to the bridegroom occupa-
ton. The cake was cut by the
bride. using her husbands sword.
which was formerly the property of
his grandfather, the late Rear Ad-
miral Peary. This sword was pre-
sented to the bridegroom by his
grandmother, Mrs. Peary, when he
received his commission as ensign.
The brldegroom's grandparents on
his fathers side are Wendell Phil
lips Stafford. retired associate JUS
tice of the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia
and Mrs. Stafford Serving at the
tea table were Mrs. Daniel Guilt
nan. aunt of the bride: Miss Marie
P. Diebitsch, great-aunt of the bride
groom, and Mrs. Robert E. Peary, jr.
Mrs. John B. Harte. mother of the
bride. and Mrs Edward Stafford
mother of the bridegroom, received
the guests. Mrs. Hartes gown was
of wine color crepe and lace, and
Mrs. Stafford's of black velvet with
touches of crimson taffeta.
Out-of-toWn guests included Mrs.
Robert Edwin Peary of Portland,
Me, grandmother of the BRIDE
groom; Mr.. Emil Diebitsch of Nut
ley. New Jersey, great-uncle of the
bridegroom, and Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Edwin Peary, jr.
The bride, a graduate of Ken
wood. Convent Of the Sacred Heart
at Albany. N Y, attended Georgian
Court College at Lakewood. N. j.,
and was editor of the school paper,
'"The Court Page"
Ensign Stafford. a member Of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, is
on duty as instructor aboard the
midshipmens training ship U. S. S.
Prairie State in New York City. He
and his bride. after a motor trip
through the South, will reside at
2728 Henry Hudson parkway, River
dale, N. Y.
For her wedding trip the bride
wore a tailored wool suit in the
popular gold shade, and an off-the-