Evening star., 1942-05-16


carried q shower bouquet OF gar
denias and lilies of the valley with
q center Of white orchids.
Miss Helen O'Conor, sister Of the
bride, and Miss Anais Harding were
maid OF honor. Miss O'Conor wore
q gown of tulip yellow marquisette
with q high neck and square yoke
Of Venice lace. She carried blue
delphinium and yellow roses. Miss
Harding's gown was Of madonna
blue lace and marquisette with
bishops sleeves and q sweetheart
neckline. Her bouquet matched
that Of Miss O'Conor.
The brides other attendants were
Miss Joan Kenealy, sister Of the
BRIDEGROOM; Miss Catherine Hickey,
Mrs. George E. Harrington and Mrs.
Richard p. Whitty, tr. Their gowns
were Of shell pink and sea foam
green marquisette, with full skirts
and sleeves similar to those Of the
maids Of honor. Their arm bou-
quets were OF spring flowers.
DR.. O'Donnen
Il Best Man.
DR.. Aloysius D. ODonnel was
best man and the ushers were Mr..
Michael M. Doyle, jr.: Mr.. Richard
P. Whitty, jr.: Mr. Patrick A. Deeni-
han, Capt. George E. Harrington
and Mr.. Justin v. O'Conor, tr,
brother Of the bride.
The wedding breakfast was served
ut the Shoreham Hotel. The brides
going-away costume was an en-
semble Of madonna blue crepe with
matching accessories. She wore
white orchids.
The mother of the bride wore q
lovely gown Of coral crepe with a
small flowered hat and a corsage of
orchids. The bridegroom's mother
was attractively gowned In French
blue lace, dark blue accessories and
orchids.
The bride was graduated from
the Immaculate Seminary and
Trinity College. The bridegroom
was graduated from st. Johns Col
lege and was attending Benjamin
Franklin University before enlisting
In the Army.
Out -of-town guests attending the
wedding were the Rev. j. j.
Moriarty, Mrs. E. ]. Dunn, Mr..
Matthew Kennedy, the Misses Betty
and Florence Kennedy and Mr. and
Mrs. Arnot Rathbone, all of Elmira,
N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Crowley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Louise Little and Mr..
and Mrs. Larry Kincaid, Of New
York City, and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
B. O'Conor, and Mrs. Martha
Bromley Of Philadelphia.
Miss Diane Digs
Bride Of 1t. Modisette.
The marriage Of Miss Diane Du-
pree Diggs. daughter of 1t. Col
E. r. Diggs, jr. United States Army
Air Corps, and Brs. Diggs to 1t
Welton Mathews Modisette, jr.
United States Army Air Corps, son
Of Col. Modisette. United States
Army, and Mrs. Modisette took place
Wednesday evening on the Goth
wedding anniversary of the brides
parents. Chaplain william A. Gam
BILE, United States Army, oficiated
at 8 O'Clock in the chapel at Walter
Reed Hospital.
Acting as bridesmaid was Miss
Marina Baz Of Mexico City, who
wore a gown of yellow chiffon and
blue slippers and a shoulder length
tulle veil. Miss Sally Ann Diggs,
who preceded her sister as maid of
honor, wore a gown Of pale yellow
ninon banded In blue. Both girls
wore caps of fresh yellow daisies and
carried shower bouquets of mixed
spring flowers.
The bride, who was escorted by
Maj. Edmund Burke, jr, United
States Army Air Corps in the
absence Of her father wore a gown
of silk ninon with old family lace
and pearls from the wedding gown
Of her great-grandmother. Her long
tulle veil fell from q Juliet cap of
pearls, also from her great-grand-