Evening star., 1942-06-01

officiated at the late afternoon cere-'
mony. DR.. Carl Burman of Mary
Baldwin College played the wedding
music as the bridal party entered
the garden at $50 o'clock.
Father Escorts
Bride to Altar.
Ivory duchesse satin was worn by
the bride, who was escorted to the
flower-formed altar by her father
and given by him in marriage. The
gown was made with a long basque,
the heart-shaped neckline being
trimmed with pearls, the sleeves
long and the very full skirt ending
in a long train. A cap Of pearls
held her full-length veil Of illusion.
and she carried prayer book bound
in white and surmounted with white
orchids showered with bouvardia.
Miss Kathryn Rea Poerschke of
New York served as maid of honor,
wearing white marquisette and lace
with a Dutch cap of marquisette and
carrying shower bouquet of peach
roses and blue delphinium.
The bridesmaids were Miss Mar
guerite Woolcock OF Logan, w. Va;
Miss Suzanne Hudson of Raleigh, N.
c.; Miss Glada Moses of Jennings,
La, and Miss Ann Holiday Tim
berlake of Fredericksburg, Va. They
wore white marquisette and lace
with Juliet caps of lace and tulle
face wells and carried shower bou-
quets of blue delphinium centered
with peach roses and tied with rib
bons of peach satin.
The bridegroom, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Harrison Bair of this
city, had for his best man 1t. John
w. Hooker of Belglade, Fla. Ushers
were 1t. Philip Bruce Anderson of
Arlington, Va; Cadet Harry B..
Perdinger of Huntington, w. Va;
Cadet Irwin Hugh Jaffe of Wash
ington, and Cadet Philip j. Tripp-
lett of Petersburg, Va.
Heirloom linens and old silver
adorned the refreshment tables in
the garden. At the reception, which
followed the ceremony, the bride
followed the traditional custom in
the service and cut her wedding
cake with the saber of her husband.
1t. Bair is a graduate of Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, and his bride
is member of the senior class at
Mary Baldwin College.
When 1t. and Mrs. Bair left for
Texas the bride wore dress of aqua
blue crepe with a sheer wool jacket
to match, navy blue straw hat and
red accessories.
Dolores Athing Weds
Rupert w. Burdine.
Another bride of yesterday was
Miss Dolores Maria Athing, whose
marriage to Mr.. Rupert William
Burdine took place in the afternoon
in the Shrine of the Sacred Heart,
with the Rev. Lawrence j. Wempe
officiating at 2 o'clock.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Athing of Brooklyn,
N. Y, and the bridegroom is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Burdine of
Pumpkin Center, KY.
The wedding was informal and the
bride was costumed in. a dress of
navy blue sheer with a navy blue
hat trimmed in white. Her bouquet
was of white roses and gypsophila.
She was escorted by her father and
here only attendant was Miss Mary
Theresa Cuzzo of Brooklyn, who
wore a gray ensemble with navy ac-
cessories and a corsage of red roses.
Mr.. James w. Gately served as best
man.
A reception after the ceremony
was held at the home of the bride
at 1889 Lamont street, where the
table was decorated with white
flowers and centered with a large
wedding cake. Dancing followed.
Out-of-town guests were Miss Anne
Quinn Of Brooklyn, Pvt. w. F.
Athing of Massachusetts,, brother of
the bride; Mr.. S. w. Wysong of
Charles Town, w. Va; Miss Lucille
Coulter of Des Moines and Miss
Dorothy Lewis of Pumpkin Center.
Mr.. and Mrs Burdine will make
their hoYne in ChicqpO