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1 BROOKLYN EAGLE SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1943 i. l-'-'T- IT" Cm Miss Shelare Is Married In Cathedral Postmaster General's Son Is Bridegroom By HELEN BROWN Society Editor The marriage of Miss Ruth Ana Shelare. daughter of Mr. and Mis. Aiphoiu A.

Shelare of 279 Highland Blvd. and Northport, to Ensign Thomas Joseph Walker, son of Postmaster General and Mrs. C. Walker of Manhattan and Washington, took place at a nuptial mass yesterday in the Lady Chapel of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan.

The Most Rev. John F. O'Hara, C. S. performed the ceremony.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a white satin Victorian gown with fitted basque waist, heart shaped neckline, lonsf musketeer sleeves and a divided skirt, forming a train over a bouffant underskirt of white tulle. Her veil was caught to her head by a shirred tulle Juliet cap, edged with a wreath of orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of white orchids, gardenias and stephanosis. Miss Joy Mari Shelare was her sister's maid of honor, and she wore a gown of coral marquisette with basque waist, bouffant skirt and pleated effect apron front. Her headdress consisted of a garland of fresh flowers and matching bouquet.

The bridesmaids were Misj Laura Hallie Walker, the bridegroom's sister, and the Misses Nancy and Mary Tiernan of Essex Falls, N. J. Their gowns were of turquoise blue and similar to that of the maid of honor. They, too, wore garlands of fresh flowers and carried matching bouquets. The bridegroom had his father for best man, and ushers were Robert F.

Shelare, the bride's brother, James Jenkins, John T. Gilbride and Ensign Jules Ameno, U.S. NR. A wedding breakfast for the immediate families followed at Sherry's, Manhattan. The bride is a graduate of Marycount School, Tarrytown, N.

Y. and of the Finch Junior College. The bride graduated from Loyola School of New York and of Notre Dame College, Class of 1942. Red Cross To Benefit By Recital Program Today in Church of Neighbor The American Red Cross War Fund will benefit by a candlelight organ recital by Winslow Cheney this afternoon at the Church of the Neighbor, Clark St. and Monroe Place.

The program, besides the organ music, will include an itner-lude when the Rev. William F. Wunsch will give Poems of War and Peace. Mr. Cheney Is the organist at the Church of the Neighbor and in 1941 succeeded Dr.

R. Huntington Woodman as organist at the Packer Collegiate Institute. His program this afternoon will include: Piece He-roique, Cesar Franck; A Bleaks Into Bloom, Johannes Brahms; Dreams, R. S. Stoughton; Concerto No.

1, Major, J. S. Bach; Carillon, Louis Vierne; Will The Wisp, Gordon Balch Nevin; Old Damascus Chant, R. Deane Shure; Chlnoiserie, Firmin Swin-nen; Yucca Blossoms, Homer Near-ing and Thou Art the Rock, Henry Mulet. Sponsoring the recital are the following: Mr.

and Mrs. Dwight S. Anderson, Mrs. Edward H. Behr, Miss Laura Benet, Mrs.

Edward C. Blum, Mr. and Mrs. E. Venning Bryant, Mr.

and Mrs. Herbert Campman, Mrs. Otis Swan Carroll, Charles T. Cushman, Magdelona L. Cushman, Mrs.

Arthur C. Dougherty, Clarence Vose Dougherty, Arthur L. Doremus, Mr. and Mrs. Roy L.

Dorr, Mrs. Genevieve B. Earle, ChsTrles W. Ferris, Mrs. Joseph W.

Ferris, Mrs. Henry H. Fordham, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W.

Francis, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Frank, Mr. and Mrs.

Andrew L. Gomory, Mr. and Mrs. Ormond M. Gove, Miss Gertrude Gunn, Charles Haubiel, John C.

Hart, Mrs. James M. Hills, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon G.

Howse, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs.

H. V. Kaltenborn, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Kirner, Mr.

and Mrs. Howard E. Lawrence, Mrs. Edward MacDowell, Sir Clutha MacKenzie. Leopold Mamies, Dr.

and Mrs. Harvey B. Matthews, Mrs. Joseph Mills, Mr. and Mrs.

Percival Robert Moses, Gordon Obrig, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Parke, Mrs. C.

Arthur Continued on Following Page D. W. Kini photo A WELL-EARNED RESPITE Miss Gertrude Gretsch and Lt. Edgille V. Hall, U.

S. are shown at the Stork Club, Manhattan, during the tea-dance hour. Lieutenant Hall has just returned from the Solomons. Miss Gretsch, who is well known in Brooklyn, where she formerly resided, is the daughter of Mrs. Walter Gretsch and the late Mr.

Gretsch. She was presented to society at the Debutante Boll at the Heights Casino during the 1941 season. Fred Jones photo NEWLYWEDS IN THE SOUTH The lovely Spring weather, which is one of the features of the ever popular Southern States, is beckoning many Northerners these days. Newlyweds are no exception to the rule, and here we see Lt. (j William B.

Marks Jr. and his bride, who are in Hot Springs, where they are staying at the Homestead. Mrs. Marks before her marriage was Miss Dorothy M. Oberle, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Frank J. Oberle of Forest Hills. Lieutenant Marks was a Brooklyn resident before becoming a benedict. Charlotte Glass Plans Wedding for May 29 Miss Charlotte Elizabeth Glass, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence Glass of 25 Irvington Place, has selected May 29 as the date for her marriage to Richard Fiske Shaffer of Ilion, N. son of Mrs. Hazel Shaffer of Manhattan. The ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m.

in the First Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, A reception will follow at Sherry's, Manhattan. Miss Glass has selected her sister, Miss Gwendolyn Glass, as maid of and Mrs. Thomas C. Seymour of Brooklyn, Mrs. John Simonds of Scarborough, N.

Mrs. Montague Marc and Mrs. Larry Jacobson of Manhattan as bridesmaids. Lt. (J.

Thomas Lee Duncan, U. S. N. Medical Corps, Newport, R. formerly of Brooklyn, will be best man.

The ushers will include Ensign David Douglas Ballin U. S. N. of Washington Ensign James Earl Russell, U. a.

N. of Manhattan, Dr. Camllle Henry Huvelle of Manhattan and Warren Lett Crulkshank of Brooklyn, i iL Tfll v- MiSr Pk I'll i ri' R'r-'Vfcr: it iff '''f 'ru t'J "f1-." CYfti Irs L. HOI photo MAY BRIDE Mrs. Thomas Joseph Walker was Miss Ruth Ann Shelare, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Alphonse A. Shelare of 279 Highland Boulevard, before her marriage yesterday in St. Patrick's Cathedral Lady Chapel. The bridegroom, Ensign Walker, Is the son of Postmaster Gen-trol end Mrs.

Frank Walker. PLANNING THEIR SEASON Shown here are the new committee chairmen of the Junior League of Brooklyn, photographed ot their headquarters in the Hotel Bossert. From left to right ore Miss Marjorie Callahan, civic committee; Mrs. Nekton D. Crane, editorial committee; Mrs.

Samuel P. Bailey, ways and means; Mrs. Brevard Titter, news sheet; Mrs. Edward V. Silver provisionals; Mrs.

A. Reynolds Cranf, children's theater, and, standing, Mrs. Henry M. Hunter, arts and program..