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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/30/1940
A beautiful wedding was solemnized
on Saturday morning at
eleven forty-five on the porch of
tne Ascension church rectory
when Miss Delores Behm, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Behm of
178 East Felton street, became the
bride of Robert F. Batt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Batt, So.,
of Lincoln avenue. The Rev
Father McCarthy officiated in tha
presence of the immediate families
and friends using the double
ring ceremony.
The bride wore a white bengaline
taffeta fitted gown with short
train and sleeves. The gown had
a row of tiny buttons down the
back to the waist, a high neckline
which was fastened at the throat
with two bows in a row. Her
scalloped veil of illusion was fingertip
length and fell in two folds
from a tiara, in halo effect, of
tiny pearls. Across the back of
the headdress was a string of
pearls which were on the veil of
her mother's twenty-seven years
ago. She wore white sandals and
parried a bouquet of bride's roses
and white phlox tied with wide
satin ribbon. The bride also wore
a two strand necklace of pearls
the gift of the groom.
Miss Harriet Batt, sister of the
groom, as maid of honor, wore a
pink taffeta gown with a sweetheart
neckline, short puffed sleeves
and a bouffant skirt with a short
train. She wore a tiara of Briarcliff
roses in her hair, white sandals
and carried a bouquet of
pink Briarcliff roses and blue
delphiniums tied with widt pink
satin ribbon. She also wore two
strand necklace of pearls, the gift
of the bride.
The groom was attended by Mr.
Stuart Park as best man. -
The bride's mother wore a navy
blue silk printed dresa, having
a redingote of chiffon of the
same print. The mother of the
groom wore a rose crepe dress
with a short Jacket of the same
material and color. Each wore
a corsage of roses and delphiniums
and matching accessories.
Mrs. Hulda Urtel, maternal
grandmother of the bride, wore
a black satin dress with an over
dress of black net embroidered in
white. She wore a corsage of pink
roses.
A dinner was served at fourthirty
in the basement of the St,
Paul's church in East Felton street,
with covers for one-hundred
guests. Covers were laid for fourteen
at the bride's table which
was centered with a four-tiered
wedding cake topped with a miniature
bride and groom under a
wedding bell.
In the evening a reception was
held at the home of the bride.
Out-of-town guests present were
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Batt of Tully,
N. Y., Mrs. Mathilda Humble of
Milwaukee, Wis., Mr. Bill Peters of
North Carolina and also a number
from Buffalo, Lockport and Niagara
Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Batt left for a
wedding trip through tha Blue
Ridge mountains and after August
26 will be at home in 198
Bryant street. For her going-away
outfit the bride wore a black crepe
dresi with white accessories and
a corsage.
Prenuptial showers to honor of
the bride were a blue and white
kitchen shower given by Mrs
Lee Thursam; a Jack and Jill, and
variety shower by Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Thursam; a linen shower by
Miss Ruth Kane of Buffalo; a
pantry shower by Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Eisele, Jr.; a peach and
blue bathroom shower by Mrs.
Paul Kolb, Jr., the former Miss
Lorraine Gee; and a blue and
white bedroom and personal shower
by Miss Viola Vogt and Miss
June Corliss.
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