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- Citizen-Register, Ossining, New York, Saturday, January 2, 1943
Dora Testa Wed To Army Lieutenant (Picture of couple included)
Miss Edna Dora Testa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Testa, 1 Upper Croton Avenue, became the bride Tuesday at 11 in St. Augustine?s Church, of Lieutenant John L. Bassett, U.S. Army, son of Major Pierre Guy Bassett, and Mrs. Bassett, of New Bedford, Mass.
The Rev. Edwin J. Duffy, assistant pastor of the church, officiated at the nuptial Mass.
The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a white satin dress with tight bodice and long full skirt, a tulle fingertip veil, held in place with two white feathers, and carried an ermine muff with white orchids.
Miss Linda Testa of Nutley, N.J., was maid of honor for her cousin. She wore a pink chiffon gown, pink tulle veil, and carried pink roses. Best man was Major Freeman, of New Rochelle.
Only the immediate families were present at the ceremony. A reception followed at the home of the bride?s parents.
Mrs. Bassett, who is a graduate of Ossining High School and of Syracuse University, now teaches French, English and commercial subjects at Ludlowville High School, Ludlowville, N.Y.
Lieutenant Bassett, a graduate of New Bedford High School, is now a junior at Syracuse University and is a member of Scabbard and Blade. He will shortly assume duties as a second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
Leaving for a short honeymoon, the bride wore an old rose gabardine traveling dress with a London squirrel jacket and brown accessories. She will return to Ludlowville to resume teaching following the trip.
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