Marriage of Olga Bruun and Paul W. Staneslow on June 10, 1955The Ithaca Journal, Jun 11 1955, P. 4, Col. 4, with photo of bride "Miss
Olga Dorothea Bruun, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Bruun of 117 Forest Home Drive, and
Paul Williamson Staneslow, son of Dr. John Staneslow and Mrs: Staneslow of Waterbury, Conn., were married at 3 p.m. Friday, June 10, 1955, in Sage Chapel. The Rev. Ralph N. Helverson, minister of the First Unitarian Church, performed the candlelighted ceremony in a setting of gladiolus, peonies and a banking of palms.
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The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of white nylon, taffeta and antique Alencon lace with lace mitts. Her fingertip French illusion veil fell from a lace cap and she carried a bouquet of demure sweetheart roses with blue delphinium center ringed with lilies of the valley.
Miss Margaret Sheinfeld of Jamaica, the maid of honor, wore a waltz length gown of white organdy over royal blue taffeta and carried yellow sweetheart roses and maidenhair fern.
Miss Malle Kapsta of Ithaca, the bridesmaid, wore a gown of white dotted nylon organdy over old rose taffeta and carried pink roses and maidenhair fern.
Mrs. Bruun, the bride's mother, wore an afternoon dress of dusty pink nylon net over pink taffeta with black accessories and a corsage of pink and rose sweetheart roses. The bridegroom's mother wore a blue lace afternoon dress with hat of matching blue flowers and white accessories and a corsage of yellow sweetheart roses.
Eugene Staneslow of Prospect, Conn., was best man for his brother and the ushers were Robert Staneslow of Prospect, another brother, David W. Clark of Skaneateles, Martin Cohen of Cambridge, Mass., and Alvin Macomber of Syracuse.
The reception was held at Willard Straight Hall and the wedding dinner for the bridal party and families at the Statler Club.
After a trip to Lake Minnewaska and Bridgeton, Me., Mr. and Mrs. Staneslow will reside at Ithaca RD 2 for the summer.
The bride was graduated from Ithaca High School in 1951 and is a candidate for an A.B. degree on Monday from Cornell University. She plans to continue with graduate work at Temple University in the Fall.
The bridegroom was graduated from the Darrow School in 1947 and received an A.B. degree from Cornell in 1954 and is a candidate for an M.A. degree on Monday. He will continue graduate study in linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania in the Fall.
Prenuptial parties were showers given by Mrs. Nina Glover and by Mrs. Edith Kingsley. A folk dance party was given by the couple the evening before the ceremony."