ENGAGEMENT: Bert Owen MOORE to Margaretta BONASSO, 1948, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ Bride-Elect: MISS MARGARET BONASSO [photo] Miss Bonasso To Be Bride Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bonasso of 2017 Fifth avenue announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Miss Margaretta Bonasso, to Bert Owen Moore of Santa Monica, Calif. The double-ring ceremony will take place on Friday evening, October 1, at 7:30 o'clock in the First Presbyterian church of Santa Monica, Calif. Rev. William Irving, assistant pastor of the church, will officiate. The bride-elect will have as her only attendant an aunt, Miss Betty Nicastro and the bridegroom-elect has chosen Merl Moore, his brother, to act as best man. Miss Bonasso has been living for the past year with an aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Solomon of 12562 Woodgreen, Mar Vista, Calif. She is a graduate of Altoona High school, class of 1947. Mr. Moore, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John O. Moore of 3230 Pearl street, Santa Monica, Calif., is a graduate of Samohi school and was an enlistee in the U.S.N.R. having served several years as a fire controlman on the U.S.S. New Orleans in the South Pacific area. Prior to making their home in Santa Monica the couple plan an extended trip through northern California. Altoona Mirror, Wednesday, August 18, 1948, page 6