WEDDINGS

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21050, 29 December 1933, Page 2

WEDDINGS

PETERS—CATER St. James' Church, Lower Riccarton, was decorated with summer flowers for the wedding celebrated recently of Miss Melva Irene Cater, second daughter of Mrs T. Pauling, Picton avenue, Riccarton, to Mr James Francis Peters, eldest son of Mr and Mrs J. F. Peters, Totara street, Riccarton. The Rev. R. de Lambert performed the ceremony, and Miss B. Bailey was ti.e organist. _ The bride is well Known in musical circles in Christchurch. A frock of angel skin lace was worn by the bride, who was given away by her step-father, Mr T. Pauling. A V-shaped panel was insert at tne necKline of the bodice, which was m! *de with long, tignt-fitting sleeves, ana tne skirt was fully-flared from the knees. A lace cap, worn well off the face and finished with a shaped coronet of orange blossom, held in place her ven of embroidered tulle, which formed a long train, and she carried a bouquet of cream lilies and roses. Miss Valerie Cater, the brides sister and Miss Betty Thomson, were the bridesmaids. They wore frocks of lemon and orange organdi respectively made alike with full skirts trimmed with frills to match the frills trimming the long sleeves which were puffed at the elbows and fitted to the wrists. Wide sashes gave a finishing touch to the waistlines, and each attendant wore a 1.-.rge picture hat tilted at the brim and finished with a bow at the back. They carried bouquets of flowers to tone with their frocks. Little Lorelie Harrison, a niece of the bride, and Gloria Soutter, a cousin, acted as flower girls. Their frocks Were of green organdi relieved with violet, and their hats were of organdi 1o match. Violet-shaped flowers were arranged in the posies which they carried. Mr Henry Peters was best man, and Mr Thomas Stanley acted as groomsman. As the bride was leaving the church she was presented with a satin horseshoe by her little niece, Pamela Harrison. Alter the ceremony a reception was held at Ihe home of the bride's aunt. I Mrs James Souiter, Fitzgerald avenue, Linwood, where a large marquee had been crccfed on the; lawn. Tne bride's mother received the guests - wearing a taped frock of henna-mixed Iweeri made with a diagonal yoke striped in red and grey. Her hat of grey straw was relieved with red, and she carried a bouquet of flowers to tone. The bridegroom's mother wore a frock of brown silk rnarocain, and a brown hat, and carried a bouquet of shaded tangerine flowers. Mr." Soutter wore a frock of ligured grey .' ill; crepe finished with a .'.potted organdi bow, and her hat was of white straw. When Mr and Mrs J. F. Peters left for their wedding tour, the bride was wearing a frock of grey crinkle crepe inset with a russet, coloured yoke. Her black tailored coat was finished with a musquash collar, and she wore a grey I hat. to tone. Mr and Mrs Peters will make- their future home in Wellington. noßKiix—msHor The wedding was celebrated recently at. the Paring Square Methodist Church, AMiburton, of Joceiyn i'Joyi 1.0n,.-a. oldest daughter of Mr and Mr.-. W. C. Bishop, Aitken street, U> Richard James, eldest '.on »f Mr and Mrs C. I'. Horn 11. Wakaiuu road. The ceremony "•as performed by tile Rev. (1. B. Hinton and Miss O. Watts was the organist. During the signing 01 the ic-j;i-!er. Mi s B. Brown, sang a solo. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a long-sleeved iroci<. ot ovstc satin cut on diagonal lines, and "slightly flared to form a short train. Her oval veil of embroidered tulle formed a train and was arranged cap style and finished with a shaped coronet of orange blossom. She can iod a sheaf of while lilies, carnations, and tern. Tile bridosmai< s v.eri Miss Nalicy Bishop, the bride', sister, and Miss Mabel Horrill. a sister of the bridegroom. Their ankle-length frocks were of white crinkle crepe made with cross-over bodices, and finished with pieot-edged sashes. The Jong sleeves were slightly puffed at the shoulders and fitted tightly to the wrists. Their hats of white racello straw were trimmed with gold flowers and they carried bouquets of flowers to tone. Little Daphne Bishop, who attended her sister as flower girl, wore a frock marie on similar lines to the bridesmaids' frocks. Mr C. Horrill was best man. and Mr R. Horrill groomsman. At the reception held at the Baring Square Hall, the bride's mother received the guests wearing a frock of navy silk crepe and a hat of navy straw. She curried a bouquet of blue delphiniums. The bridegroom's mother wore a brown silk frock relieved with fawn, and a brown picture hat. Her bouquet was of orange loses and fern. Mrs Robinson, grandmother of the bride, wore a navv I rock and coat, and hat. to match, and carried a posy of orange flowers. For travelling, the bride wore a frock of pink crinkle crepe and a nat ot grey straw trimmed with pink flowers. She carried a grey tailored j coat. ! Mr and Mrs R. J. Horrill will make I their home at ivc -- / Plymouth. I RECENT ENGAGEMENT j OF NJKW ZEALAND INTEREST I 1 The Hon. Lena Barbara Joan Ogilvie Grant, whose engagement to Mr Frank Hubert Onslow has been announced in the English papers, is the only daughter of Lord and Lady Strathspey. Miss Grant, who is known to her friends as Joan, has written many fairy stories, one of which, "The Fairy Party," she broadcast when she was only 16 (states a London correspondent). Lord Strathspey, who was born hi New Zealand, is heir presumptive to his niece, the Countess of Seatield. who is a peeress in her own right. He is the thirty-first, chief of the Clan Grant I and lives at. Rottingdean, near Brigh-' ton. His daughter was educate.) at Ivy House, WimVledon, and when the lamily was in New Zealand she studied art with Miss Richmond in Wellington. Mr Onslow is the third son of the late Rev. M. R. S. Onslow, R.N., of Langford Court. Langford, Budville, Somerset, and Mrs Onslow, of Fitzhead, near Taunton. He is 34 and was educated at Pembroke College, and serve! in the Royal Marines during the war. The marriage will probably take place in April at St. Margaret's. Westminster. BIRTHDAY PARTY A pleasant time was spent at. the home of Mr and Mrs W. White (Wilson's road, Opawa), on the occasion of '' twelfth birthday anniversary of their eldest son, Noel. Games, competitions, a treasure hunt, and conjuring by Master L. Kirk were enjoyed by the children. Amongst those present were Noel and Alan White, L. Kirk, George Lucking, Desmond Walker. Colin Williams, Harry Copely, Albert McGregor, Rex. Dazler. Stanley and Ronnie Lawry, William Charles, and Ronald Rhodes, Norman Cockle, and Vera and Joy Bergamini. ,