WEDDINGS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21812, 18 June 1936, Page 2

WEDDINGS

BOYLE—OLLIVIER At St. Mary’s Church, Merivale, at noon yesterday, the marriage was celebrated of Lois Morton, only daughter of the late Mr C. M. OUivier, and of Mrs OUivier, Fulton avenue, Fendalton. and Alister Patrick, younger son of the late Mr and Mrs Alexander Boyle, formerly of Christchurch. Both : the bride and bridegroom are members of famiUes who have been closely and usefully connected with the early history of Canterbury. Miss OUivier’s great-grandfather, Mr John OUivier, was a member of the House .of Representatives as early as 1858,' and was afterwards Speaker of the Canterbury Provincial CouncU and provincial auditor, and Mr Boyle’s mother was a member of the Studholme family, of whom three brothers arrived in Christchurch in the Labuan 85 years ago. Although the wedding was quiet, St. Mary’s Church, decorated with gold, cream, and tawpy chrysanthemums, was flUed yesterday with friends and weU-wishers. The Rev, Canon Staples Hamilton performed the ceremony, Mr A. Worsley was organist, and Mr I. M, OUivier escorted his sister.

The bride wore a smartly-taUored suit of nutmeg tweed, with a spray of real orange blossom on the rever. Her blouse of beige satin, shirred on the shoulders, was trimmed with rouleaux of the material and mother-of-pearl buttons, and her close-fitting hat was of brown felt

Commander A. D. Boyle was his brother’s best man. Mrs Ollivier wore a handsome black crepe ensemble, the frock having wide revers of pearl-pink satin stitched with black, and buttons of jet and crystal ornament. Mrs Algar Williams, the bridegroom’s sister, wore a black afgalaine tailored frock, fox fur, and small black hat; Miss Phyllis Boyle wore a brown ensemble and brown felt hat; Miss G. Thomson, the bride’s great-aunt, wore a bright navy angora frock and felt hat to match. After the ceremony, Mrs Ollivier entertained a small party of relatives and friends at buffet luncheon at her home in Fendalton. Later, Mr and Mrs A. P, Boyle left for Picton, on the first stage of a trip to Honolulu. Their home will be at Amberley. HUNTER-WESTON—TURNBULL Yesterday, at St. Mary’s Church, Merivale, the wedding was celebrated of Marjorie Joan, eldest daughter of Mrs V. Holm Turnbull. Fendalton, to Robert Gould, elder son of Mrs Hun-ter-Weston, Mount John, Lake Tekapo. Canon Staples Hamilton performed the ceremony and the organist was Mr A. Worslcy. . The bride wore a slightly tramed frock of pearl-tinted chiffon velvet, cut on simple lines, the long sleeves being peaked at the shoulders and tapered to the wrists, where they were strapped with velvet, edged with gold lame plaiting, the shoulder straps of the bodice being of matching plaits. The neckline was square cut in front arid V shaped at the back, and at the waistline was worn a Mide belt, also edged with gold lame plaiting. A circlet of plaited gold lame held to the head her veil of cut tulle, and she carried a light shea t of Madonna lilies. Mrs Turnbull escorted her daughter. Frocks of pearl-tinted chiffon velvet were also worn by the bride’s sisters, Misses Pauline and Theo Turnbull, who attended as bridesmaids. The square-cut bodices of the frocks had short fully-puffed sleeves of the velvet caught into long fitted cuffs of copper-rose velvet, and sashes of the same contrasting shade were looped at the back of the waistlines, the long ends extending to the hemlines of the flared ground-length skirts. Twists of the velvet formed their head bandeaux and in their bouquets cavalier chrysanthemums were arranged with bouvardias.

Mr Derrick Orbell (Mackenzie Country) was best man, Mr George Roberts (Wellington) was groomsman, and Mr Frank Biss acted as usher. At the reception, held at the home of the bride’s mother in Holmwood road, the guests were received by Mrs Turnbull, who was wearing a beige lace frock made with a slightly-trained skirt, a cape of raisin-brown velvet lined with beige, and a brown velvet hat trimmed in front with two ostrich feather tips. Her flowers were bronze and gold chrysanthemums. Mrs Hun-ter-Weston wore a black lace frock, a mole fur cape, and a black velour hat. She carried red roses. The bride’s two grandmothers, Mrs Holm Biss and Mrs A. H. Tumbulk were also present. The former wore a black frock, a fur coat, and a black hat relieved with a grey winged mount, and Mrs Turnbull wore a black coat over her floral frock, her hat being of felt to tone. They carried bouquets of cerise bouvardia and Spanish Irises respectively. For travelling the bride wore a doebeige angora frock with a large stitched bow at the neckline, a brown cloth coat with a collar of silver fox fur, and a brown velvet hat finished with a stiffened veil arranged in halo effect. Mr and Mrs Gould Hunter-Weston will make their home at Mount John, Lake Tekapo. JOHNS—SMITH Two pioneer families of Canterbury were united yesterday afternoon by the marriage of Edith Margaret Merivale, only daughter of the late Mr Adam Smith and of Mrs Smith, Ruby street, Merivale, and Benjamin Felix, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Felix Johns, Weston road. The Rev. J. F, Feron

performed the ceremony, and Mr AWorsley played the wedding music. Mr Athol Smith escorted his sister, who was attended by Misses Tui Pan* nell, Grace Martin, and Joy NicholL as bridesmaids, Miss Elizabeth van Asch as flower girl, and Master David Smith, nephew of the bride, as page. Mr J. Johns, brother of the bride, was best man, and the groomsmen ware Messrs Bruce Hamilton and Eric Newburgh. j The bride wore mothers wedding frock of veUutri-tinted brocaded satin, the bodice * having a slightly draped square neckline and a shoulder yoke of ruched satin, the puffed sleeves being also ruched at the elbows and fitted to the wrists. A pleated panel at the back of the skirt widened to form a long train* which showed beneath her beautiful old veil of fine tulle, edged with Limerick lace. The veil had previously been worn by 11 brides in the family. Orange blossom caught the pleated head-dress across the nape of the neck, and a spray of matching blossom was also arranged at the neckline of the frock. She carried*a cascade bouquet of arum lilies and freeslas. The frocks worn by the bridesmaids were of pink cloche lame, cowled at the necklines in front, and made with long, full sleeves, tapered to form points over the wrists. The cross-cut skirts were slightly trained, and stitched belts defined the waists. Sprays of shaded pink bouyardia trimming the bodices matched the clusters of bouvardia arranged at the back of their hair, and their posies of bouvardia ahd carnations were tied with silver ribbons.

The long satin frock worn by the little flower girl was of the same vel-lum-tint as the bride’s frock, the short sleeves being puffed, and the highwaisted bodice and full skirt being trimmed with gauging. A pleated chiffon collar trimmed with rosettes gave a softening effect to the neckline, and she wore a halo head-dress of bouvardia, and carried a posy of cream roses and pink bouvardia. The little page boy wore black velvet trousers' and a vellum-tinted satin blouse with satin ruffles at the neckline.

After the ceremony, the guests were received at the home of the bride’s mother. Mrs Smith was wearing & smart navy blue ensemble of wool marOcain with a vestee of cream corded silk, her nayy felt hat being relieved with a cream ornament. Her flowers were cyclamen and daphne. The bridegroom’s mother wore a wine wool georgette ensemble, with a vestee of pink-beige cloche crepe, and a wine felt hat to match. Her shoulder spray was composed of daphne. When Mr and Mrs B. F. Johns left for their wedding tour, the bride was wearing a rose-pink tweed suit with a Hungarian embroidered blouse, and a hat to match her suit, She also wore a fitch fur stole. Mr and Mrs Johns will make their home at Papanui.