WEDDING

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 183, 1 May 1936, Page 4

WEDDING

Tripe—Lethbridge A wedding at All Sainis’ Church, Otaki which interested many Wellington friends was that of Bettv Alice, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11. Ji. Lethbridge, Otaki, aud William James Bullen, only son of Mrs. J. R. Tripe and the late Mr. Tripe, Fordell. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. Wilfred Williams, Wanganui, and the vicar, the Rev. Mr. Watson. The church was charmingly decorated for the ceremony. The bride’s frock was of parchment satin threaded with tinsel, the bodice cowled from a erossway band round the arms, and the long, tightly-fitting sleeves finished with buttons and loops of the material. The skirt was ent on diagonal lines forming a long pointed train, split at the end with insertions of honiton lace (which had been used on the wedding gown of her mother). The veil; of honiton lace also, was arranged with a lace halo finished with sprigs of orange blossom on either side.

The bridesmaids, the Misses Nell Bayley, Otaki, Annette Harcourt and Audrey Anderson, Wellington, and Jocelyn Chaytor, Blenheim, were in eau de nil chiffon frocks, cut on classical lines. The gathers on the bo’dices were held in place by a panel that continued to the skirt hem, and the sleeves were small capelets in front, and formed a cowl at the back. From one shoulder a long scarf fell into the folds of the frock, forming a small train. Two little bridesmaids, Isobel Lethbridge, sister of the bride, and Anne ’Chaytor, Blenheim, wore dainty frocks of maize moire taffeta, the skirts gathered at the waist. Mr. Valentine Tripe was best man.

Mrs. Lethbridge wore a gown of fawn angelskin lace with brown needlerun thread, trimmed with brown fur and hat to tone. Mrs. J. R. Tripe was in a frock of wineberry lace with a satin coatee and matching felt bat. Mrs. Mitford, grey lace, and hat with touches of blue, squirrel coat. Mrs. Laurence Chaytor, Blenheim, was in sapphire blue lace, and matching hat; Mrs. George Tripe, Wanganui, wore a black and white ensemble and hat to match; and Mrs. Septimus Tripe, winetinted silk velvet, and matching hat with touches of fawn; Mrs. Dan Godfrey, Marton, blue woollen georgette and fawn hat. There were about 200 guests present, including friends from other parts of the Dominion. The bride’s travelling frock was of beige, trimmed with brown velvet, with a brown tweed coat and matching hat.

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