A DEVONSHIRE WEDDING

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 61, 9 September 1914, Page 9

A DEVONSHIRE WEDDING

NEW ZEALAND BRIDE. T^ROM OUR O^VN CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON,' 31st July. A good many years have passed since the Rev. Thomas Flavell resigned the living of Merivale to come to England and take up S.P.G. work, but his interest in New Zealand has never relaxed, neither has that of Mrs. and Miss Flavell. There are many relatives living in the Dominion, also numerous friends, who will read with interest of Miss Flavell's wedding. It took place on the 28th July, at Glmstow, a few miles outside Exeter, to which living Mr. Flavell was ajjpointed ten years ago, when he brought to a close his S.P.G. work for the dioceses of Exeter and Truro. Miss Flavell has been very closely identified with the work _of i the parish, and considerable local interest was manifested in her wedding to the Rev. 'Arthur Huxley Thompson. Vicar of Ide, in Devonshire. The ceremony took place at St. James's Church, Christow, and was performed by the Lord Bishop of Crediton, the address being delivered by the Rev. Prebendary Williams. The service was choral, Mr. Arthur Dolbear being at the organ, while j\lr. Pinn, assistant organist at Exeter Cathedral, played the "Wedding March." Miss Mary Ellen Flavell, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of ivory Japanese silk crepe, hand-em-broidered, and -draped with ninon and Iloniton lace ; the dress was the gift of a friend. The corsage was finished by a spray of orange blossom and white heather. The veil of old Limerick lace was lent by her cousin, Mrs. Armitage (formerly Miss N. Moorhouse, Christchurch). Instead of a bouquet*, the bride carried the ivory-bound Prayer Book that Mrs. Flavoll had carried on her own wedding day. She wore a gold bracelet, the gift of the bridegroom. There were seven bridesmaids — the Misses Doris and Nello Armitage and Betty Studholme (daughter of Mr. W. Studholme), all cousins of the bride, the Misses Frideswith Every, Mary Rose, Moira Shirren, and Mary Heath (a small godchild). They were in white spotted embroidered muslin, with white sashes. Their hats of white satin straw were wreathed with cornflowers. Bouquets of cornflowers and gypsophylla were carried, and bracelets- set with amethysts were worn, the gifts of the bridegroom. Mr. Arthur Snow was best man. Subsequently Mr. and Mrs. Flavell entertained a number of parishioners, friends, and relatives at the Vicarage, where the presents — about three hundred — were displayed. These included a canteen of plate and cutlery from the parishioners of Ide, a silver tea service from / the 'parishioners of Christow, a handsome mahogany cabinet from the Standing Committee of the Exeter Diocesan Conference, and mustard pots from tutors of St. Luke's College, Exeter. Bride and bridegroom came up to London en 'route to Normandy, where the honeymoon is being spent.