WEDDING

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1937, Page 14

WEDDING

WILKINSON—SPACKMAN. The wedding was solemnised at St. Cuthbert's Church, Berhampore, recently, of Phillis Ellen Alma, only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. Spackman, Wellington, and George, only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wilkinson, Mornington, Wellington. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. Tooley. Miss Jean Rust presided at the organ. The church was artistically decorated by friends of the bride.

The bride, who was escorted by her uncle, Mr. C. Lippitt, wore a trained gown of off-white satin fashioned on slender lines with an unusual high neckline forming two tiny revers. The full bishop sleeves formed part of the bodice and were caught at the wrist with small buttons. Her veil (which belonged to the bride's mother) was mounted with a pleated halo of tulle finished with orange blossom and she carried a bouquet of white roses, carnations, and maidenhair fern. Miss Betty Clarke and Miss Irene Wilkinson (sister of the bridegroom) attended her as bridesmaids. They were dressed alike in silk floral organdie shot with silver, their frocks being made on Elizabethan lines, worn over a frilled primrose underskirt. They carried bouquets of deep cream carnations and roses, and added a dainty touch by wearing a rosebud of the same shade in their silver Juliet caps. Mr. Abel Charles was best man. Relations and intimate friends were entertained at the Mornington Golf Club pavilion. The guests were received by the bride's aunt, Mrs. Lippitt, who wore a figured navy blue frock with hat and coat to tone, and a shoulder spray of deep red roses and maidenhair fern. She was assisted by Mrs. R. Wilkinson, the bridegroom's mother, who wore a scarlet and black figured ensemble with hat to tone and shoulder spray of red roses and maidenhair fern.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson left by car for a tour of the North Island, the bride wearing a navy pin stripe costume with a navy hat and .matching accessories. Their future home will be in Te Awamutu. 1