WEDDINGS

Evening Star, Issue 22619, 10 April 1937, Page 29

WEDDINGS

DONALDSON—WILSON. At Knox Church, on the evening of March 31, the wedding was solemnised between Violet Wilson, of Dunedin, and Frederick Alen, youngest son of Mr and the late Mrs Donaldson, of Roxburgh. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. D. C. Herron, and Mr Roy Spackman. presided at the organ. The church was beautifully decorated by friends of the bride. The bride, who entered tho church on the arm of Mr A. M'Coll, looked charming in a gown of ivory lace, cut on fitting lines, and falling into a flared train. Tiny rows of buttons trimmed the back and sleeves. She wore a lovely veil of foamy tulle, falling from a pleated halo. A sheaf of bridal lilies completed her toilette. She was attended by Miss Doris Hope, of Anderson s Bay, who wore a cocktail suit of smoke pink cloque, with gold halo and shoes, and carried a bouquet of roses. Little Clare M'Coll, as flower girl, wore an ankle-length frock of net over taffeta, and carried a dainty posy. Tho duties of best man were ably carried out by Mr Eric Stevenson, of Roxburgh. After the ceremony a reception was held in the Tudor Lounge. Mrs M'Coll. who received the guests, wore a frock of red cloque with smart hat and bouquet to match. She was assisted by Mrs Kean, of Lawrence, wearing a floral frock, with brown hat, and a bouquet of autumn-tinted flowers. The future home of Mr and Mrs F. A. Donaldson will be ;n Roxburgh. The bride was the_ guest of honour at several parties prior to her marriage. YOUNG—WELLBOURN. A very pretty wedding was solemnised at the Caversham Methodist Church on March 24 between Daphne Lynn, only daughter of Mr and Mrs W. Wellbourn, Helena street, Dunedin, and Deoimus James, son of Mr and Mrs T. Young, Alexander street, Dunedin. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. B. James, and Mrs Smyth© presided at the organ. To the strains of the bridal march the br;de entered the church on the arm of her father. • She looked charming in a model, gown of white windswept satin, ruched up the front with diamante and orange blossom trimmings, and falling into a long, graceful train inset with lace. Her veil of white tulle edged with a double row of lace leaves, fell from a horseshoe coronet trimmed with diamante and orange blossom. She carried a sheaf of bridal lilies and maidenhair fern, with a touch of pink. Miss Joyce Norman (cousin of the bride) as chief bridesmaid and Miss Nellie Young (sister of the bridegroom) as bridesmaid, wore tunic frocks alike of green stiffened lace and satin, with large bows at the bade. Lace and gold lame turbans and laco mittens completed _ their ensembles. Both carried beautiful sheafs of autumn flowers and maidenhair fern. Mr Vernon Stokes acted as best man and Mr Jack Wellbourn as groomsman. Mr Arthur Norman and Sir Les. Stokes ushered in the 80 guests. While the register was being signed little Greta Farrell (niece of the bridegroom) from Whangarei, sang ‘I Love You Truly’ in a very sweet voice.

The reception was held at the Vedic, and while awaiting the bridal party Mrs Wellbourn and. Mrs Young received the guests A The former wore a model gown of navy blue satin with a silk velvet toque arid veil to tone, and carried,a bouquet of pink roses, dahlias, and maidenhair fern. Mrs Young wore a model gown of black silk velvet, with velvet hnt to tone, and carried a bouquet of deep red roses and maidenhair fern.

Later in the evening dancing was enjoyed, an interlude being provided by a duet sung by Mr Herbert Farrel, of Whangarei, and Mr Percy Stokes, of Invercargill. The pianist for the evening was Mr Arthur Croy, while Mr James Pollock officiated as M.C. The next morning about 30 friends of the happy couple , gathered at the north-bound express as a surprise, and gave them a cheery send-off. For travelling the bride wore a three-piece ensemble in shades of rust and mustard, with nigger-brown accessories to tone. The future home of Mr and Mrs Young will be in Dunedin. GLOVER—HALSEY. On March 25, at the Presbyterian Church, Fairfield, the marriage was solemnised of Rachael Blackie Halsey and Frank Robert Glover, of Concord. The Rev. Mr Armstrong performed the ceremony, and Mrs Jones, of Fairfield, played the nuptial music on the organ. The bride entered the church escorted by her eldest brother (Mr Walter Halsey, of Ranfurly). She was attended by her cousin, Miss J. Blackie, as bridesmaid. _ The church was tastefully decorated with red dahlias, red) pokers, and greenery. The bride looked charming in a frock of champagne cloque,

with bright red tonings., Her bouquet was of red zinnias, dahlias, and red montbretia. Miss Joan • Blackie was attired in a charming frock in ipidVictorian style of powder blue Her hat was of blue to match, and she carried a bouquet of bright red in keeping with the bride’s. After the ceremony the guests were entertained in the Fire Brigade Hall, Mosgiel, which was decorated with red and gold nasturtiums and red and champagne dahlias. The guests were received by the hostesses—Mrs Glover, sen., who was attired in a black-and-white ensemble with a bouquet _of mauve petunias, Mrs Win. Blackic (aunt of the bride), who wore a frock of dark chocolate cloquo with a bouquet of pink carnations, and Mrs MoJfitt (elder sister of the bride), who wore a saxe blue and floral ensemble ami a bouquet of gold flowers. A short dance followed, and tho happy couple left later on their honeymoon, the bride wearing a grey and red ensemble with shoes, bag, and hat to match. WILSON—KEMP. On March 29, at Sidey Hall, Caversham, a quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised between Margaret Euphemia, only daughter of Mr and Mrs John Kemp (HiMgrove), and Alexander Malcolm, eldest son of Mr and Mrs A. M. Wilson, late of Monkseroft Farm, Anchterarder, Scotland. The Rev. W. G. Hannah, of Knapdalo (a friend of tho family) performed the ceremony. The hall was decorated with blue hydrangeas, etc., by friends of the bride. The bride entered the hall on tho arm of her father to the

strains of the wedding march, played by Miss K. Wilson. She was beautifully gowned in a model frock of kingfisher blue silk crepe marocain, relieved with pink georgette. With this she wore a lemon straw hat, trimmed with blue flowers, and accessories to tone. She carried a shower bouquet of pink carnations and maidenhair fern. She was attended by Miss Christiha A. Smith, of Caversham, as bridesmaid, who wore a model frock of rust silk crepe marocain, with georgette sleeves, embroidered with diamante trimming, a smart felt hat, and carried a shower bouquet of Madame Herriot roses and maidenhair fern.

Tho bridegroom was attended by his brother, Mr James D. Wilson, of Crookston. The reception was held at the Tudor Lounge, where the guests were received by the bride’s parents. Mrs Kemp wore a graceful model black silk crepe frock, finished at the neck with a posy of black and white flowers, a smart black velour hat, with small white ospreys, and a black stole. Sho carried a bouquet of lavender and white cactus dahlias and maidenhair fern. The usual toasts were honoured and a number of congratulatory telegrams were read. The happy couple left later for the south, the bride travelling in a smart tailored nigger brown coat, trimmed with skunk fur collar, and a nigger brown velour hat, with accessories in nigger brown.

LITTLE—BEADLE. A pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Andrew Street Church of Christ on the evening of March 25, when Jean Janet Beadle, of Dunedin, was married to Reginald J. F. Little, only son of Mr and Mrs Little, Brook street, Dunedin. The ceremony was performed by Pastor Wilson, tho church being' decorated ivith flowers in pink, blue, and lemon tonings. Mrs Corlett played the wedding music. The bride, who entered the church with her step-father, was attired in a frock of ivory satin, cut on slim-fitting lines, with a skirt which fell in graceful folds, lengthening into a train of lace. Her embroidered tulle veil (lent by Mrs Eason, Dipton West) was arranged cap fashion and held in place by a halo of orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses, hydrangeas, and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaids, Miss Irene Mackie, of Timaru (cousin of the bride), and Miss Millie Ottley, of Waimate (cousin of the bridegroom), were dressed alike in sky blue net frocks cut on slim-fit-ting lines, with fully flared skirts, the bodices featuring wide silver lame belts and posies of pink and blue flowers. They wore halos of silver leaves and pink and blue flowers, silver slippers, and carried shower bouquets of lemon and blue flowers and maiden-hair fern. The small bridesmaid, Dawn Pool (niece of the bride), was dressed in an ankle-length frock of blue net made similar to the other bridesmaids’. She carried a Victorian posy of pink and blue. Mr Victor DucTl was best man, Mr Valter - Duell groomsman, and Mr

Wilford and Mr Torrance Emmcrson were the ushers. During the signing of the register Mr Ken Murray rendered a solo, ihc Crown.’

After the ceremony a reception was held at the Bowling Green Hall, Northeast Valley, where the guests were received by Mrs Little (mother of the bridegroom), who wore a navy blue frock, navy coat, grey fox fur, and hat to tone, and carried a bouquet of red roses, and Mrs T. Emmerson (sister of the bride), who was attired in a blue floral frock, navy coat, trimmed with light grey fur, and a navy hat. When the happy couple left for Christchurch the bride was wearing a floral crepe frock, tailored coat, with a model hat and accessories to tone. THOMSON-11APSON. On Saturday) March 27, the wedding of Kathleen, only daughter of Air and Mrs A. B. Rapson, “ Bleloch,” Ngapara, to Norman Dale, elder son of Mr and Mrs Charles Thomson, 60 Forhury Crescent, St. Clair, was solemnised at the Presbyterian Church, Ngapara. The officiating minister was the Kev. H. T. Blair. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of her father, was gowned in a model frock of magnolia Chantilly lace over parchment satin made with a sweeping train. From a coronet of seed pearls and orange blossom a magnolia veil fell in graceful folds to the ground. She carried a bouquet of bridal lilies and cream roses.

The bridesmaids were Aliss Margaret Al'Lean (Herbert), cousin of the bride,

and Miss Thelma Thomson, sister of the bridegroom. Both wore frocks of dusky pink embossed lace over satin, relieved with tiny georgette frills on the skirt and silver shoes and pink and silver coronets. Their bouquets were of pink gladioli and roses with maidenhair fern. Little Shirley Ledgerwood (Deborah Bay) and Lorraine M'Lean (Kakanui), who were the flower girls, were dressed alike in Victorian frocks of spotted net over satin, with pink and silver Dolly Vardon hats and satin shoes to tone. Both little girls carried Victorian posies of dwarf dahlias and rosebuds.

The bridegroom was attended by Mr Harold Wootton (St. Clair) as best man, and by Mr Boyd Rapson (NgaI>ara) as groomsman. The bride’s mother wore a smart frock of Burgundy lacquered lace, with a velour hat to tone, and carried a bouquet of apricot roses, while Mrs Chas. Thomson wore silk velvet relieved in silver, and a sequin toque; she carried a bouquet of scarlet begonias. The bridegroom’s grandmother, Mrs W. Lodgergood, of Deborah Bay, wore a black silk marocain ensemble and carried a bouquet of cyclamen asters.

In the evening a reception was held in the Ngapara Hall, where some 200 guests joined in dancing.

Mr and Mrs Norman Thomson left by car for a tour of the West Coast and Nelson, the bride wearing a navy blue ensemble, with hat to match.

Petty-officer Hastings replied on behalf of the men, who gave three rousing British cheers for the Navy League. The “ lucky spot ” dance was won by Miss Rua Attewelf and Seaman J. Allen.