Military Weddings

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20414, 26 November 1940, Page 9

Military Weddings

Stubbings—Bloxham Gown of White Lace A martial note was struck at the wedding of Mavis Lorraine, daughter of Mr. H. J. Bloxham and the late Mrs. Bloxham, Whitaker street, Gisborne, and Private Vincent Walter Stubbings, of the Fourth Echelon, Trentham, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Stubbings, Patutahi, which took place in Holy Trinity Church, Derby street; on Saturday evening. The ceremony was performed by Canon A. F. Hall, and Mr. D. G. Dyer presided at the organ. The service was fully choral, members of Holy Trinity Girls’ Club forming the choir. During the signing of the register, Miss Ola Whitty contributed a vocal solo, “Because.” Christmas lilies, roses, sweet peas and carnations had been artistically arranged in the church by friends of the bride. The bride, who was escorted by her father, looked changing in a frock of white needle-run lace mounted on matching tafleta. Tiny buttons ornamented the back of the bodice, which was slightly shirred in front, and loops of taffeta edged the neckline, the motif being repeated at the wrists of the long closely-moulded sleeves. The flowing skirt, Van-Dyked at the waistline in front, was cut with a long train accented with a horseshoe of orange blossom. Her filmy veil of embroidered tulle was held in place with a halo of white velvet roses, and she carried an exquisite sheaf of Christmas lilies. The bride and her attendant maids each wore a gold cross suspended on a slender chain. / Picture Frocks of Lace The bridesmaids were Misses Joy Foss, Rac Cox and Dorothy Hayes. Each wore a picture frock of lace in shades of cerulean blue, aqua green and Dresden pink respectively, made with a slightly shirred bodice fastened at the back with tiny buttons, and a .cuiar sxirt po-nted above the waistline in front. Taffeta loops accented ne neckline and short sleeves. The colour of the frocks was repeated in t he piquant taffeta caps, finished with velvet flowers, worn by each bridesmaid, and a shower bouquet of roses, sweet peas and carnations in delicate tonings, intermingled with greenery, was carried. Private A. Carruthers was best man, and Privates B. Parker and R. Sutton were groomsmen. Dance Follows Reception After the ceremony a delightful reception, followed by a dance, was held n Findlay’s tearooms. The handsome two-tier wedding cake, the gift of Mrs. Hayes, was cut by the bride. The dance music was supplied by Mrs. W. Thomson, and during an interval Miss Dorothy Hayes was heard in a vocal solo. Mrs. Stubbings, mother of the bridegroom, was wearing a frock of duck egg blue and white pin-spotted silk with a matching bolero and white accessories. Her: bouquet was composed of lemon-coloured roses and carnations. A black panne velvet frock and coat of white fur were worn by Mrs. C. O’Connell, sister of the bride. Mrs. J. F. Hyland, Tokomaru Bay, sister of the bridegroom, chose a frock if cream lace accented with a corsage spray of carnations. Mrs. 11. Stubbings, aunt of the bridegroom, was wearing a frock of navy blue floral georgette with navy accessories. The bride and bridegroom left later on a motor tour of the north. The bride travelled in a smart bustle frock of teal blue crepe designed with a Vgh scalloped neckline finished with a "cold chain ornamented with tiny bells, and a long-sleeved coatee to match trimmed with stitching. A teal Vito turban, navy accessories and a musquash coat, the gift of the bridc--.,-mm. completed the ensemble. The bridesmaids’ bouquets were the artistic work of Mrs. H. Stubbings, aunt of the bridegroom.