Air Force Wedding

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20678, 31 January 1942, Page 8

Air Force Wedding

Big’gnr—Kennedy A wedding of interest to'a large number of friends in Gisborne was celebrated in Holy Trinity Church. Derby street, on Wednesday evening, when Joyce Emily, elder daughter of Staff Sergeant H. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy, Palmerston road, was married to Leading Aircraftman Douglas Ronald Biggar, R.N.Z.A.F., only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. I-I. Biggar, Cameron road, Taruheru. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. G. B. Talbot, and Mr. D. G. Dyer presided at the organ. Pink and blue hydrangeas had been artistically arranged in the church by friends of the bride.

The bride, who was escorted by her father, looked charming in a frock of magnolia satin, exquisite in its simple elegance. The bodice, showing a high neckline and long sleeves pointed over the hands, was fastened with tiny buttons and loops down the back, and the flowing skirt was cut with a graceful train. A halo of pearls held in place her lovely veil of embroidered net. and a bouquet of magnolia and roses, veiled in maidenhair fern, was carried. The bride’s only ornament was a single string of Richelieu pearls, the gift of the. bridegroom. A frock of pastel-blue satin designed with a fitting bodice with a high neckline and short puff sleeves and a bouffant skirt, was the choice of the bridesmaid, Miss R’ae Kennedy, sister of the bride. A gold-spangled bandeau made a becoming headdress, and she carried a bouquet of delicately-tinted roses and dahlias, intermingled with maidenhair fern. Replica of Bridesmaid’s Frock The little flower-girl, Valmai White, cousin of the bridegroom, wore a miniature replica of the bridesmaid’s frock in petunia satin. A gold spangled bandeau encircled her head, and her posy was of roses, combined with maidenhair fern.

The bridegroom was attended by Aircraftman Neville Riddell, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

On leaving the church a prettily decorated horseshoe, the traditional emblem of good luck, was presented to the bride by little Margaret Ellis. After the ceremony a delightful reception was held at the home of the bridegroom’s parents, where the wedding breakfast was served in a large marquee advantageously placed on the lawn. The handsome three-tier wedding cake had been made by the bridegroom’s mother. Mrs. Kennedy, mother of the bride, was wearing a black model frock and a hat to match accented with touches of white. She carried a bouquet of pink dahlias and carnations, intermingled with maidenhair fern. Mrs. Biggar, mother of the bridegroom, wore a frock of black lace and georgette. with a black and white hat. Her bouquet was of gold roses and dahlias veiled in maidenhair fern.

The bridegroom’s gift to each ’maid was a string of pearls. The bride travelled in a smart mustard-coloured frock worn with a navy blue picture hat, and accessories to match.

Health Lectures At the Gisborne Sutcliffe School of Radiant Living last Tuesday evening an appreciative audience gained much information from the lecture, “Natural Road to Health,” which dealt with the method of soil life and cultivation of vegetables and fruit, as. practised by the Hunza people of Northern India. The second lecture, a continuation of the Masterton summer school studies and activities, was followed with much interest. A letter to students entitled “Growing and Doing,” from the founder, Dr. H. Sutcliffe, was delivered by the secretary. Wearing' Stockings

Recently in some Whitehall offices the following notice appeared:—“At the request of the Director-General of Civilian Clothing of the Board of Trade, women staff are informed that in present circumstances stockings need not be worn at the office.” The position in Government offices in Wellington is that there is no ban on women coming to work without stockings, according to information given by the Public Service Commissioner, Mr. H. J. Boyes, who said that the question was left mostly to the discretion nf the permanent head of each department. He could see no objection to stockings being discarded, said Mr. Boyes, particularly if the staff were not in view of the public, but the question was also one of individual preference. Only in a few cases so far were stockings not being worn. Girls still seemed to be able to obtain stockings, even though lisle might be more in evidence than formerly. Some wore tennis socks

There had been no request by the girls for permission to come to work without stockings. All the women members of the staff of a Wellington bank are still wearing stockings and the manager said that no thought had been given to the question. If stockings became unprocurable, he said, consideration might have to be given to allowing women staff to dispense with stockings at work. "There are legs and legs,” said the staff inspector of another bank in support of his view that some women would be unwilling to appear without stockings. “We prefer our staff to have stockings,” he said, “though if they were unobtainable we would have to agree.”