WEDDING BELLS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1938, Page 4

WEDDING BELLS

KING—DOWELL. V The marriage at .Holy! Trinity Church Greymouth, on Saturday of the captain of the 1937 All Black team and a member of,the 1935 and 1938 touring teams to England and Australia created considerable interest. The parties were Pearl second daughtex of Mr and Mrs D; R. Dowell of the Albion Hotel, Greymouth, and formerly of Hokitika, and Ronald Russell second son of. Mr and Mrs A. J. King, Bealey Street.,' Hokitika. The ceremony was performed by Ven. Archdeacon J/ A / f ermjn > whilst Miss Vonnie Miliar . A /LC.L., wa s the organist" During the signing of the Register, Miss Lesley Marshall rendered a sorb. The church was tastefully decorated with arum lillies, spring flowers and greenery the work being done by; Mrs \V. F. Ashley (Hokitika) and friends of the biidb. The bride, wh.o, entered the chrtrch ■ on the arm.of her father, wore a charm. i. Jl g gown of deep, magnolia ring velvet' the .bias cut sKirt;Jiayi n g a swing -train.S.lhe bodice was cut in Grecian .style, with full bishop sleeve s and was finished at the wai§t-lin,e .xyith; a wide s,vath- v ed sash belt, of the same.material.. The unusual neckline was completed with an Elizahethian period collar. The so.e trimming of the.frrtck W as a line .of four saucer .dianmiite ornaments across the neck-line. ; The ,bride’s beautifully embroidered magnolia tulle veil was held in position by a, f coronet of-French', -satin, trimmed at eapfi side with posits of 01 W;;Mos.so m> aiVtl falling below the gowii to form a double train. The bride wore silver shoes, 'and carried a shower bouquet of cream hyacinths, freesia s and cyclamen.

In attendance'on the bride were her ' sister, Mrs Jean Ogilvie, a s matron ot honour, and two bridesmaids,- Misses Louis Freebury 6f Oamaru (cousin of the bride) and Peg. Gillooly of Christ- ; church. They were gowned alike in frocks .of cyclamen l -taffettas having full-length swirling-skirts’ ’ forming slight trains at the hack'. The 1 ' bodices were cut ;to form a corsage with mould-' od waistline, 1 - and novel heart-shaped neckline, the long sleeves beihg' cle erly shirred to the elbow to give a; buffovant effect, At the the 'bodic’e.s were finished with a row of miniatiiro buttons to the waist-line//Their unusual ; hats consisted of«.pancake crowns of ' gay. multicoloured -flowers to tope vvit-li their frocks /with wide-French-brims ' complete with ribbons-tied under one side of. the ; chin.- The bridesmrtidS ’al) wore silver shoes, and carrjed: showerbouquets of anenomes and cyclamen m clover tonings. ; •

The best man was Mr W. Diedrjchs of Kokatahi (cousin-of. the bride), and the groomsmen were Messrs. Fiord W West (Hokitika) and -Maurice- Connol- - j ly (Greymouth), Messrs R. Robert! and C. Briggs of Hokitika 7were.the ushers 5 . After the ceremony,, the bride’s parents entertained over'two/hundred guests at Herb;; Moore’s Cabaret; Ven. . Archdeacpn.Jermyn presiding at the re-ception.-Mrs Dowell,received'her -guests wearing -kVfrock with black satin'skirt and blue-; angelskin lace blouse. Her coatee wa s .of black.lacquered material and she wore a black brimmed hat/ with floral crown, and, black shoes. She car- \ riod a nosy of azure blue hyacinths. Mrs King, mother of,, the' bridegroom, chose a navy ensemble ,\vith hat. gloves ana shoes to tone, the hat being, relieved with a spray of lemon flowers. -Her posv was composed of freesias and cream spring flowers. The hoantifu] three ; tipr wedding caiVe, was the/kift of Mr and Mrs Herb Moore. , ./ r ■ • ' ; The happy couple received many messages of and a fine '*• selection of gifts, together with many/:- ;i cheques. Included .in the telegrams were congratulations from Hon. P. C. Webb (Minister of Mines). Hon. W. E.Parry (Minister of Internal Affairs)/ and Mrs Parrv, Mr J. O’BrieriM.P., •- and Mrs O’Brien, Mr Codrio-Pike/pf Sydney (Australian ’ Manager- of the 1938 All Blacks): Mr Alex. McDonald (co-Manager of the 1938 team to Ausr tralia), and the following All/Blacks: Messrs C. Ouaid. J; .Taylor, Neville Mitchell, (Dunedin)/0., Saxton.-. Les. George (Invercargill), -. Alan Wright, (Wellington), T. 0/ Morrison (Timai-u), and J. McKenzie /Palmerston North). . When Mr and Mrs R. R. King left: later on a honeymoon toijr of the S utli . Island by motor, the bride was attifed in a navv georgette frock with bolero jacket having a gold flofal top. She wore a tiger r skin ; . coatee, and navy, Breton hat with .rainbow swathed rib- . bons, shoes/and. gloves to. tone,, Tho newly-married couple will make their home at Three Mile. Hokitika. . ? • On. Thursday evening, guests at the Albion Hotel, presented the bride'.and ‘ bridegroom with a handsome Westminster chiming clock, whilst the West Coast Rugby Union presented Mr King with a crystal decanter and glasses, the president ,(Mr A. A. Adams), and Secretary (Mr 0. McLean) conveying the good wishes of members of the Union.