Wedding Bells.

Matamata Record, Volume XIX, Issue 1763, 7 September 1936, Page 2

Wedding Bells.

CLARK—EDWARDS J St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Morrinsville, was the setting for the pretty wedding on Wednesday of Miss Winifred Edwards, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Edwards, of Tauhei, and formerly of Te Poi and Cambridge, and Mr. Allan Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Clark, of Hamilton road, Cambridge. Archdeacon Gillespie performed the ceremony, and Mrs. Gillespie played the wedding music.

The bridegroom is widely known as superintendent of the Matamata St. John Ambulance Division, and the bride is a sister of Mr. L. C. Edwards, superintendent of the Morrinsville St. John Ambulance Division. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked charming in her bridal gown of white Chantilly lace over white satin, which was made on slim-fitting lines and with a slight train. Her lovely veil, which was previously worn by her mother, was held in place with a coronet of orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of roses, sweet peas and maidenhair fern.

The bridesmaid, Miss Margaret Edwards, looked charming in her frock of coral pink lace trimmed with silk net frills. She wore a wreath of flowers in her hair, and carried a. shower bouquet of pink sweet peas, roses, cyclamen and maidenhair fern.

The best man was Mr. Ken Clark, cousin of the bridegroom. As the bride was leaving the church she was presented with a silver horse shoe by her little niece, Valerie Edwards.

At the reception a feature of the bride’s table was a handsome threetiered wedding cake, which had been iced and decorated by a very old friend of the family, Mrs. A. Hooper, of Cambridge. The guests were received by Mrs. H. Edwards, who wore a becoming gown of black silk marocain relieved with beige, black silk swagger coat, black straw hat, and carried a posy in autumn shades. Mrs. G. Clark wore a frock of nigger-brown iriarocain, with hat to match, and carried a posy in autumn' shades.

Among those present were : Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Clark, senior, Mr. and Mrs. H. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. W., Clark, Mr. and Mrs; R. Cox, Mr: and Mrs. A. Gane, Mr. and Mrs. 0. Gane, Mr. and Mrs. W, Morse, Mr. and Mrs. P. Glover, Mr. Peppercorn, Mr. H. Tucker, Mrs. R. Bath, Mr. arid Mrs. W. Edwards and family, Mrs. French (Wellington), Miss B. French (Wellington), Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Thomson, Mr. and; Mrs. R. Edwards, Mrs. Cobham, Mr. J. Cobham, Mr. and Mrs. C. Edwards and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hooper.

The future home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Clark will be at Waharoa.

The bride travelled in a green tunic frock, green flecked tweed coat, and hat to match. CUMBERLAND—BIDLAKE A pretty wedding of interest to the Tahuna and Morrinsville districts was solemnised recently in the Methodist Church, Morrinsville, when the Rev. J. A. Daglish officiated at the marriage of Miss Eunice Olive Bidlake, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bidlake, of Rotorua, to Roy Ernest Cumberland, only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Cumberland, of Morrinsville, - and formerly ; of Tahuna. . . ; ■: > Vll’ The bride, who entered the church with her father, looked charming in a graceful gown of ivory satin, which was cut on slim-fitting classical lines. Over the gown fell her long embroidered tulle veil, which was tightly held at the- head by a coronet of orange blossom. A sheaf of freesias and other spring flowers was carried. - Attending the bride was her sister, Miss Phyllis Bidlake, who wore a frock of old gold souple satin with ruched bodice and skirt* and a gold halo headdress. She carried a bouquet of shaded freesias and Iceland poppies.

Also in attendance, as flower girls, were the Misses Norma and Valerie Sefton, who were attired alike in frilled Margaret Rose pink crepe de chine, with floral headdress of pink and gold. Mr. Cyril Bidlake was best man.

At the reception the guests were received by the bride’s mother, who was wearing a frock of deep hunter green cloque, with hat to tone. The bridegroom’s mother, Mrs.- E. E. Cumberland, wore a navy costume with stole furs.