Schoolchildren’s Choir For Foxton Bride

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 109, 11 May 1939, Page 15

Schoolchildren’s Choir For Foxton Bride

PURCELL—MAOPHERSON A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Mary’s Church, Foxton, recently, the contracting parties being Joan Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr A. D. Macpherson and the late Mrs Macpherson, Manawatu Heads, and James Denis, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. D. l*urcell. No. 2 Line, Foxton. The church had been beautifully decorated by tho Sisters of tho Convent, one of whom presided at the organ, and the bride entered to the strains of the “Bridal March.” Nuptial Mass was celebrated by the parish priest, Father Foley, during which the choir of schoolchildren sang tho Gregorian Mass and the Alma Pater. The hymn, “O Sanctissimo,” was sung during the signing of the register, and as the bridal couple left tho church “St Anthony Wedding March” was played. The bride, who was escorted by her father, made a charming picture in her long white gown of moire taffeta, cut on classic lines and fully flared to form a train. The bodice and short-puffed sleeves were daintily pin-tucked, and sprays of orange-blossom made an attractive finish to the square neckline. A beautiful tulle veil, embroidered in an unusual design, fell gracefully from a halo of orange-blossom to form a second train. A single string of pearls was worn, and white brocaded satin slippers and a shower bouquet of shaggy white chrysanthemums, roses, begonias and maidenhair fern completed a very dainty toilette. The long satin streamers which tied the bouquet, were cut from tho ribbon used at the opening of the Whirokino bridge at tho end of last month. The bridesmaid, Miss Leonie Purcell, Palmerston North, was becomingly frocked in ice-blue tulle over mushioouipink taffeta, with a ruffled collar and trilled mob-cap of tulle in the two tonings, and carried a shower bouquet in pastel shades of blue, lemon and green. Mr. Jack Purcell supported his brother as best man. The wedding breakfast was held at Dustin’s, when the usual toasts were honoured, and a budget of congratulatory telegrams read, after which the handsome two-tiered wedding cake, made by the bridegroom’s mother, was cut. Mrs. R. Scott, Palmerston North, aunt of the bride, wore a smart tailored woollen suit with self-stripe, beige blousette, and black upturned hat, and carried a posy of pale pink flowers and autumn leaces. Mrs. D. Purcell, the bridegroom’s mother, was attired in a smart tailored suit in a deep shade of brown, with touches of burnt orange. Her high-crowned felt hat was finished with a feather mount to tone, and her bouquet was of autumn flowers in brown and orange shades. The bouquets, which weer made by Mrs. F. Proctor, were the joint gifts of herself and Miss Hughes, old friends of the family. An informal gathering later took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. D. Purcell, where the beautiful presents were displayed. Family members were present from Wellington, Palmerston North and Wanganui, and many informal “snaps” of the bride and bridegroom and tho guests were secured as mementoes of the occasion. When the young couple left later for Wanganui, the bride was wearing a becoming marocain frock in tho new redoarth shade with felt hat to tGne and a fur-fabric cape in a rich raisin-brown, with gloves, bag and shoes to match. The honeymoon was spent in touring the Rotorua Lakes by car, which was a present from the bridegroom’s parents.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Purcell will make their home near Elthain, where Mr. Purcell has been appointed manager of a sheep farm.