Evening Wedding in June

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 145, 22 June 1939, Page 4

Evening Wedding in June

CALVER—WALKER Chrysanthemums and greenery formed an attractive setting for the evening wedding of Rosabell Evelyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Walker, Ormond Street, Woodville, to Arthur Charles James, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Calver, of Lowestoft, England, which took place in the Holy Trinity Church of England, Woodville, on June 10. The ceremony was performed by >the Rev. B. P. Williams, and Mr. R. A. Offwood was the organist. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a graceful gown of white windswept satin cut on long princess lines, the skirt falling into a train. Full at the shoulders, the sleeves tapered to the wrist and formed a point over the hands. Her beautiful embroidered veil cascaded from a topknot of roseß to form a second train. Her bouquet was of hyacinths, narcissi, carnations and maidenhair fern. Mrs. E. F. Olley, of Woodville, attended tho bride as matron of honour, wearing a dainty cream net creation patterned with hand-painted roses over cream satin. Her halo head-dress and accessories were pale blue. The bridesmaids, Misses Noeline Paddy and Shirley Hutchinsor and the little flower-girl, Laurel . 'tchinson, were dressed alike in white x.ocks with fully flared skirts and relieved by sashes of mauve satin. The fitting bodices were finished from neck to waist with tiny mauve buttons. Stiffened mauve net trimmed with narrow bands of satin formed their head-dresses and each carried a posy to tone. Gregory Bond, great-grandson of the bride’s father, as page boy, wore a navy bluo swallowtail suit.

Mr. Roy Christiansen was the best man and Messrs. C. Leach and L. Watkins were the ushers.

During the signing of the register Miss Eva Bailey sang “Just for Today,” and as tho bride was leaving the church, little Doreen Dickerson, of Wellington, handed her a lucky horseshoe.

A reception was afterwards held in the Women’s Institute Hall, where Mrs. T. Walker welcomed her guests. She was wearing a model frock of satinbacked crepe in red-earth shade with hat to match trimmed with a colourspotted veil.

Mrs. A. T. Walker wore an attractive shot taffeta gown of shadings from daffodil and gold and carried a posy to tone.

Pink and white streamers were the decorations surrounding the ensuing gaiety. The bride cut her two-tiered wedding cake, which had been made by her mother, with a bayonet bought back from the Boer War by her father. Telegrams of good wishes wero received from various parts of the Dominion and cables from England.

For travelling tho bride chose a black figured frock, over which she wore a smart black and white fur fabric coat. Her black hat had a white ostrich plume across the crown and a squarecut veil. The future home of Mr. and Mrs. Calver will be in Wanganui. They received many beautiful and useful gifts and a number of cheques. After the reception a dance was held in the hall. Mr. A. T. Walker was tho M.C., and Mr. G. D. Fairley played the music. During tho evening elocutionary items and a tap dance were given by Doreen Dickerson. “Auld Lang Byne” ended tho gathering. All the wedding bouquets were made by Mrs. T. Walker.