WEDDING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22008, 15 January 1935, Page 3

WEDDING

f TAPLEY—HAZLETT i The wedding took place last week in ; St. John's Church, lnvercargill, of I Miss Kate Hazlett, younger daughter i of and Mrs. \V. T. Hazlett, of Buri wood Station, and Mr. Edward Corbett j Tapley, only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. . Tapley, of lnvercargill. The church had j been decorated with yellow flowers and i foliage and the Ven. Archdeacon .J. A. : Lush preformed the ceremony. The bride, who was escorted by her father, i wore a frock of cream lace threaded with silver in a rose design, fitting closely to the figure and ending in a long, fan-shaped train. Diamante buttons fastened the back of the frock from waist to neckline and a diamond brooch caught the soft folds of the neckline in front. Her tulle veil, which was long and flowing, terminated softly in two tiers of frills outlined in silver, and was held in place with a coronet of orange blossom. Carrying her train were Nan Cunningham (the bride's niece) and Josephine Macalister, who were followed lay a flower girl, June Cunningham, and a page, John Cunningham (niece and nephew of the bride respectively). The little girls were dressed alike in lettucegreen organdie frocks sprigged with yellow. They wore wristlets of yellow flowers, and wreaths of yellow polyanthus roses were in their hair. The page wore a suit of lettuce-green satin, with the shirt pleated, and frilled at "the neck and at the cuffs of the long sleeves. The matron of honour, Mrs. W. E. Hazlett (sister-in-law of the bride) and the bridesmaids, Misses Anita Tapley (the bridegroom's sister), Joyce Gilmour and Cara Pinckney, wore graceful frocks of clover-patterned lettuce-green lace fitting closely to the knees, whence three tiers of circular frills fell from a peak in front and graduated to a train at the back. Sashes, which finished in flat bows and fell in long ends, of a deeper shade of silk velvet marked the waistlines. They wore wreaths of yellow polyanthus roses on their heads and carried sheaves of yellow roses and maidenhair fern. The bride carried a sheaf of cream roses and maidenhair fern. Mr. J. L. Hazlett was best man, and Messrs. J. S. Hazlett, N. L. Watson and H. E. UussPll were groomsmen. The groomsmen also acted as ushers. After the ceremony, the guests adjourned to Filleul Street, where the reception was held in a marquee gaily decorated with yellow flowers and green foliage. In the absence of Mrs. W. T. Hazlett through ill-health, the bride's sister, Mrs. W. L. Cunningham, assisted by Mrs. C. B. Tapley, received the guests. Mrs. Cunningham wore a frock of delphinium blue lace and a leghorn hat trimmed with flowers and delphinium blue velvet. She carried a bouquet of cornflowers, delphiniums and yellow Iceland poppies. Mrs. Tapley's frock was of black marocain with a lace yoke and lace sleeves. Her wide hat was of black straw, and she carried a bouquet of pink carnations.