NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10210, 21 February 1919, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

WHDDING IN PALMERSTON NORTH

The marriage was celebrated at All Saints' Church, Palmerston North, on Wednesday afternoon, of Miss Noeline Keeling, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs G. W. Keeling, of Palmerston, and Lieutenant Ernest B. Lewer (M.C.), only son of Mr E. O. Lewer, of Karori. Lieutenant Lower was attached to tho Ist Battalion of the New Zealand Bine Brigade gained his commission on the field at the battle of the Somme, earned the M.C. at Messines, and was seriously wounded in July, 1917, at Le Basse Ville, and later invalided to New Zealand. . . The chancel was decorated with pmjs and heliotrope flowers, these colours being the dominant note in the colour scheme of the bridal party, and were repeated in tho floral decorations at the reception. The bride, who was given away by her uncle', Mr Hubert Keeling, wore a short gown of Brussels net over shell pink charmeuse, with frills of Limerick face. A court train of duchess satin lined with shell pink hung from the shoulders. She woto a Juliet cap « Limerick lace and the bridal veil which had been worn by her grandmother. A shower bouquet of pink and white flowers completed the bride's toilet. The bridegroom's gift was a, diamond ana platinum pendant. The bridesmaids were Misses Sandy McDonald, Patwcia Keeling and Peggy Bagnall. Miss McDonald's frock was Brussels net over heliotrope charmeuse, trimmed with filet lace and a black tulle picture hat with blaok velvet streamers. The two small girls wore idainty frocks of flounced Brussels net, filet trimmed, with large black beaver hats. Each bridesmaid carried a posy of pink flowers and wore a pendant, the gift of the bridegroom. Lieutenant B. J. Jacobs was best man, and Captain Mills (Wellington) groomsman. The bridegroom and his attendant officers were all in uniform. Mrs Keeling, the bride's mother, woro a frock of deep maize charmeuse and uinon, and her hat was finished with an ostrict feather frill. , , ~ Mr Holmes Runnioles played tae "Wedding March," and a nuptial hymn was sung at the conclusion of the cereAfter the reception, at which relatives and a few intimate friends were present, Lieutenant and Mrs Lower left on a brief motor tour. They will leave tor Sydnev in a few days, where they intend remaining for six months.

The St.'John Ambulance Brigade and Red Cross Society, Star Boating Club sheds, acknowledges with thanks goods and donations from tho following:—Pahiatua Patriotic Committee, Konini Red Cross, Koromiko School, Waihoanga Sohool, Mrs McConnel, Miss Ray (*eUdln«), itanaia Patriotic Committee, Mangatainoka Ladies' Patriotic Committee, Sangiwohia Red Cross, Mrs Tawse, Mrs Cairns, Otaki St. John Ambulance and Red Cross, Te Aro School (per Muss Bright), Otakeho Red Cross; A Mother" .2s 6d; Petone Mtoss Shop, .£77 5s 7d; Rangiwahia Red Cross, .Mi 7s. A much-respected resident of Martinborough passed away on Monday ing in the peraon of Mrs Christina Campbell, at the age of 54 years. Born in Caithness, Scotland, in 1865, Mrs Campbell, on tho death of her husband, came to the Dominion with her family some ten years ago, and took up her residence in Mortinborough. The engagement is announced in a Masterton paper of Lieutenant Mark Caselbexg, youngest son of Mr M. Caseiberg to Miss Mane Zhman, eldest daughter of Mr David Zimon, of Reefton., Miss Rita Strack, 8.50., at present on the staff of the Hawera Distriot High School, nas been appointed instructress in domestio science under the Auckland Education Hoard in Hamilton. Miss Strack, after matriculating at Hawera District High Sohool, went to Melbourne for two years, and gained her diploma in home soienoe under the Victorian Jsaucation Department. For three years Miss Strack was then instructor under the Wanganui Education Board, alter which she attended the University at Dunedin for three years and gained ner degree as B-Sc. Mr and Mrs Ewan Troutbeck, of Hawke's Bay, leave for England by the Niagara. Knox Church, Dannevirke, was the soene of an interesting and popular wedding on Wednesday, in which Miss Ivy Greene, eldest daughter of Mrs 8.. Greene, late of Te Rehunga, and Trooper Roy McKay (who has just returned from 'active service on the Palestine front), woro the contracting parties. Two bridesmaids attended—Miss Olive (sister) and Miss H. Brady, of Clive (cousin of the bride). Mr Robert Puflett, of Hastings, acted as beßt man. and Mr George Greene, brother of the bride, as groomsman. An older brother, Private Hairy Greene, also a returned soldier, gave the bride away, and the Rey. A. Grant performed the ceremony, the church, being prettily decorated for tho occasion. Mrs Dunn, of Hastings, aunt of the bride, officiated at tho organ, and, played tho "Wedding March." After tho ceremony the party adjourned to the Trocadero rooms, where Mrs Greene, the brides mother, entertained a large number of friends and relatives, including some from Gisborne, Clive, and Hastings. > A quiet wedding was solemnised at St. Peter's Church, Wellington, by tho Rev. F. M. Koinpthorne, when Miss Rita Madge Crichton, of Palmorston North, was married to Mr Henry Alexander Little H.M, Consul, Amoy, China. Mr oner Mrs Little left by the Moeraki, en route for China.