WEDDINGS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23004, 6 October 1936, Page 16

WEDDINGS

80l itho—Henderson Spring blossoms, in keeping with the season, formed the decorations at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Temuka, by girl friends of the bride on the occasion of the marriage of Georgina Isabel, youngest daughter of the late Mr J. Henderson, of "Leye's Farm," Milford, and James Ivan Nicholls, only son of Mr and Mrs W. G. Bolitho, of " Willowvale," Orari, which took place recently. Mr J. Reid, home missionary, Orari, performed the ceremony, and Mr C. Davies was organist. The bride was escorted by her brother, Mr J. L. Henderson (Pleasant Point), her wedding dress being a gown of deep cream pearl crepe satin. The deep cowl front, which was held in place by a spray of orange blossom, was effected by rows of shirring at the shoulders, which were repeated in the angel sleeves. Her skirt fell full to the ground, ending in a long petalshaped train. An embroidered tulle veil was held in place with a coronet of orange blossom and tiny arum lilies and she carried a shower bouquet of deep cream abutilons. On leaving the church the bride was presented with a lucky horseshoe by Audrey Gudsell, niece of the bridegroom. Misses Georgina Hampton and Muriel Henderson (Timaru), nieces of the bride, were the bridesmaids. Both wore dainty frocks of pale eau de nil crepe ninon. Rows of shirring from the shoulders completed the full sleeves, and the front of each dress was cut on similar lines to that of the bride. Silver girdles extended over the fitting skirts, which fell in graceful folds to the ground. Their bouquets were composed of pink sweet peas, and they wore bandeaux of pink flowers in 'their hair. Margaret Wilson, of Christchurch, was flower girl, ana was dressed in a pink georgette Victorian-style frock, which was gathered round the high waist and finished with frills. She carried a pastel-shaded Victorian posy and wore a bandeau of pink georgette and silver. Mr Harold Ford, of Orari bridge, was best man, and Mr Cyril Henderson, brother of the bride, was groomsman.

At a reception held later the guests were received by the bride's mother, who was attired in a wine-coloured wind-swept velvet frock under a fur coat. Her accessories were to tone, and she carried a bouquet of autumntinted abutilon. Mrs Bolitho, mother of the bridegroom, wore a smart navy swagger ensemble with a small navy hat, finished with an eye-veil, and carried a bouquet of dark red anemones. When Mr and Mrs 1. N. Bolitho left for the north the bride was wearing a smart nigger-brown tailored costume with a pink blouse and accessories to tone. Cleland—M'llwrick St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Highfield, South Canterbury, was well filled with relatives, friends, and wellwishers on Saturday afternoon last when Tui, the younger daughter of Mrs and the late Mr G. M'llwrick. of Timaru, was united in the bonds of matrimony to William M'Keown, son of Mr James Cleland, of Timaru. The Rev. J. Laird, minister of the Highfield congregation, officiated at the service, and Mr A. C. M'lnnes presided at the organ. The bride, who was given away by her uncle, Mr W. G. Thomson, of Maungati, selected for her bridal dress a gown of ivory silver-shot satin with a slightly blistered surface, and made with the bodice gathered in the centre back and front, and long ruched sleeves. A spray of orange blossom was tucked into the heart-shaped neckline, and an inset ruched godet introduced low at either side of the skirt stressed the attractive line of the gown, which flowed out into a gleaming square train edged underneath with pleated georget{£. Silver lame and pleated tulle in a coronet held the double veil of sheer tulle, and she carried a sheaf of lilium auratum. Misses Eleanor Cleland (sister of the bridegroom), Diana Smythe (Timaru). and Doreen Lemon (Ashburton) were the bridesmaids. Their gowns were of mist-blue Alencon stiffened tulle based over taffeta. The frocks, in picturesque bouffant style, swept about the feet in billowy layers of tulle, ;.nd the short, ruched. sleeveless bodices were offset by a deep ruffled upstanding frill outlining the square neckline. Arm sprays of peach blossom matching the single pink rose finishing bandeaux of narrow ruching were becoming accessories to their frocks. Mr J. C. Macdonald was best man. and Messrs C. C. Couldwell and F. J. Foley (Christchurch) were the groomsmen. Messrs W. B. Quirke (Christchurch) and S. Wreford (Ma Waro) were the ushers. After the ceremony, a number of guests assembled at the Caroline Bay Tea Rooms, where a reception was held. Mrs M'llwrick, mother of the bride, received her guests wearing a smart ensemble of Sandringham blue satin cotele with a hailstone snot and a blue baku straw hat with varicoloured flowers toning in with her anemone bouquet in red. blue, and cream shades. Mrs Cleland was attired in a ensemble of navy blue marauisette, the revers of the jacket and frock vestee being of blue and whitt* figured fabric. Her wide navy straw hat was banded with a silk petalled ruching. ...-,, When Mr and Mrs W. M'K. Cleland left for their wedding tour the bridewore an attractive little jacket suit of duskv pink suede-de-laine. Her hat was 'a Marie Stuart shape in brown Jack Tar straw.