WEDDING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18256, 27 November 1933, Page 10

WEDDING

DODGE—FINDLAY Holy Trinty Church was the scene of a very pretty wedding on Saturday evening, when Gladys, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Findlay, Ormond road, Gisborne, was married to Basil llorsfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Dodge, St. George's Square, London. Friends of the bride had decorated the church most artistically with flowers in shades to harmonise with the bridesmaids’ frocks. The marriage service was conducted by the Rev. F. I. Parsons, and the wedding music was played by Mrs. P. Wright, a frend of the bride and bridegroom. The bride, who was escorted by her father, looked charing in her lovely gowri of ivory embossed silk tulle, worn over a foundation of shell-pink georgette. The frock was modelled on long flowing, graceful lines, with long sleeves, a long ivory satin sash caught at the centre ol the back with a spray of velvet flowers to tone being the only trimming. The bridal veil was of plain misty tulle, which hung iu filmy folds over the frock, and a beautiful sheaf of gladioli was carried by the bride, completing her picturesque toilette. The bridesmaids, Miss Alice Leslie, chief, and Miss Betty Findlay, niece of the bride, wore very pretty frocks of pale pink silk drawn thread organdie, fashioned alike in Old World style, each Frock having quaint sleeves formed with three frills edged with narrow black velvet, and long full skirts ornamented at the hem with three bias frills edged with narrow black velvet. Their liecoming Dolly Varden hats were of frilled pink organdie, trimmed with black Valenciennes lace, and they wore pale pink mittens to match their frocks. Each bridesmaid carried a lovely bouquet of pink carnations and sweet peas. The best man was Mr. W. Kennedy, and the groomsman Mr. 1). Coates. Following the ceremony at the church, Mr. ami Mrs. W. Findlay entertained a number of guests at a very enjoyable reception at the Freesia Lounge. The usual toasts were honored during the wedding breakfast, the tables being charmingly decorated with pastel-tinted sweet peas. Pride of place was given to the handsome three-tiered wedding

cake, which was hand decorated, being beautifully iced in white and ornamented with silver favors, and surmounted by a silver vase of sweet peas.

At the conclusion of the wedding breakfast dancing was enjoyed by all present, the music being provided by Mrs. Thomson.

The bride and bridegroom left later it) the evening for the south, the bride travelling in a smart ensemble in a- becoming shade of blue, and a smart model hut to match.

Mrs. W. Findlay, tho bride’s mother, was wearing a smart model frock of black silk marocain, trimmed with white pleated georgette, arid a becoming hat of black Baku straw, and carrying a pretty bouquet of red roses. Mrs. IT. Findlay, Tokomarn Bay, sis-ter-in-law of the bride, wore a graceful black georgette and lace frock, and a black silk straw hat, and carried a bouquet of roses.