HAWKE’S BAY WEDDING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18956, 5 March 1936, Page 3

HAWKE’S BAY WEDDING

SHIELD—HILL

Tlio> Puketapu Church, Hawke’s May, was a bower of flowers on Wednesday afternoon when a wedding of great interest In the many friends of the contracting parties took place. The bride was lole Julia, onlv daughter of Mr. IE !’>. Hill, and the la I e Airs. I). IE Hill, of Fernhill, and the bridegroom was Denis, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Shield. Waiwlienua.

The bride, who was given away by her father, m.e.le a picture as she moved slowly up the aisle, with her four blueclad bridesmaids. The. bridal grown, designed to show her figure to perteclion. was fashioned of white satin. The bodice was finished with a soil neckline and the Inlig bias-cut sleeves fitted low over her hands. The slim-litting skirt was veiy linely pleated from the waist to hemline at the front, while the skirt hack fell into a long graceful train. Her billowy veil of fine net (which was previously worn by her mol tier) through which the silver of her frock gleamed, was caught, at the head with orange blossom Imds. Her sheaf of cream lilies and water lilies added to the beautiful siinplieitv of the ensemble. File was attended by .Miss Kaililyn Bloom field. Wbatatntn. .Miss Sylvia While, Takapan. and the Misses Betty and Sylvia Shield, sisters of tin' bridegroom. Their frocks of blue taffetas were cut. on long graceful lines and bad short puffed sleeves. (In their heads they wore wreaths of scarlet real Hewers and they carried scarlet bouquets.

Mr. John Shield was the best man and Mr. Vivian Hill and Mr. Rowan Hill acted as ushers. After the ceremony, which was performed by the ilov. llyde. Mr. 1). B. Hill entertained many guests at a wedding breakfast at bis home at Fernhill. Eater, when the bride and bridegroom left on their honeymoon, the bride was wearing an attractive fawn and nigger brown Viennese suit, with a nigger brown bat. shoes and hand-bag.