FORTIFICATION NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 22294, 9 April 1934, Page 10

FORTIFICATION NOTES

(From Our Correspondent.)

After a period of unsettled weather, Easter brought days of brilliant sunshine which were welcomed by all, but perhaps more especially by the fanners who seized the opportunity of getting in their harvest. Miss McLean, Wairuna, was the guest of Mr and Mrs M. Fallow during Easter. Miss Lillias Fallow spent the Easter vacation with her parents. _ Mrs A. Lewis is looking up friends in Mataura and Wyndham. Mrs S. Smith and family, pannevirke, are spending a holiday with Mrs Smith’s parents, Mr and Mrs C. Templeton. Mrs S. Shirley, Invercargill, was the guest of Mrs C. Templeton recently. Mr and Mrs W. Hollows and son have been staying with Mr and Mrs H. Wilson.

Wedding.

On Thursday, March 29, the residence of Mr and Mrs C. Templeton was the scene of a pretty wedding, when their second daughter, Susan Ann Eileen, was married to James Thomas, son of Mr C. Dickson and the late Mrs Dickson, late of Colac. The ceremony took place on the verandah which was tastefully decorated with a silver bell and streamers of gold, silver and cyclamen, the bridal colours. The Rev. Mr Gardiner was the officiating clergyman, and the wedding music was played by Miss Anderson. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a becoming ankle-length frock of gold crepe de chene made with panels of accordion pleating inserted at each side of the skirt. The bodice was neatly trimmed with pleating and tiny covered buttons and was finished at the back with a soft bow of the material, lhe long sleeves were slightly puffed at the elbow, tight fitting at the waist and finished with pleating and buttons. Her beautifully embroidered tulle veil, which matched her frock, was caught to the head with three tiny frills of tulle at the front, and a trail of orange blossom buds at the back, finishing in a pesy at each ear. She wore shoes, stockings and gloves to match and carried an armlet of cream cniysan—themums, lilies and roses intermingled with asparagus, trails of which fell to the hem of her frock. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Margaret Templeton, who wore an ankle-length frock of silver crcpe-de-chene with a yoke of matching allover lace, trimmed with tiny covered buttons, and a coatee, muff and cap of cyclamen velvet, the cap and muff being trimmed with floral sprays to match. Cyclamen satin shoes and beads of cyclamen tonings completed her toilette.

Miss Valerie Smith and Miss Nancy Salton, nieces of the bride and bridegroom, were the flower girls. They were dressed in long frocks of celanese organdie trimmed at the neck and hem with organdie ruchings. They wore mop caps and carried little muffs of organdie which were also ruched. Mr A. Imbs, cousin of the bridegroom, filled the role of best man.

After the ceremony Master Raymond Smith handed the bride a silver horseshoe. Over fifty guests participated in the reception held in the barn, which was decorated with greenery and streamers of the bridal colours for the occasion. Mrs C. Templeton, mother of the bride, and Miss Dickson, sister of the bridegroom, received the guests, the former wearing a model dress of navy silk crepe relieved with biege and saxe blue, and hat to match. She carried a bouquet of gold and bronze chrysanthemums and autumn leaves. Miss Dickson, who was frocked in lavender floral silk voile, carried a bouquet of pink roses, Michaelmas daisies and maiden-hair fern.

On top of the three-tiered square cake baked by Miss Olive Templeton, sister of the bride, rested a vase of flowers which had decorated the bride’s mother’s cake on the occasion of her wedding. Many congratulatory telegrams from well-wishers in many parts of the country were received. In the afternoon the couple left on their honeymoon, the bride travelling in a model frock of krinkley crepe relieved with biege, and coat, hat and shoes to match. A fur stole, the gift of the bridegroom, completed her smart ensemble. The bridegroom’s present to the bridesmaid was a green xylonite toilet-set and to the best man a pocket wallet. The flower-girls were presented with Post Office Savings Bank money boxes. The bride’s gift to the bridegroom was a watch. Mr and Mrs Dickson were the recipients of many beautiful presents and a number of cheques, one of which came from Scotland. Prior to her marriage the bride-elect was tendered a kitchen evening by her friends, the hostesses being Misses Matthews and McLeod. She was also honoured with a crystal afternoon given by the Misses Pottinger. On their return Mr and Mrs Dickson will make their home in Selwyn street, South Invercargill.