Weddings

Southland Times, Issue 22750, 28 November 1935, Page 12

Weddings

SPENCER-HOYLES. Pale pink rhododendrons, lupins, and roses and arum lilies in shades of white and blue decorated All Saints’ Church, Gladstone, on Monday afternoon when at half past two the wedding was solemnized of Mollie Esmee, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur le H. Hoyles, Herbert street, Invercargill, to Thomas Desmond, only son of Mr and Mrs L. W. Spencer, Albert street, Invercargill. The Rev. I. L. Richards performed the ceremony which was choral, and Mrs Skelt was the organist. During the ceremony, while the register was being signed, Mrs B. W. Hewat sang the solo "Because.” Simplicity was the keynote to the bride’s frock of satin riche in a soft shade of magnolia which threw into strong relief her exquisite veil of Brussels lace which belonged to her great-great-great-grandmother. From the boat-shaped neckline of the frock a circular yoke extended over the shoulders and continued in a long straight panel to the ground in front and finished in a deep V at the back waistline. The closely fitting sleeves, were eased into the yoke in front and, fastened from wrist to elbow with tiny satin buttons and loops, terminated in points over the hands. Intricate cutting moulded the frock to the figure until the skirt fell in soft folds from the front panel and the long squareshaped train widened from a vandyke in the lower part of the skirt at the back. Her veil, which was worn over her face as she entered the church, fell from a circlet of leaves made of the same material as her frock. She wore georgette shoes and carried a sheaf of bridal lilies.

The bride was given away by her father and was attended by her sisters, Misses Patricia and Beth Hoyles, and Miss Isabel Spencer, the bridegroom’s sister, while her train was carried by two flower girls, Nan Macalister and Pamela Blaxall. The bridesmaids were dressed alike in simply cut frocks of off-white angelskin lace in .’ose pattern. Closely fitting to below the knees the skirts of silk net in the same shade fell to the ground in front and into slight trains at the back. ■ Cleverly joined to the lace so as to follow its pattern the net was appliqued at the sides and at the front and back with sections of the lace. The net was repeated in the full epaulette sleeves which widened and fell to form half capes at the back. A row of tiny lace buttons trimmed the waistlines at each side seam. They wore wide white hats of pedaline straw with swathed bands of off-white georgette caught at the back with a cream and blue ornament. A large blue flower trimmed the front of each Ijat. Each bridesmaid wore silver embossed white satin shoes, long white kid gloves and carried a sheaf of blue tinted arum lilies. The flower-girls wore long frocks of off-white lace patterned organdie with short puffed sleeves and two tiers of frills at the hemline and neck. Sashes of the same material swathed the waistlines and the frills were in for-get-me-not blue stitching’ to match their muffs and hair bands of forget-me-nots. Mr Ernest Nichol, of Bluff, was best man. Messrs C. W. V. Fountain (Dunedin) and A. K. Mac Ewan were the groomsmen, while Messrs A. F. Gilkison and W. W. Thomson acted as ushers. As the bride left the church her pathway was scattered with rose petals by a guard of honour of the children, who are pupils of the kindergarten which she directed prior to her marriage. The reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents in Herbert street where the guests were received by Mr and Mrs Hoyles and Mr and Mrs Spencer. Mrs Hoyles wore a becoming frock of beige georgette with yoke and sleeves of beige needle-run lace. Godets of lace appeared again in the skirt and the frock was worn with a coatee also of lace. Her hat was a wide model in brown straw turned up at the back and trimmed with beige. She carried a sheaf of blue iris with touches of yellow. Mrs Spencer’s frock was of old rose lace. With it she wore a coatee of the same material and a black baku straw hat. She carried a half circle of pyrethrums and apple blossom the same shade as her frock. For travelling, the bride wore an unusual suit consisting of a tailored skirt of navy blue ripple serge and a Norfolk jacket of natural linen with cross-stitch markings in shades of orange, yellow and navy and large navy buttons. Her hat was a Breton sailor in the same material as her jacket. She wore a scarf to match her skirt and her accessories were also of navy blue. Mr and Mrs T. D. Spencer will make their future home in Innes Road, Christchurch.