WEDDING BELLS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 56, Issue 4047, 13 May 1938, Page 4

WEDDING BELLS

BARRETT—DAVIES. All Saints’ Church at Kawhia was the scene of a very pretty wedding on Wednesday afternoon of this week, when the Rev. Coldham-Fussell officiated at the marriage of Noeline Eunice, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Richmond T. D. Davies, of “ Richmond Downs,” Oparau, and Charles Francis, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Barrett, of Mount Albert, Auckland, and formerly of Koromatua. The parents of the bride are very well known and esteemed throughout the Kawhia district, and the bridegroom’s parents resided for many years at .Koromatua, and were almost equally as well known in that locality as were the Davieses at Kawhia. The church had been prettily decorated for the occasion by friends of the bride, and blue and white flowers were used most artistically. Miss Jean Sutherland, of Kihikihi, presided at the organ. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a pretty frock of cream lace inset with satin over satin, and train inset with satin flowers; she wore a halo of orange blossom, and the veil was inset with satin flowers to match the frock. She carried a sheath of cream chrysanthemums anc carnations, with trailers In attendance was a group of four bridesmaids, namely, Miss Ailie Jackson, of Ngutunui, Miss Joyce Davies (sister of the bride), Miss Lora Barrett (sister of the bridegroom), Hamilton, and Miss Alma Davies (cousin of the bride), Kawhia. They were attired alike in aquamarine silk velvet cut on classical lines and trimmed with white marabout, and with matching halo and muff They carried cream sprays of chrysanthemums and rosebuds, attached to their muffs. Mr Neil Thomas of Hamilton, carried out the duties of best man, and Messrs Eric Hartstone (also of Hamilton). R. Maisey (Auckland), and R. Brandon (Hauturu) were the groomsmen. Ushers for the occasion were Messrs A- Sutherland (Te Awamutu) and G. Davies (Kawhia). After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents, where a large room had been tastefully decorated in blue and white streamers and flowers, and a large white floral bell was pendant over the bride’s table. Mrs Davies received her guests, numbering about seventy, wearing a navy costume and a small matching hat, and carried a scarlet posy. Later the happy couple left on their honeymoon tour by car and they will make their future home at “ Fern Hill,” Oparau. In the evening the bride’s friends were entertained by Miss Ailie Jackson (one of the bridesmaids) to what was her twenty-first birthday party, held in the Ngutunui Hall, where about one hundred guest s assembled and spent a very happy evening.