WEDDINGS

Taranaki Daily News, 28 January 1933, Page 4 (Supplement)

WEDDINGS

DOUGLAS-WASHER. St. Mary’s Church, -Hawera, was the scene of the wedding on Tuesday evening of Miss Sybil Priscilla Washer, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Washer, “Brent Knoll,” Scott Road, to Neil L. Douglas, only son of Mrs. Stuart Thomson, Dunedin, and the late Mr. W. Douglas, Edinburgh. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Whitby James, and the service, which was fully choral, concluded with the choir singing the Nga Tawa Diocesan School hymn (of which college the bride was an old scholar). • Mr. Herbert Webb was at the organ. Escorted by her father, the bride wore a beautiful slip-per-length gown of ivory angel-skin lace, made on lines of gentle simplicity, with sleeves slightly poufed, and fitting from elbow to wrist. Her filmy veil of allusion tulle was held in place with a side spray of orange flower buds, and a graceful train of angel-skin lace lined with satin and edged with a fairy frilling of net, finished with a true lovers’ knot in ruched satin, fell from the waist line. The only jewellery worn was a cameo of pale pink at the neck, which had been the gift of the bride’s grandfather, Captain John MacDonald, to the bride s grandmother on their wedding day. A bouquet of white begonias and hollyhock in a setting of gypsophila completed a charming bridal study. Attending the bride as maids were her sister, Miss Moldy Washer, Miss Marjorie Brewer (Waverley) and Miss Eileen Eaton (New Plymouth), who wore daintily fashioned frocks in banana cream organdie, with fichu collars, finished with a knife pleated frill, and a neatly cut skirt with side-flare finished likewise, a wide belt and bow of organdie being worn at the waistline. Little berets of gold tinsel net were worn well aside, and finished with an ear spray of real marigolds. Cream lace mittens and marigold toned satin shoes were wom, and dark brown baskets of marigolds and montbretia were carried, giving a very pretty effect in a rich colour scheme. Each maid wore a necklet of carved ivory, the bridegroom’s gift. Little Master Billy Thomson, Dunedin, step-brother of the bridegroom, wearing a smart little page suit of satin, to . tone with the bridemaids’ frocks, carried the bridal train. Mr. Robert Greenslade, Dunedin, attended the bridegroom as best man, and Mr. P. J. Coleman, Hawera, and Mr. Tom Penn, Stratford assisted as groomsmen. Messrs. Duncan Young (Stratford) and Peter Hawken (Wanganui) were ushers at the church.

Following the ceremony a reception was held at the Rewa Lounge, where the bride’s parents received about 150 guests, Mrs Washer wearing an attractive gown of burgundy silk lace with triangular waistline insets of tucked georgette to tone, elbow-pouffed sleeves, with which an ostrich-plumed beach dullstraw Empire model hat was worn. A bouquet of pink and dark red roses was carried. Mrs. Stewart Thomson wore a geranium pink silk ninon frock patterned in fawn, with beach straw-hat trimmed to match the frock tonings. - Miss J. MacDonald, aunt of the bride, wore a smart model in delphinium blue silk lace, with black lacquer straw hat, and her bouquet was of butterfly delphiniums and pale rose carnations. A magnificent square three-tiered cake adorned the bridal table, and the newly wedded pair sat beneath a bell of ivory rucked silk. After the honouring of several toasts, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Douglas left by car for the South on their wedding tour, the bride being attired in a frock of diagonal striped crepe de chine in a cardinal, white and burgundy tricolour. A short coat of burgundy, finished with silver buttons, a small hat to tone, and python skin shoes in two shades of brown were wom, and she carried a handsome fur stole. The couple will make their home at Stratford. Following their departure the Lounge was cleared for dancing.

PASCOE—EVANS.

At the Kaponga Methodist Church on January 18 Myrtle Ivy, second daughter of the late Mr. C. Evans and Mrs. I. Evans, Manaia Road, was married to Robert, second son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Pascoe, Eltham Road, Kaponga. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. R. Nelson and the service was rendered fully choral by members of the choir, of which the bride has been a member. Mrs. R. G. Cooke presided as organist. The church for the occasion was decorated in autumn tonings undei the direction of-Mrs. A. E. Anderson and several friends. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr. C. Evans (New Plymouth), wore a pretty frock of ivory satin modelled to the figure and cut on straight lines falling in flares at the hem-line. The bodice and sleeves were effectively trimmed with silk lace and diamante. Her veil, which was lent by a very old friend, Mrs. J. Free, was daintily arranged to form a cap which in turn was caught with orange blossoms. She car-

ried a lovely bouquet of roses and maidenhair fern. In attendance on the bride were three bridesmaids, Miss Muriel Evans (chief) and Misses Mavis Guy and Myrtle Smith, all of whom were similarly attired in fashionable frocks of flame-coloured velvet with Dolly Varden hats and shoes to tone. Each carried a bouquet of flame and blue designs. The bouquets were mbdelled by a very old friend of the family, Mrs. N. C. Davies. . • The bridegroom was attended by his brother, Mr. G. Pascoe, as best man, and by Mr. R. Cuff as groomsman. , _ Following the ceremony a reception was held in the parish hall, Mrs. Evans to receive her guests being attired in a navy georgette ensemble and carrying a bouquet in pink tonings. The bridegroom’s mother wore an ensemble of black and white, her bouquet being in autumn tints. Later in the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Pascoe left on a wedding tour to Napier, Taupo and Rotorua. "The bride travelled in a lido blue celanese suit, with white georgette trimmings, and white tagel straw hat. She carried a handbag to tone, which was the gift of the bridegroom. "- i . DUNCAN-HOPSON. A quiet wedding was celebrated recently at St. Mary’s Church, New Plymouth, when Doris Miriam, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hopson, Lepperton, was married to William Hendry, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Duncan, Betleknowes, Dunedin, formerly of New Plymouth. Archdeacon Gavin performed the ceremony and Mr. R. Neville Renaud presided at the organ. The bride, who entered the church with her father, wore a frock of cream brocaded crepe de chine. Her veil was arranged with a coronet of orange blossoms and she carried a sheaf of cream gladioli and maidenhair fem. Miss Frances Northern attended as bridesmaid, wearing an ankle-length frock of floral georgette in tones of blue and pink. She wore a large brimmed pink hat with shoes to match, and carried a bouquet of pink and blue flowers. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. Basil Hirst.

A reception was held at “Smedley,” the residence of the bride’s grandmother, only immediate relatives being present. Later Mr. and Mrs. Duncan left by car for the north.