WEDDINGS

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1933, Page 4 (Supplement)

WEDDINGS

REID-BELLAMY. The wedding was celebrated at Stratford on Saturday of Ivy, fourth daughter of Mr. W. Bellamy, of Makahu, and Victor, second son of Mrs. Reid, Midhirst. .The bride, who entered the church escorted by her father, was gowned in a gracefully draped anklelength frock of ivory satin, caught at the waist with a narrow girdle, and carried a sheaf of pale coloured gladioli, tied with a bow of ivory satin ribbon. She wore a tulle veil fastened with orange blossom in a coronet effect. The bride was attended by Miss White, who wore an ankle-length frock of pale pink satin, fastened at the waist-line with a large butterfly how. A black .crinoline hat was worn, and she carried a multi-coloured bouquet, with ribbon streamers to tone. The bridegroom was attended by his brother as best man. After the ceremony the guests were entertained at the home of the bridegroom’s parents, the couple receiving many good wishes. They afterwards left on a motor tour, the bride travelling in a suit of biege and brown tonings, with smart hat to tone. MACDONALD-FARRINGTON. The wedding took place at St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Wellington, this week of Joan, younger daughter of Mrs. Farrington, Hill Street, Wellington, and the late Mr. Farrington, to John Neville Douglas, elder son of Colonel C. R. Macdonald, late Royal Warwickshires, and Mrs. Macdonald, of Perth, Scotland. During the war Colonel Macdonald was Chief Infantry Instructor at Trentham Camp. The Rev. Archdeacon A. M. Johnson, cousin of the bridegroom, performed the ceremony. The church was decorated with blue hydrangeas.

The bride wore a beautiful frock of cream satin lightly brocaded in gold, made on simple close-fitting lines, with sleeves puffed at the shoulders and fitting tightly from elbow to wrist. The skirt flared gracefully to form a train. She wore a veil of Limerick lace, more than two hundred years old, lent by Mrs. A. M. Johnson, which was arranged softly round her face I and fastened at the back of her head with a tiny cluster of orange blossom. She carried an ivory prayer book, with orange blossom and tiny rosebuds clustered on the ribbon markers. She wore a gold cross encrusted with diamonds, an heirloom in the bridegroom’s family. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Lindsay Farrington, of Blenheim. She was attended by her sister, Miss Joyce Farrington, as chief bridesmaid, and by Miss Moya Hempton and Miss Isla Blair.

The bridesmaids were dressed alike in frocks of deep cream needle-run lace made with graceful skirts flaring from the knees, the cross-over line of the bodices being edged with a soft frill of Which formed little shoulder capes. They wore cream roses to finish the neckline in front, and carried sheaves of blue delphiniums. Their hats were of soft felt in the shade of their frocks, finished with velvet bows.

Mr. W. Hunnter was best man, and Mr. R. Tripe and Mr. Hugh Johnson were ushers.

After the ceremony Mrs. Farrington held a reception at her home in Hill Street, where massed blue and pink hydrangeas and pink sweet peas decorated the rooms.

Mrs. Farrington received the guests wearing a graceful black lace frock and long black georgette coat, and a black hat. She carried a bouquet of pink carnations. Mrs. A. M. Johnson, cousin of the bridegroom, wore a charming frock of blue and white floral georgette, with a black picture hat, and carried a bouquet of pink roses and maidenhair fem. Mrs. John Macdonald travelled in a smart lightly checked woollen ensemble of frock and three-quarter coat in a becoming shade of fawn, and a close-fitting hat to match. CHAPMAN-KNOX. The wedding took place on January 24 of Flora Annie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Knox, Kiore, to Leslie, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Chapman, Matau. The ceremony, which, was conducted by the Rev. M. Orange, was , held in the Presbyterian Church. / The bride wore ivory satin, the frock being made with hip frill and being flared to the ankles, with tight-fitting sleeves and a diamante buckle at the waist. A silk embroidered veil was worn with the customary orange blossoms, and fell in graceful folds to the hemline. The bride carried a bouquet of white carnations and roses and maidenhair fern, with white streamers. She wore white shoes, stockings and gloves to match. The bridesmaid, Miss Louisa Knox, a sister of the bride, wore a dress of apricot silk marocain, made similarly to that of the bride, with a large picture hat, gloves and stockings to match. She carried a bouquet of tinted roses, carnations, pansies and maidenhair / ern - Two little flower girls, Ngaire Knox, sister of the bride, and Joyce K e ™P> niece of the bride, were daintily frocked alike in pale green satin made in Dolly Varden style with puff sleeves and trimmed with Valeciennes lace and baby ribbon. They wore artificial wreaths of coloured sweet peas round their heads, and carried posies of tinted roses, pansies and maidenhair fem. , The bridegroom’s present to the bridesmaid was a string of crystal beads, and to the flower girls strings of pearls. The best man was Mr. Bert Rolfe, cousin of the bridegroom. At a reception at the Parish Hall over 100 guests were entertained. Mrs. Knox to receive the guests wore a black crepe de chine frock relieved with red, and hat to tone. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman will reside at Matau.