WEDDINGS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20097, 2 May 1935, Page 12

WEDDINGS

GEDDIS—CURTIS The wedding took place recently at Knox Presbyterian Church, Waimate, of Elizabeth Jane, only daughter of Mr and Mrs G. H. Curtis, “Aotea,” Willowbridge and Robert Stewart, eldest son of Mr and Mrs G. C. Geddis, Hunter. The Rev. J. Tennent of Morven, officiated at the ceremony. The bride, who entered the church with her father to the strains of the wedding march, wore a soft flowing robe of pale cream georgette over white silk, cut on tight fitting lines to the hips. The skirt was made with inset panels which flared out to form a train and was finished with two picot edged frills. The bodice had i pin-tucked yoke finished with a tiny picot edged frill. Sleeves were full *o the elbows and terminated close fitting to the wrists. Her embroidered tulle veil hung from a circlet of orange blossoms and she carried a bouquet of white asters, cosmos and asparagus fern.

The bride was attended by her cousin, Miss Mary Richmond and Miss Doris Geddes. They wore dainty frocks of myrtle green georgette trimmed with small frills. The bottom of the skirts and the elbow sleeves were also trimmed with frills, and they carried posies of autumn tinted marigolds. The wee flower girl, Thelma Vincent of Pareora, wore a frock of the same material as the bridesmaids and she carried a basket of autumn tinted marigolds. Walter Stark was page boy and he wore a white silk shirt and navy trousers. Mr George Geddis was best man and Mr T. Todd groomsman. The bride’s mother wore a navy diagonal tweed frock and black coat and hat. A moracain frock with navy coat and hat to match was worn by the bridegroom’s mother. After the ceremony, the guests, numbering about 70 adjourned to Knox Hall where a sumotuous repast was laid out on tastefully decorated tables. In the afternoon a number of guests motored to the residence of Mr and Mrs G. H. Curtis and were entertained at afternoon tea. HIGGINS—PEARSE At All Saints Church, Matamata, recently, the Rev. J. W. Burley officiated at the marriage of Miss Florence Sarah Pearse, daughter of Mrs and the late Mr D. S. Pearse, of Temuka. and Mr David Benjamin Higgins, of Springs Road, Matamata. The bride wore a becoming ensemble, the frock being of Burgundy red satin beaute, and the three-quarter-length coat, of wind-swept silk crepe, was in the same rich shade. A smart pedal straw hat to match, and gloves to tone, were also worn, and a bouquet of deep red dahlias was carried. Mr and Mrs P. Hawke, of Hinuera, attended the bride and bridegroom. Mrs Hawke wearing a tunic frock of fawn and mimosa figured silk marocain with a fawn straw hat. The wedding breakfast was held at Mr Higgins’s home, where bowls of dahlias and zinnias were used in decoration. Mr Higgins is well known in Waikato as a farmer’s leader, and for the last five years he has been president of the Matamata branch of the New Zealand Farmers’s Union. The bride is a member of a wellknown South Canterbury pioneer family, and has for a number of years been a prominent worker in the Women’s Division. She is also a prominent lady tennis player, and this season she was third lady player for the Temuka Tennis Club. MARTIN-JOHN STONE Visitors from many parts of New Zealand were present in St. Mary’s Church yesterday afternoon for the marriage of Catherine Mary, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs H. B. S. Johnstone “Springbank.” Otaio, and Philip Michael Petherbridge. youngest son of Mr and Mrs W. P. Martin, Colleton Hall. Devonshire, England. The Rev. J. Hay, St. Andrews, performed the ceremony assisted by the Rev. J. Evans, of St. Mary’s. The service was fully choral and Mr A. W. Vine presided at the organ. The church was beautifully decorated in autumnal shades by Mrs W. T. Ritchie and Miss Denderah Rhodes. Boughs of scarlet oak and Virginia creeper leaves were massed in the chancel, and small brass vases filled with Salmon Superior polyanthus roses, which toned in with the bridesmaids’ frocks ; were arranged on the altar. The pulpit and steps of the chancel were decorated with masses of marigolds and autumn leaves which were also effectively arranged along the altar rails. The handsome bride, who was given away by her father, looked extremely well in her gown of ivory satin, which suite:’, her blonde colouring to perfection. Her dress was cut on slim fitting lines, the high neck-line having gathered ruchings and silver cord with long silver tassels reaching to the waist in front. The long tight fitting sleeves were buttoned from wrist to elbow with tiny satin buttons. Her full skirt, slit in front, fell in graceful folds to form a very long train edged with silver braid. Her veil of ivory point lace, mounted on net, which had previously been worn by her mother, was arranged from a coronet of fine silver threads with sprays of orange blossom and fell in voluminous folds the whole length of her gown. Her sheaf of Philipenses lilies was an artistic finish. The bride was followed by a bevy of charming bridesmaids, which included her sister, Miss Jeanetta Johnstme, and the Misses Diana Orbell, Margaret Rolleston. Sylvia Orbell and Anne Elworthy. They were dressed alike in distinctive frocks of flame coloured chiffon velvet cut on plain lines. Slit in front to show their flame coloured sandal shoes, the skirts graduated at the back into short trains. The bodices with long sleeves with velvet buttons were made with roll collars deepening into low cowl-like folds at the back. Plaited velvet girdles defined the waist-lines, and their smart little velvet turbans were finished with a high black aigrette, each fastened with the bridesmaid’s monogram in pearls, the gift of the bridegroom. Instead of orthodox bouquets, the bridesmaids carried muffs of velvet to match their frocks.

Mr E. S. Johnstone, brother of the bride, was best man and Messrs J.

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Ritchie, M. Sidey (Dunedin), J. Hargreaves (Kakahu) and M. Godby (Christchurch) were groomsmen. Messrs R. Murchison, D. Orbell, J. Studholme (Waimate) and R. Harper (Grassy Hills) acted as ushers. After the ceremony Mr and Mrs Johnstone received their numerous guests at “Springbank,” Otaio, where ti.e rooms were decorated with chrysanthemums and autumn leaves. Afternoon tea was served in a large marquee, the tables being decorated with vases filled with nasturtiums. The bridal table was arranged with autumn leaves and scarlet berries. Mrs Johnstone wore a smart suit of black wool, flecked with red, a small black toque with red feather mount and black fox furs. She also wore a spray of red carnations. Mrs H. B. L. Johnstone wore a turf brown frock, wide felt hat and musquash coat. Mrs E. S. Johnstone wore a delphinium wool marocain frock with a hat of the same shade and a musquash coat. Mrs D. Murchison, aunt of the bride, wore a tailored navy blue herring bone cloth coat with high collar of black musquash fur and a blue felt hat with blue band. Miss Janet Murchison wore a frock of jubilee cloth, with hat to match. Mrs Louis Cohen (Wellington),* aunt of the bride, wore a nut brown marocain frock with Puritan collar of beige georgette, a brown felt hat with blue quill and a nut-meg chevron tweed coat. Later, when the bride and bridegroom left on their honeymoon, the bride travelled in a silk crepe frock in a deep bottle green shade made with a widely flared skirt. The bodice with a pointed yoke, trimmed with a row of silver stars, was finished with a wide-stitched belt fastened at one side. Her high Cossack hat was of bottle green astrakan with a green feather plume, and her fine tweed overcoat was of a dark fawn shade with high fur collar to match.

Mr and Mrs Philip Martin will leave on Saturday for England, where they will reside.