WEDDINGS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19108, 28 June 1930, Page 14

WEDDINGS.

# Thome—King. The wedding took place at Knox's Presbyterian Church, Christchurch, re-' cently, of Barbara Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mrs E. R. King, Christchurch, and Harry, elder son of Mr and Mrs M. Thorne, of Hororata. The Rev T. W. Armour performed the ceremony. The bride, who was escorted by her grandfather, Mr Gunn, wore a blue costume and smart brown hat, and she carried a bouquet of gold coloured chrysanthemums and maidenhair fern with gold streamers. The bridesmaid, Miss Phyllis King, sister of the bride, wore a graceful ankle length dress of white crepe de chine and hat to tone, and carried a bouquet of bronze flowers with bronze streaihers. The bridegroom was attended by Mr S. Smith as best man. After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of Mrs J. L. Hay, Fendalton. Mrs Hay received the guests wearing a navy embossed model velvet frock. The bride’s mother wore a navy marocain dress and the bridegroom’s mother a smart navy celanese frock. When Mr and Mrs Thorne left for their wedding tour the bride wore a smart brown costume and hat to match. Anderton-Ashman. A wedding took place at 'St Matthew’s Church, Auckland, when Billie eldest daughter of Mrs and the late Mr Ashman, was married to George Elgar, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Anderton, St Albans, Christchurch, by the Rev Canon Grant Cavan. The bride, who was given away by Mr Millner, wore a smart frock of cameo, pink georgette made in early Victorian style, the ankle-length being composed of tiny frills. Her veil, which fell in soft folds to form a train, was held in place with orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of pink hothouse flowers. The bride was attended by two bridesmaids, Miss Florie Ashman, her sister, who wore a dainty frock of apple green satin, and Miss Ivy Davis, in a frock of pale blue satin. Their bouquets were qf autumn tinted flowers. Mr Jack Newrick, of Wanganui, attended the bridegroom as best man. After the ceremony a reception was held at the bride’s home, where about forty guests were entertained. Rodriques—Stewart. A wedding was solemnised on Wednesday last at St John’s Church, Duvauchelle, when Maitland Antonia Rodriques, son of Mrs W. H. Shadboit, Akaroa, and the late Mr J. Rodriques, was married to Annie Euphemia, elder daughter of Mrs Rob. Stewart and the late Mr Stewart, of Barry’s Bay. The ceremony was performed by the Rev C. L/. Wilson, of Akaroa. The bride, who was given away by her uncle, Mr James Stew ? art, wore an uncommon frock of radium lace over ivory georgette, fashioned in vandyked style, the skirt being worn ankle length, her sleeves being long and pointed to the wrists. She wore the usual veil and orange blossom. Shoes of white satin completed her toilette. She was accompanied by two bridesmaids. Her sister, Miss Mona Stewart, wore a becoming frock of shell pink georgette, skirt worn ankle length, with two deep scalloped flounces and trimmed with roses, a pink hat and shoes and stockings to match. The other bridesmaid, Miss Irene Rodriques, wore a frock of lemon georgette with a lemon hat and shoes and stockings to match. Both carried beautiful bouquets. Mr Walter Shadboit, brother of the bridegroom, was best man, and Mr Macpherson Stewart, brother of the bride, was groomsman.

A reception was subsequently held in the Duvauchelle Hall, where Mrs R. Stewart received her guests wearing a frock of navy chenille silk, trimmed with gold, and a navy felt hat with touches of gold. She wore a navy face cloth coat with cuffs and collar of grey squirrel fur and carried a bouquet of deep red roses. The bridegroom's mother, Mrs Shadboit, wore a of navy crepe de chine and a navy and scarlet felt toque hat. She carried a bouquet of autumn tinted flowers.

The bride travelled in an effective frock of brown silk panne velvet and a coat of nigger brown face cloth, with cuffs and collar of marmot, hat, shoes and stockings to match. she carried a beautiful fur stole, the gift of the bridegroom. Mr and Mrs Rodriques’s future home will be id Opawa, Christchurch. Rankin—Thornton. A wedding was celebrated atf the New Brighton Cafe on June 25, when Edith Ray, third daughter of Mr R. C. Thornton and the late Mrs Thornton, of Christchurch, was married to Eric, eldest son of Mr and Mrs W. Rankin, Qf Ashburton. The Rev J. Feast officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a smart and becoming frock of beige lace and georgette fashioned in becoming long lines, and finished with a large bow at the side on the waist line. With this was worn a wide brimmed felt hat with a plush crown to tone with the frock. She carried a shower bouquet of autumn tinted flowers. Miss Constance Thornton, sister of the bride, w r ore a pretty sleeveless of geranium red georgette, cut on long lines, with a hip frill. Her wide upturned hat to tone was a French felt and she carried a bouquet of autumn tones. Mr L. C. C. Spooner attended the bridegroom as best man. Mrs N. J. Johnston received the guests wearing an embossed georgette frock in claret shade, with a velvet hat to tone and carried a bouquet of autumn flowers. Later when leaving for the north, Mrs E. Rankin wore a *marle woollen ensemble suit with a hat to tone, and she carried' a grey caracule coat. Chambers—Peachey. At the Ashburton Presbyterian Church on Wednesday the wedding took place of Dorothy Aileen, second daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Peachey, of Cust, and Frederick William, eldest son of Mr and Mrs F. J. Chambers, Cass Street, Ashburton. The ceremony was performed by the Rev A, G. Irvine, appropriate wedding music being played by the organist, Miss Watt.

The bride, who entered the church on the arm of her father, wore a gown of cream silk chiffon-velvet, made on simple classical lines, with full circular skirt long at the back. The long sleeves were tightly-fitting, with pointed cuffs drooping over the hand, and outlined, like the whole bodice, with pearls. A large bow of white velvet, lined with shell-pink crepe de chine, fell from the drooping waist-line to the hem. Her shoes were of cream crepe de chine with pearl buckles, and over all hung a strikingly beautiful veil of silk tulle and silver lace. Her bouquet was of white chrysanthemums, pink rosebuds and white and pink heliotrope, interspersed with maidenhair' fern. # As she was leaving the church the bride was presented with a silver horseshoe made by her grandmother. The. bridesmaids were Miss Hazel and Alice Peachey, sisters of the bride, whose crimson velvet frocks were re-

plicas of the bride’s, with the exception of large bows lined with beige crepe de chine, which fell from the back of the neck to the hem-line. They wore beige felt hats with red buckles,’ and stockings to match the hats, their shoes being of black satin with buckles. Their bouquets were of autumn-tinted chrysanthemums, with touches of pink roses, antirrhinums and maidenhair fern.

The bridegroom was attended by Mr Desmond Flannigan, of Lyttelton, late of Ashburton, and Mr Ronald Chambers was groomsman. The bride’s mother wore a gown of chocolate crepe de chine relieved with fawn, and a black face-cloth coat with new pulled-coney collar and cuffs. Her hat was ‘of black felt with black mirror velvet and touches of gold. She carried a bouquet of chrysanthemums, winter roses and maidenhair fern. The bridegroom’s mother was gowned in a wine-coloured silk marocain, with gold lace, made long at the side. Hei hat was of brown and beige straw and felt, with a shaded wine ornament to tone with the frock, and her shoes and stockings were brown. She wore fox furs, and her bouquet was of chrysanthemums with dainty pink roses, heliotrope and maidenhair fern.

A reception was afterwards held in the Tancred Street Hall, where about a hundred guests were entertained. The happy couple left on a trip to Auckland, the bride’s going-away ffpck being of Atlantic-blue satin celanese relieved with grey georgette. Her shoes and stockings were grey to tone, and she wore a coat of grey face-cloth trimmed with shaded grey fur. A Srn .u rt ,_, littla hat of erey felt relieved with blue completed her costume.