WEDDINGS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 938, 7 December 1933, Page 6

WEDDINGS.

Of Interest to Ashburton Residents. TAYLOR—STODDART. Lemon shaded flowers were used in the decorations in the Baring Square Methodist Church, Ashburton, when the wedding was celebrated recently of Doreen May, second daughter of Mr and Mrs L. R. Stoddart, Willowby, and Thomas Eric, younger son of Mr and Mrs W. Taylor, Ashton. The Rev Robert MacGregor officiated and Miss M. M. Lill played the wedding music. The bride, who was escorted by hqr father, wore a frock of white satin cut on classical lines, the skirt flaring to the ground. The sleeves formed a cowl above the elbow and were fitting to the wrist, finishing in points over the hands. Her dainty lace-edged tulle veil was worn off the face and formed a short train. She carried an armlet of arum lilies and hothouse flowers. Miss Ruby Stoddart, who attended her sister as bridesmaid, wore a frock of Nile green silk crinkle crepe made on similar lines to the bride’s. Mr Bernard Harrison, of Waiau, attended the bridegroom as best man. As the bride re-entered the church after signing the register, Shirley Taylor, the bridegroom’s niece, presented her with a horseshoe. After the ceremony a reception was held at 44 West Belt, Mrs L. R. Stoddart receiving her guests wearing a fawn and brown frock, with hat and fur to match. Her bouquet was of scarlet roses and maidenhair fern. The bridegroom’s mother was wearing a floral frock, black silk coat and smart black hat. She carried a posy of golden shaded flowers. The bride’s grandmother, Mrs Robert Stoddart, wore a black crepe rle chine frock with black lace coat and black and white straw hat. Her posy was of lavender flowers. When Mr and Mrs Taylor left later by car for the north, the bride was wearing a mustard coloured frock and brown swagger coat of crinkle crepe and smart brown hat with touches of mustard. She carried a fur stole. MACMULLAN—DUFFY. The wedding took place in the Roman Catholic Cathedral Barbadoes Street. yesterday morning of Kathleen, only daughter of the late Mr and Mrs P. Duffy, County Monaghan, Ireland, and Nicholas, eldest son of Mrs Macmtillan, County Down, 'lreland. The Rev Father M’Monagle performed the ceremony. The bride, who was given away by Mr Thomas Dwyer, wore a powder blue crinkle crepe frock with a cowl neck caught on the shoulder with a bow. Fullness was added to the skirt by means of goring. She also wore a blue straw hat and carried a bouquet of shell pink roses and sweet peas. Miss Julia M'Mahon was bridesmaid, wearing a dainty frock of salmon pink georgette fashioned on similar lines to the bride’s. Her hat was of lace straw to tone and her shower bouquet was composed of deep pink gladioli. 1 roses, sweet peas and abutilons. Two flower girls were also in attendance, Patricia Bennett and Margaret Hickland. They wore satin frocks of • pink and blue respectively, made alike, with ankle length frilled skirts and they carried posies of pastel-shaded flowers. Mr Thomas Roche was best - man. On leaving the church, the bride was presented with a silver and satin horseshoe. Mrs C. If. Sturrock was hostess at i the reception which was held later in Dixieland, where over seventy guests were entertained. She wore a black hat and a smart frock of black crinklecrepe cut on diagonal lines, with a black and white diagonal collar. Deep red roses formed her bouquet When leaving for her wedding trip, ; the bride wore a blue crinkle-crepe cn- . semble and a hat to match. . AUSTIN—BUTLER. The wedding took place on Wednesday at St Mark’s Church, Opawa, of Emily May, only daughter of Mr and Mrs John D. Butler, of Opawa, to Thomas Eric, onlv son of the late Mr James Austin, of Lyttelton. The ceremony was performed bv the Rev G. Nelham Watson. Mr J. W. N. Baker being .the organist. . The bride, who was escorted by her father, wore a graceful, ankle-length frock of soft powder blue georgette, inset with blue fagoting at the neck line, the skirt cut in classic lines and falling into flares. The long sleeves were puffed at the wrists, and the wide cape collar was fastened at the shoulder with a circlet of brilliants. Her Celtagel straw hat was of blue to rnatch her frock, and she carried a shower bouquet of white and apricot-tinted roses. The bridesmaid, Miss Myrtle Kingsford, wore a pretty, ankle-lengthl frock of salmon pink floral georgette, fashioned with close-fitting bodice and fullyhared skirt, and finished at the hack wjth a wide sash. She wore a folded straw hat to tone, and carried a bouquet of pink sweet peas and delphiniums. Little Noeline Roberts, as flower girl, wore a long, frilled frock of cameo pink organdie and a bandeau of flowers on her hair. She carried a dainty basket of pink sweet peas and rosebuds. The bridegroom was attendby Mr Edwin Fearon as best man. \\ hen leaving the church, the bride was presented with a lucky horseshoe by Master Keith Roberts. After the ceremony, a reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents where Mrs Butler received her guests’ wearing a frock of black, figured satin, relieved- with vestee of pale pink and silk lace, and a small hat to tone. Her bouquet was of deep red roses Later, when Mr and Mrs T. E.' Austin left by car for the south, the bride was wearing a wine marocain frock trimmed in a lighter shade, a smart tailored coat, and close-fitting hat to match. HARTLEY—PANSEV. A wedding of interest to residents in the Kaiapoi district was celebrated this afternoon at St Joseph's Church, Papanui, by the Rev Father been. The bride was Rua Nancy, onlv child of Mrs J. G. P. Hicks, of Kaiapoi, and the I late Mr Y\ . 1.. Pansey, the groom being Edmund, youngest son of Mr and Mrs

Robert Hartley, of Blackpool, England. The bride was given away by her stepfather, Mr Hicks. Iler frock of palest pink angel-skin lace was mounted on pink satin and was made in an tit tractive design. The fitting bodice was gathered in front into a cowl effect, and the sleeves fitted closely to the wrists, coming to a point over the hands. The skirt, which was softly Hared, fell to the insteps in front and into a train at the back. Over this her pale pink embroidered tulle veil cascaded in billowy in cap effect with a chin-strap and tiny rosebuds to hold it to the shape of the head. She carried a sheaf of roses shading from pale pink to deep red. Miss Kathleen M’Cleave, of Kaiapoi, the only bridesmaid, wore an attractive frock of chromium grey crinkle-crepe, softened at the neck line with cowl folds. A large pink bow was placed, on one shoulder, and the short sleeves were made in an exaggerated puff. The skirt flared gracefully to the ankles. Her picture hat of grey straw was finished with touches of pink, and she carried a bouquet of pink and gold shaded roses. Dr Maxwell Ram say, of Kaiapoi, attended the bridegroom as best man. A reception was held after the ceremony at the Gresham Hotel, Christchurch, where the bride’s mother, assisted by Mrs Maxwell Ramsay, received the guests. Mrs Hicks’s frock of black floral crepe had a cowl neckline and elbow-puff sleeves which fitted closely to the wrists. lief hat of black Baku straw had touches of red in the trimming, and she carried tangerine tinted poses. Mrs Ramsay was "in a brown crinkle-crepe frock, relieved with white, her hat being of brown and • white to match. ‘Bronze shaded roses, formed her bouquet. Mr and Airs Hartley left later for a tour of the North Island, prior to making a trip to England. The bride travelled in a frock of powder blue, trimmed with black buttons, and a smart blue wool-crepe swagger coat, finished with black to match her attractive little toque.

PATTERSON— NEWTON. The wedding took place at Holy 1 rinity Church, Grevmouth, recently, of Ann Evelyn, second daughter of Mrs Newton, Runanga, and the late Mr G. Newton, and Albert Cyril, eldest son of Mr and Mrs T. Patterson, also of, Runanga. Archdeacon J. A. Jermyn officiated.