ATTRACTIVE WEDDING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 244, 16 October 1939, Page 10

ATTRACTIVE WEDDING

GIBLIN—ROSS j BRIDE S EIGHT ATTENDANTS I | ! A wedding of much interest to many friends in the Wanganui and Hawke’s Bay districts was celebrated on Saturday afternoon at Christ Church, Wanganui. The bride was Sybil Winifred, elder daughter of Mrs. Ross and the late Mr. C. G. Ross, of •’Letham.” Wanganui, and the bricle- ; groom was John Langciale, eldest son iof Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Giblin, of . ••Nangaronhi.” Waipukurau. Archl deacon J. R- Young performed the ! ceremony and Mr. F. W. Slater presided at the organ. ! Against, the clusters of beautil’ul Howers in a colour scheme of pink, white and blue, the bride and her retinue made a lovely picture. The bride looked very attractive as, accompanied by her brother, Mr. John Ross, she walked up the aisle to Lake her place beside the bridegroom. Her ; gown was an exquisite creation of ! deep cream crepe satin with long sleeves wide at the shoulder, and bodI ice with softly-folded cross-over ' from. The shoulders and waistline I were heavily embroidered in seen j pearls and irridescent beads in a deep ! scroll design, which was repealed on , the points of the sleeves over the j wrists. The full flared skirt, was i pleated at the front and the long ! train swept out from the pleats at the i back, while a veil of old Honiton lace ! mounted on tulle (which had been worn by her mother on her wedding | day) fell over her frock and train, 1 the 1 headdress holding it in position | being a topknot of orchids, lily of ' the valley and orange blossom. She I carried a shower bouquet of lily of ; the valley, white single camelias, ! white orchids touched with gold, ; maidenhair and asparagus fern firt--1 ished with trailers and tailored bow of white satin ribbon. I The attendants were Mrs. V. I I Fullerton-Smith, of Marton (former- I ly Miss Joan Graham), Mrs. It. B. •[ .Nelson, of Hastings (formerly Miss j Barbara Skeet), and Mrs. r fom Blyth, | of Dannevirke (formerly Miss Betty' : Wilson) as matrons of honour, and ! the Misses Peggy Ross (sister of the i bride). M. Bright, Jean Beedie ' (Dannevirke), Susanne Davis and Sheila Hogg (Wellington). Their • frocks of magnolia . J in backed ialj feta had heart-shaped neckline?, with i folded effect shoulders draped into j ’ the back of the bodice and to the * ! high pointed panel of the frock which j : leached to the V of the neckline in i front. The skirts were flared to fulJ- . ness at. the hems. Adorning the skirts ; were large rings stitched with bars of self material through which inchI wide velvet ribbons were laced and ! tied in a bow at. the top of each circle. ' Each short sleeve also had a similar I ! ring from shoulder to just above the ■ cHyow line. The circles of four frocks | were threaded in turquoise blue and i I the other four in a cyclamen cherry shade. Bows to match were worn in [ ’ the hair and each carried a w-hite I and silver bag and a shower bouquet of cherry coloured cyclamen, passion | Hower, love-in-the-mist, mauve freezias and anemones, and finished 1 with trailers of flowers. • Mr. Tom Blyth. of Dannevirke, ati tended the bridegroom as best man. i and the groomsmen were Messrs, i Nigil and Phil Giblin (brothers of the | bridegroom). P. Nelson. David Orton, j John Willock, John Ross and Peter I Howden. The ushers were Messrs. V. IW. Fullerton-Smith, C. C. Graham and R. B. Nelson. ! After the ceremony about. 400 ! guests were entertained at “Letham,” ■ the home of the bride’s mother, the rooms and large marquee being 1 beautifully decorated with cherry, i cyclamen and blue flowers ano ' anemones and ranunculus. Lily of j the valley and cherry blossom were I features of the table decorations, the 'colours all harmonising with the 1 bridal group. : Mrs. Ross’ elegant frock was of I black silk chiffon and lace. With it I ! war worn a black model hat with I ! ribbon and veil in cyclamen and blue. ! When receiving her guests she held , • a posy of cyclamen intermingled with ’ I blue-mauve flowers. | Mrs. Giblin, mother of the bride- ■ groom, was gowned in brown geor- ' gette and lace surmounted by a ' smartly trimmed brown straw' hat. * ' She carried a posy in autumn tonings. I i Mrs. H. D. Bates, grandmother of : I the bride, wore a smart black frock | i and hat with touches of white. Her i posy was of pink carnations and ■ roses. I When the bride and bridegroom) I left on their honeymoon they were i ' given a cheery send-off. the bride be- . ing becomingly attired for travelling in a model frock of lightweight wool ; | in an’ attractive shade of green with ! , Hungarian needlerun embroidery in I ! shades of honey-gold, green and ; i fawn. Over this was worn a swagger * 1 coat of green lambswool and her | | French model hat was of honey gold I straw trimmed with green ribbon.) I Bag and shoes were to match. ! Mr. and Mrs. Giblin win reside in I : the Dannevirke district. The Giblin Ross bridai photos were ' taken by Tesla Studios :