WEDDINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17605, 9 January 1929, Page 5

WEDDINGS.

McHARG—SHORT. On the evening of January 2 the Te Mawhai Community Hall was festively decorated with greenery and flowers, an arch of flowers and coloured lights supporting a wedding-bell of white sweet peas and lycopodium, while on the walls were large horseshoe designs in greenery; the colour scheme being pink and mauve. The occasion was the marriage of Maude Mary, second daughter of Mr and Mrs W. H. Short, of “Te Taku," Te Mawhai, to Stephen Irvine McHarg, younger son of Mr and Mrs McHarg, of Christchurch. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. H. Atkey, and the service was fully choral, appropriate music being played by an orchestra.

The bride, who entered with her father, .wore a frock of ivory silk georgette with silver lace. An exquisitely embroidered veil of Brussels lace was held in place by clusters of orange blossoms and formed the train. The bride carried a beautiful shower bouquet of white lilies and pale pink carnations and asparagus fern, finished with silver tissue streamers. The bridesmaid, Miss Isabel McHarg (sister of the bridegroom), wore a frock of delphinium blue taffeta and shaded pink tulle, and she wore a headdress of delphinium blue tulle finished with a posy of pink flowers. The bridesmaid’s bouquet was of blue delphinium and pink larkspur, with tulle streamers. The best man was Mr Allan Coolan, of Takapuna.

After the ceremony the bridal party and relatives assembled at "Te Taku,” the residence of the bride’s parents, where they were entertained at a wedding breakfast laid out in a large marquee which had been most tastefully decorated for the occasion. A huge wedding-bell of white and pink sweet pea was suspended above the wedding cake. Mrs W. H. Short received her guests in a gown of navy blue crepe de chine and flesh pink georgette, with overdress of navy georgette and lace. She carried a bouquet of shaded pink carnations and asparagus fern. The mother of the bridegroom wore an ensemble suit of navy blue bengalene with hat to tone, and carried a bouquet of shaded henna Iceland poppies and asparagus fern. During the wedding breakfast the best man read a number of congratulatory telegrams. At the conclusion of the wedding breakfast the happy couple, amid good wishes and showers of confetti, drove off on the first stages of an extended tour of the South island. The bride’s travelling suit was of mauve crepe de chine with satin coat of silver grey, and hat to tone. After the reception Mr and Mrs Short entertained the many friends who had attended the ceremony to a dance in the Coronation Hall. A good orchestra supplied excellent music, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. An excellent supper was provided, and after cheers for the bride and groom, and the singing of “They are jolly Good Fellows,” the happy party dispersed. In commemoration of the first wedding solemnised in the' local hall, which does duty also as a church for the district, the Hall Committee presented the bride with a handsome Bible.

NORTH—BEST. The wedding was solemnised in the Morrinsville Methodist Church on Wednesday last of Gladys, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A. G. Best, of Morrinsville, and Walter, eldest son of Mr and Mrs W. F. North, Paeroa. The Rev. E. E. Sage officiated, and the church was beautifully decorated for the occasion. The bride wore a charming crepe de chine frock of a delicate fawn colour, trimmed wtih saxe blue flowers, and a picture hat to tone. Her shower bouquet was of white and blue flowers. The bridesmaid, Miss Lottie Best, wore pink crepe de chine, with black picture hat, and carried a bouquet of pink flowers. Mr Alan North, of Paeroa, was best man.

After the ceremony a reception was held ta the home of the bride's parents, Mrs Best receiving the guests in a becoming frock of grey garbadinc. Mrs North wore nigger brown marocain. -