WEDDINGS

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21417, 10 May 1941, Page 6

WEDDINGS

PETERSON—HOWE A quiet wedding was solemnised on the afternoon of Thursday, May 8, at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Hamilton, when Audrey Rose Naughton, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs W. M. Howe, of Myrtle Street, Claudelands, Hamilton, was married to Arthur Henry, younger son of Mr and Mrs W. Peterson, of George Street, Claudelands, Hamilton. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Bleakley and the w’edding music was played by Mr J. Battersby, who sang an appropriate solo during the service. The bride, who entered the church with her father, was wearing a smart frock of rhapsody blue charmelaine fashioned with a multi-pleated skirt and a softly pleated bodice, on which was worn a lovely shoulder spray of orchids. Her three-toned turban was veiled in blue and she carried a white prayer book. The bride’s sister, Miss Norah Howe, of Auckland, was the bridesmaid, and her frock was of deep rose wool georgette, designed with a pintucked bodice and a knife-edge pleated skirt. She wore a toning hat and her shoulder spray was composed of matching rosebuds and bouvardia. Mr W. Peterson, brother of the bridegroom, was the best man. A reception was held in the private lounge of the Commercial Hotel, which was attractively arranged with bronze chrysanthemums. Mrs Howe received the guests in a Firth blue suit of Angora wool worn with a toning model hat swathed in cherry and her shoulder spray was of cherry roses and maidenhair fern. The mother of the bridegroom was in a blue tailored ensemble relieved with white and a navy hat with eye veil. She wore a shoulder spray of apricot rosebuds. Mrs J. Sullivan, sister of the bride, wore a black Angora model frock, a black hat and fox furs, and Miss Noeline Peterson, sister of the bridegroom, was in a mushroom sand crepe frock, a brown hat and fur cape. The aunt of the bridegroom, Mrs James T. Martin, of Wellington, was in a black tailleur, a small black hat and grey fox furs. When Mr and Mrs A. H. Peterson left by car for their honeymoon the bride travelled in a foam green suit worn with a rubaiyat Angora waistcoat and black accessories. DAWSON—PRISK IVORY EMBOSSED SATIN A pretty wedding took place at St. Paul’s Church, Hamilton, on the afternoon of Easter Saturday, April 12, when Margaret June, only daughter of Mr and Mrs C. B. Prisk, Mahoe Street, Melville, was married to Albert Philip, elder son of Mr P. Dawson, of Papatoetoe, and the late Mrs Dawson. The Rev. J. W. Parker officiated the ceremony and Mr H. G. Cook presided at the organ. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a lovely gown of ivory embossed satin cut on slimfitting lines, the skirt falling in soft foicjs to form a fantail train. The corsage was gathered to a highpointed waistline finished with sprays of orange blossom. Her tulle veil was held in place with a pointed coronet of orange blossom, and she carried a bouquet of cactus dahlias, nerine lilies and maidenhair fern. As the bride was leaving the church she was presented with a horseshoe of orange blossom by her cousin, Noreen Bartrum. The bridesmaid, Miss Melba Prisk, wore a charming frock of delphinium blue taffeta designed with a fully flared skirt, daintily trimmed with cyclamen shaded flowers and a fitting bodice. A matching shoulder veil, worn over her face, was held in place with a spray of velvet flowers, and bouquet was composed of delphiniums and amaryllis. The bridegroom was attended by his brother, Mr V. Dawson, as bestman. After the ceremony a reception was held at the Centreway Rooms, where Mrs Prisk received her guests wearing a powder blue ensemble with wine accessories and a shoulder spray of pink cyclamen and nerine lilies. The bride’s grandmother, Mrs M. E. Prisk, wore Burgundy triple sheer with a silver fox fur and black accessories, and she carried a posy of autumn-tinted flowers. When Mr and Mrs A. P. Dawson left by car for their honeymoon, the bride travelled in an Air Force blue ensemble with Burgundy accessories and. furs. They will make their home in Auckland.