WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 18 September 1919, Page 28

WEDDING BELLS

DUDSON— A wedding of considerable interest was solemnised by Very Rev. Dean Lane, of Lower liutt, at St. Mary’s Church, Pahautanui, on August 6. The contracting parties were Lieut. Walter Francis Dudson (Main Body), late N.Z.R.8., third son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dudson, of Carterton, and Evelyn Dorothy, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Bradey, of “Bay View,” Pahautanui. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion by friends of the bride, and as she entered the church with her father her favorite hymns were sung. The bride was handsomely gowned in white charineuse and ninon, with silver lace, and she wore a bridal wreath and a handsomely-worked veil, and carried a shower-bouquet of freezias, narcissi, and maidenhair fern. The bride was attended by three bridesmaids (her two sisters, Eileen and Josephine, and Dorothy Dudson, sister of the bridegroom). The two elder bridesmaids wore pretty pale pink voile and satin frocks, with pink and black hats, Josephine wearing cream charmeuse with overdress of net, and a wreath of pink rosebuds. All carried bouquets of spring flowers. . The bridegroom was attended by Lieut. P. H. Dudson, as best man, and Gunner S. J. Dudson, as groomsman. Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” was played by Miss Dudson as the happy . couple left the

church. After the ceremony . a reception . .was held at the residence of the bride’s parents, where some 60 relatives honored the usual toasts. ; The! bridegroom’s present to the bride was a handsome silver-mounted suit-case, and to the bridesmaids gold bangles and a gold brooch respectively. . The young couple received numerous and costly presents, including -many cheques. Mr. and Mrs. Dudson left by motor era route for Palmerston and Wanganui, where their honeymoon will be spent The bride s travelling dress was a smart check costume with grey and pink hat. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson s future home will be in Johnsonville.