WEDDINGS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 38, 14 February 1930, Page 13

WEDDINGS

A picturesque) marriage solemnised .recently at St. Thomas '3 Church, Newtown, waa that of Gwendoline May, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Connell, Kilbirnio, to Kenneth Thurston, third feon of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Leys, Nowtown. The Eov. C. V. Eooke, M.A., officiated. The bride, who was accompanied by her father, wore an exquisite bridal gown of white georgette with chenille bodice, and pink and silver roso trailers hanging from the waist to the hemline. Miss Edna Connell, in lavender satin, and Miss Cara Leys in blue georgette with silver lace, were the bridesmaids; they were attended by a little flower girl (Margaret Hramwell), dressed iv blue georgette, and James Holmes as page boy, in a silk velvet suit, who carried a white satin horseshoe. Mr. E. T. Leys was best man, and Mr. W. Connell groomsman. After the ceremony the wedding breakfast was held in the Orange Hall, Daniell street, at which over 100 guests were entertained. The hostesses were Mra. W. A. Connell (beige crepe do chine), and Mrs. K. R. Leys (figured silk). The bride's travelling dress Was of biscuit crepe do chine, with a lemon shade hat. A wedding recently solemnised in St. David's Church, Petone, was that of Isabel Nora Morris, fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Morris, and granddaughter of the late Mr. T. W. M'Kenzie ("Father of Wellington"), to James Howard Bunford, eldest son of a well-known pioneer family, his mother being Mrs. Nicol, of Levin. The officiating clergyman was the Eov. Mr. Loan, and Mrs. H. Green presided at the organ. The bride entered the church with her father. She was in a dress of ivory mariette over aatin to tone, and wore a very handsome veil, with orange blossoms, and carried a beauti* ful bouquet of cream roses, heather, and maidenhair fern, her ornaments being a string of pearls (sent her from England by her uncle, Mr. Len M'Kenzie), and a diamond ornament (from Mrs. Leu M'Kenzie). There ,were Bix bridesmaids, Misses Elsie Nicol, Joan Curtis, Eileen Morris, Rosemary Mundie, Belty Clark, and little Patricia Mundie, the last-named being only two years of age. They were in flounced organdie muslins, two being in apricot, two in green, and' two in lavender with Dolly Varden hats and posies to correspond, making a charming picture. The best man was Mr. Alf Fletcher,. and the groomsman was Mr. Gordon Sorenson, Levin. After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Morris held a reception in St. David's Hall, where they received about 80 guests, who were either relations or old friends; Mrs. Morris Wore black mariette and handsome ecru lace, with a bouquet of heather, autumn tinted flowers, and maidenhair fern. The bridegroom's mother was in a navy and crimson crepe de chine, with a bouquet of crimson flowers. Among the 'guests was the bridegroom's grandfather, a halo old gentleman of 80 years. The decorations of the hall were carried out in the colours of the bridesmaids' dresses. The bridegroom's gifts to the maids were strings of fine pink pearls. Among the wedding gifts wero a beautiful salad bowl and servers, presented by the officers of the Petone Borough Council, tho bride having been the local librarian for about ten years; also an oak clock from the staff of the Levin Post Office, of which the bridegroom is a member. The bride's travelling costume was of cinnamon brown repp, with hat to tone. The bride and bridegroom left for tho north, and later their home will be in Levin.