WEDDINGS AT HOME

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 85, 12 April 1937, Page 14

WEDDINGS AT HOME

BRIDE FROM WANCANUI

(From "The Post's" n.,jiesentativo.) LONDON, March 20. The wedding took place at Ferring, Sussex, on March 6, of Miss Oorfagh Frances Zeisler, daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs. Hadler Zeisler, Wanganui, "and Lieutenant Alexander. Robert Kennedy, R.N., son of Mr., and Mrs. R. S. Kennedy, Chalk Mead, Grange Park, Ferring. The bridegroom wore naval uniform. The bride, who wore a dress of oyster ripple satin, was escorted by Mr. Devrell, a friend of her parents. Her long tulle veil was held by a pearl coronet, and she carried a bouquet of cream roses. She was. attended by three bridesmaids, the > Misses Sheila Kennedy (sister of the bridegroom), and Betty and Audrey Kennedy (cousins). Their frocks were of pale green, trimmed with amber, and they wore amber Juliet caps. The best l-.an was Lieutenant J. Hare, R.N. The ceremony was followed by a reception at Ferring Grange Hotel.

A wedding of New Zealand inter-

est was solemnised at St.--■,'. Michael's Church, Newhaven, ori March 17.: The bridegroom was , Dr. Derek Ernest Denny-Brown, D.Ph; (Oxon), FiR.C.P., London, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Denny-Brown, ■68 Porchester Terrace, London, and New Plymouth. The. bride was Miss Sylvia Marie Summerhayes, youngest daughter of Lieu-tenant-Cploriel J. O. Summerhayes, D.5.0., J#id Mrs. Summerhayes, of Saxonholme, Newhaven, Sussex., The church was beautifully decorated with tall palms, daffodils, and an.im lilies, and the choral ceremony was performed by the vicar, the Rev. Mr. Newby, assisted by the Rev. Prebendary Summerhayes, of St. Paul's Cathedral (cousin,of the bride). ■:'.'' ;:

The-bride wore a beautiful dress of all-white silk, cloque, made in princess style, with a Medici collar. r .The long train was cut in one with the skirt. The bridal veil of fine Honiton lace had been worn by x four generations of the bride's family. It fell in folds almost to the end of the train and was held in place by a halo, of real orange, blossom. The only-jewel^ worn were a string of pearls with platinum and pearl clasp (the gift of the bridegroom's mother). A double sheaf of Harrisi lilies was carried. Four little bridesmaids and a page, ..completed the bridal retinue: They were Rosemary, and Clover Sanderson (nieces of the bride), Anne Herbert (daughter .of Commander J. -H..8. Herbert, R.N., and Mrs. Herbert, .nee Connie Ledger, of Christchurch), and Anne Liddell-(daughter :of Dr. Liddell, of Trinity College), Oxford. The page was .John Sanderson (nephew of the bride). The . little . girls wore, taffeta period frocks of daffodil yellow, with velvet sashes and Juliet caps' to match, their posies of grape hyacinths being tied with, streamers of velvet. The page wore a Tudor suit, doublet of the same coloured velvet, and hose of daffodil coloured silk. His Tudor hat was plumed. Mr. J. Pennybacke'r, F.R.C.S., was best man, and groomsmen .were Dr. Rupert Bruce-Pearson and' Dr. J. Plummer.

The bridegroom's, parents held a^ reception at their residence, "Saxonbolmt'." It was attended by a large, number of friends. -The only New Zoalandefs present were Mrs. J.H. B. Herbert (cousin of the bridegroom) and Mr. and Mrs. C. Denny-Brown. Others included Sir Walter and Lady Currie (uncle and mint of the bride), Sir Charles and Lady . Legart, S.ir Charles Sherrington, Mrs. Shaw (sister of the bride), Mr. and Mrs. Dingle Foot (cousin of the bride). The bridegroom's mother wore a trained dress of plum-coloured panne velvej; a tricorne hat with ostrich plume, to tone, and she carried a bouquet of lilac and iris. Mrs. Denny-Brown wasin flowered silk crepe in navy tones,-with navy, hat in soft straw in Breton . shape trimmed with rose and mauve flowers. She carried a -bouquet of pink and rose carnations, and her furs were silver fox. •

The bride and bridegroom left for Southern Italy. Their 'future home wijl be at St. John's Wood, London. Dr. Denny-Brown is practising in London as a'neurologist.