Hastings Wedding

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20102, 23 November 1939, Page 11

Hastings Wedding

Boys—Reid

Gisborne BridegToom

A pretty wedding was solemnised in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Hastings, on Saturday afternoon, when Beatrice Eleanor (Betty), only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Reid. Duchess crescent, Hastings, was married to Ke.sson, youngest son of Mrs. M. Boys .and the late Mr. W. H. Boys, Gisborne.

The Rev. F. W. Marshall officiated at the ceremony, and Miss A. Lock played the wedding music. The bride, who entered the church with her father, was wearing a beautiful trained gown of .satin. The gown was fashioned with leg-of-mutton sleeves, which came to a point over the hands, and were finished at the shoulders with Italian quilting. The softly rucked corsage had a heartshaped neckline and the pointed basque was pintucked to form the front fullness of the skirt. The long rounded train,. which, felt gracefully from the gored shoulders, was finished with a true-lovers' knot of flowers in Italian quilting. The beautiful veil of Carrickmacross lace, which was arranged under a top-knot of orange blossom, fell softly to form a second train. The bride carried a showed bouquet of cream roses. Pretty Ripple Chiffon Gown

The bride was attended by Miss Elaine Carter, who wore a pretty gown of larch green ripple chiffon. Silver sequins trimmed the corsage and the puff sleeves had a frilled heading to match the frilled skirt. A wreath of natural flowers dressed her hair, arid she carried a pretty bouquet in mauve shades tied with mauve ribbon. The flower-girl, Diane Probert, was wearing a dainty frock of larch green ripple chiffon. The little page boy was Brian Harris, who wore a cream satin suit with filmy lace at the neckline.

The best man was Mr. Ross Ham mond.

The reception was held at the Ritz Tea Rooms, where the guests were received by Mr. and Mrs. J. Reid, the latter wearing a smart jacket‘suit of navy and white reversible cloque with a white georgette blouse trimmed with Valenciennes lace and navy and white accessories. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Bradley, Tolaga Bay, uncle and aunt of the bride, the latter wearing a chocolate brown crepe-de-chine ensemble with a brown skunk fur, a fawn hat and fawn accessories. Her shoulder spray was in autumn tonnings.

When the happy couple left later for Gisborne to visit the bridegroom’s mother, the bride was wearing a smart navy and white striped ensemble. A cream swagger coat was worn, also a swathed white georgette turban and navy and white accessories.

Mr. and Mrs. Boys will make their home in Hastings.

League of Mothers

The monthly meeting of the Gisborne branch of the League of Mothers was held in the Bon Accord Lounge on Tuesday atfernoon, and as the occasion marked the tenth anniversary of the inauguration of the branch a delightful programme was presented at the conclusion of routine business.

Mrs. E. A, Muis presided over an attendance of 120 members and friends, the guests including representatives of the Holy Trinity branch of the Mothers’ Union, Fellowship of Marriage Group, and six foundation committee members. A most artistic decorative scheme was carried out in gold and blue flowers, the colours of the league. Proceedings opened with the league hymn and prayer, followed by a Scripture reading from the Book of Proverbs, chapter 3, by Mrs. R. Kemp. Vocal solos were charmingly rendered by Mrs. J. S. Rutherford and Mrs. V. Hale, and brilliant execution was a feature of the violin solo contributed by Mrs. Elliott, while a whistling solo by Mrs. A. C. Coleman made a strong appeal to her listeners. The accompaniments . were played by Mesdames Lentall, I. J. Quigley, and W. O. Ilarraway. Beautiful floral tributes were presented to Mrs. Muis, the foundation committee members, and the artishs, to whom also a warm vote of thanks was accorded.

A diverting competition resulted in a tie between Mesdames Clapham and I. D. Bramwell, the former winning the draw.

Birthday greetings on behalf of the Holy Trinity branch of the Mothers’ Union, the Fellowship of Marriage Group and the foundation committee members were conveyed to the league by Mrs. H. Gilmer, Mrs. I. D. Bramwell, and Mrs. W. E. Goffe, respectively. >

The ceremony of lighting the 10 candles surmounting the handsome birthday cake, the gift of Mrs. J. Webb, was performed by Mrs. I. J. Quigley, a past president, and the cake was cut by Mrs. Muis. A birthday gift in the form of a tablecloth in the league colours was presented by Mrs. J. W. Fergie. The function brought the season to a close, but members were notified, in view of war conditions, that there would be a recess of only one month, and activities would be resumed in January, 1940. The gathering concluded with a prayer for peace.

“Miscellaneous” Gift Afternoon Mrs. Jack Montaperto. Napier, gave a charming afternoon party at the home of her mother on Wednesday for Miss Evelyn Lister, whose marriage will take place next month. The sitting-room was beautifully decorated with carnations, fern, and antirrhinums.

Exciting competitions were played, the winners being Misses D. Nolan and E. Lister, who were suitably rewarded.

After a delightful afternoon tea Miss Lister, assisted by iter matron of honour, Mrs. Montaperto, opened her many parcels and thanked the guests.

Mrs. Montaperto was wearing a charming frock of navy blue star dust crepe, with gold accessories. Miss Lister wore a tailored frock of black crepe romainc, with white trimmings and white accessories. The guests were Mesdames E. Bai, C. Lewis, J. Dwyer, H. Brinmer. C. Merely. D. Hogan, T. Nicholas. B. Cruickshanks, T. Kelly, and 11. Plowman.

It Saves Time to Know That . . . Carrots will boil quicker if a little fat is added to the water. Dry mustard rubbed on the hands will take away the smell of onions.

When cooking green vegetables, if you bring the outer leaves to the boil first, then plunge in Lite heart, they’ll be cooked perfectly. Using a nailbrush for scraping potatoes and carrots is much the quickest way.

A little turpentine will soften dry bool-polish.

To stop the jam from boiling out of a “roly-poly” pudding, spread a thin layer of breadcrumbs over the pastry beforehand.

Mint can be chopped for mint sauce far more easily if you sprinkle it first with granulated sugar. This improves the taste, too. It is easier to mend children’s woollen gloves if you push a thimble to the top of the ii:and darn over that.

A substitute for a corkscrew can easily be made by using an ordinary screw with a piece of strong string attached to it. .

To sharpen the kitchen scissors, file each blade gently with a fine file, being careful to keep the original angle of the edge. Then oil. Mothercraft Services in Italy i The friendship of the Italian people to Great Britain and the tremendous strides made by Signor Mussolini in improving the lot of the poor people were described by Dr. Doris Gordon, Stratford, who has returned from a long visit to the United Kingdom and Europe. Dr. Gordon was particularly impressed with the assistance being given by the Italian State to mothers.

In every slum area, she said, a great marble building had been erected, where expectant mothers could receive advice and attention. The aim of the State was that every Italian child should be botn healthy and what had been achieved was a lesson to the democracies. Free Meal Provided

A woman visited every home where a baby was expected and made exact inquiries to see whether the economic position of the parents could give it the pre-natal attention it should receive. Food supply was carefully examined and if it was found that Ihe household diet should be supplemented

the mother was sent to the State building for a mid-day meal every day. The result was a revelation, said Dr. Gordon.' Scores of slum women came for an hour every day and sat down in marble halls to a carefully-planned meal. At the same time they had a happy gossip. Support for Mussolini

Giving the lie to past suggestions that Signor Mussolini had only the common people behind him, said Dr. Gordon, was the help given in this work by titled women and society leaders. They did more than give the movement the support of their names, but got right into the work, visited slums, rolled up their coat sleeves and did whatever was necessary to help the mothers in their homes or in the State buildings. The whole of the service was free, the State considering that nothing was too expensive to produce a larger and a healthy population.

One of the results of this work, which included a general mothercraft service on much the same lines as New Zealand’s Plunket system, was that, since his rise to power, Signor Mussolini .had watched Italy’s population almost double itself. The effect upon the country's health had also been outstanding.

One of the reasons why she believed that Italy would remain friendly toward Great Britain, said Dr. Gordon, was to be found in the people’s religious fervour. They were intensely faithful and she could not sec how they would suffer an alliance or political association of any form with Communistic Russia.

Solving War-time Problems

Tn the vaulted crypt of St. Martin-in-tlie-Fields, Trafalgar square, London, sits middle-aged Miss M. Brook. Every day for the past few weeks she has listened to and solved hundreds of war-time problems.

A little while ago Miss Brook was the secretary of the Central Committee for the Social Welfare of Women and Girls.

When war was declared all social services pooled their efforts to straighten out the personal and domestic troubles of thousands of people which immediately arose. Nearly 110 Citizen Advice Bureaux opened up all over London —in church halls, club rooms, charity rooms and private parlours. Most of the problems have been about rent, evacuation, separation allowances, and hire purchase agreements. But there are others.

A young soldier’s bride travelled from Cheshire to London to see her husband. She left him at a station and turned

Birthday Patty

A very enjoyable social evening was held in Findlay’s reception rooms on Tuesday night, when Mrs. O. Smith, Hexton. entertained a number of old friends and relative- 1 :, in celebration of the birthday of her only daughter, Daphne.

Musical competitions and novelty games made the evening pass all too quickly. A dainty home-made supper was served informally, the beautifully iced and decorated birthday cake being cut and dispensed by the guest of honour.

to face her problem. She had no money to get home. Like many lonely girls in London with a problem, she found her way to St. Martin’s crypt. She told her troubles to Miss Brook. Now she is back in Cheshire.

Then came a girl to ask advice about getting married. The young man was shortly going away with the army. The girl was married to her soldier sweetheart in St. Martin’s. And Miss Brook attended the wedding.