WEDDING BELLS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1933, Page 6

WEDDING BELLS

MEREWETHER—MUIR. A very pretty wedding was. celebrated on Monday afternoon at All Saints Church, Arahura, when Minnie Maud, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs J Muir, of Arahura, was united to EdLeslie, youngest son of Mf and Mrs J. Merewether, of Stafford. The Rev. Hamilton performed the ceremony and Mrs Richards presided at the organ. The church was prettily decorated with spring flowers, by friends of the bride.

The bride, who entered the church on the, arm of her father, was att.red in a frock of angel’s skin satin, made on simple lines, dose fitting bodice and skirt fully flared from the knees. Her | beautiful veil, which was lent by a friend, was arranged with a coronet of orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of regala lilies and maidenhair fern. The chief bridesmaid was MiSu Phoebe Mu r (sister of the bride). She was attired in a delicate beige crepe cloth frock and wore a mob can of the same material and carried a bouquet of amber roses and maidenhair fern. The two other maids, Miss Elsie and Louie Ackers (nieces of the bride) wore frocks of nile green and lemon organdie, jespectively, cut on medieval lines and finished with capellettes, edged with tiny frills, as also were the long skirts, with gashes at waistband. They carried bouquets of shasta daisies and maidenhair fern. The maids wore mittens with: shoes and stockings to tone. - A tiny tot, Verna Seyb. dressed in an early Victorian frock and bonnet of delicate blue, presented the bride with-a lucky shoe oh her leaving the church. The bridegroom was attended by his brother, William, as best man, while Messrs P. Muir and J. Martin assisted as groomsmen.

The bridegroom presented each maid with a rhinestone necklet and to little Verna Seyb, a pearl necklet. After the ceremony sixty guests sat down to a sumptuous wedding breakfast, presided over by Rev. Hamilton, when the usual toasts were proposed and responded to with musical honors. The bride’s mother received her guests in'a' navy-tailored costume, relieved with beige with hat to tone and carried a posy of violets. The , bridegroom’s •'mother wore an ensemble ot • navy cloth relieved with cream and hat ■to tone. The happy couple left later on an extended honeymoon trip, the .bride wearing a nigger brown frock and coat with smart brown felt hat, with eye veil and relieved with touches of crimson. .... - . •

In the evening Mr arid M rs Muir en-. tertained two hundred guests at-a social evening in Toker’s Hall, music being supplied by Mrs Feary . and Misse s Chesterman and Ackers. Dur ng the evening songs were contributed by Mr and,Mrs L. George and Misses Chesterman and Tainui. A very elaborate sup-, per was served ,and dancing was kept going thoroughly enjoying themselves.