WEDDING BELLS.

Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 88, 27 June 1918, Page 2

WEDDING BELLS.

Btell—Hooper. On Wednesday last, 19th inst., at St. John’s church, Wakefield, Nelson, a very pretty wedding was solemnized between Miss Ethel E. Hooper, second daughter of Mr and Mrs James Hooper, of Wakefield, and Mr Garnet G. Bell, of Matamata, eldest son of Mr and Mrs S. Bell, of Papanui, Christchurch, the ceremony being performed by Canon J. R. Dart, vicar of St. John’s. The bride, who was given away by her father, was very charmingly attired in ivory crepe-de-chine, with an overdress of white ninon, the bodice being beautifully embroidered and trimmed with, tiny pearls. Her wedding veil was arranged in mop-cap fashion with a wreath of orange blossoms, and she carried a shower bouquet of pink and white spring flowers and maidenhair fern. The two bridesmaids, Miss Frances Hooper, sister of the bride, and Miss Nola Bell, of Christchurch, sister of the bridegroom, wore pretty frocks of pale blue crepe-de-chine, hand embroidered with shell-pink and silver. Each also wore a black picture hat and carried a bouquet of violets and maidenhair fern. The bridegroom was supported by Mr O. C. Mazengarb, of Wellington, as best man, and by Mr Keith Hooper, of Nelson, cousin of the bride, as groomsman. After the ceremony the guests were entertained at “ Dorset Villa,” the residence of the bride’s parents. Mr and Mrs Bell left shortly afterwards for Wellington en route for their future home, the bride wearing a sax blue coat frock, with hat to match, and a set of red fox furs. The bride recently returned to the Dominion from abroad after nearly three years active service as a nursing sister with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. Brewster — Grave son. The wedding of Miss Ella Graveson, daughter of Mr and Mrs G raveson, of Okauia, to Mr W. Brewster, was solemnized at Matamata on. Monday by the Rev. R. W. Jackson.