WEDDINGS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24399, 10 September 1940, Page 10

WEDDINGS

Cummings-—Watson A wedding of considerable interest in amateur athletic circles in Otago was solemnised at St. Augustine's Church. Petone, recently, when James Henry, son of Mr and Mrs Cummings. of Oxford street. South Dunedin, and Isobel Agnes Watson, of North Otago, were married. The bridegroom, a former captain of the Caversham Harrier Club, was well known as a competitor and later as an official under the jurisdiction of the Otago Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. The bride wore a musty blue woo! spring suit with grey hat and accessories, and a corsage spray of pink carnations, and she carried a pink satincovered Prayer Book. The bridesmaid, Miss McDonald, wore a cyclamen ensemble with navy accessories and a spray of cyclamen and maiden hair fern.

A reception was held later at 86 Sydney street, Petone, where the bride's sister received the guests, assisted by the bridegroom's mother. Miss Watson wore a navy tailored costume and Mrs Cummings a Kenya red frock and hat, and a black fur coat. When Mr and Mrs J. H. Cummings left for their honeymoon the bride was attired in a blue ensemble. Stevenson—Tomkinson At the Caversham Presbyterian Church on Saturday last the wedding was celebrated of Charles Young, youngest son of Mr and Mrs J. L. Stevenson, of St. Kilda, and Dulcie Lorraine, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs G. S. Tomkinson, of Musselburgh. The Rev. C. Sullivan officiated, and Miss Hudson presided at the organ. The bride wore a white satin frock cut on classical lines to fall into a graceful train A long embroidered tulle veil hung from a halo of orange blossom, and a bouquet of lilies, hyacinths, and maiden-hair fern was carried.

The bride was attended by her sister, Pearl, and her cousin, Doreen Jamieson, who were dressed alike in salmon Persian silk with silk velvet boleros and pleated haloes in the same shade. Bouquets of stock and hyacinths were carried. The flower girl, Elva Tait (niece of the bridegroom) wore a gown of green taffeta with pleated halo to match, and she carried a posy of hyacinths and stock.

The bridegroom was attended by Mr T. Wilson as best man. and by Mr S. Smart as groomsman, Messrs B. Jamieson and D. Stevenson being the ushers. During the signing of the register a solo was rendered by Mrs Ron Dickson. After the ceremony a reception was held at the Wilson Hall, where some 90 guests were received by the bride's mother, who wore a rust frock, brown hat, and coat and fur stole, with shoulder spray to tone. She was assisted by the bridegroom's mother, who wore a black frock, hat and coat, and shoulder sDray of cyclamen. When the happy couple left by car for the north the bride was wearing a smart grey costume, with clover and back ccessories.

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