WEDDING.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 13 August 1920, Page 2

WEDDING.

»* . * i e CRAWFORD— WPNDIVDY. c A wedding of exceptional interest to To Horo and district residents was celebrated at the To Horo Methodist 0 Church on Wednesday afternoon last, ■ when Miss Miiliceut Kaehael May 0 Windley, second daughter of Mr and r Mrs T. H. Windley. of Te Horo. was v married to Mr Shirley Watson Craw- *' ford, eighth son of Mr and Mrs Wm. 0 Crawford, of Mauugakaremea, Woa--1 -Jigarei. The church" had been very 5 prettily and tastefully decorated by 1 girl friends of the bride, festoons of ' lycopodufn, having „ vcry !)reUv • effect, while a prominent feature of e the decorations was a huge floral bell, suspended over the spot where the f wedding party stood. The church was o filled to overflowing with interested 5- spectators, including many visitors h from a distance. The ceremony was y performed by the Rev, W. G Slade ,t M.A. to The bride was gowned i u an exceedt. ingly pretty cream georgette and nijioii d dress, and corsage of silver lace, wß\ is narrow frills, edged with pale IV y ribbon. s] u , ;i! , O U(JIV ~ , H , MUtiK 1/ white spring flowers maidenhair-./. f „, asparagus, with pink streamers. . dC , d chief bridesmaid (.Miss Ivy Windley, y sister of the bride) was very prettily , d J dressed in lemon-coloured crepeders chene, with black hat. trimmed with ~ buttercups, while her bouquet was comu, posed of yellow narcissi, with stream,s ers to match. There were also two t . little bridesmaids—little .Misses Jive- ,, lyn (Eva) and Hazel Windley the .j former dressed in violet iiiuon, triiua med uitl > tiny frills, and black hat ,1. with violets, and carrying a posey of ,0 violets. Hazel wore pink satin, I,lack ~ lace hat with pink flowers, and carried .e " <•'■"">< tied will, piaJj dowers and :l ribbons. Messrs Wilfred Smith (Pac- .„ knknriki) and A.J. Windley (PoHrut.) ; , acted : ,s best man ami groomsman re- ., speetively. while the bride was given j, away bv her father. Miss Albio Muir ~ presided at ti,,. orK „ n anfi ~).,,.,„! ~T hc ~ Welding March." Afterwards M,- ;im ! Mrs Windley en- ,. (ertained a great many friends at . afternoon tea. served at the Te Horo Public Hall, whirl, had been prettily decorated for the occasion. Among the gtiestH were a huge number of relatives and visitors from f,- u !t „d „ear. Mrs Windley -wore a grey col. -tie, with I'lack liar, and carried a bouquet of j' violets; Mis., Crawford fsistei of t!„bridegroom), navy taffeta, with hat to match: Miss James (cum,, of the ' bridegroom), sax,.- blue crepe <le-chene, w,,,! ,ll: " ! ' : ''at. Many of the guests o were beautifully dressed. After doing justice to ' the good t things provided, the Itcv. W. 0. Slade, K M.A., proposed the toast of the bride and bridegroom. .Mr Slade referred to ~ the change of though! during recent || year.- with respect to a wife's position. There was a time, he said, when ti woman was looked upon as a chattel, and up to quite recently' the marriage service provided for a woman to "obey " her husband. Now, however, Dial had been changed, and we regarded married life as .-, Mate in whi.li ■'' '"•<" and his wife wen*joined together to mutually help ,„„. another : " i ' l ""'keeuch other happy. He hoped •""I frosted that thi> would be the outcome of the union they had celebrated that day. Mr Slade -aid he believed 'lie most serious defect in on, lif„ 0 f to-day was the lack of religion in the home life ~„,! i n ali OUr re}alJo „ B ]l( , urged al! to put (Jod first in their live:,, and concluded by wishing the newlymarried couple long 1,;,. | la ,,pi„ f; ss and prosperity. The toast wa- drunk with rausica , honours with muc h enthuHianm. The bridegroom fittingly responded. The t.0.-,,f. of the bridesmaids and the. bride and bridegroom's parent,, were also 'luly banoured. In speaking to the toast of the bride's parent*, Mr V\iren, of Wellington, said Mr and Mr- Windley were splendid specimen, ol New Zealand's old -ettterh. Mr Windley had take, „ , ea<Jing pftrf fa local politics and in most good object*, and his good wife bad ably backed „;,,, up in hi- efforts. The family were »-no,n for their many good qualities, and the bridegroom had drawn a prize. . Mr WjndJey heartily thanked Mr Wiren for his remarks and the guest* for the .-.-ay they had honoured Mrs Windley and himself. He felieiotaOy remarked that Mrs Windley exercised a great deal more power in Te Horo than he did. He had had difficulty ; B persuading enough people to awemble together to form a quorum for a school committee, wbifc recently hi. good Wife had roused out half Te'lJofo to search for the speaker when b« w a , IMt in the bash. The happy eonple left by that np tra;n< aatMst te _ era of confetti and rice, for the hottermoon, which will be n «„t af Te* .Prymottth. The goicg ■■'% eostume w« of !:i £ lfr blaek ' < tat with mk h&nil aß ,j pink flwren _ roe pre*eot» received were ntuaeron, uneful and valuable. Mr and Mrs Crawford will ,^ k ,. tt „ 7"':T\:' Mr" -;- ..tr,ti hm resided M Te Horo praefieaDy a u faer life, and h a ,. provj 0M w the mo*t popular yoong ia tbt . Hh, * s ,i hhr kn^nd "•Ith th„, . hl: g. JM 0? ,'" ot {Tl ™' h throughout the estire fetmt, ~hh Wo(ra the -Oteki jjsiJ" msbes to jois.