A HAWKE’S BAY WEDDING

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 33, 2 May 1927, Page 5

A HAWKE’S BAY WEDDING

HOPE—ORMOND A recent wedding which holds a great deal of interest throughout New Zealand was that of Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. I). Ormond, of Wallingford, Hawke’s Bay, ’:o Arthur Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hope, of Timaru. The ceremony was performed in the drawing-room at Wallingford, the Rev. Dean Mayne, Napier, officiating, assisted by the Rev. X). Brierley. The bride’s artistic gown was of quaint medieval style, of silver brocade, which was designed to fall almost to the ground, and lightly draped at one side, where the folds were caught with a large pearl ornament. The square-cut neck and closefitting sleeves were outlined in pearls; and from the shoulders fell the train of pink-tinted georgette lined with tiny silver tissue frills, and bordered at the end with brussels lace. The bridesmaids were Miss Sheila Ormond, the Misses Marjorie Nairn, Hastings, Margaret Tripp, Timaru, Margot Russell, Hastings, Bettie Williams, Atua, Katherine and Jacqueline Ormond and Antoinette Wilder, and two small maids, Audrey and Decima Ormond, whose escorts were the pages, Beau Wilder and Michael Ormond, in suits of beige panne velvet. The maids’ frocks were made alike, of mist blue souple satin, with crossover bodices and vests of tiny silver frills over pale pink georgette, the long sleeves being finished in the same way. The skirts were smocked and bordered with hems of the georgette, and the hats were of the same pink tint, each with a vivid rose at one side. Pink and blue flowers composed their bouquets, also the posies carried by the small maids. Mr. J. Acland, of Christchurch, the bridegroom’s cousin, was best man, and the groomsmen were Messrs. Charles Tripp, Timaru, Bernard Thomas, Chirstchurch, John Ormond, Harold Pinckney, Southland, IDenis Ormsby, Timaru, Neil Watson, Invercargill, and Bevan Williams, Atua. Guests from all parts of New Zealand were later entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Ormond. The latter wore a gown of sapphire blue chenille silk, banded in grey fur, and a hat of grey panne velvet, her bouquet being of cyclamen-shaded flowers. Mrs. Hope, the bridegroom’s mother, had chosen a gown of black taffeta finished with heavy silken fringe falling from the waist-line, and effective embroideries in pastel shades, her hat being also of black. The bride’s travelling frock was of navy crepe de chine lightly touched with silver grey beads and pipings of cerise, and was worn with a hat to tone, and a tailored coat of navy repp with collar of grey fur.