EECENT WEDDINGS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 78, 23 June 1927, Page 4

EECENT WEDDINGS

McConnell—smeed A pretty wedding took place at the Presbyterian Church, Tuakau, when Miss Hazel Smeed, third daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. W. Smeed, of Tuakau, was married to Mr. Nicholas McConnell, third son of Mr. W. and the late Mrs. McConnell, of Orini, Taupiri. Rev. Stuart officiated. The bride, who was given away by her brother, wore a charming gown of ivory crepe de chine and silver lace. She wore the orthodox veil and orange blossoms, and carried a beautiful shower bouquet. Her sister, Miss Olive Smeed, attended as bridesmaid, wearing a cyclamen crepe de chine frock, with silk net head-dress, and carried a bouquet to match. Mr. Hynes Fulton was best man. chapman—McConnell A very pretty wedding was solemnised in the Methodist Church, Ngaruawahia, when Winifred Renie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. McConnel, Ngaruawahia, was married to , Thomas Matthew, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, Ponsonby. Rev. Belshaw officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a charming frock of cream satin and overdress of georgette. The veil was held in placfc by a wreath of orange blossoms, and she carried a shower bouquet of roses, petunias and maiden-hair fern. The bridesmaids, Misses Bessie Pollock, Pukekohe, and Olive Watkinson, Ngaruawahia, wore apple green crepe de chine, and Jarvis McConnel .and Cissy Bowen wore mauve crepe de chine. They all carried bouquets to tone with their frocks. Little Gwen Menzies and Jack Foster were train-bearers, and wore cream satin. Mr. G. Riddell, Auckland, acted as best man, and Mr. T. Eddy, Ngaruawahia, as groomsman. MELDRUM—DODSON A wedding of great interest to members of the Mounted Rifles who saw service in Egypt and Palestine took place in Palmerston North, w r hen General William Meldrum, C. 8., C.M.G., D. 5.0., Stipendiary Magistrate at Greymouth, was married to Miss C. B. Dodson, eldest daughter of Mrs. L. R. Dodson, late of Greymouth. General Meldrum, it will be remembered, commanded the Mounted Rifles in Palestine and Egypt during the Great War. He was ever held in the highest esteem by men of all ranks, and was noted for the fine reputation he bore as a leader. A PRETTY WEDDING Stopes—Monteith St. Matthew’s Church was the setting for a dainty wedding on Monday morning when Elsye May Monteith, daughter of Mrs. M. Bennett, of Auckland, and the late M. G. J. Monteith, of Queensland, Australia, was married to Sydney John, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Stokes, of Auckland. Canon Grant Cowen performed the ceremony, and Mr. Philcox was organist. The bride looked charming in a blue crepe de chine frock over which was worn a wrap cloak of navy blue chiffon velour jersey cloth with rich brown collar and cuffs. Her hat was of royal blue chiffon velvet with a large pearl ornament. Her bouquet was a shower posy of violets and pansies. The* bride’s sister, Miss Elma Perreau Bennett, as bridesmaid, wore an almond green silk ensemble suit, a gold satin hat, with quaint green ornament and a brown fox fur. She carried a shower posy-bouquet of primroses and Iceland poppies. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. E. Monteith, the best man being Mr. David Selwyn Hyauiason. The bride’s mother, Mrs. Bennett, wore a midnight blue ensemble suit and burgundy velvet hat. The bridegroom’s mother wore a navy repp coat and brocaded cyclamen hat. A reception was held after the ceremony at the residence of the bride’s mother, 25 Malvern Road, Mt. Albert, the floral decorations being pink camellias and snowdrops. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes later left for Russell, the bride wearing a mauve repp ensemble costume, grey and mauve hat and large fox fur. To keep white art. silk vests a good colour, after washing put them in the copper on top of the other clothes and boil for about a quarter of an hour. Then take them oiit, rinse, and put them through blue-water (do not wash them this way if soda is used). Always darn socks and stockings on the right side. Done in this way, they are not apt to hurt the feet and the the mend is neater. A useful pad for dusting gramophone records can be made from a piece of velvet sewn up in the shape of a small bag and filled with scraps of knittingwool or soft material cut into tiny pieces.