MORRINSVILLE WEDDING

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 957, 28 April 1930, Page 5

MORRINSVILLE WEDDING

BROWNIES FORM GUARD OF HONOUR WHITE—SMITH St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, llorrinsville, was the scene of the pretty wedding on Wednesday afternoon of Marjorie Grace, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Smith, of Page Street, Morrinsville, to Ronald Gilbert, youngest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. F. H. White, pioneer settler of Talruna. Canon 11. It. B. Gillespie officiated, and Mrs T. Cottingham played the wedding music. The church was decorated by the friends of the bride with white and gold flowers, and a large wedding bell was suspended by streamers over tlie bride and bridegroom. The bride Had been a Tawny Owl of the Morrinsville troop of Brownies, and the Cubs and Brownies, in uniform, lined the pathway to the church door. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a frock of white brocaded satin, with georgette overskirt, with uneven hemline, trimmed with silver thread and pearls. The veil of tulle was embroidered at the edges, and was held in place with sprays of orange blossoms. Tier bouquet teas

of white roses, chrysanthemums, and carnations, with silver leaves. The bridesmaid, Miss Kathleen Smith, wore a frock of green georgette with uneven hemline, and a hat of lemon-coloured straw trimmed with flowers to tone, and she carried a bouquet of chrysanthemums and roses in shades of lemon and pink. In attendance on the bridegroom as best man was Mr. S. Jolly, of Auckland. After the wedding the guests were entertained at the wedding breakfast in the Masonic Hall. Mrs. Smith was wearing a frock of navy crepe satin trimmed with beige, and fawn hat with velvet flowers, and she carried a bouquet of autumn-tinted chrysanthemums and zinnias. Mrs. White was wearing a frock of black crepe satin relieved with fawn georgette, with hat in shades of brown and gold. Her bouquet was of mauve and pink chrysanthemums, asters, and stocks. In the evening friends of the bride and bridegroom were entertained at a dance in the Masonic Hall. The Morrinsville Brownie Troop recently made a presentation of a handsome vase to the bride. Miss Smith had also been Cub mistress, and the Cubs gave her a pretty casket. Leicester's first policewoman has been sworn in. The potato contains 78 per cent, of water".