WEDDING.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1921, Page 7

WEDDING.

O’NEILL—DOUGLAS.

A popular and pretty wedding took place at St. Joseph’s Church, Hawera, when Claude Frances, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Douglas, was married to Hugh P., second son of the late John O’Neill, of Belfast. The very Rev. Dean Power officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a simple, but effective gown, of ivory crepe-de-ehine and georgette, trimmed with silver and true lover’s of crystal beads. An embroidered tulle veil and orange blossoms were attached to a becoming Russian coronet. She carried a shower bouquet of roses,

crested cosmos and maiden hair fern. She was attended by her sister Linley, Doreen Cudby and Eva Wickliffe (Wellington), the latter both cousins of the bride, who wtore becoming frocks of eau-de-nil, heliotrophe and pink net, frilled to the waist and finished with black velvet belts and streamers, and carried a sheaf of flowers and also wore black tulle picture hats. Two tiny cousins, Irma King (Rona Bay) and Muriel Russell (Stratford), were flower girls, wearing dainty frilled frocks of lemon and shell pink net, and carrying baskets of flowers. All wore gold bangles, the gift of the bridegroom. Mr. Bruce Douglas (brother of the bride) was best man and Mr. Russell Wickliffe (Wellington), cousin, was groomsman. After the ceremony a reception was held at “Kai-Ora,” the residence of the bride’s parents, where a large number of guests were entertained in a marquee erected on the lawn. Mr. and Mrs. O’Neill afterwards left for Auckland amid showers of confetti and good wishes. The bride travelled in a smart costume of smoke velor cloth and becoming hat of Henna panne velvet and smoke fur.—Star.