WEDDING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 August 1938, Page 8

WEDDING

PIKE—GUST. The marriage took place at Knox Presbyterian Church last evening of Miss Violet Victoria Gust, eldest daughter of Mr J. A. Gust and the late Mrs Gust, of Dunedin, and Mr Leonard Pike, fourth son of the late Mr and Mrs J. Pike, Te Whiti. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev John Davie and the service was fully choral. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a frock of leaf embossed silver lame made on regal lines, with a heart-shaped neckline, hand-embroidered in diamante, long, tight-fitting sleeves pointed over the hands, a slim-fitting skirt flaring into an oval train, with a tulle veil held in place by a capolin of celophane and orange blossom. She carried a shower bouquet of orchids, freesias, roses, carnations and fern.

The bridesmaids were Misses Mary and Doreen Gust, of Auckland, and Misses Marion Robinson and Edna Davidson. They were dressed alike in frocks of blossom pink with draped sleeves and bodices, sunray pleated skirts and wide silver lame corselet belts. Their pink circular veils, which were fastened to the head with topknots of gardenia, covered their faces. They wore Grecian sandals of silver lame and carried bouquets of violets, daphne and maidenhair fern. The best man,was Mr Keith Murray, and the groomsmen, Messrs W. A. Pike and R. Malcolm.

As the bride was leaving the church she was presented with a lucky silver ■ horseshoe by Brian Quale, a nephew of the bridegroom. The reception, which was held at the Te Ore Ore Meeting House, was attended by over 300 guests. It was the first pakeha function to be held there. The bridegroom, who is a wellknown benefactor among the Maoris, is acknowledged as a big rangatira, and the chiefs of various tribes from Gisborne, Otaki and other districts were among those present. The hostess was Mrs Len Phillips, who wore a pink georgette gown with sequin coat and hat to match and carried a bouquet of orchids. Several Maori chiefs were present in ceremonial dress. The wedding cake was beautifully decorated, with miniature horses massed on the top. The bride’s going away dress was a Priestley wool wine ensemble, with wine silk velvet, revers and cravats, with a peach bloom hat to tone and a set of natural- silver fox furs, the gift of the bridegroom.