WEDDING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 February 1939, Page 10

WEDDING

BUCHAN—HIRST. St. Matthew’s Church was the scene of a very pretty wedding on Tuesday morning, when Hazel Vera, second daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Hirst, was married to Alexander Donald, eldest son of Mrs W. Boswell and the late Mr W. Buchan. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. E. J. Rich and Mr Miller Hope officiated at the organ.

The bride, who was escorted by her father, wore a beautiful gown of ivory faille made with a rucked bodice and heart-shaped neckline, the sleeves pleated at the shoulders, forming a point over the hand. The skirt was fully flared from the waistline and fell to a long circular train caught with sprays of orange blossom. Her embroidered tulle veil was arranged from a coronet of orange blossom buds and she carried a shower bouquet of cream roses, carnations and gladioli. Her only ornament was a triple string of Richlieu pearls, the gift of the bridegroom. The two bridesmaids, Miss Doreen Hirst and Miss Marjorie Christie and the two little flower girls, Beulah and Valma Hirst, were all dressed alike in frocks of the same ivory faille as the bride’s gown. The frocks were made with rucked bodices and heart-shaped necklines and short puffed sleeves, the very widely-flared skirts being banded at the hemline with six rows of piping. This corded trimming was repeated at the neckline and on the sleeves. Quaint ivory faille bonnets were worn, with heart-shaped brims underlined with cherry georgette. The bcnnets were trimmed with a garland of cherry flowers and tied under the chin with streamers of cherry cire ribbon. Cherry-coloured shoes and trailer bouquets of carnations completed a charming ensemble. They all wore strings of Richlieu pearls, the gifts of the bridegroom.

The best man was Mr Alan Beiliss, and the duties of groomsmen were carried out by Mr Alec Hirst (brother of the bride).

During the signing of the register, “Ave Maria” (Bach-Gouner) was-sung by Miss Beulah Hirst. As the bride left the church she was presented with a silver horseshoe by little Jacqueline Wallace, niece of the bride, and also with a floral horseshoe by her cousin, Miss Florence Smith.

After the ceremony the guests wqre entertained at a reception at “Nymphsfield,” the home of the bride’s parents, where the usual toasts were honoured. Mrs Hirst received her guests wearing a model gown of navy blue triple georgette, heavily embroidered in gold thread, a navy Baku straw hat with a veil, and she wore a shoulder spray of gold gladioli and fern. Mrs Boswell. the mother of the bridegroom, wore a black and white costume with a hat to match and her shoulder spray was of cream flowers and fern. Later the bride and bridegroom left for the north, where their honeymoon will be spent, the bride wearing a smart costume of amber gold with a London tan blouse and accessories. Her hat -was of matching felt with a scarf trim of London tan.

Mr and Mrs Buchan’s future home swill be in Masterton.