WEDDINGS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 January 1940, Page 8

WEDDINGS

CLARIS—STEVENS. ‘My Prayer," beautifully sung by Mrs L. Truscott, greeted the bride, Zona Evelyn, daughter of Mr and Mrs E. Stevens, of Pahiatua. as she moved up the aisle of St Peter’s Church, Pahiatua. on the arm of her father on Tuesday evening. The bridegroom was Gordon Keith, son of Mr and Mrs W. H. J. Claris, of Wellington, and the ceremony was performed by the Rev K. F. Button.

. The bride was charming in a gown of cream satin and lace, with appliqued train. She wore a veil of cream Chantilly lace and carried a bouquet of lilies. The bridesmaids, Misses J. Stevens and M. Capes, wore frocks of primrose, satin-striped marquette, with juliette caps to match.

The bridegroom was attended by Messrs H. Kelly, of Levin, as best man, and Mr F. Orgias as groomsman. Messrs J. and C. Adams acted as ushers.

After the ceremony, the bride was presented by little Colleen Grady with a lucky horseshoe. A reception and dance at the Masonic Hall after the ceremony was attended by some seventy guests, from as far distant as Wellington, Woodville. Mas-, terton, Napier, Palmerston North and Taumarunui. The guests were received by Mr and Mrs Stevens, Mrs Stevens wearing midnight blue romaine. The wedding cake was made and presented by the bride’s aunt, Mrs T. Timms, of Napier. When Mr and Mrs G. K. Claris left to spend a honeymoon in Tauranga, the bride wore a dusky pink swagger coat with navy blue accessories.

LANE—HILLS. A very pretty wedding, and one of considerable interest to Carterton residents, took place at St Mark’s Church on Wednesday when Queenie Thelma Mavis, daughter of Mr and F. W. Hills, Kent Street, Carterton, was married to Ernest Cecil Lane, son of Mr and Mrs E. J. Lane, High Street, Carterton. The officiating clergyman was the Rev W. F. Stent and Mrs F. Bath presided at the organ. The church had been beautifully decorated by friends of the bride.

The bride, who entered the church escorted by her father, was attired in a fitting frock of slipper satin with Maltesd lace yoke and long-fitting sleeves to a point over the hands. Buttons to the hem of the frock finished the front, while a long sweeping, fish-tailed train ' finished with orange blossom across the divided ends formed the under-train to the beautiful silk net veil held in place by sprays of; orange blossom, the veil being lent by a friend of the bride. She carried a beautiful shower bouquet of cream carnations, roses, gladioli and maidenhair fern with long trailers to the hem of the frock.

The bridesmaids, Miss Edna Newbould arid Miss Thelma Lane (sister of the bridegroom) were attired alike in fitting frocks of mermaid blue with self net shoulder veils tipped with silver sequins.

Little Billy Worsfold capably carried out the duties of page boy, dressed in a white satin blouse and blackvelvet trousers.

Mr Athol Lane (brother of the bridegroom) was best man, while the duties of groomsman were carried out by Mr Crichton Deller.

On leaving the church the bride's grandmother, of Timaru, who is 84 years of age, presented her with a lucky horseshoe. The reception was held at the Parish Hall, where the bride’s mother, wearing a navy and white ensemble, with accessories and posy to tone, and the bridegroom’s mother, in a model frock of dahlia American sheer smartly trimmed with braid with navy hat and shoes and accessories to tone, received the guests, some being from Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, Palmerston North, Wellington, and the South Island. Mr P. L. Darke was toastmaster.

When Mr and Mrs Ernest Lane later left on a caravan tour of the North Island, the bride was wearing a smart navy ensemble with white blouse and accessories to tone. She carried a beautiful fur necklet, the gift of the bridegroom. The future residence will be in High Street, Carterton. The wedding day was the anniversary of the wedding of the bride's grandmother and mother, and there were present at the ceremony four generations of the family.