TE AWAMUTU WEDDING

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20739, 24 February 1939, Page 3

TE AWAMUTU WEDDING

KEELEY —CRUICKSHANK IVORY SATIN GOWN I A wedding of local interest was j solemnised at St. John's Anglican | Church, Te Awamutu, on Saturday i last, when Miss Mollie Kathleen j Cruickshank, cider daughter of Mr j and Mrs A. C. Cruickshank, was mar- i ried to Mr James Mason Keeley, eldest I son of Mr and Mrs J. Keeley, of j Leamington, Cambridge. The Rev. j Martin Sullivan performed the cere- ! mony and Mrs Sullivan presided at Lhe J organ. The service was fully choral, I the bride having been a member of j St. John’s Choir for many years. The | church was artistically decorated by j friends of the bride, the beautiful j floral wedding bell, made by Miss Boc.ket, being a special feature. ' The bride, who entered the church on lhe arm of her father, looked charming in a gown of ivory satin and silk net. The satin bodice had a Vshaped neckline finished with a spray of orange-blossom and the fitting sleeves, which formed points over either hand, were buttoned from wrist lo elbow. The silk net skirt was appliqued in satin in waterlily design and fell in graceful folds from a Vandyke yoke to form a fan-shaped train, making a charming base for her embroidered tulle veil, which was held in place with a coronet of orange blossom. Shi' carried an armlet bouquet of Easter lilies, tuberoses and carnations with a trail of sweet sultans. Tho Bridesmaid In attendance as bridesmaid was her sister, Miss Lorraine Cruickshank, who wore a frock of mauve ripple ninon over taffeta fashioned on Grecian lines, the front being shirred from neckline to hem. The waistline was encircled with Parma velvet pansies on a sash of ninon which fell to the hem of her frock. Her cap of velvet pansies, from which fell a shoulderlength veil of stiffened net Thrown back from her face, was tied at the back with velvet ribbon. She carried an armlet bouquet of gladioli and asters shaded from palest mauve to purple. Mr H. C. Renton, of Auckland, carried out the duties of best man and Mr M. Barnett and Mr E. F. Storey acted as ushers. Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the Commercial Hotel, Mrs Cruickshank receiving her guests in a model frock of navy suede crepe-de-chine patterned in shades of blue and red with a navy Baku hat. She carried a bouquet of roses, carnations and cornflowers in red and blue tonings. Mrs Keeley wore a frock of floral ercpc-de-ehine with a navy silk coat and a navy straw hat, and she car- [ ried a bouquet of pink roses and asters. Later Mr and Mrs J. M. Keeley left by car for the south, the bride travelling in a dusty-pink moss | crepe ensemble with navy accessories. They will make their future home in Auckland.