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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Weddings

Weddings, 1937

697 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 35

WEDDINGS Garner-Amos

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 3

Miss Eleanor Amos carried a large bouquet of hyacinths with her smart cream tunic suit at her marriage to Mr. Frank Garner at the Sacred Heart Church, Hamilton…

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Before Wedding Presentation at St. Philip's

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 13

At a concert in St. Philip's Presbyterian Church Hall last night a presentation was made to Miss Mavis Mellvenie and Mr. Ronald Newton on the…

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WEDDING Gay--Morrison

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 13

The wedding was quietly celebrated at Islington Congregational Church on Wednesday morning, between Edith Morrison, only daughter of Mrs. Z. Morrison,…

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After the Wedding

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 10

The top photograph shows the Duke and Ducness [?] Windsor, with meir Cairn terrier, in the grounds of the Caslle was serleonburg, where they are spending their honeymoon. Beiow is a reproduction of the Pryer Book used by the Rev. Anderton Jardine. The Duke has written on one of the leaves. "To the Rev. R…

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Trial Weddings of Slavs

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 15

Violent protests arc being made against the growing system of trial marriages in the villages and small towns of Yugoslavia…

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Bridesmaids in Gold Velvet Mayfield Wedding

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 7

Brilliantly colored bouquets carried by the bridesmaids at the marriage of Miss Eva May Stokes and Mr. Edward H. Ball were vivid notes in the…

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Golden Wedding

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 18

Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Skeham, of Mark's Point, met at their home on Tuesday to congratulate them on their 50th wedding anniversary…

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Performed Wedding First Woman in Australia ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 9

Mrs. Herbert Dean, the first woman in Australia granted permission to perform a wedding ceremony has died at Gawler aged 85. On the death of her husband…

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Woman's Realm Weddings Ball—Stokes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 15

St. Andrew's Church of England, Mayfield, was the setting for a pretty wedding on Saturday, when Millie Eva May, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs…

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Women's Section WEDDING White—Wood

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 2

Wearing a lovely gown of white bridal satin fashioned on moulded lines, with a long train, Miss Rose Wood was married to Mr. Cecil…

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Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Eades Gathering at Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 3

The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Eades, of "Park View," Devon-shire-street, West Maitland, was celebrated at a social evening, organised by…

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WEDDINGS Married at Wallsend

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 3

Satin veiled in angel skin lace was worn by Edna, daughter of Mrs. A. Woods, of Hamilton, and the late Mr. Woods, for her marriage to Arthur…

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WEDDING Ross—Heatley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 3

A flowing veil of cut tulle, lent by Mrs. U. Oates, was worn with a coronet of pearls by Miss Kathleen Mary Heatley, for her wedding to Mr. Bruce Dickenson…

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Of Interest to Women Bridesmaids in Blue NEWTON-McILVENIE WEDDING

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 3

Marlborough blue, one of the new Coronation shades, was worn by the bridesmaids at the marriage of Miss Mavis McIlvenie and Mr. Ronald…

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Wedding To-night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 3

The marriage of Sylvia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lambert, of Hamilton, to Mr. Frank Street, will be celebrated at the Wesley Church…

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WEDDING Hunt—Martin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1937 · page 10

A beautiful trained gown of silver lame made with a high cowl neckline, and tight-fitting sleeves, was worn by Thelma, only child of Mr. and Mrs. C. H…

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WEDDINGS Owen--Thompson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 5

Primrose and magnolia was the attractive colour scheme chosen for the frocking of the bride, and her attendants, at the wedding of Esther Thompson,…

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Of Interest to Women Shimmer Satin Bridal Gown Street-lambert Wedding

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 7

Large white lilies that decorated Wesley Church on Tuesday night made a picturesque background for the charming raiment of the bride…

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Parisian Bride Who Married a Ghost Strange Wedding May Prove The Profitable Kind

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 4

As if to prove the French proverb that "marriages are made in heaven and consummated on earth," there is in Paris to-day a "bride" who asserts that she married a ghost. This mystical marriage is not, however, as discouraging as…

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Woman's Realm Weddings Newton--Mcllvenie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 18

A gracefully-trained gown of ivory French cloque with a cowl of silver lame was worn by Miss Mavis Mellvenie for her marriage to Mr. Ronald Newton, in…

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