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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1940

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Old Friends Meet Again Leading Players in "Quiet Wedding"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 2

PLAYING in "Quiet Wedding," which will open at the Minerva Theatre on Thursday, is like old times for Yvonne Banvard and John Wood, for some time ago they played together in Miss Banvard's repertory company in Queensland…

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Charming S. Coast Wedding

Daily News · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 6

A pretty wedding was celebrated recently at Wollongong Methodist Church, when Miss Lillian Eunice Horler, only daughter of Mr. and…

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Fifty Doctors To Attend Wedding Of Two Medicos

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 9

TWO Sydney doctors, Dr. Sylvia Taylor and Dr. Geoffrey Vernon Mutton, will be married to-night at St. Mark's Church, Darling Point…

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Wedding At Vaucluse

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 8

Miss Mavis Foster has chosen St. Michael's Church, Vaucluse, for her wedding on January 20 with Mr. Walter Kuhl, only son of Mr. O. Kuhl, of…

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Pre-Wedding Party At Club

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 8

A pre-wedding party was held at Carl Thomas' Club last night in honor of Miss Anne Doyle and Dr. Denis Wightman, whose…

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To Attend Wedding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 7

MISS VIOLA DOUGLAS, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gillesme Douglas, of Brighton, Victoria, who has announced fier engagement to Mr…

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Wedding Bells Fowler—klippert

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 9

St. Johns Church, Parramatta, was chosen for the wedding, on December 23 of Miss Lily (Joyce) Klippert, elder daughter of Mr. R Klippert and the…

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Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Honeysett

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 9

To celebrate the fifth anniversary of their wedding Mr. and Mrs. Honeysett, of Parramatta entertained twenty friends at a party at the Log House,…

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First War Wedding At Hills

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 9

First war wedding with Hills District participants happened on December 23. when Lieutenant E. A. Wood. 2nd. 1st. Artillery…

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Weddings

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 12

THE marriage of Alleen, youngest daughter of Cr. E. J. Hardy and Mrs. Hardy, Wyndham Creek, Kyogle. to David, only son of Mr. and Mrs. T…

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Weddings. Cohn—lesnie

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 5

The marriage of Miss Irene Ellen Lesnie, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lesnie, of Vaucluse Sydney, to Mr, Mortimer L. Colin, son of Mr. and Mrs…

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Weddings. Towers—roone

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 11

Rev. Father James Bourke, M.S.C., performed the marriage of Miss Rita Roone and Mr. Cyril Towers at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Randwick, on…

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Weddings. Croft—churchill

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 29

Miss Hilary Churchill, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Churchill, of Merewether, was married on a recent Saturday to Mr. Kenneth Croft, eldest…

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Weddings. Murphy—crowley

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 13

A very pretty wedding was celebrated at St. Mary's Basilica on Thursday, December 28 last, when the members of two of Sydney's well-known Catholic families…

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Violinist and Dancer Meet Again:—last Night's Weddings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 16

VIVE LA FRANCE' was the toast of JEANNE GAUTIER, noted French violinist, and SERGE LIFAR, ballet chief of the Pans Opera and now with the Colonel W. de Basil's Ballet in Sydney, when they renewed acquaintance yesterday over an aperitif. Mademoiselle Gautier and Lifar gave a Debussy…

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Interstate Guests at Sydney Weddings. Lovely Bridal Gowns Worn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 16

There was special interest in weddings celebrated in Sydney yesterday. Forty doctors attended the wedding of Dr. Sylvia Taylor and Dr. Geoffrey Vernon Mutton, who graduated together from Sydney University, and there was interstate interest in the three other…

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Social and Personal. By Flying-boat to England.—Two Interesting Weddings Abroad. —Holidays in City and Country. Party in Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 19

Miss Marjorie Shine, of Vaucluse, is spending a holiday as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Garry, at Emerald Hill, Yass, where she will give a linen tea to-day in honour of…

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Silver Wedding

The Propeller · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carpenter, of Moon's Avenue, Lugarno, recently celebrated their silver wedding anniversary by entertaining over fifty…

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Local Weddings. Bull--davenport

The Propeller · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 7

The organist of Holy Trinity Church of England, Peakhurst, Miss Dulcie Margaret Davenport, was married at that church on Saturday…

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Pre-wedding Tea Party

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 8

A pre-wedding tea was given at the Pickwick Club yesterday afternoon by Miss Gladys Hart in honor of Miss Beryl David, who will marry Mr. Jack…

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