Alice Muriel Edwards

Wedding

A wedding of considerable interest took place on September 4, in the presence of many fiends, when Miss Alice Muriel Honeyfield, youngest daughter of Mrs. Honeyfield, one of the oldest residents of the Patea district, was married to Mr. Herbert Hereward Edwards, of Stoke, Nelson, youngest, son of Mrs. Edwards, resident in London. The bride, who was given away by her eldest brother, Mr. C. R. Honeyfield, wore a white crepe de chine frock with full skirt, the soft folds of the bodice revealing a gold embroidered vest with shadowed touches of pale pink. A Brussels lace veil with sprays of orange blossoms completed her toilette. Three little nieces, the Misses Rosalind Honeyfield, Marjory Dymock (Taihape), and Alison Bradmore (Waverley), attended her. The chief bridesmaid was dressed in turquoise eolienne, with a mob cap of net and lace, and carried a basket of pale yellow primroses. The two little girls were in fine hailstone muslin and lace and mob caps, and carried crooks festooned with asparagus fern, white flowers, and violets. Mr. Edwards was supported by Mr. R. W. Hamerton as best man. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. N. S. Barnett, and Mrs. Stephenson played the organ. A feature of the church decorations was a large floral bell suspended from an arch of ivy leaves, under which the bride and bridegroom stood. Mrs. Honeyfield (the bride's mother) wore a tailormade costume of clerical grey, and purple silk toque trimmed with violets. She carried a bouquet of purple and heliotrope flowers. A reception was held at "Egmont View," the residence of the bride's mother, when the customary toasts were honoured, after which Mr. and Mrs. Edwards left by motor for Napier. The travelling costume was a dark blue gaberdine tailormade, with which was worn a black velour hat with lining and touches of saxe blue. The bridegroom's gift to the bride was a gold bracelet watch, and to the bridesmaids gold pearl brooches. The bride's gift to the bridegroom was a gold signet ring with the family crest engraved. The presents included a handsome entree dish and cream jug from the Nelson Plunket Society.

Source: Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 302, 10 September 1918, Page 2