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ECCLES — McNAULTYA pretty wedding took place at Dromore on Wednesday, June 26th, at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Me-Anulty, when their only, daughter, Dorothy Myrtle, was married to John Orval Eccles, son of Mr and Mrs. John Eccles. Rev. Horace Kaye officiated amid a setting of peonies, roses and orange blossoms. Mrs Wilfred Renwick played the wedding march. The soloist was Mrs. Allan Hastie, both aunts of the groom..The bride looked charming in a floor-length gown of forget-me-not blue taffeta and carried an arm bouquet of carnations and fern. Her cousin, Miss Marion Hodgkinson was bridesmaid, and wore a floor length gown of rose sheer and carried an arm bouquet of pink peonies and fern. Reta Courvoisier, cousin of the bride, Helen Renwick and Irene Eccles, cousin and sister of the groom, made three pretty flowergirls dressed in pink and blue and carried nosegays of peonies, buds and orange blossoms. Mr. Lome Eccles was groomsman. The bride's mother re-ceived the guests in a gown of queens blue' sheer and Mrs Eccles wore blue lace. The groom’s gift to the bride was a beautiful string of pearls; to the flower girls, necklaces; to the bridesmaid and groomsman, photos.After the wedding ceremony, a lovely luncheon was served to about fifty invited guests. The dining table was centred by a lovely three storey wedding cake, the gift of Mrs J. McMurdo. Afterwards the bridal party left amid a shower of confetti the bride travelling in a rose frock, a copen blue coat and hat with whiteaccessories.«• %Their honeymoon was spent in Galt, Toronto, Lake Simcoe and other points.Before the bride's marriage, a miscellaneous shower was given by her many friends at the home of Mrs. Gordon Henderson, where she received many useful gifts.
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Durham Review
Durham, Ontario, CA
Thu, Jul 11, 1940
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