- AN EVENING WEDDING
Landsberg-Cooper.
On Wednesday evening the wedding of Dorothy Gertrude, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cooper, Margaret street, and Francis Holt, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Landsberg, Canning street, was solemnised at the Baptist Tabernacle. The Rev. C. E. Luton* officiated. The Church was prettily decorated by girl friends of the bride. Miss M. Scott presided at the organ.
The bride, who was given away by her father, wore an Ivory crepe de Chine frock made in the latest fash ion, a pretty shell pink Brussels net veil completed the costume (the veil being lent by her cousin, Mrs. F. Lauga). She carried a bouquet of arum lilies and stephanotis. Her bridesmaids were Misses Ella Cooper and Hilda Bosomworth. The chief bridesmaid (Miss Ella Cooper) wore lemon crepe de Chine, and Miss Hilda Bosomworth chose pink summer silk. They wore bandeaux of tulle and carried bouquets of roses to match.
Mr. N. F. Landsberg (cousin of the bridegroom) carried out the duties of beat man, and Mr. Douglas Cooper (brother of the bride) was groomsman.
The wedding breakfast was held at the residence of the bride's parents, Mrs. Cooper received the guests, wearing a floral silk Carliste frock with mastic trimmings and a mastic hat to tone. She carried a bouquet of red roses.
The bridal couple left later by car for the seaside, where the honeymoon will be spent. The bride's travelling frock was of floral silk carlora with a coat to match. She wore a large pink crinoline hat.
Among the numerous presents was a presentation to the bridal couple by the teachers of the Baptist Tabernacle where they have both taught for a number of years.
The bouquets were made by Miss Costello.
AN EVENING WEDDING. (1931, October 19). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved September 27, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54702523
*Charles Luton's first posting in Australia was at Rosalie Baptist Church, Brisbane. He came to Queensland in 1921 a radically changed man after having served a year in prison for stealing as a servant of the Crown. As well as his pastoral work in Brisbane, Gympie and Rockhampton, he ministered to prisoners in those places.
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