The Western Times – Exeter Friday 06 Nov 1936
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WEDDING ARCH OF BADMINTON RACKETS
Popular Whipton Sports Couple Married
Mr. William CREES and Miss Ruth COLE
An arch of badminton racquets was formed by some of the members of the Whipton Institute Badminton Club, of which both the bride and bridegroom are members, outside the porch of All Saints' Church, Whipton, on Saturday, when Miss Ruth COLE and Mr. William CREES were married there. The bride is the only daughter of Mr. E. J. COLE, of Whipton, and the bridegroom the eldest son of Mrs. CREES, of Whipton, and the late Mr. W. CREES. Rev. C. G. POWELL, curate of Heavitree parish, performed the ceremony, and Miss HARE was at the organ, rendering bridal music, including Scotson Clarke's “Chorus of Angels,” and “Bridal Procession in D flat,” by Guilmont, as the congregation assembled, the “Bridal Chorus” from “Lohengrin,” on the arrival of the bride, and Mendelssohn's Wedding March as the bridal party left the church after the ceremony.
Miss COLE, who was given away by her father, wore a smartly tailored frock of navy blue wool georgette, with pleated frills of white organdie relieving the corsage, and an elbow-length cape of navy blue wool georgette, and navy blue suede shoes and white kid gloves. Her tiny navy blue felt hat was trimmed with stitched circles of white kid and navy felt, outstanding at the front, and a navy blue eye-veil. Her bouquet was a sheaf of white chrysanthemums and springerii fern, tied with white ribbons. Miss Margaret MARDON, the only bridesmaid, wore a tailored terra cotta wool georgette frock, relieved by a Chinese collar of silver lame at the shirred neckline, and worn with a small, pointed-crowned hat of the terra cotta wool georgette. Tawny-bronze chrysanthemums and springerii fern composed her bouquet, and her gift from the bridegroom was a grey leather handbag. The bridegroom, who is a member of the accountancy department of the Western Times Co., Ltd., was accompanied by his brother, Mr. Colin CREES, as best man, and the ushers at the church were Mr. L. J. COLE (brother of the bride) and Mr. Edward NEWBERRY (the bridegroom's cousin).
The guests at the informal reception for members of the bride's and bridegroom's families, held at the Whipton Institute, were welcomed by Mrs. E. J. COLE (step-mother of the bride), who wore a gown of brown figured silk marocaine with a brown coat, collared with sable-dyed squirrel fur, and relieved by a corsage spray of carnations, and a brown velour hat, trimmed with a crystal buckle and an eye-veil. Mrs. CREES, the bridegroom's mother, was wearing a two-piece of navy blue figured silk, relieved by a corsage spray of carnations, and a blue velours hat.
Later in the day, Mr. and Mrs. W. CREES left for Brighton, where they are spending their honeymoon, the bride going away in a navy blue and grey diagonally-woven tweed coat, collared in caracul, worn with a dusty pink angora frock, and a navy blue felt hat, trimmed with blue and grey quills. Their numerous wedding presents included an oak dining-room clock to the bridegroom from the staff of the Western Times Co., Ltd., a mirror from the committee of the Whipton Institute, and a pair of pottery vases from the members of the Whipton Institute Badminton Club.