Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 05 April 1941
Technical School Principal Weds
Mr. Matthew Clark, principal of the Mexborough Schofield Technical Institute, of 48, Adwick Road, Mexborough, was married yesterday at Mexborough Parish Church to Nurse Kathleen Mary Whitehouse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Whitehouse, of 12, Harlington Road, Mexborough.
The service was conducted by the Vicar, the Rev. E. H. P. Rawlins. and the hymn ” The Voice that breathed o’er Eden.” was accompanied on the organ by Mr. L. Fletcher, who also played the “Wedding March” from Lohengrin.
The bride was given away by her brother. She wore a charming ensemble in rose dawn marocain comprising an edge-to-edge coat with a tie belt and a dress of the same material with a shirred bodice. Her hat was of n—-r brown felt with a short veil and she wore brown suede court shoes, brown net gloves, and a spray of flame coloured Madame Butterfly roses.
She was attended by Miss Doris Whitehouse who wore a fawn coloured tweed suit with nigger brown accessories and a spray of deep pink carnations. Miss Whitehouse received a black suede handbag from the bridegroom. On leaving church the bride was presented with a silver horseshoe by Joy Wynn. Mr .Francis Davies, of Dinnington, was best-man, the groomsman was Mr. Kenneth Wynn, and Mr. J. Jones and Mr. J. Snelgrove were ushers.
A reception was held at St Aidan’s Hall, after which Mr. and Mrs. Clark left for St. Anne’s for their honeymoon. The bride travelled in a fawn costume with brown and green accessories. The bride’s mother wore a gown of rose coloured silk under a grey coat with a hat to match and a spray of carnations.
The bride has been nurse in charge of the Schofield Technical First Aid Post. Among the numerous wedding gifts was a large cut glass fruit bowl from the staff of the First Aid Post, presented by Dr. I. Campbell and cutlery, a silver butter dish and a silver toast rack from the staff of the Technical Institute.
On Wednesday at the Institute Mr. Clark was presented with two gifts by his students to mark the occasion of his marriage. He received a Pyrex dish from the girls and a silver cruet from the boys. Making the presentations the pupils expressed their best wishes. Mr. Clark made a short speech of thanks and appreciation which was loudly applauded and received with musical honours by the pupils.
The Institute’s recorder band then struck up the “Wedding March.”