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BRISBANE, Thursday. -Miss Phyllis Dangar Bell, only daughter of Mr. R. M. Bell, of Eskdale, a well known pastorallst, and of Mrs. Bell, was married to Lieutenant Geoffrey Peter Wills by Bishop H. H. Dixon at St. John's Cathedral to-day. The bridegroom Is the third son of the late Mr. C. P. Wills ond of Mrs. C. P. Wills, of Plymouth, England. He is attached to headquarters of the Northern Command. The Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson), accompanied by Lady Wilson, and attended by Captain A. O. S. Forrest, A.D.C., was among the 200 guests at the Cathedral, and later at Moreton Club, where the reception was held. Tall silver standard baskets of white lilies and gladioli, with touches of silver flax leaves, decorated the chancel. Guests' pews were marked with fans of pleated tulle caught with white flowers. The bride's four attendants, Misses Elizabeth Corbett Jones, of Sydney; Dorothea Walker, Janet Nelson, of Gab binbar Toowoomba, and Roslyn Dangar, of Sydney, were dressed alike in lily of the valley green tulle. Captain N. W. Lockyer was best man. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a floor-length frock of white Chantilly lace over stiffened lulle and taffetas. Her hem-length veil of French tulle was held to the head by a wreath of orange blossoms finished in front with a circular cluster, and she carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley tied with silver ribbons. nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12439792

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She is carrying peonies. So it must be May. He looks much older that she does.

Call it May-December, then. ;-) This is Ethel, his second wife. Much younger, yet he outlived her. John Brisben Walker was the owner and editor of Cosmopolitan magazine for fifteen years, before he sold it to William Randolph Hearst in 1905. He also was an early investor in the automobile industry, and owned the Locomobile company, and had production rights in the Stanley Steamer. More: www.co.jefferson.co.us/jeffco/openspace_uploads/mount_fal...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brisben_Walker

I'm J.B. Walker's first cousin, 4x removed!

John Brisben Walker was my great-grandfather. Although this gentleman may be "J.B. Walker" it is not John Brisben Walker. I have family photos of him as an older man and he looks nothing like the gentleman in this photo. The woman doesn't look much like Ethel, his second wife, or Iris his third wife either.

Didn't mr. Flanagan have a phone or had he already left this premises?

Michiel2005 Would have thought he'd have had a phone. Will try some directories earlier than 1969...

Good sight of 60's.

I was working in the area around that time and I cannot for the life of me remember Flanagans. I exptec that the youngsters were either on their way to Aughrim Street to the church or to Stanhope street convent but I imagine that they were on their way from Stanhope St. As a long time admirer of the mini-skirt I would see nothing profane about them Stefano!

Swordscookie One of our Facebookers knows the Flanagans, and is checking their address at the time (the business is still on the go), but from memory, he thought it was Halston Street. However, Halston Street is so altered, it's impossible to tell - so we'll have to wait to hear from the Flanagans, still Cutler Engineers!