WEDDING.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8761, 12 March 1907, Page 3

WEDDING.

Gibson -Shannon

1 On Thursday afternoon last the 1 new Methodist Church at Waituua, suitabiv decorated for the occasiou, was filled by interested friends to witness a quiet but pretty wedding, the first within its walls, that of Mr J. T. Gibson, of Tnrakina, to Miss W. M. Shannon, of Waituna. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a becoming dress of brocaded silk taffeta, and handsome lace veil, with the usual orange blossoms, and carried a lovely shower bouquet of white asters and agapanthus. She also wore a gold bangle, the gift of tho bridegroom. The bridesmaids. Misses Lena, and Una Shannon, the bride’s sisters, wore dresses.of cream silk taffeta, tastefully designed and trimmed with lace and silk niching, and Leghorn picture hats. They carried shower bouquets of heliotrope asters and sweet peas, with" heliotrope streamers, and wore respectively a gold ring and gold ncckchain, gifts of the bridegroom. The bridegroom was accompanied by Messrs Athol and Arnold Shannon, brothers of the bride, as groomsmen. Tho ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. Canncll, of New Plymouth, assisted by tho Rev. O. E. Beocroft, of Feildiug, and, as usual on the occasion of the first marriage in the Church, the bride and bridegroam were presented with a handsomely bound Bible and Hymn Book, Mr Campliu making tho presentation on behalf of the Trustees of the Church. After the ceremony the guests were entertained at afternoon tea at the residence of the bride’s father, and later in the afternoon Mr and Mrs Gibson left for Foilding, en route for their now homo at Tnrakina, the bride wearing as travelling dross a neat tailor-made costume of dark grey tweed, with mauve hat. The goodwill and appreciation of relatives and friends expressed itself in a hearty send-off, and more substantially in a number of valuable presents, which included several cheques. Wo feel sure that the many friends of tho bride and bridegroom will join in tho hope expressed by those present that the wedding chiy, with its bright sunshine and peaceful close, may he a prophecy of their future life.