WEDDING.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9115, 7 April 1908, Page 2

WEDDING.

On Thursday, the 2nd April, a matrimonial event of more than usual interest was solemnised at St. Thomas’ Church. Sanson, by the Rev. Wilson, Yicar of Rongotea. The contracting parties were Mr Prank Poppo, of Mar ton, and Miss Avis Frecklington, eldest daughter of Mr JohnFrecklington, of “Homewood,” Ohakea. Long before the time appointed for the ceremony the church was filled to overflowing with friends and relations of the respective families. The bride, who was attired in a handsome brown cloth tailor-made costume with hat to match, was escorted to the altar by her father, and was attended by Miss Poppe, sister of the bridegroom, and by her sisters, Misses Yera and Hina. The former was dressed in a tailor-made navy blue costume with hat to match, and the latter wore brown velvet frocks and cream hats. The bride and chief bridesmaid each carried white prayer books, while the younger atendants carried handsome bridal bouquets. The bridegroom was supported by his brother Arthur, in the capacity of best man. His present to the bride was a beautiful pearl pendant, and to the bridesmaids gold brooches of neat design. In the unavoidable absence of the church organist, Mr Williams, his duties were admirably executed by his daughter, Mrs Geertson, of Rongotea. On the completion of the ceremony at the church a long procession of carriages wended their way to “Homewood,” the residence of the bride’s parents at Ohakea, where preparations had been made on an extensive scale for the reception and entertainment of guests, numbering at least two hundred. The wedding breakfast was laid out in a large marquee on the lawn, where the bounteous hospitality of the hosts was partaken of. The usual toasts were honoured and re-

sponded to. While proposing the health of the bride and bridegroom, the Rev. Wilson, referring to the wedding he had celebrated, reniarked that he had not only joined man and wife, but that he had been instrumental in welding a fraternal link between two old and highly respected families of different counties, and the large gathering was representative of the oldest families in the Manawatu and Raugitikei districts. The health of the hosts was

ably proposed by Mr J. A. Bailey, who made eulogistic references to " the sterling qualities of the Freeh - lington family, whose assistance has always been forthcoming in every movement calculated to promote the progress of the district. He sincerely hoped that Mr Frecklington, sen., would yet be spared many years in the midst of the family of four generations bearing his name in Ohakea. It would be impossible to describe the long list of useful and costly wedding presents, suffice it to say that the articles embraced almost every serviceable and ornamental requirement of a newly-wedded couple. A number of cheques and notes made provision for anything that might have been overlooked. The honeymoon will be spent at Napier, and on their return the happy couple will reside on their farm at Pukepapa, Marion.