WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3, 18 January 1906, Page 13

WEDDING BELLS

YENNING— KENT. •(Prom our Timaru correspondent.) A pretty double wedding was solemnised lin St. Patrick's Church, Waimate, on Tuesday, January 9, when two highly respected and popular young ladies of that parish, the Misses Lucy and Elizabeth Kent, second and thud eldest daughters of Mrs. Kent, of ' Glenbane ' Michael street, were joined in Matrimony to Messrs. John and Edward Yenning, first and third eldest sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. Venmng, ' Roslyn,' Timaru. The ceremony commenced at nine o'clock in the presence of a very large number of relatives, friends, and wellwishers oi the happy couples, Rev. Father Charles \ enning (brother of the grooms) officiated, assisted by Rev. fathers Tubman, Kegnault, and O'Connor. In a short 'address he congratulated the young couples on the step they were taking, reminded them of the similarity of their union to that of Christ with His Church, and then before concluding reterred to his own personal lintorest in the ceremony. The Dimes, who looked charming in beautiful white silk dresses and veils with orange blossoms were given away by their brothers, Messrs. John Charles and James Francis Kent. The bridesmaids were Miss Mary Kent and Miss Mary Yenning, and Mss Caroline Kent and Miss Zeta Yenning, and Misses Dorothy and Annie Delahunt acted as flower girls. After the celebration of the Nuptial Mass the Wedding March was played by the organist as the happy couples left the chinch for the residence of the brides' mother, where the wedding breakfast was laid. Some seventy guests sat down to the well-provided tables. Rev. Father Regnault presided, and proposed the health of the 1 Bifides and Bridegrooms. 1 He said that by the marriage two of the best and most Christian families in South Canterbury were united. Waimate had no reason to rejoice in losing two of Us best young ladies, who were indefatigable in all Church work, and zealous and regular attendants in the choir. It was over sixteen years since he first met the brides he now saw before him, and even then they gave promise of that noble Catholic womanhood into which they had since developed. Mr. W. Evans, of Timaiu, and late chairman of the Timaru Harbour Board, said that he was not long acquainted with the brides, but the bridegrooms he knew well ; they were two of the most straightforward and conscientious young men he had ever come across, and had been in his employ since they left school. Mr. and Mrs. Yenning were old fiiends of his, and exemplary people they were. Mr. Yenning had worked with him for the past 30 years, and he sincerely hoped that his sons would ever keep before them the fine example set by their parents. Rev. Father Tubman proposed the toast of the l Parents,' and referred to them as examples of true Christians This toast was seconded by Rev. Father Regnault,' and replied to by Mr. Yenning, senr., and on behalf of Mrs. .Kent, by Mr. M. J. Brennan, of Opunake (uncle of the bridegrooms), and Mr. J. Charles Kent.v During the day and evening scores of telegrams arrived felicitating the happy couples. At two o'clock the whole party, in five vehicles, went for a short drive up the Gorge, and the day being a particularly pleasant one, the outing was thoroughly appreciated. On leturning afternoon tea was dispensed, and theii the happy couples were driven to Studholme, and given a right royal send-off by the whole party as they left for their honeymoon by the express, Mr and Mrs. J. Yenning going to Christchurch and Akaroa, and Mr. and Mrs. E. Yenning to Dunedin. In the evening quite a large number of guests were entertained at a social evening in St. August\ine's Hall, the firstclass music being supplied by the Misses Flynn and others, and a most enjoyable time was spent. It may be mentioned that Mr. W. Knight was best man, and Mr. S. Yenning groomsman to Mr. J. Yenning, and Mr. G. Yenning best man, and Mr. M. J. Doyle groomsman to Mr. E. Yenning. The weddings presents were very numerous and valuable.