WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 22 July 1915, Page 13

WEDDING BELLS

- : ; MEXTED—SULLIVAN. - A wedding in which considerable interest was manifested took place at the Catholic Church, PaHiatua, on June 30. The happy couple were Mr. Harold Stephen Mexted, third son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Mexted, Pahiatua, and Miss Aileen Marion Sullivan, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Sullivan, Pahiatua. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked exceedingly well in a dress of white charmeuse, with.overdress of Brussels lace, and pearl trimmings, the court train being lined with pale pink. The veil formed' a mob cap, and she wore the usual orange blossoms. She carried a very handsome shower bouquet of freesias and maiden-hair fern, with white streamers. She was attended by Miss Emily Sullivan (chief bridesmaid) and Miss Gellateley, of Wanganui, both wearing pale pink crepe-de-chine dresses, trimmed with lace. They wore black velvet hats. Their shower bouquets were composed of pale pink chrysanthemums, with pink streamers. Two little flower girls, Kathleen and Agnes Sullivan, sisters of the bride, wore cream lace dresses, with pale' blue sashes, and pearl mob caps, each carrying baskets of flowers. Mr. W. J. Sullivan, brother of the bride, performed the duties of best man, and Mr. Gordon Mexted, brother of the bridegroom, was groomsman. The Rev. Father T. McKenna .officiated, and the service was fully choral, the bride being a member of the choir. The ceremony was witnessed by a very large number of relatives and friends. The church was very tastefully decorated with orange blossom and maiden-hair . fern, and in front of the altar were streamers of white ribbon. A large number of guests sat down to the wedding breakfast, provided at the Foresters' Hall. Several felicitous speeches were made, and the toast of the happy couple, as also that of their parents, was honored with enthusiasm. The tables were excellently decorated, a feature of the same being a floral wedding bell with orange blossom and maidenhair ferns. . The - honeymoon was spent in a tour of the North Island. The bride's travelling dress was a tailor-made navy blue costume, with hat of violet velvet, military shape, and white lancer plume. Many handsome and valuable presents were received by the young couple. The gifts included several cheques. . The bridegroom's present to the bride was a diamond dress ring, to the bridesmaids gold pearl pendants, and to the (lower girls gold brooches. The bride's present to the bridegroom was a leather suit-case.