WEDDING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXI, Issue LXI, 26 January 1911, Page 5

WEDDING.

The large attendance at the Methodist Church, Hawera, on Wednesday afternoon, bore ample testimony as to the interest taken in the marriage of Mr George Walter Reed, Jts. Com., F.I.A. (N.Z.), and manager of the International School of Correspondence in New Zealand, the youngest son of MrJohn Reid, of Wellington, to Miss Constance Taiaroa Strack, 8.A., daughter of Mr C. A. Strack, J.P., headmaster of the Hawera District High School. The Rev. Mr Boys was the officiating minister. A strong choir was in attendance under Mr Hutchens. Some pretty floral decorations had been arranged near the altar and along the choir portion of the Church. As the bride-elect entered Mr Morshead played Lohengrin's "Bridal March. The <&oit _sang "The Voice that Breathed ocr Eden," and the ceremony was then proceeded with. The bride, who looked charming, was given away by her lather. Her dress was of creme chiffon taffeta, with pearl and passementerie trimming; she also wore a handsome yeil embroidered in Limerick lace, j and the usual orange blossoms ThA j bride carried a beautiful shower bouquet. Her gift from the bridegroom was a turquoise ring The bridesmaids were Miss Riti strack. sister of the bride, Miss Jessie Gordon (Wanganui), and Eileen Boys. lne chief bridesmaids (Misses Sfcraek and Gordon) wore pale pink crepe de chine, tunic skirts trimmed with vieux rose silk, passementerie trimming and silk lace. Each carried white shower bonqiiets. Eileen Boys had on a creme silk frock with touches of pink, and carried a crook of flowers. The bridegroom s gifts were an opal brooch to : Miss. Strack, a blue enamel pendant and bangle to Miss Gordon, and a o-oM wish-bone brooch to Eileen Boys ° \ little cousin of the bride, Fergus Do^' was a page in a creme 'Varsity suit Mr J. B. Reid, brother of the" bridegroom, was best man, and Mr F N Mansfield was .groomsman. After the usual formalities had been complied with the bridal party left the church to the strains of Mendelssohn's -Weeding March," whilst an avenue of people out to the vehicles along the street rained confetti on them Among the relatives present were Mrs Strack (mother of the bride), dressed in a black tailor-made coat and skirt, relieved with creme and black silk braid, also black and white toque of tulle and jet; Mrs Reid (mother of the oridegroom) in black silk chiffon taffeta trimmed with creme lace, and toque of black crinoline with tulle and Pink flowers; Mrs Bradley (sister of bridegroom), pa l e blue silk chiffon tafreta, pearl trimming and lace hat of cream crinoline straw, with blue and |»nk sweet peas; Miss .Reid, pale pint mnon, trimmed with cream lace, hat or cream crinoline strain, pink and bW ofiwers with black ribbon velvet £ number of guests carried boucraets made by Miss A. Neill, o f InveS-11l Congratulatory cable messages and many telegrams were received? the former being from relatives of the bride in America and Australia AT q1^ 06?* 1011 ™ afterwards held P f Mr Strack's residence, where a laral. number of guests were present Ampit accommodation had been provide? o® ed or Vfr ha^S^en erected tor the bridal party and prettily TW TJSs aok t a.? d resPonded to by Mr Bert Reid; whilst that of "The Pot ents" of both bride and bri<Wnn™ ™ proposed by Mr E. Dixon Si r plied to by Mr Strack. The «Yeo~ rffit g" S^ ™*™ *&■ fo. »f:^ &*ss£*?% The honeymoon is to be spent ■- theJ newl- v-™rried couple left V, tram, there being a l-ancnorma-of well-wishers at the ,~vjav station. The bride's travell^ mea with pink. Paisley collar, la- - bines crinoline hat lined with pink : -" 1 tnniir.eci with wreath* of pink roses