WEDDING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 72, 22 February 1940, Page 11

WEDDING.

WALSH—LETT. A soldier’s wedding was celebrated at St. Patrick’s College, Silveretream, jon Saturday .afternoon last, when Pri- ! vate Sefton Patrick Walsh, of the 27th I Machine-Gun Reinforcements, Second Echelon, Trentham Camp, an old boy of the college, and the only son of Mr and Mrs J. A. Walsh, of Pahiatua, was married to Dulcie, daughter • of Mr and the late Mrs W. Lett, formerly' of Pahiatua, and now a resident of Levin. The marriage was solemnised in the chapel of the college, the celebrant being Rev. Father Jesse Kingan, an old friend of the bridegroom, assisted by Rev. Fathers Kennedy, rector of the coliege, and O’Leary. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, looked charming in a smartly tailored costume of white silk pique, worn with a shoulder spray of orange blossoms and a white halo hat. She carried ia beautiful white j)layer book. The bridesmaid, Miss Nola Price, of Palmerston North, wore a model frock of dove grey voile, and bat to tone. The best man, who also acted as master of ceremonies, was Corporal J. P. Hogan. As the happy couple, following the marriage ceremony, emerged from the stately building, a large number _of soldier • friends attached to the 27th .Machine-Gun Reinforcements formed a guard of honour at the college door and, with crossed bayonets flashing in the bright sunlight, made a very striking and imposing spectacle An adionrnment was then made to i one of the college reception rooms, | where Rev. Father Kingan proposed the. “health and future happiness of the bride and bridegroom,” which was drunk with musical honours. Later a reception was held. Corporal Hogan presiding. Numerous telegrams of congratulations were read by the chairman. The principal toast. “The Bride and Bridegroom,” was proposed by a ver.v old friend of the bridegroom. Mr G. A. Hansen, of Kaiparoro. Many other toasts were honoured. A capital musical programme had been arranged by the bridegroom’s soldier friends, and some stirring martial songs were sung. An outstanding feature of the musical entertainment was a new war song “Songs of the Anzaes.” written and composed b.v a member of the bridegroom’s company. Lance-Corporal H. E. Pike, and sung publicly for the first time. Showers of confetti smothered the bridal couple as they left by car for the Hawke’s Bay district, where the honeymoon is being spent.