GOLDEN WADDING
MR AND MRS JOHN INGHAM.
METHODISTS PAY TRIBUTE.
The golden wedding of Mr and Mrs John Ingham was celebrated in a fitting manner in Te Awamutu yesterday.
Mr John Nelson Ingham and Miss 'Ellen Jane Calthorpe were married in the Bilsly Parish Church on 17th May, 1870, the officiating clergyman being the Rev. C. Mason, since deceased.
Services of rejoicing and commemoration were held by Rev. S. Henderson in the Te Awamutu Methodist Church yesterday, when the aged couple joined in the ceremony. There were many friends of Mr and Mrs Ingham present. Mesdames McGechie and Henderson acted as bridesmaids, ftnd Mr B. McGechie was " best man."
After the service, which consisted of devotions and hymns, the Rev. Mr Henderson briefly spoke of the privilege of fifty years of married life, and congratulated the couple.
Miss Henderson played the Wedding March. Lunch was served in the schoolroom, and there an address was given by Mr Bridgman. On behalf of the congregation Mr and Mrs Ingham were presented with, a cake stand and an easy chair as a token of appreciation.
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Waipa Post, Volume XII, Issue 943, 18 May 1920, Page 4
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182GOLDEN WADDING Waipa Post, Volume XII, Issue 943, 18 May 1920, Page 4
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