Hastings

New Zealand Tablet, 30 July 1908, Page 14

Hastings

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

July 18. '

The members of the local branch of the Hibernian Society received Communion in a "Body on Sunday last. There was a very large muster. -

The Young Men's Club are organising a social to be held in the Drill Hall on August 5, to raise funds towards the erection of a new hall. " •

A pleasing little ceremony took place at the Presbytery on - Sunday last, when Miss Lily Vickers was presented by. the members of the Sacred Heart choir with a beautiful dinner set to mark the occasion of her approaching marriage. In a happy speech, Rev. Father Quinn voiced the best wishes of the members for Miss Vickers's future happiness and prosperity. Mr. F. L. Vickers replied on behalf of his sister.

Prior to his departure for Auckland; Mr. T. F. O'Shea was presented by the members of the Ydung Men's Club with a pair of ebony-backed hair brushes as a small token of esteem and a slight recognition of the services he had to the club. Rev. Father Quinn made the presentation, and in doing so referred to the practical interest always taken by Mr. O'Shea in the welfare of the club, and his readiness at all times to assist in anything that went towards making it a success. Messrs. Donovan, Downing, and Gallagher endorsed what had been said by Father Quinri, and joined in wishing Mr. O'Shea prosperity in his new sphere of labor. Mr. O'Shea thanked the members for the kind motives which prompted them to make the presentation, and trusted that the club would prosper.

The Church of the. Sacred Heart was the scene of a pretty wedding on Tuesday last, when Miss Lily Vickers, second daughter of Mr. William Vickers, of Hastings, was united in the bonds of matrimony to Mr. James Cowan, eldest son of Mr. James Cowan, also of Hastings. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Quinn. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked charming in a tailor-made costume of creme serge with real lace vest, and a large Gainsborough hat trimmed with ostrich feathers, and carried a handsome prayer book, a present from Very Rev. Dean Smyth. Miss Tilly Vickers (sister) was bridesmaid, and" Mr. John Cowan (brother of the bridegroom) best man. The Wedding March was played by Mr. Robert Caulton as the bridal party leftthe church. At the conclusion of the ceremony a number of relatives and friends were "entertained at the residence of the bride's parents, where the health of Mr. and Mrs. Cowan was proposed by Rev. Father Quinn. The happy couple, who were the recipients of numerous messages and telegrams of congratulation, and a large number of useful and costly presents, subsequently left by motor car to spend their honeymoon in the south.