WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 29 February 1912, Page 36

WEDDING BELLS

- McGREAL—ROGERS. In St. Joseph’s Church, Otahuhu, on Tuesday, February 13, Mr. John | McGreal, son •• of Mr. Michael McGreal, of Manurewa, and Miss Elsie May Rogers, only daughter of Mr. Thomas Rogers, of Otahuhu, were united in the. bonds of Matrimony by Very Rev. Father Buckley, who celebrated the Nuptial Mass. The bride was given away by her father, Miss G. Thompson and Miss M. O’Connell (cousin of the bridegroom) being bridesmaids, while the bridegroom was attended by his brother, Mr. M. McGreal, as best man, and Mr. G. Rogers (brother of the bride) as groomsman. Miss M. McEvoy, who presided at the organ, played the ‘ Wedding March ’ as the bride entered and the bridal party left the church. The bride was beautifully attired in ivory white chafmeuse satin, veiled in ninon and trimmed with silk lace, and wore the usual veil and wreath of orange blossoms. The bridegroom’s present to the bride was a gold pendant, set with garnets and pearls, and to each of the bridesmaids a gold brooch of similar design. After the ceremony a large number of guests gathered in the Masonic Hall, where the wedding .breakfast was laid. Very Rev. Father Buckley, in proposing the toast of the bride and bridegroom, referred in complimentary terms. to the good qualities of both, and to the services' of Miss Rogers as choir organist, Vhich position she successfully filled for;several years. The happy couple left by the afternoon boat for Gisborne, where the honeymoon is being spent, taking with them the best wishes of a large circle of friends. ;