WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 30 October 1919, Page 35

WEDDING BELLS

;* r ; - ST. PEARCE. ;- i: . : A wedding of special interest, as it was the first to take .'place at St. Anthony's - Church, Brooklyn, Wellington if (writes a correspondent), was that of Miss Dossie Pearce, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.. T Pearce, of Brooklyn, to Mr. Robert St. Clair, of Gisborne. Father Hoare officiated and also celebrated -the Nuptial Mass. The bride was given away by her father, and' Mr. -.Cyril Flaws was best man. The bride wore a handsomely-embroidered costume',of white silk and a pink georgette \ hat, 4 and carried :an ivory-bound prayer-book. The bridesmaid, Miss Leila Newton, wore a cream gaberdine r ,costume and black hat, and carried a 'pink shower bouquet. The choir of St. Anthony's sang hymns during the ceremony, and Mrs Monahan played the "Wedding March" as the bridal party, left the church. The church was prettily decorated by the girl friends of the bride. A reception was ;held subsequently at the Ponsonby Hall. Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair left later on for Christchurch. f.'