WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LI, Issue 43, 15 October 1924, Page 41

WEDDING BELLS

DARBY— D. At St. Mary's Church, Manchester Street, Christchurch, on August 27, in the presence of a large number of friends and well-wishers, the marriage was solemnised of Thomas, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Darby, Dean Street, and Margaret (Peggy), youngest daughter of Mrs. M. Ford, Bishop Street, St. Albans, Christ-church. ' Rev. Father O'Connell, S.M., assisted by the Rev. Father Kerley, S.M., and the Rev. Father O'Meeghan, officiated and celebrated Nuptial Mass. Miss Katie O'Connor was organist for the occasion; Mr. Martin Darby was his brother's best man, and Mr. T. Ford was groomsman. The bride, who was escorted by her brother, Mr. P. G. Ford, wore a beautiful dress of ivory French chiffon, embossed with silver. The low waist line was defined with loops of pearls, caught at the side with a handsome pearl ornament, and the long sleeves were of ivory georgette. From the shoulders fell a. square train of silver lace, lined with ivory georgette and finished with an embroidered pearl horse-shoe. The filmy tulle bridal veil fell from a light coronet of pearls, and her bouquet was of daisies, white sweet peas and maiden-hair fern. The bridesmaids were Miss Eileen Ford, the bride's sister, and Miss Molly Darby, the bridegroom's sister. Miss Ford wore a charming frock of shrimp pink georgette, with three tiered skirt, and narrow side panels of plisse georgette, and graceful angelsleeves. Her becoming hat of grey georgette and lace had a. wide drooping brim, and was trimmed with vari-colored flowers and ears of wheat, and she carried a bouquet of pastel tinted flowers. Miss Molly Darby's frock of heliotrope georgette had a tiered skirt of knife-pleated georgette with inlet side-panels of silver lace, and a girdle of narrow silver ribbon. Her pretty hat of heliotrope georgette and silver lace and her bouquet of heliotrope and cream flowers exactly matched her frock. Marie Toner, the bride's niece, in a powder blue frilled georgette frock and hat to match, was a dainty little train-bearer, Immediately after the ceremony at the church, Mrs. Ford held a reception in the private drawing-room at Ballantyne's. Rev. Father O'Connell, presided, and the usual toasts were honored. When the newly-wedded couple, left for their honeymoon, which, was spent in the North Island, the bride wore a fawn garbicord costume, piped with green, a red fox stole, and a fawn hat with touches of green and tan. ❖❖❖ HIBERNIAN SOCIETY ST. JOSEPH'S BRANCH, DUNEDTN. The usual fortnightly meeting of St. Joseph's branch (No. 73) of the H.A.C.B. Society, was held on the 30th ult., the president (Bro. R. A. Simpson) presided, and there was a large attendance of members. The sick visitors (Bros. A. Berland, W. Simpson, and T. Hughes) handed in their report, and sick pay was passed for payment. Three new members were elected and two candidates proposed for membership. It was decided to invite the members of St. Joseph's Ladies Club to a social evening on October 14, at which a large attendance of members of the branch is expected. An invitation from the All Saints' Club to a social evening was received and accepted. The president, on behalf of the social committee, -announced that the sale of tickets for the society's social had been so extensive as to necessitate the engaging of a larger hall, hence Victoria Hall had been secured in place of the Overseas Club rooms. The social is to be held on Thursday October 23.