Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-21
ANNOUNCE WEDDING
AND HOME
CEREMONY OF BECK MAR
RAGE LAST NIGHT.
Home of Or. Hancher in Mt. Pleasant
Scene Of Happy elimination of Ro-
mantle Gourtship-originaI cere-
mony Performed in Ottumwa.

The happy elimination of romantic
courtship, hasty wedding and two
years of separation, was the IAN
nolncement and home ceremony" Of
the wedding Of Burton Beck and Mrs.
Grace Hancher Beck at the home Of
the brides parents, DR.. and Mrs.
John W. Eancher in Mt. Pleasant last
night. The affair was a most impress
siye one, and was witnessed by a
large number of friends and relatives
of the young couple. The original
marriage ceremony was performed at
the home Of Dr. F. F. Stoltz in Ottum-
wa July 6, 1908.
The simple announcement ceremony
took place at $3.50 o'clock in the bay
window of the Hancher parlor, which
was tastefully decorated with palms
and ferns. DR.. Hancher in very i'm
pressive and appropriate ceremony re-
viewed the facts and added his par
entail blessing.
Miss Mabel Payne. college friend
of both Mr. and Mrs. Beck, acted as
maid of honor, while Fred Beck. a
brother Of the groom, assisted as best
man. Preceding the ceremony Miss
Mae Philpot Of Chicago, cousin of
Mrs. Beck sang 20, Promise Me-" and
Grace Philpot Richard, another cousin
also of Chicago played Lohengrin's
wedding march during the ceremony,
and Memberships wedding march as
the occasional.
Mrs. Beek's gown was a pretty white
organdy with trimming of valenciennes
lace. She carried a shower bouquet OF
white roses. Miss Payne wore q pale
pink gown and carried white carna-
lions. The house decorations were
simple but attractive. In all the
rooms white roses were used, and in
the dining room, an especially pretty
scheme was effected with ferns and
white roses. Refreshments were
served to the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs Beck are now In Of
tumwa, having come here from Mt.
Pleasant last night.
Story of the Romance.
Since the circumstances and little
romance in connection with the Beck
wedding are somewhat unusual, the
Mt. Pleasant News gives the facts as
they exist as follows:
| Burton Beck and his wife, Grace
Hancher Beck are alumni of Iowa
Wesleyan. the former of the class
of the class of 1903 and the latter of
the class of 1904. They ware engaged
to be married some months before Mr..
Beck's graduation, and had the ap-
prevail Of all their parents. In the
summer of 1902 Mr.. Beck was a vic
| tim of one of the severest cases Of te-
tanus that medical science has ever
been called upon to conquer. During
his senior year in college he was
| in broken health and soon after grad
uating he went to the pacific coast in
search of his old time yigor. A few
days before his departure he and Miss
Hancher were discussing their life
plans, and the question of the propri-
ETY. of her going to him in the event
of serious sickness arose. It was sug-
gested that, to protect her against that
probability they ought to be married
and, acting on that impulse, they were
husband and wife within few hours
after the suggestion was made. Their
plan was to keep their marriage sec
ret. and live as though they We're not
married until October, 1906, when they
would establish their own home. With
in a week after their marriage the
secret was known. Then they deter
mined after careful consideration and
deliberation and consultation with
their parents to follow the original
plan, all of their parents approving
This they have strictly done.