The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-07
John Campion, After Years
of Waiting, Made Hap
py by a Bride.
'HARBOR" CELEBRATES
Roumanian Colony Rejoices When
Bank Clerk and Lovely Florica
Dico Are Made One.

A transatlantic courtship between
beautiful Florica Dico OF Sevst Sves.
Austria. Hungary. and John Campion OF
Indiana Harbor. Ind. United states Of
America, was happily consummated to-
day when the two childhood lovers
who had not seen each other for ten
years. We're married in the Roumanian
church in that city.
Last night the whole Roumanian set
tlement in Indiana Harbor was told the
good news that Florica Dico would
arrive on a Lake Shore train. Fifty
men accompanied Campion TO the depot
to welcome the traveller
All last night there was a celebra-
tion in the Roumanian section OF In
diana Harbor. None of Campion's friends
slept The jollincation did not end un-
til a hundred or more worn out re-
velers accompanied the prospective
groom to the church where he and his
fiance were to be married.
With Pomp and Ceremony.
The priest was there with his purple
robes. the church was crowded with the
old and newly made friends Of the
happy pair The ceremony was per-
formed according TO the custom in the
Roumanian church and then Campion
and his bride went to the home he
had prepared for her in Indiana Har-
H bor
1t is safe to say that there has not
been a courtship and marriage In In
diana Harbor in its whole history that
has attracted SO much attention and
where the good will Of all the towns
people is so fully showered upon a
happy couple.
The young lady is said to be very
beautiful and the friends or the bank
clerk can now very easily see why it
was hard for him to forget the face of
his first love She is older. it is true.
but with age has come the maturity
that will make her the ideal wife for
Campion.
For many a long day. week and
month John Campion. who is employed
at the Indiana Harbor State bank. has
sat at his desk and during his spare
moments mentally recalled the pic
ture of his childhood home across the
} ocean and the youthful face of his first
! love.
seven Years without One Word.
It is true that just before leaving
for American, John Campion had
pledged himself to- be true to Florica
Dico and it is equally true that some
thing came between them soon after
his arrival in the United States.
For seven years not one word came
from the girl he had left behind and
Campion tried TO forget her. He even
courted the American girls and boosted
to his friends that he would marry an
American girl
But he was not as successful as he
would be and in spite Of himself his
thought went back to the comely
maiden in old Sevst Sves.
Finally he decided upon bold plan.
= He determined to write her letter
t and propose marriage. He wondered
] II she had forgotten him and II she
0 still loved him he did her.
/ She stII Loves Him.
!. To his surprise he received an
: answer from her on the next boat
! She encouraged him by saying that
: she would be willing to marry. but he
was discouraged when he found that
:, her love for him was not as great as
: her fear of crossing the great ocean
: and that lay between him.
No more correspondence passed be-
= tween them for another period Of three
! years during which Campfon saved
considerable money and won his way
; to a very good position in the bank.
one day his heart was set TO palpi-
!, tating by the sight of a post mark
! bearing the names of his old Austria
Is Hungary home city. He opened the
: letter and found that It was from
- FIorica Dica. He perused 1t excitedly
i and learned from its contents that
+ Florica had finally determined TO brave
> the per!ls Of the ocean and II he want
.. ed her still she would soon be on her
ST way 10 America
/ Forwards Expense Money.
'e Campion gladly forwarded her 500
. with which to pay the expenses OF the
fe trip and again waited patiently to hear
" OF her start for America. Another let
III ter came with request for additional
Is funds and the money was promptly
:. sent.
A delay which was heart sickening
followed and Campion almost gave up
the hope of ever seeing his Austrian
girl He was at times almost per-
suaded that she was playing raise. but
deep in his heart he believed she would
be true to him and he waited pa
j tiently.
-il Only a few weeks ago he was over
he ioyed 10 learn that at last she was on
= her way 10 America and that the sus-
d pense would not last very much long
w er. He had been disappointed By hei
he so many times that he did not tell nj:
wv friends OF her final determination tS