The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-02
Mr.. and Mrs. George YuIe CeIs.
brate Unusual Wedding Az
niversary New Years Day
LONG RESIDENTS or CITY
Married Life of Mr.. aud Mrs. Yule Has
Been Closely Connected With the
Great Growth of Kenosha and
Her Varied Interests

Sixty years ago Wednesday, on the
first day of January, 1848, at the home
of the late William Mitchell in Ke-
nosha, occurred the marriage of
George Yule and Miss Catherine Nit
chell and Wednesday number of the
near and dear friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Yule gathered at the home of their
son George A. Yule on Durkee ave.
nue., to celebrate the sixtieth anniver-
sary of the marriage of the we'll known
residents of Kenosha. The function
in honor of the anniversary was not
in the way of reception to The
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Yule, as they
are so numerous that it would be i'm
possible to get them together, but il
was just little recognition of the
passing years in which the Oldest
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Yule
met with them and recalled the we'd
ding day of years ago. The sixtieth
anniversary of the marriage. of Mr..
and Mrs. Yule is worthy of more than
passing note, as they are probably
the only two people in Kenosha coun-
ty who have lived together for so long
time and certainly no couple in the
county have passed happier sixty
years together.
The history of the married life of
Mr.. and Mrs. Yule has been closely
associated with the development of
Kenosha. Mr.. Yu1e who is now the
president of the Balm Wagon company
| has been closely allied with the BUSH
ness growth of the city, while Mrs.
Yu1e has been in close touch with the
social life of the city for more than
sixty years.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Yule were natives
of Scotland, but their parents came
| 20 Kenosha way back in the forties
and the Yule and Mitchell fam lilies
have since that time been prominent
in the history of this section of the
state. Mr.. Yule has been closely al
lied with the wagon business in Ke-
nosha. After he arrived here in 1910
with the other N embers of the Yule
family, he spent three years at work
on farm near the village of South
port, but when he was nineteen years
of age he came back into the village
and started to work at the wagon maxi
| ing business in the shop of H. Mitchell.
| He remained in the Mitchell shops
until 1882, and IN the meantime he
married Miss Mitchell. After the
Mitchell factory passed into the hands
of the late Edward Balm, Mr.. Yu1e
was made the superintendent of the
plant, and when the company was in
corporated in 1882 he was elected
vice president of the corporation. In
1900 he was elected as pesident of the
company and has held the office ever
since. In the long time that Mr.. Yu1e
has been interested in the factory it
has grown from a small concern to
one of the largest wagon-making
companies in the world. Mr.. Yule is
one of the men of the city who have
always been workers, and, notwith-
standing the fact that he is now past
four score years in age, he can be
seen at his office IN the factory nearly
every day in the year.
Mr.. Yule has taken a great interest
in Kenosha affairs. Both he and his
estimable wife have given largely to
the support of various Kenosha insti-
tutions.
Mrs. Y u1e is one the leading men,
bers of the First Baptist Church, and
her gifts to the church have been
large. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Yu1e have
given literally for the support of the
old Kenosha Library Association, for
the support of the Y. M. c. A. and
recently Mr.. Yule started the fund
for the building of new hospital in
the city with gift of more than
SIS, 900.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yule have two chill
dren, George A. Yule and William L.
Yu1e, both residents of Keuosha.
They have two grandsons, William
Head Yule and Gordon Yule. All of
the members of the family were
present at the celebra ton of the
sixtieth anniversary.