Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-27
LOVE AT LONG
DISTANCE, ENDS
OTTO ELWooD AYREs CROSSES
MANY STATES TO MARRY
CARR BELLE LLOYD.
WAS ROMANTIC COURTsHIP
Friendship Started at Matinee Per.
Torrance Continued Through
School Life and Finally Con-
summaries at Frisco.

Travelling half across the continent
in order to fulfill promise made to a
fair young girl during their attend
| ance at the Ottumwa high school, Otto
| Elwood Ayres and Miss CARR Belle
Lloyd met in San Francisco, CAL, Sun.
day and a wedding ended the roman
tic courtship. The marriage, which
was performed at the home of the
BRIDES parents, Mr. and Mrs. David J.
Lloyd, eliminated pretty romance.
which commenced when the becoming
features Of Miss Lloyd attracted
| the attention of Mr.. Ayres,
then an usher at the Grand opera
house, as he gave her a program at a
matinee performance. The vision OF
her fair face, topped by wealth Of
raven black hair, could not be dispell-
ed from the mind of Usher Ayres, and
during the performance, he had occa-
sion to again drink in her marked
beauty as he served her glass OF wa
ter. Conversation ensued and he was
told that she was then living in Eldon,
but that her parents expected to move
to Ottumwa. 1t was not long until
the Lloyds removed to this city and
We're housed on Ottumwa street, just
east of the high school. Ayres, at that
time was student In the high school,
and as fate would have it, his acquaint-
ance Of the opera house also arranged
to attend. Several semesters were
spent by the two in the institution,
and every day, the friendship waxed
more and more into infinite love.
Personal Courtship Stopped.
When business proposition was
offered Mr.. Lloyd for an excellent post
In Butte, Mont, the family removed
to the western city, but despite this
seeming separation, the couple con-
tinued their courtship through the
medium of the mails. Returning to
Ottumwa some months later, the
Lloyd family again took up their resi-
dence, Miss Lloyd continuing in high
school and Mr.. Ayres being associated
with his father in the drug business
While the many social affairs given by
the student body did not offer an open
sesame to the young druggist, and en-
couraged some heated competition in
his mad race for the favor of Miss
CARR Belle, he nevertheless persisted,
winning out over clear field of riv.
ais among her class mates. While
Miss Lloyd was in Montana, Ayres
was battling for his degree OF Phi. g.,
in the Northwestern university School
of Pharmacy at Chicago. The mails
were used regularly. The address of
her residence in Butte was never
overlooked by the persistent sutton,
and likewise the number of his lock
box in the Chicago postoffice was ever
in the mind of Miss Lloyd.
Fates would not allow the couple to
remain long in the same town, how
ever, and a fiourishing drug establish
ment was purchased by Ayres and his
father, s. E. Ayres in Cedar Rapids,
where he remained until recently,
when he went westward to claim Miss
Lloyd as his bride.
Both Well Known.
Both Mr. Ayres and his bride are
well known in this city. She was
among the most talented vocalists and
musicians, and has appeared in many
home talent productions. She
is perhaps better remembered,
however, through the many friend
ships she enjoyed among the younger
crowd, her winsome personality estab-
fishing her as a leader. Mr.. Ayres is
now employed in one of the large drug
houses of the coast city. They will be
at home to their friends after Novem-
Der 1 at 1889 Forty-seventh avenue,
San Francisco, Cal.