Arizona republican., 1909-05-23
MONTH IF WEDDINGS Seven Mesa Couples to Join Hands During Coming June ID TAKE PLACE IN TEMPE w. Aird Macdonald andEIijah
 Pomeroy are Preparing
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10 TAKE PLACE IN TEMPE

June, heretofore a month of consider i able local significance on account of
 the ripening of the cantaloupe and the grape. and the maturing of the spring time into summer. will this year be pretty well remembered as the month | of weddings. Dan Cupid, always rec ognized as an industrious sort of a fellow. seems to have applied all his energy into making as credtable a showing as possible for one month.
 There will be no less than seven weddings take place during the month of June and all of them have promi- nent Mesa people as principals How ever. on account of those little details. sometimes called arrangements, not be- ing completed, only four of the young couples can be mentioned at this time
 The feature of a majority of the coming nuptials is that the ceremonies will be performed in the temple at Salt Lake City, with the regular Latter Day Saints ritual. where marriage is not only entered into Until death do part" bu through all enternity.
 w. Aird Macdonald and Miss Nelle LeSueur and Elijah Pomeroy and Miss Jennie Hawkins will leave Mesa Mon day, May 31, and proceed to Salt Lake. where the arrangements for their we'd dings will be made. It Is as yet im- possible to know the date on which the ceremony will take place. as that is a detail that must be arranged later. It is the plan of Mr.Macdonald as well as MT. Pomeroy to return to Mesa dur ing the latter part of the month, leav- ing their brides in the city until after the hot season in the valley. Mir. Mac donald has purchased a lot immediate ly west of the James Miller residence on East First street and upon which he will erect a neat little cottage upon his return from the north. Mir Pom eroy has a lot on East First street in the Lesueur addition on which he will commence building a house Tn a few days.
 Miss Lesueur is the youngest daugh- ter of President and Mrs. J. T. Le- sueur. She came to Mesa with her parents a few years ago from the northern part of the territory, since that time becoming one of the most popular young ladies of the town. She is an accomplished musician and a general favorite
 MT. Macdonald has grown to man. hood in Mesa with the exception of the two years of his time that he gave exclusively to his church while on a mission in the eastern states princi- pally in the vicinity of Cincinnati. O.
 He is a devout worker for his religion and is prominent in all church work. MT. Macdonald. while young man. has considerable business experience and will no doubt succeed. He at the present time is deputy county assessor. He has a real talent for cartoon work and his services are in demand.
 Miss Jennie Hawkins, the efficient and capable cashier with the Lesueur- Gibbons company has resided in Mesa and vicinity all her life She is ener- getic and industrious, two attributes which go toward making of her helpmeet She is one of the popular young ladies of the town and has a wide acquaintance of friends. The miscellaneous shower in her honor Sat urday evening at her home shows In manner the highest esteem in which she is held.
 MT Pomerov is the son of Elijah Pomeroy. The young man, while hay ing resided in other places. has called this his home always. He has inter ested himself in mining to a consider able extent in the vicinity of Superior.
 Another wedding that will take place in the temple in June is that of Miss Mary Mllett and Elmer Jones. Miss Millet is one Of the estimable young ladies of the Alma precinct, where she has resided for some time. She is strongly identified with church work and is one of the leaders in the Mutual Improvement association. In honor of her faithful services to this organiza- ton a shower was rendered her Fri day evening Many very useful and handsome presents, among which was an elegant and costly Navajo rug. were given her. MT Jones was form erly a resident of this vicinity but is now living in Utah, where he awaits his bride.
 The plans of Miss Leila KemDe and Dayer LeBaron include the regular temple ceremony at Salt Lake City. It is presumed that they will return inn mediatelv to this place and take up their residence on their homestead south and east of Mesa.
 Miss KemDe is one of the most ac- complished of the Mesa young ladies. She has been highly successful as a teacher; she is talented in music, her selections being in demand in the pro- grams of the higher class. She does typography and in this took a prize at falr