The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-06
BETROTHAL TOLD
ON DECK OF YACHT
Carl Strom and Miss Nora Han
sen Announce Engagement
During Festivities on Bay
Commodore of Aeolian Yacht
Club to Claim Bride on Deck
of Sloop Nautilus

From the deck of the gayly deco
rated yacht Nautilus. with rockets
shooting into the sky and cascades of
fire falling on every side. Carl Strom
of Alameda, owner of the Nautilus and
commodore of the Aeolian yacht club.
last night announced his engagement
to pretty Nora Hansen of Fruitvale
Choosing a moment in the very
midst of the festivities OF the night,
while the other yachts had formed
part of the Independence day pageant
were clustered about the Nautilus in
the Oakland estuary, the young Ala
media businessman made the announce
ment of his coming nuptials in a man
ner as romantic as his wooing has
been and as his wedding is to be- With
his blushing bride to be standing at
his side the young yachtsman an
nounced his engagement to his fellow
club members.
GOOD WISHES SHOUTED
Immediately the announcement was
made the Nautilus burst into a re-
newed fame of pyrotechnic display
while other members OF the yacht club
hurried into rowboats and cIambered
aboard the commodore's yacht to ex-
press Fluctuations and congratulations
Good wishes we're also shouted from
the shores from many who were I'M
acquainted with the young couple.
The beginning of the love match was
as unique as the announcement, and
il the plans of the Alameda commodore
are carried out the wedding will be in
keeping. 1t will be yachtsmen's
affair, and the deck of the Nautilus. at
anchor next Sunday at Black point in
Petaluma creek, will be the scene of
the ceremony The members of the
Aeolian club will be the chief wedding
guests, and the Aeolian fleet, bearing
the wedding party, will leave Friday
for a cruise to Black point, which is
favorite rendezvous of the yachts
men. The celebration will begin when
the feet leaves Alameda and will con-
tinue until after the ceremony.
CLAMBAKE FOR WEDDING
The wedding spread will be a clam
bake, given by the commodore to his
| friends after the yachts have anchored
at Black point. Other Qualifications will
follow, eliminating in the Sunday we'd
ding. at which a San Rafael clergyman
will oficiate. A merry party of Ala
medans will be present, all of the
yachts having been engaged TO full
capacity to carry a crowd of girls and
| jolly sailors TO the scene. Captain and
Mrs. l.. c. Knight of the sloop Emma
will chaperone the party and among
the yachts which will make the trir
are the Nautilus, Emma, Edna Speed
well. Thetis. Genesta, Dawn. u. & l..
Mist, Aeolian and Ceres.
Strem is the owner of an electric
business in Alameda and is a promi
nent Elk. He has been commodore OF
the Aeolian yacht club for two years
Miss Hansen is a graduate of the Santa
Rosa high school and although she
lives in Fruitvale has been nurse at
the Alameda sanatorium. 1t was at
the latter place that the first meeting
between the two young people oc-
Cured several months ago. Strom' S
thumb had been cut in an accident and
he went to the hospital for repairs.
Miss Hansen helped dress the injured
member. From that day the romance
dated.