The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-05
RECEIVE NEW YEARS GREETING
No Formal Celebration of the Event is
Held But Many People Send Con-
CALCULATIONS Married in Southport
in Pioneer Days.

Sunday was an interesting day for
the members of the family of George
Yule, president of the Balm Wagon
company as it was the sixty-third an
niversary of the marriage of Mr.. and
and Mrs. Yule and while no formal
celebration of the, event was held Mr..
Yule and his wife were kept busy re-
ceiving the congratulations of their
friends and relatives during the entire
day. 1t is probable that there is no
other couple in Kenosha county and
few in the state of Wisconsin who have
so long record of happy married life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yule have been SO closely
connected with the life of Kenosha
during the last seventy years that this
notable event in their personal lives
will be of great interest to the people
of the city. Few people in Kenosha
county are better known than Mr.. and
Mrs. George Yule. Both were members
VI Piou0Gi 1dHIillCo III AAoHooud duu
their marriage which took place in
Kenesha on January LIST, 1S4S, was one
of the social events of the pioneer
days in Southport.
Mr. Yule came to Kenosha with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Yule
in 1910. He had been born in Aber-
deenshire, Scotland, on August 81,
1924. About the same time Mrs. Cath
crime y,'e sylo was laughter Of Will
liam Mitchell, another of the pioneers
of Racine and Kcnosha counties, came
to this country from Fifeshire, Scot
land. "Father Yule' as he is now
lovingly known among his friends and
relatives was one of the first men to
be connected with the wagon making
business in Kenosha. Shortly after he
reached Kenosha he started in to learn
the trade working for Henry Mitchell,
who aftervard sold out his business to
the late Edward Balm. For more than
thirty years Mr.. Yule held the office
of Superintendent Of the Balm Wagon
company and when the company was
incorporated in 1882 he was made its
first vice president. He held this po-
sition until 1900 when he was elected
as president Of the company and which
office he has since held. The Yule home
has always been place of social prom
inence in Kenosha and for many years
Mr.. and Mrs Yule have been counted
as leaders in the social affairs of the
city. For some time Mrs. Yule has
been an invalid and this fact has made
it impossible for her to join in the So
cial life of the city but she has always
taken the most lively interest in things
of Kenosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yule have done much
for the upbuilding of Kenosha. Mr..
Yule made the first gift for the library
and toward the building of the new
hospital and in the past few weeks he
notified the directors of the hospital
that it would give him great pleasure
to give the last one thousand dollars
needed to secure the opening of that
institution without debt.
Mrs. Yule for many years was an ac-
tive member of the First Baptist
church and her benefactions to the
church society aided it materially dur
ing years of struggle.
People Of all classes in the city will
be pleased to extend most cordial greet
ings to Mr.. and Mrs. Yule on the pass
ing of this noteworthy anniversary of
their marriage.