The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-25

DdkOtd, LOT the past TWO years. Inc
happy couple will spend some time
visiting relatives of the groom at his
former home IN Ohio; they will also
visit brother of the bride who lives
in the same state. After their visit
they will make their home near Wes-
sinston Springs, So. Dakota. Their
many friends wish them much Joy in
their life and feel sure that those
who enter their home will find it a
home indeed. ....
JONES--HAMILTON. - The ere.
mont Gazette says: The marriage
ceremony uniting the lives and loves
of Prof. A. J. Jones, Jr., of Radcliffe,
Iowa, and Miss Elsie Mae Hamilton
was solemniZed at the home of the
bride in Fremont Wednesday even
ing at seven o'clock in the presence
of about eighty relatives and friends.
DR.. John l.. Beyl, president of Cen
trail college at Pella, was the officiat-
ing clergyman, and the ceremony was
most impressive. The bride was the
recipient OF many beautiful and costly
presents. manifesting the universal
esteem in which she Is held in the
community. The bride is an only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. H. N. Hamilton
and was born and reared in this COM
munity. When quite young she came
to Fremont with her parents and here
she grew to womanhood. She Is
graduate of the Fremont High school,
class of 1907. Following her gradu-
alton she entered Central college at
Pella and graduated from the depart
ment of Oratory in 1911. She then
went to Northwestern University at
Chicago and two years later gradual
ed from the School of Expression De-
partment of that institution. She
has made the study Of oratory her
special work and during the season of
1908-9 she accompanied the Central
College Glee Club as reader and had
pronounced success. This year she
was with the Star Chautauqua Sys-
tenn as reader and travelled through
the south for twelve weeks and met
with instant success and received fiat
tering notices from the press at every
appearance. However her ability as
a reader is by no means all her ac-
complishments. She sings beauti-
fully, plays delightfully."-, and is a
her highest attainment is that gained
by close association with her moth
er at home learning the duties of
model housewife and these she knows
to perfection. Sine abundantly pos
sesses all the refinement, elegance
and yivacity that give to her person
ality its most endearing charms.
Surely all of those who have known
her for so many years will bestow up
on her their most sincere we'll wishes.
Prof. Jones, the groom is the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Jones, of Radcliffe,
Iowa, and was born aud reared on a
farm near that place and later moved
with his folks into town. He gradu-
ated from the High school at that
place in 1904, then took two years
work at Morningside College, Sioux
City, and graduated from the super
visor's course department of the state
college at Cedar Falls in 1908. The
following fall he took the principal
ship of the schools at Ionia where he
remained two years when he went to
Gilman in the same capacity for one
year. He has been superintendent
of the fremont schools since Septem-
Der, 1911, and no more popular school
man ever had charge here. He is
respected by all the students and has
been instrumental in bringing the
school to the high standard it now
occupies. He is liked here and at
his home town by all his acquaint-
ances and he is an epitomized volume
of rugged manhood Honor, probity
and rectitude are his, and all that
make for character are his inherited
rights, thus insuring a successful
life"