The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-08
RECALL INTERESTING EVENTS
No Formal Celebration of Notable
Event Is Arranged by Pioneer Couple
But Many Friends Call to Extend
Congratulations During the Day.

Notable among the events which
marked the opening of the new year
| in Kenosha was the observance of the
sixty sixth anniversary of the mar
rage of Mr.. and Mrs. George Yule at
their home on Park avenue. On account
of illness in the family no set celebra-
ton of the wedding anniversary had
been arranged, but Mr.. and Mrs. Yule
were at home to their friends during
the afternoon and many of the promi-
nent pioneers Of Kenosha and Racine
came during the reception hours to of
fer congratulations. At noon at the
Yule home the very unusual anniversary
was celebrated with reunion of the
members of the family, three genera
tions being represented. AT the tables
were Mr.. and Mrs. Yule, their sons
George A. Yule and William L. Yuie
and one grandsone, Gordon Yule. The
fourth generation of the family was
represented by a message Of congratula-
ton sent by the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs William Head Yule of New York.
The gathering at the home in the aft
ernoon was one rich in remembrances
of the early days in Kenosha as Mr..
and Mrs Yule had the honor of being
the principals in the first really notable
wedding in Southport. Mr.. Yule is now
in his ninetieth year and his wife is
only few years his Junior, but they
took very lively interest in the events
of the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yule have spent prac-
tically all of their life in Kenosha and
their marriage which was celebrated on
New Year IS day way back in 1848 came
as union of two of the most promi-
nent of the pioneer families of this
section of the state Before her mar
riage Mrs. Yule was Catherine Mitchell,
the daughter of the first wagonmaker
in Kenosha. There are only very few
of the oldest of the pioneers of the city
who recall the happy marriage and it
is thought that there are few couples
in Wisconsin who have been permitted
to live to observe the sixty-sixth ami
versary of their marriage.
For over seventy years Mr.. and Mrs.
Yule have been residents of Kenosha.
In that time they have been most ac-
tive in the social life of the city and
Mr.. Yule has been one Of the most ac-
tive contributors to the industrial adj
yancement of Kenosha and Wisconsin.
t'Fathero Yule, as many have come to
call him in the last few years, is the
last survivor of the coterie of men
who made Kenosha famous as a manu-
featuring city. His ninety years Of
life have been busy years but in his
business life he has found time to have
little pleasure of his own and give
lot Of pleasure to the lives Of others.
Mr.. Yule has been in the manufactur-
ing business ever since he alta med his
majority and his name has been one
of the best known connected with the
wagon making business for years. He
started work in the old Henry Mitchell
wagon shops in Southport on the day
he was 10 years of age and for nearly
seventy-one years he has been constant
ly and actively connected with this
branch of manufacturing. More than
sixty years ago he became the superin-
tendent of the Balm Wagon company,
holding this position for more than
thrifty years. When the Balm company
was incorporated Mr.. Yule became one
Of the vice presidents and in 1900 he
was elected to the presidency of the
company. Since that time the control
of the Balm plant has passed entirely
into the hands of Mr.. Yule and his sons
and he still remains the active head
of the company, 1t has been one of
the greatest joys of his declining years
that he has been able to take the same
interest in the great plant that he
showed when he went to work as its
superintendent back in 1852.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Yule has
always been one of the social centers
of Kenosha and both of them have
taken great interest in the advance
ment Of many worthy movements in
Kenosha. From their plenty they have
given literally to aid many institutions,
while their private charities while care
fully hidden from view have made
many homes happier and brighter