The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
E.E.VOCELSANCER
DRIVES lO7 MILES
TO CLAIM BRIDE
Young Hardware Man Will
Wed Opal O'Briem To-
morrow or Tuesday.
WILL RETURN TO CAPE
IN TIME FOR CIRCUS
Romance Began at Normal School
Two Years Ago-Became
Engaged This Summer.

Ebert f. Vogelsanger, secretary Of
the Vogelsanger Hardware Company,
and the handsOmest man in town, early
this morning departed from the Cape
on a 107-mle motor trip at the end of
which awaits his bride elect, Miss Opal
Marie O'Brien, of Bucoda, Dunklin
County, graduate of the Normal School
and while a student here, belle of the
young Normal society set.
The couple will be married either to-
morrow of Tuesday, and following
their wedding, they will motor back
to the Cape to spend a part of
their honeymoon under the big top"
at the circus that will show here Wed
nesday.
The marriage plans of the couple
became known last night as Mr.. Vo-
gclsanger made his preparations for
the cross-country automobile trip.
He departed at 4 o'clock this morn
ing, accompanied by his mother, Mrs.
John F. Vogelsanger, and Miss HOr
tense Hancock, an intimate friend of
Miss O'Brien. They also will accom-
pany the bridal couple on the return
trip to the Cape.
The marriage of the pair will mark
the elimination of a romance that
traces itself back two years to time
when Miss O'Brien became student
at the Normal. When she was grad
uateI from the Normal School, she re-
turned to her home at Bucoda, a small
town about Is miles from Kennett.
While she was at home, Mr.. Vogel-
sanger made several weekend trips to
Kennett and Bucoda, and this sum-
mer Miss O'Brien was the guest in the
Cape of Miss Hancock for several
weeks. During her visit in the Cape
this summer, Mr. Vogelsanger pressed
| his suite arduously and before she re
turned to her home a short time ago,
the couple became engaged.
They formed their marriage plans
within the last two weeks by mail and
had planned to make the announce
ment of their wedding as a complete
surprise to their friends on their re-
turn to the Cape this week.
On their return to the Cape the
couple will reside temporarily at the
home of Mr.. VogelSanger's parents on
independence street and subsequently
will furnish a home which they will
occupy till they have an opportunity to
build.
Miss O'Brien is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John f. C'Brien. Her father
is the proprietor of a general mer-
camille establishment at Bucoda, where
the family has been located for sever
al years. Mr.. O'Brien many years ago
lived in the Cape where he obtained his
early education.
Previous to her enrolment in the
Normal School in the Cape, Miss
O'Rrien attended schools in Dunklin
County and also attended a finishing
school in Louisiana.
Shortly after her enrolment at the
Normal School and her introduction to |
Cape society circles, Miss O'Brien be-
came the center of large group of adj
mirers until Mr.. Vogelsanger, almost |
in LOchinvar style, won her hand.
Mr.. Vogelsanger is the only son of
John F. VOgelsanger, head of the hard
ware firm bearing his name. He at
tended the Cape public schools and
completed his school training at the
Normal also. He then began working
in his fathers store and now is secre-
tary and a member of the firm.
In addition to his position in the
hardware business, Mr.. Vogelsanger
also is local representative for an au-
tOmobile tire manufacturer. Mr.. Vo-
gelsanger is an experienced automobile
man and is considered one of the best Il
drivers in the city.
His bride is talented musician, and
tennis and motoring are her favorite
sports.
Miss O'Brien will meet her fiance on
his arrival in Kennett about noon to-
day and accompany the party to her
home at Bucoda.