The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
OLD FRIENDS GIVE GREETING

The most interesting event in connec-
tion with the celebration Of the New
Years Day in Kenosha was the
observance of the sixty eighth ami
versary of the marriage of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Yule most prominent of
the early pioneers of the city. The
celebration will be OF. homefy sort for
so notable an anniversary. Friends of
Mr.. and Mrs Yule will gather at the
home on Park Avenue during the day
to extend congratulations and at noon
a dinner will be served for the members
of the Yule family. Mrs. Yule is in
feeble health and for this reason the
marriage anniversary will not be OBJ
served with as much formality as in
some former years. There are none Of
the pioneers who attended the wedding
living but many friends of fifty years
ago will be present to extend hearty
good wishes to Mr.. and Mrs. Yule.
The marriage of George Yule and
Miss Catherine Mitchell which took
place on New Years Day, 1848, was
one Of the most interesting social events
of the early history of Southport and
Kenosha. Both were members of fami-
lies of honored pioneers of Kenosha and
Racine County. Mr.. Yule was the son
of Alexander Yule who brought his
family to Kenosha from Scotland in
1910 and settled with them in the town
of Somers. Mrs. .Yule was the daughter
of William Mitchell and like her hus-
band she was a native of Scotland.
Her brother, Henry Mitchell, was fam
GUS among the old time manufacturers
Of Racine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yule have for the sixty
eight years been prominent in the So
cial life of Kenosha. Their varied in
terests in the city caused them to be
leaders in many movements for the adj
vancement of Kenosha and it's people.
Mr.. Yule is now in his ninety-second
year and his wife is only few years
his junior.
The husband has been prominent as
manufacturer in Kenosha for many
years. He was associated with the late
Edward Balm in the manufacture of wa
CONS in Kenosha for more than sixty
years.
Seventy-tWo years ago Mr.. Yule came
in from the town of Somers and entered
the employ of Henry Mitchell to learn
the trade of wagon maker, That same
year the factory passed into the hands
of the late Edward Balm and with the
aid of Mr.. Yule one of the biggest wa
gon-making concerns of the country
was built up. Mr.. Yule served for years
in the capacity of Superintendent of the
plant but for the past fifteen years
he has been the President of the com
pany Although in advanced age he has
never lost interest in the working life
and he spends much of his time in his
office at the big plant and is active in
directing the policy of the company.
In his long working life Mr.. Yule has
built up fortune He is not only in
terested in the Balm Company but in
many other institutions in Kenosha and
other cities. He has taken great in
terest in the development of Kenosha
and has always been one of the largest
contributors to the enterprises Of the
city. Many institutions, notable the
work of the Y. M. G. A. in Kenosha
the Kenosha Library and the Kenosha
Hospital have been given large gifts
from his bounty. Mrs. Yule has been
member of the First Baptist Church
for many years and with her husband
she has been active in the support OF
all the enterprises of the church. Fol
years the Yule home was social center
in Kenosha but in recent years the ILL
ness of Mrs. Yule has made it impos
sible for her to take part in social
gaieties.
Six children were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Yule but the sole surviving son is
George I. Yule, prominent Kenosha
manufacturer who is associated with his
father in his many business ventures
There are two grandsons, William Head
Yule of New York and George Gordon
Yule of Akron, Ohio.