The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-11-10
ERNEST FOSTER
WEEDS FRIEDA
McCLATCHEY
Cape Couple Have Ceremony
Performed Monday in
st. Louis.
RETURN HOME TO-DAY;
SPRING A SURPRISE
Were Childhood Sweethearts-
Foster Makes Trip for
Parental Contest.

Almost month before tke weddin
date which they had confidcd to thei
parents, Miss Frieda McClatchey an
Ernest Foster, well-known young au
tOrobile salesman, were married Mon
! day in st. Louis
| Miss McCiatchey's parents learne
of the wedding yesterday afternoon
when they received letter from tn
bridal pair, written after the cere
mOny. The couple will arrive home il
the Cape today and will make thei
home temporarily with the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. f. McClatchey
of 430 North Frederick street.
The wedding was complete sur
prise TO both the parents of the couple
as well as their friends in the Cape
1t was arranged by the couple as d eli
max to the Democratic election cam
paign.
Miss McClatchey, shortly after the
close of the primary campaign, Aug. /
last, obtained a position in st. Louis
at the headquarters of the Democratic
State Committee. The place was OBJ
tanned for her through H. f. Alex
ander, Democratic leader in the Cape
by whom she had been employed in
the Cape.
The couple became engaged to be
married several weeks prior TO Miss
McClatchey's departure for St. Louis
and young Foster made several trips
to St. Louis to visit his fance. On
each trip he endeavo-cd to have the
wedding date set earlier than the date
upon which they had agreed.
Miss McClatchey had set her we'd
ding day to be in the latter part of
November and she had planned to be
one of the bridesmaids at the wedding
of her sister, Miss Janette McCIatchey,
who will be married to J. f. Schaad on
Nov. %.
Last Saturday, however, young Eos
ter made what he determined would
be his last trip to st. Louis. When he
arrived there, Miss McClatchey was
sure that the side on which she had
been working would win. She relent-
ed but made her consent to the we'd
ding conditional that Foster obtain her
fathers consent.
Young Foster grabbed his hat and
made for the nearest railroad station
and came back to the Cape. He did
not rely on a telephone conversation,
but went to headquarters, had long
talk with Mr.. McClatchey
and finished his conversation in time
to catch the return train to st. Louis.
The wedding occurred on the follow
ing day, and Mr.. Foster has been a
believer in action combined with words
since.
Miss McClatchey had been staying at
the home Of Ms. George Weston at
Geycr and Oregon avenues in st.
Louis, and Monday, after obtaining a
license at the City Hall, they had the
performed at the Weston
residence.
Yesterday they departed from St.
Louis to go to the home of Mrs. FOs-
-er's grandmother. Mrs. Anna Kip
penberg, at st. Narys, Mo. They
spent the day and last night at the
residence and are expected
to arrive in the Cape at l o'clock
;odav.
Friend Of the couple today expect
o meet them at the train and escort
hrrn to der home
They will make their home at the
NcClatchcy residence with the brides
parents for several weeks Until Mr..
md Mrs. McClatchey move 30 a small
II residence that they are preparing.
Miss McClatchey is the older daugh
er of Mr.. and Mrs. McClatchey. and
she and Mr.. Foster have been sweet
hearts since childhood. They went to
school together.
Mr.. Foster, until recently, was as
ISOLATED with Oliver G. Edwards and
Albert Grimes at the Grimes & Ed
wards garage. Recently he has been
in looking after his fathers
'arming interest in Southeast Mis-
souri,.
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