El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-03
Dozens Of WEDDINGS
SIGAALIzE Christmas
SEASON IN STATE
MANY WAR ROMANCES
CUPID RUNS SANTA CLAUS CLOSE
SECOND; MANY PROMINENT
PEOPLE FALL OFF THE CHRIST
MAS TREE

Cupid with his cherubic smile and
a sack Of wedding rings was a close
second to Santa Claus With his whlsk-
ers countenance and holiday gifts dur
ing the Christmas season. A perusal
OF the state papers shows that there
was an unusually large number Of hol-
iday weddings, and that nor are
likely to take place on New Years
Day.
Silver City seems to have led in
the tying Of marital knots, Kenneth
X. Scott, a prominent Silver City
lawyer, who formerly resided in Ros-
well, was united last Monday In I'll
Paso to Miss Mildred @. Woods, OF
New Orleans. Mr.. Scott was city at
torney of Roswell for a number Of
years, during which time his bride
was his stenographic assistant. She
established a record for efficiency n
court work.
Miss Addie Hagen, of Silver City,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hagen,
became the bride of George L. Will
Iiams, a prominent mining engineer,
Monday afternoon at the home of her
parents. Rev. r.. e. browning, rec
tor the Church of the Good Shepherd,
officiating. The young couple will re-
side in Hanover, where the groom is
employed by the Empire Zinc COM
pany.
Miss Claribel Thurman was mar
ried at the home Of her sister, Mrs.
Frank w. Vellacott, of Silver City,
20 Captain Clarence A. Rusland, of
the 127th field artillery, stationed at
Camp Cody. The bride is a social fav-
orite in Silver city and by her mar
riage, society loses one of its most
charming members, as Captain and
Mrs. Rusland win make their home
at Deming during the time his army
division is stationed there.
L. d. Nixson and Mrs. Eta Har-
mon, well known Silver. City people,
were the fourth couple to be made
one and happy at the same time by a I!
holiday wedding. They were united
Wednesday evening in the presence
of a few friends at the Cottage san
atorium. The groom is a prominent
cattle man, and the bride has resid-
ed in Silver City for five years.
Claude Nelson, of Carlsbad, was
United in marriage Christmas Eve to
Miss Vera Pearse, of Mineral Wells,
rex. Mr.. Nelson is a well known
property owner of Carlsbad, and made
he acquaintance Of his bride while
he was employed as a teacher in the
chooIs of that city.
Isaac Williams, a pioneer Of the Els
tancia valley, and Miss Leonora
Woods were united in marriage
Christmas day at Watonga, Okla.
They will visit in Moriarty and take
a honeymoon trip to California, after
which they will be at home to their
friends in Tres Ritos.
Ed Bryant, a young business man
of Hope, married Miss Clara Swift, in
A~lamogordo.
AT the Methodist parsonage in
Santa Rosa the Rev. J. c. Keegan
united in marriage, Miss Nell Wilt
son and Hershal Woodland. Mrs.
Woodland is the daughter OF Mrs.
Doran, Of Roswell. Mr.. Woodland is
the Oldest son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Woodard and resides in Halle. Mrs,
Woodland will continue to teach at Isl
dore. Mr.. Woodland will leave soon
for the army.
Miss Lille Myers, a former student
at the Loretto academy in Las Cruces,
married Lieutenant Palmer at Ell
Paso a few days ago. The ceremony
was performed in the presence of q
few immediate friends and relatives,
by Rev. Monley, chaplain OF the 18th
field artillery.
Other marriages celebrated during
the holiday seasons we're as follows:
Herman Lindaner, a popular young
Defining business man, and Mrs. Marie
Pate. of Ell Paso.
j. w. Malarney and Miss Hilda
White, both Of Carrizozo, in that city.
Mr.. Malarney is an employe of the
Il Paso & Southwestern railway.
OdptdiH CdiNlH FeTTy hcOWu, III,
and Miss Nora Winifred Eads, in 81
Paso. Captain Keown is in command
of the Hath machine gun company at
Camp Kearny, San Diego, CALI. He
formerly was an officer in the New
Mexico National guard and is well
known throughout this state.
y. B. Woodward, formerly Of Clovis,
where he still has many friends and
large property interests, was mar
in San Diego during Christmas week
to Mrs. May Mickey.
Guy Davis, of Dunlap, and Miss lea
Davis, Of Roswell, were married Fri
day afternoon in that city.
N. S. Cleland. who resides in Okla
homa, was united to Miss Gordon
Holmes, Of Roy, during the holidays.
ION Christmas afternoon at
O'Clock Miss Emma Boulware and
Guy Mitchell, both OF the Pleasant
view neighborhood, near Roy, were
united in marriage. The two young
people and their families are promi-
tent and popular in that section Of
Mora county. K.
Miss Mabel Bruce and Harris APP
e l.