Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-03-14
IRISH MA|DENS FALL
FOR YANKEE SAILORS
Scores of Marriages Result in
Neighborhood of American
Naval Base.

Base American Flotilla in British
Waters (by m~ail)-EvelN part Of the
United States a supplied a hero in
love a that nave eliminated in
happy marriages between American
bluejackets and blue-eyed Irish maid
Ems sine h arrival OF the American
destroyer forces in the south of Ire
land. After the war, every part OF the
United States from Maine to California,
and from the Great Lakes to Florida.
will boast of an Irish bride who was
wooed and won in her native land by
an American sailor.
All of the brides are looking forward
to that happy day when they will see
what their husbands so proudly pro-
the American sailor has supplied his
Irish bride with all necessary docu-
ments to establish her identity as an
American and some hav ever had
their property in the United States
transferred to their wives as a precau-
ton in case they lose their lives for
their country.
There is the marriage of a former
ranchman, Bert Adams, to Brigid
O'Rourke. whose family descends from
AN Irish king of that name. Adams,
who is a boilermaker on one of the de-
stroyers, halls from Hugo, Colo. He is
now arranging to have his ranch in
Colorado decided to his wife as a pre-
caution in the event OF his being tor
pedoed. His wife's relatives live in
Bruce. County Limerick. and there is
plenty OF anecdote connected with the
family's relation to the O'Rourkes of
kingly fame. II don't know anything
about ranching.'' Mrs. Adams told the
Associated Press correspondent, but
/ am preparing myself for the fair land
Bert a told me so much about by
studying a history OF Colorado"
Than thn~o Co the ooc0 M MorV, PidDo
head waitress at the leading hotel here,
who lost her heart to Harland G.. Ritch-
lie, a machinist's mate first class, OF
Allston, Mass. She was n OF the
most popular girls in town. The dining
room over which she presided is out of
bounds to enlisted men but Richie on
trived to see her when h was off
duty. They knew each other for four
months before Mr.. Richie led her to
the altar Of the village church.
But the record for love at first sight
among the Americans belongs to a
NAME. who used to work in the machine
| shop of the General Electric company
at Schnectady, N. Y. He fell in love
the first day he stepped ashore here
from, his destroyer. Ada Jones. a Cork
girl. was the object OF Cupid's dart.
After the war Valachovic is going to
| take her back with him to that thriving
| city in New York.
A few of the Americans first met
their wives on visits to England.
Charles Harmon Cobia, of Charleston.
! S. c., fell in love on the beautiful Cor
/ nish riviera with Ada Gilbert. a widow
of "a, whose home was in Plymouth.
! Another English bride is Nora Eliza
beth Kilt. who was married to Joseph
| w. Highfield. of Des Moines, la.
But the majority of the Americans
married Irish girls who lived in the
vicinity of the American naval base
and when they met at the dance hall
or roller skating rink Thus Doris Fran
els Phillips is now Mrs. Leo Vincent
Flavell, of Hanover, Mass, and Mary
Ellen Sullivan has become the wife
of Thomas A. Balschi. of Mount Carol,
Pa. After the war Mary O'Keefe, who
became the wife of Edward c. Turner.
expects to desert the trying climate of
southern Ireland for that of sunny San
Jose. Cal, which is her husbands
home. William Spaulding. Of DeLand.
Fla. has married Ester Allen, while
Oral E. Cox, Of lola, Kan, won the
hand Of Phyllis Rose Rogers.
Among others of the American sail
ors who have taken to themselves a
wife over here are Benjamin j. Moore.
of Dallas, Tex: Ebert r. Buckingham.
of Pensacola, Fla: Harry e. Holder, of
Denver. Colo, and Michael J. Dolla
Roco. OF Schenectady. N. Y. And the
list gives promise of growing steadily.
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The prize for the best skating on park
rink. Pittsfield. Mass. was recently
n wo rdad IN n mon Sn vooe~ o1A