The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-23
ruth SWASEY
BECOMES BRIDE
Well Known Dow City Young Lady
Miss Ruth Swasey, WEEDS Arlo p.
MOeller on Wednesday Last
ON HONEYMOON DOWN IN TEXAS

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Will Reside in Dow City, the Groom
Having Purchased the Herman
l8 Lazerus Residence
Y DOW CITY, June 22--Special-
81 The home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. II.
Swasey provided the setting for a very
pretty wedding, Wednesday, at high
noon, when their daughter, Ruth Anna,
became the bride of Mr.. 2Arlo p. Noel
Ter. Promptly at the appointed hour
the couple attended by Miss Iva F'ishel
and Mr.. Asa Divine took their places
to the strains of Mendelssohn's wed.
ding march, most beautifully rendered
with Miss Irma Chamberlain at the
piano and Miss Mildred Hall playing {
violin The always impressive cere-
mony was performed by Rev. G. A,
Baker of the Baptist church in the
presence of some forty-hve relatives
and friends. Roses and peonies were
used in profusion, filing the rooms
with their lovely fragrance. The
bride was ,attired in pretty travelling
suit of blue tricotine with hat to match.
the groom also wearing a blue suit.
Following the congratulations an ele,
CANT wedding dinner awaited the com,
pany of guests, the menu extending IT.
self to q three course affair, the wait
resses being the Misses Faye and lrns
Acker, Flora Aeberhardt and Myrtle
Marks. The newlyweds left that after.
noon on the four o'clock train for Oma
ha and other places. which may N
clude trip to Texas on a visit to heI
brother-in-laW andssister, Mr.. and MES
John Douglas. Upon their return
they will make their home in Dow City
occupying the Herman Lazerus resi-.
,dence in the near future, which Mr..
Moeller purchased some time ago.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Moeller are well
known to our people. The bride is the
second daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. 10. ii
Swasey and has spent all her life IN
our community. She acquired her ed
ucation in the Dow City schools and
after her graduation in 1915 she at
ular member of the social set and her
friends are legion. The groom is a
son Of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Moeller, Of
West Side and since coming to Dow
City some two years ago, he has won
a secure place in the affections of tho
community. He holds a good posi-
ton with the Standard Oil company
which he has represented for a number
of years. He is recognized as an ex
ce1lent young man and list OF his
friends include all who know him.
That they may enjoy many years o:
welded bliss is the sentiment of the
community.
John Frompelter, ST., was callei
ut the county capitol Wednesday.
I. E. G.. Virgins and wife returned or
Tuesday from an enjoyable weeks va
cation trip to Lake Okiboji.
Mrs. Claude Backman was visiting
in Denison Tuesday.
Roy, Of West Side, Miss Mildred Hall
OF. Boone. and Mrs. Ben Parker, of
Red Oak, were here "Wednesday in at
tendance at the Swasey. Moeller we'd.
Mrs. Eugene Crandall went to Wood
bine Wednesday, where she attended
the high school class play, in which
her nephew, John Virgins, had part
She was guest Of her brother, w. IA.
Virgins and family until Thursday
morning when her little niece, Mad
onna Ann Virgins accompanied hei
home The Misses Mildred and Flora
Virgins went down Thursday after
noon to witness the play which was
repeated that evening. Madonna Ann
returning to Woodbine with them.
Mr.Tand Mrs. H. H. Eggers and son.
Emil, and daughter, Alvina, motoree
to Ayoka Wednesday to attend the
funeral Of relative. They We're alb.
sent several days.
II Mr.. and Mrs. Flemming. of Patterns
burg, Mo-, were brief callers in town
one day last week, going through on
a motor trip. Their son, Cleo, who
has been spending some time in tni.
vicinity, joined them here.
Mrs. G.. W. Langley, who has beer
confined to her home for the past five
months. on account Of illness, was abb
to visit her friends and the stores IL
town Wednesday afternoon for the
first time since taken sick. Mrs
Langley has had a long, hard seige for
one of her advanced age, and her fam
lily and friends are greatly elated oven
the favorable improvement she is
making.
Ralph Binnall went to Pierson on
Thursday for visit at the home OF
his brother, DIR. Bryce B. Binnall.
J. F.. Rudd has been improving his
residence property the past week by
having a cement walk put in on the
east side.
The funeral of Merl Berry. whose
death was mentioned last week, which
occurred in the Clarkson hospital in
Omaha, due to complications following
an operation for the removal Of tonsil;
and adnoids, was held Wednesday af
ternoon in the j.. d. S. church, in
charge of Rev. G. A.. Barker, pastor
OF the Baptist church, burial taking
place in the Dow. City cemetery. The
body was shipped here Tuesday after
noon from Omaha and taken to the
home where it lay in state until Wed
nesday afternoon. Merle Wilbur Der
~ was born in Dow City, Sept. rs
1912, and passed away June IA, 1920, ir
Omaha at the tender age of seventeen
years, eight months and nineteen days.
He leaves to mourn his early departure
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Der
ry, two sisters. Bessie and Frances, be
sides many other relatives. Merle
was a child possessed with a cheerful
disposition and was great favorite
among his playmates and schoo
ci1ums. He was II source of great
joy to the family circle and his par.
ents and sisters are heart broken over
his passing. The heart of everyone
is in sympathy with the a. sorroWing
ones and we can only commend them
to Him that doeth all things we'll !.
Mrs. Warren Ettleman and little
daughter, Loretta, came from ssfyEalt-
hill, Neb., and spent several days the
past week with her grandmother, Nrs.
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