The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-22
GIRLS WE'D AT
WITCHING HOUR
Kenoshan and Her Sister
Married at Midnight
in Escanaba.
CUPID WORKS RAPIDLY

Romance raced into the offices of the
Nash Motors company Monday after
noon on the flying heels of Western
Union messenger boy. He was deliv-
ering telegram for Mrs. William S.
Cudlip. The girl at the desk was sure
there was no one there by that name;
the boy in blue was just as sure there
was; so just to please him she PACED
the place calling for "Mrs. Cudlip-
Mrs. William S. Cudlip."
AS the magic name foated through
McKeough, the girl at the typewriter,
started, smiled and then said blush
ingly, "I'm Mrs. Cudlip; what is it"
And the secret was out. The girl at
the typewriter was formerly Miss Elva
Martin, private secretary for Mr.. Nc
Keough. The telegram was from Will
liam S. Cudlip, deputy county clerk at
Iron Mountain, Mich, to whom she was
married at midnight last Thursday in
Escanaba, Mich. He only wanted to be
sure that his bride had reached Keno
sha safely; an answering telegram as
sured him that she had.
A Rapid-Fire Romance.
The story of her marriage, later
wrung from Mrs. Cudlip by her many
'riends in Kenosha, held every ingre-
dent Of romance from motor trip on
a shadowy trail to a double wedding
ceremony at, midnight. The other
bride in the case was Mrs. CudlIp's
sister, Miss Ella Martin, who is now
Mrs. Ernest Garland of Iron Mountain
Thursday afternoon Miss Ella Mar
tin and Mr.. Garland decided to be mar
ried that evening at Escanaba. They
went to Mr.. Cudlip, deputy county
clerk for Dickinson county, to secure
the license. He issued the document
and proposed that Miss Elva Martin
and he accompany them to the neigh
boring city. The offer was accepted
Immediately. Enroute by motor to Es-
canada Mr.. Cudlip "got bold and bold
err" until by the time the, city limits
had been reached he had taken the
leap and received the eyes" from the
other Miss Martin. Arrived at Escan-
aba, he looked up a brother deputy
clerk who smilingly issued the second
marriage license.
The double wedding occurred less
than an hour later at ten minutes to
twelve o'clock in the law offices Of
Frost & Ryall above the First National
Bank in Escanaba. The Rev. A. R. E.
Boff, pastor of st. Stephens Episcopal
church officiated The ceremony was
witnessed by Attorney and Mrs. A. n.
Ryall, DR.. and Mrs. G. M. Cuthbert,
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Thomas, and At
torney James Frost, all Escanaba
friends of the brides and grooms.
Just after midnight sumptuous
wedding breakfast was served for the
newlyweds in the dining rooms of the
Delta Hotel. Thereafter Mr. and Mrs.
Cudlip and Mr.. and Mrs. Garland hit
the honeymoon trail for Iron Noun
tain, where they expect to make their
homes.
Brides Are Widely Known.
The Misses Martin were very popular
in the younger social set at Iron Noun
tain. The daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Martin, prominent citizens of
that city, they were very active in
school and church activities. Mrs.
Cudlip has been employed at the Nash
Motors company for more than year
and in that time she has become
favorite with the young people who
work in the Nash offices and who at
tend the Park Avenue M. E. church.
Mr.. Cudlip is the deputy county clerk
of Dickinson county, Michigan.
Mrs. Cudlip will continue to hold her
present position in Kenosha until
Christmas time, when she will go to
Iron Mountain to live in the new
bungalow that Mr.. Cudlip is having
built for her.