South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-28
They Regretted Staying Single Last
Year A fter Brides Got Many AWardS

Mlshawaka Mr. Jones. assisted by
Mr DeHaven. read the name of the
merchant giving the order. the ar
tlcle for which the order called and
the name OF the one 20 whom 1t
was given, He then presented the
order 20 the bride or groom
There were prizes for the first
JUne bride prizes for the second
June bride. for third. fourth fifth.
sixth seventh. eighth and ninth
TrEc brides. their order being gov
erned by the time they ceased 10 be
u-aidens after midnight. May 81
The House In Order.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanton were the
first couple no be married after the
opening Of the contest. Twenty
seconds after midnight was going
some. according 70 Master or Cere-
monies Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Curtis. OF
MishaWaka. We're the second 0rida
couple winners. Mrs Curtis changed
her name from Miss Mary Settler
o. Mrs Alvin Stanton az exactly
As seconds after midnight June l.
Mr. and Mrs Phillip McQuillan
we're the third prize winners. Miss
Janice Spanton became the third
winner when she changed her name
from Spanton 10 McQuillan at one
minute after u o'clock midnight
June I.
Mrs John Edmund Housekeeper
was the fourth winner She, was
Miss Carrie Weber up 70 one min
ute and 40 seconds after Il o'clock
midnight June l.
The fifth June Bride Contest
winner was Mrs John II Ruchalski
She was Miss Nellie @. Ogalski and
was married at o'clock on the
morning Of June
Mrs. Marion Niedbalski won sixth
place I'm the contest when she
changed her name from Miss Mel
lie Satkiewicz 10 Mrs Marion Med
balski at $3.50 a. m. June l.
Mrs Achielle Sergeant was the
seventh prize winner She was Miss
Aida Van Renterghen and was mar
ried at 10 o'clock on the morning
of June L.
Eighth place was won by Mrs
RAYMOND BruEgema. She was Miss
Hattie Wood and was married at
11:1s a M June
Mrs William @. Baird won ninth
place She was Carrie Hawk and
was married at S. o'clock or. the
evening Of June l.
In addition 10 the prizes for the
first June brides. there were prizes
for the youngest and prettiest. Mrs.
Forst stanton proved TO be not only
the first June bride to be married
after midnight June I. but she also
proved 10 be the youngest. This
prize was an order on Newmans
store
The audience decided which one
Of the nine brides was the prettiest
The judges ruled that the one re-
ceiving the most applause from the
audience should be adjudged the
rrettiest and should receive the $50
in gold donated ~ John c. Ellis
worth
Each bride as she stood up re-
ceived the hearty applause of the
audience. After the applause was
over that received bv Mrs McOuil-
lam Mrs Sergeant and Mrs. Brug-
gema appeared to the judges to be
so nearly equal that they called for
il to he done over again. on the
second trial however. the applause
given Mrs. Sergeant left no doubt in
the minds Of the judges that the au-
dience wanted her TO have the $50
in gold. and Master of Ceremonies
I tones praenutad II 70 her
Mrs. Housekeeper won the prize
given 10 the bride who gave the
best answer TO Edison's questionable.
/ Her answer 10 Where does the cork
come from 90 took tho prize. She
said Cork"
Again Next Year
After the prizes had all been pre-
sented each bride and groom arose
+ End thanked The News-Tirnes and
I the merchants Of South Bend and
/ Mfshawaka who cooperated with The
/ NewsTimes in conducting the June
/ Bride Contest for the presents and
+ the entertainment last night
/ In closing the awards Master of
I Ceremonies thanked the audience
/ for its cooperation. and announced
that next years June Bride Contest
would he even bigger and better
than the one just closed