The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-05
70 Marriage Licenses Were
Issued In Ashe Last Year

After reaching a record "high"
in 1898, the issuance of marriage
certificates in Ashe county reach
ed a record low in 1910, but last
year the sale of these cupid papers
started back up again.
In 1888 there were 235 marriage
certificates issued at the Register
of Deeds office, while in 1910
there were only Is issued and last
year the total number was 70,
which was still far below the
average for the past 10 years.
When the new North Carolina
law, requiring health
certificates before the issuance of
licenses, went into effect
in 1899, neighboring states had no
such law and consequently most of
the marriage-bound Ashe county
couples went to Virginia, Tenn
essee or South Carolina to make
such purchases. That year there
were only As certificates issued.
Then came the great slump in 1910
and a gradual rise in 1941, due
to the fact that the neighboring
states now have similar laws as
those in this state.
Figures for other years are {:
1896, 208; 1895, 1872; 1934,181.
Marriage licenses issued la S t
year in the county were as fol-
lows:
Dwight Denny and Virginia
Hartsoe, January 4th, 1941. Claude
E. Hall and Velmer Wingler. jan
uary 18th, 1941. Worth Cecil Sc
graves and Maggie Lee Brooks,
February IL, 1941. DR.. B. H. Hard
ing and Blanche Bare, June 6,
1941. Walter Releigh Bauguess
and Ruth Albertine Hurt, June
IA, 1941. Roger Waddell and Mat
tie Campbell. June 81, 1941.
Herebert N. Francis and Marie
Mortin, June Is, 1941. Roger Holt
claw and Octavia Bowlin, July 2,
1941. Reggie Ham and Eleanor
Dendler, July 9th, 1941. Stanley
Blevins and Mrs. Mary Mae Ham
by, July 10th, 1941. T. N. Maxwell
and Della M. Patrick, July Is.
1941. Thomas Kenneth Scott and
MarieNeaves, July Is, 1941. Martin
E. Surbert and Hazel Goodman,
July 10, 1871.
Earl Donnelly and Alice Baker,
July %, 1941. VIM. Brant Blevins
and Viola Mae Kelley, July Is,
1941. Lester Surber and Virginia
Hairless, July 26, 1941. Howard
Wyatt and Ella Mae Wilmington,
July 26, 1871. Ralph Brown and
Callie Lou Hayes, August 4, 1941.
Dale Sapp and Marie Eldreth,
7, 1941. Vernon E. Hardi-
son and Bonnie Lee Hodges, Aug
ust 9th, 1941. Joseph Zemaitis and
Nadine Byrd, August IS, 1941.
Clifford Patrick and Dorothy
Miller, August 10, 1941. Charles
Scott and Kathryn Houck, August
10, 1941. John Mack Harrington
and Maggie Sheets, August %,
1941. Ira Calhoun and Ruth Rotten,
%, 1941. James E. Cocker
ham and Evangeline Miller, Aug
ust q, 1941. Claude Woods and
Ruth Ashley, August %, 1941. Paul
Patrick and Stella Miller, August
%, 1871. Edd Miller and Belle
Mash, August q, 1941. Doris
Leonard Burgess and Altaleen
Blevins, August Is, 1941. Carl
Pennington and Cora Mae Hall,
26, 1941.
Joseph Sharpe and Kate Rich
ardson, August 20, 1941. E. T. Hop
kins and Leo Wilcox, August 80,
1941. Charlie Gentry and Louise
Osborne, August 80, 1871. W. S.
GRAPHICAL and Mary E. Perkins,
September S, 1941. Dale Mullis
and Stella Childers, September
s, 1941. Bryan Hunter and Marie
Graham, September 6, 1941. Vance
Rotten and Burl Elliott, September
10, 1941. Gather Miller and Dollie
Spears, September Is, 1941. Verna
Church a nd Verna Shatley, Sep