Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1912 — YOUNG ELOPERS MARRIED IN KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS. [ARTICLE]

YOUNG ELOPERS MARRIED IN KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS.

Miss Ruth Makeever and Bradford Poole Eluded Friends and Had Knot Tied Tuesday. Miss Ruth Makeever is now the bride of Bradford Poole, son of Mr, and Mrs. John Poole, of this city. Thusly are confirmed the rumors that have been in circulation for the past two days. The marriage amounts to an elopement, although the principals are both of marriageable age and legally competent to decide for themselves. The •marriage is the culmination of 'a friendship extending over a period of five years. They began keeping company when freshmen in high school. The case was one of mutual admiration from the start The match is considered by their many friends to be the natural outcome of the affection that existed between them. Miss Makeever is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Makeever, of Newton township,'and until last year, she was a member of the Rensselaer high school.

The Republican was unable to learn all the minute details connected with the romance, as the parents of the youthful couple have not received much enlightenment. Miss Makeever had been entertaining Miss Elizabeth Dixon, of Rossville, 111., for a few days and last Monday morning, when Mitjs Dixon left for her home, she decided she would accompany her as far as Chicago. This is, it is believed, a ruse that she and Bradford Poole had planned to elude any suspicion that their parents might have. It is presumed that Bradford .went to Chicago Sunday. Some of Miss Makeever’s girl friends intimated they knew of the approaching elopement but nobody knew for sure until Mrs. Makeever received a letter this mortfng from her daughter, announcing that she and Bradford were married at the home of a Methodist minister in Kankakee, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Poole left immediately on a honeymoon trip to Lawton, Okla., and it will probably be several days before tliey will return home to receive their parental blessings. There was never any personal objection to the match, but Mr. and Mrs. Makeever were anxious to give their daughter a generous education. As both Ruth and Bradford are very young it was their parents* desire that they defer any hasty step toward matrimony. It is not known what plans Mr. and Mrs. Poole have made for the future but it is probable that they will reside in Rensselaer. They have a great host of surprised but admiring friends here who will wish them much happiness.