Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1913 — REMINGTON COUPLE MARRIED IN RENSSELAER [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON COUPLE MARRIED IN RENSSELAER

Ernest Ray Swift and Miss Helen Peck’s Marriage Said to Have Been an Elopement. Mr. Ernest Ray Swift, 24 years of age, and Miss Helen Peek, 18, both of Remington, procured a marriage dieense here Wednesday afternoon and at about 3:30 o’clock were ‘married by Rev. J. C. Parrett at the Presbyterian manse. The bride is the daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. W. E. Peck, of Remington, and is a very pretty and popular young lady, while Mr. Swift is a clerk in Fred Hicks’ department store. He is reported to be a steady young man of excellent habits and the two are well mated and should live a happy married life. * Their marriage is said to have been somewhat in the nature of an elopement, not that there were any serious parental objections, but that the bride’s parents had wanted it postponed for a little while. They have returned to Remington, where they are receiving the congratulations and best wishes of many friends.