Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1917 — Ralph Hammond Married June 24th. [ARTICLE]

Ralph Hammond Married June 24th.

Announcements of the wedding of Ralph Hammond, son of C. G. Hammond, of Big Rapids, Mich., and a nephew of County Auditor Hammond, of this city, and Miss Helen Abagail Smith, of Big Rapids, have been received here. The wedding occurred at Big Rapids on June 24. Mr. Hammond graduated from Rensselaer high school in the year 1910, following which he took a chemist’s course at Purdue University, from which institution he graduated in 1915 with high honors. Miss Wright is one of the charming ladies of Big Rapids. , Following their wedding Mr. and Mrs. Hammond left for Niagara Falls, N. Y., where the groom has an excellent position with the American Research Society, and where they will make their permanent home. The Republican extends to them the heartiest congratulations and the wish for a life of happiness and prosperity. It is understood that Roe Hammond, a brother of Ralph, and also a graduate .of ..the local high school), was married in June also, ” but the particulars have not been learned.