Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1917 — Coming Marriage of Well Known Couple Has Been Announced. [ARTICLE]

Coming Marriage of Well Known Couple Has Been Announced.

Tn these crloomv davs of strennnnn war preparations when even , matrix mon ypreliminaries have yenerallv been greatly abbreviated, it was a pleasing change as well as an agreeable surprise to the sixty ladies who were tlie guests of'Mrs. A- L. Padgitt. to learn upon their arrival a+ her home Wednesday afternoon of the approaching marriage of her daughter, Esther, to Mr. Kenneth Allman, of Indianapolis. The little brother of the bride-to-be was the distributor of the hanpv tidings, which were conveyed to those nresent on little cards bearing Jhe following lines: “The twentieth of August is the date, we’ve planned. To travel life’s pathway hand in hand: As Esther and Kenneth no longer we’ll separately stand. But henceforth and forever be Mr. and Mrs. Allman. Among the guests were the members of the Presbyterian choir, of which Miss Padgitt is a member and where she will be greatly missed, and the young ladies’ sew club. A pleasing musical program was rendered and dainty refreshments were served, after which the Hope Box of the soon-to-be-bride was inspectd and pronounced by all to be unusually complete. The wedding will take place at the Padgitt home August 20»