Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1919 — MARRIED AT NOON TODAY [ARTICLE]

MARRIED AT NOON TODAY

FRED H. HAMILTON AND MISS JEWEL McCARTY MARRIED AT TAFT, CALIFORNIA. Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Hamilton received a message this morning from their son, Fred, announcing that he and Miss Jewel McCarty would be married at Taft, California, this Tuesday noon, and that they would leave immediately following the ceremony for Los Angeles to spend their honeymoon. Thus has a winsome and chaining little California miss accomplished what the entire German army failed to accomplish in three years —that of capturing the Rensselaer boy. The romance which culminated in the marriage of the young people sprung up shortly after the discharge of Mr. Hamilton from the Canadian army last spring at Victoria, B. C., which was followed by his locating in Taft, Cal., in the employ of the Union Oil company, which has large oil interests In the vicinity of Orcutt, Cal. It was at Taft that Fred met the future Mrs. Hamilton, who was at that time employed as a school teacher near that place. « The bnde is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McCarty, prominent citizens of Fellows, Cal. She is a graduate of _California Normal school and is a talented and accom-

plished young woman. Mr. Hamilton is a Rensselaer boy and practically his entire lifetime has been spent in this city where he is well and favorably known. He was graduated from the Local high school with the 1913 class and continued his schooling for two years at DePauw university. Perhaps Fred is better known through his imposing war record, with which practically every citizen of Jasper county is acquainted. It was his privilege to engage in some of the greatest battles in the world’s history throughout 1916, ,1917 and 1918. He was a member of a Canadian unit which saw much fighting. In the fighting in September, 1918, he was wounded and later sent to a London hospital. For his valor displayed in this battle he received the English cross of honor in addition to the French Croix de Guerre, which had previously been bestowed upon him. However, he came through it all with a smile and feels that the hardships he endured were not too great for the prize he has just won. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will makaf their home, for the present at least, at Santa Maria, Cal., where the groom recently purchased a home. The Republican joins the many friends of the young couple in extending congratulations and well wishes for a happy journey through life.