Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1919 — HOLD RECORD FOR PROPOSALS [ARTICLE]

HOLD RECORD FOR PROPOSALS

Hamel Sisters, Knights of Columbus Workers, Received 234 Offers ofMarriage in Europe. New York. —ThetHarncl sisters, Simmone and Clarette, K. of C. workers just back from Europe, hold the records for proposals. In traveling through Europe for more than a year Slmmone received 114 proposals of marriage and Clarette 120. “The Irish are the best proposers and the English next,” Slmmone. “We received offers also from, Roumanians, Frenchmen, Americans and one Dutchman. Most of our proposals came from army officers, but there were a few civilians mixed in.” The Misses Hamel are to be In New York only a short time. Then ,they are going home to Hamilton, Ont.