Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1910 — MARRIED AT ST. JOE. [ARTICLE]

MARRIED AT ST. JOE.

Youthful Rensselaer Couple Hike to Michigan’s Gretna Green to Wed. Among the scores of matrimonial contracts entered into last Sunday at St. Joseph, Mich., was one from Rensselaer that occasioned much surprise, owing to the extreme youth of the contracting parties. Dean Merica, aged 17, and Miss Gladys Beam, aged 16, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beam, who have been quite spooney for some time, took the milk train ostensibly for Parr Sunday, the latter to spend the day with Miss Ocie Wood. Instead, however, they went right on, and in due course of time reached Michigan’s noted Gretna Green, where the age of candidates for matrimony is not questioned very closely, and were married there that afternoon. Mr. Beam got a telegram Monday morning appraising him of the fact that he had another son-in-law, and Monday evening the young couple came home for the parental blessing. Mr. Merica is a son of Alex Merica. a well-to-do citizen of Francesville, and is a fine young man. He graduated from the Rensselaer high school last spring and his parents wanted to send him to college. Since school was out he has been employed by W. H. Morrison ih his cream station and his services are highly valued by Mr. Morrison, who places the utmost confidence in him. The bride would have been a sophomore in the high school, this year and is very popular among her associates. No valid objections could be made to the marriage from either side except the youth of the young couple, and they will become older in a few years, of course. Yesterday they went over to Francesville to visit the groom’s parents, but expected to return last evening. Mr. Merica wilt Continue in the employment of Mr. Morrison indefinitely.