Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1917 — ANNOUNCEMENT OF WEDDING [ARTICLE]

ANNOUNCEMENT OF WEDDING

Miss Madeline Ramp to Wed Mr. Henry Regus, of New Orleans. While no announcement has as yet been made here, the Brook correspondent to the Kentland Enterprise contains the following announcement of the coming marriage of Miss Madeline Ramp of this city, a daughter of Mrs. Charles Ramp, to Mr. Henry Regus of New Orleans, Louisiana, the wedding to take place on April 24 next: Mrs. Jolin Lawrence entertained eighteen guests at 7 o’clock dinner Monday evening and announced the coming marriage of Miss Madeline Ramp of Rensselaer to Mr. Henry Regus of New Orleans*. The affair was a complete surprise to everyone, who believed Miss Ramp to be in the West, 'having lately accepted a government position there as matron in an Indian school and the information was given out by means of a clever ruse. The table was decorated in an elegant mapr ner, and ..immediately after the guests were seated the lights were turned off in the dining room and those near, leaving the guests in total darkness whereupon the hostess seined chagrin at having foigotten to light the candles adorning the table an<J busied herself to procure’ a match, asking a friend assisting in the hospitalities to also strike one. The first small rays of. light revealed Miss Madeline and her sister, Miss Martha Ramp, who had slipped into. their places under cover of darkness to the astonishment of their friends. The entertainment that followed between courses disclosed the happy secret of the engagement and the wedding to take place in Rensselaer April 24' Miss Ramp was a former instructor in the Brook school and won a large place, in the affections of all who knew her. A few weeks ago she left to take up the duties of the new position, but was intercepted by the lucky man who persuaded her to make different plans. Mrs. Harry Warr and Mrs. T. L. Davis assisted Mrs. Lawrence during the happy evening.