Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1918 — EARLY MORNING WEDDING [ARTICLE]

EARLY MORNING WEDDING

Charles C. Rhoades Marries Illinois Young Lady. Charles €. Rhoades, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rhoades of this city, and Miss Gertrude M. Foley of Kewanee, Illinois, were married at the home of S. C. Irwin at 12:30 o’clock Tuesday morning, Mr. Irwin performing the ceremoony. The young couple both hold government positions in Washington, Mr. Rhoades having been in the service for the past several months. Owing to the fact that Mr. Rhoades was not of age, it was necessary for the couple to come to this citaaty to gain the consent to the marriage of young Rhoades’ parents. They arrived in Rensselaer at 11 o’clock Monday night, arousing the county clerk out of his bed from a peaceful sleep, and the marriage license was issued shortly after, after which they proceeded to the Irwin home and were married at the wee small hours of the morning. They were none to soon, apparently, as the bride’s mother, accompanied by a suitor of the mother’s choice, arrived in this city at four o’clock Tuesday morning to stop the marriage, but was not sufficiently wise to the young c6uple’s movements, consequently arriving a few hours too late to witness the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Rhoades both have a leave of absence of ten days which they will spend in this city with the former’s parents, and other relatives and friends.