Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1906 — Stephenson-Kirk Wedding. [ARTICLE]

Stephenson-Kirk Wedding.

Still another notable weduing took place in town Wednesday. The parties were Mr. Elmer E. Stephenson, now of Chicago, but formerly of Parr, and son of Robert Stephenson, a well known resident ot that vicinity, and Miss Hazel Kirk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kirk, and the wedding was held at their present home, which is with Mrs. Kirk's mother, Mrs. >l. B. Alter, at the corner of Van Rensselaer and Rutsen streets. The ceremony took place at four o’clock p. m. and was performed by Rev. Dr. H. L. Kind ig, pastor of Trinity M. E. church, and in the presence of a-large company of relatives and special friends. The bride was attended by Miss Evelyn Watson, her cousin, as bridesmaid, and the groomsman was his brother Fred Stephenson. The bride’s aunt, Mrs. H. J. Kannal, played the wedding march. The ring ceremony was used. After the ceremony a flue wedding feast was served and soon following that, the bridal couple took the 6:32 p. m. train for Chicago, accompanied by a large delegation of their wedding guests, and the younger members thereof well provided with the indispensible rice. They will make a short visit with friends at Watseka, Mich., and then return t> Chicago, where the bridegroom, who is a very worthy and industrious young man, has a good position as correspondent for the American Steel Company. The decorations were elaborate and tasteful, and were made by the bride's club mates of the Imps, of Rensselaer high school, and were in the colors of this year’s graduating class, of which the bride was a member. The out-of town guests were the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stephenson, and brothers Roy and Alva, all of Parr, and his other brother Fred, of Chicago; and of the bride’s relatives, the following: Mrs. W. W. Watson, her aunt, and Miss Evlyn Watson, her cousin, of Chicago; Misses Clara Louise and May Ewing Lucas, cousins, of Nashville, Tenn.; Misses Bertha and Golda Jackson, of Logansport; Mrs. W. H. Parish, of Gallatin, Tenn., Mrs. Rena Bar j too. of Morocco, all cousins.