Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1908 — Surprise Marriage At Brushwood. [ARTICLE]

Surprise Marriage At Brushwood.

Rev. Bice, of Chicago Heights preached at- Brushwood U. B. church, at Aix, last Wednesday evenirg, and took as his text, “Choose ye this this day whom ye will serve.” No one noticed the organist shyly "blush, and no one saw a smile of pride wreath the brow of her escort, and at the conclusion of the service all the audience was surprised when Rev. Bice called Mr. Roy Williams and Miss Florence Davisson before Mm and united them in marriage. It later developed that they planned this way of having the wedding per formed and had caused the minister, who is their mutual friend, to come from Chicago Heights purposely for the wedding. They are a popular young couple and will reside on a farm in the Aix neighborhood.