100 years ago
FEBRUARY 13, 1903 — Mr. E.G. Maring, of Ponca, Oklahoma, and Miss Minnie M. Williams were married at 10 o'clock a.m. February 8, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. M.J. Williams, in this city. Mrs. Williams' brother, J.W. Sidwell, of Topeka, performed a very impressive ceremony and Miss Minnie's sister, Mrs. Grace Wadleigh, of Denison, Texas, played the wedding march.
The wedding was a private affair, none but relatives and near friends being present. Some very nice presents were received. After the ceremony the couple went to church, then returned in due time to a nice dinner, and remained at home until the five o'clock Rock Island train, which took them to their new home in Ponca, Okla.
The bride is a most estimable young lady and well known to all our people. Mr. Maring bears the appearance of a fine young man and is said by those who know him to be in every way worthy of the young lady whose hand he has won — and that is the highest compliment. Marion people extend their sincerest well wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Maring and hope for them abundant happiness and prosperity.
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Miss Laura Thorp was hostess at a Progressive Ping Pong party in honor of her cousins, the Misses Kinney, who have been visiting her several weeks. The following guests were present to enjoy the delightful occasion: Mrs. Bert Wheeler, Misses Grosser, Clara Morris, Villa Ainsworth, Willie Hoch, Annabel Knowles, Lola Hoch, Edith Keller, Lizzie Bryan, Mamie Robinson, and Edna Hoch.
Dr. Marner reports an eight-pound baby girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Scott, Thursday morning.
A rap at the front door of the editorial residence last Friday evening aroused the writer from a reverie into which he had just fallen, and interrupted some so-called thoughts he was thinking for his next RECORD. In came some thirty-odd members of his Bible class, headed by County Superintendent L.M. Knowles. It was a complete surprise to us. We had had no suspicion of such a visitation. The invaders brought big baskets full of good things and at the proper time spread a banquet fit for a king. John H. Smith, L.M. Knowles, William Taylor and Sam Burkholder smothered us with beautiful bouquets culled from warm hearts. The evening was a joyous one, to us, at least, and seemingly so to all who were there. The weather and several other entertainments in town that night cut the attendance of the members fully one-half from the number expected by the projectors, but the attendance was larger than could reasonably be expected under the circumstances. We will long cherish the memory of this delightful experience and our old palpitator will beat a little faster every time we think of it. The following members of the class were present: Mr. and Mrs. Eli Good, Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Dickerson, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. George Donaldson, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bradbury, Mr. and Mrs. D.D. Akin, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cochran, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Grimes, Mrs. Tomlinson, Mrs. Runyan, Mrs. Mollohan, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Myers, Mrs. W.B. Hall, Mr. L.M. Knowles, Mr. Sam Burkholder, Mr. J.C. Lilley, Mr. H.M. Thorp, Mr. Josiah Good, Mr. Ike Runyan, Mr. Charlie Runyan, Mr. Wm. Taylor. Also, Superintendent W.S. Bryan and wife.
Miss Ruth King entertained about twenty of her friends last Saturday evening, in celebration of her sixteenth birthday anniversary. A delightful evening was enjoyed by the merry crowd who were there.
At the Presbyterian parsonage last Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Dr. J.W. Thompson pronounced the words uniting in the marriage relation Mr. Everett L. Phillips and Miss Hattie E. Bayless, both of Elk, Kansas. A brother of the groom and a sister of the bride accompanied them and were witnesses of the ceremony. The newly wedded couple will set up their home in the Oklahoma country, where Mr. Phillips has a good farm partially improved. They both come of highly respected families and are of the substantial type of people that are valuable additions to any community favored by being chosen as their home.
The Burton murder trial has been in progress in the District Court here this week. This is the third trial of the case. The defendant was found guilty of murder in the second degree in each of the preceding trials. County Attorney R.L. King is assisted in the prosecution by lawyer Frank Grattan, of McPherson. Charles Bucher, of Newton, and Henry Swan, of Marion, are attorneys for the defense.
Rev. D.D. Akin will give his lecture on Andersonville prison at the Baptist church next Friday evening, February 20. He will tell of his own capture and his imprisonment in that famous prison. It is a thrilling story and the lecture is intensely interesting as well as instructive. The proceeds will be given to the Woman's Relief Corps of Marion to assist them in paying some debts with which they are at present burdened. The price of admission has been fixed at 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
Marriage licenses have recently been issued to the following people: Frank Beisel and Lizzie Fretzler, Tampa; Abraham Schmidt, Durham, and Lena Jones, Waldeck; F.W. Keller and Mary Schlingloff, Marion; E.G. Marling, Ponca City, and Minnie M. Williams, Marion; Edward W. Slocombe and Katie Pearl Davis, Peabody; Everett J. Phillips and Hattie Bayless, Elk.
The post office at Waldeck has been discontinued. Mail to Dole's Park.
(Copied by Joan Meyer from the 1903 microfilm files of the Marion Record.)
