Earl A. Moody to Neva M. Welch
A pretty home wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs Charles Welch this
forenoon (June 6, 1923), their daughter, Neva M. Welch being joined in marriage with Prof. Earl A.
Moody, of Salina, Kansas.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. T. E. Ream of Earlville, Ill., former M. E.
Pastor in this city, and the ring ceremony was used. The guests were confined to the
relatives of the bride and a few chosen personal friends.
The bride was attired in a white canton crepe dress trimmed in silk lace, with slippers to match and carried a bridal bouquet. The hour of the ceremony was 10 o’clock, and immediately thereafter the newly-married couple drove to Savanna and caught a fast train for Chicago. They will enjoy a honeymoon trip and then proceed to Salina where Mr. Moody is teaching in the city schools. The groom is known to a great many Mt. Carroll people, as he is a former teacher in our schools, having finished his work here two or three years ago. He is an able instructor, a fine fellow, a genial gentleman and those who have his acquaintance know that he is worthy of the estimable young lady whom he has taken as his life’s companion. His bride is one of Mt. Carroll’s best young ladies and has spent practically all of her life here. She is a graduate of Mt. Carroll public schools in the class of ’20 and after completing this branch of the education attended the Francis Shimer School, from which she graduated in ‘22. She then took up teaching and was so engaged the past year at the Vinegar Hill School. She is an unusually bright and intelligent girl of a happy, genial disposition. She has legions of friends in this city and community. She will be missed in educational circles, in the home and church, she having always taken a prominent part in the young people’s work in the Methodist denomination. All will be sorry that she is leaving for a distant home and will wish her and her husband continued joy and all possible prosperity.
The Mirror-Democrat wishes to be remembered in these congratulations.
Contributed by Alice Horner
(Note: This account isn’t dated, but I believe it to be from around 1923.)
