| A.J.
VAN VALKENBURG MARRIED A.J. Van
Valkenburg, for several years division superintendent on the Soo
with headquarters at Abbotsford and later in this city, was married
at La Grande, Oregon, last Thursday, to Miss Della Van Strattem of
Appleton. The bride is quite well known locally, she being a sister
of the first Mrs. Van Valkenburg and she and her mother acted as
housekeepers for the gentleman after the death of their daughter and
sister.
Mr. Van Valkenburg resigned as superintendent a year or
more ago and until recenlty had been touring various portions of the
country. He has been located at La Grande for a short time, filling
the position of train dispatcher for the Oregon Railway and
Navigation Co. Many old friends "back east" will extend their
felicitations.
Gazette, Stevens Point Wisconsin, June 12, 1912
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POPULAR YOUNG MAN MARRIED
One of the prettiest weddings of the season was
sermonized at La Grande, Oregon on November 30th Thanksgiving Day,
when Miss Myrtle F. Long and Elbert W. Eastman were joined in
wedlock at 7:30 p.m., at the First Christian Church. Two hundred and
fifty people were present to witness the beautiful ceremony. The
decorations were evergreens and chrysanthemums. In the front was a
large arch of yellow chrysanthemums and Oregon grape.
Promptly at 7:30 Miss Sarah Smith, an accomplished
musician of La Grande, began Mendlesom's Wedding March. The bride
and groom were led to the alter by Vivian Penewell, a little two
year old flower girl. She carried a small basket of flowers and the
ring. At the alter the pretty little girl handed the groom the ring
who placed it on the bride's finger and ceremony was then performed
by Rev. H.L. Ford.
The bride was beautifully gowned in chiffon taffeta,
white satin slippers and a silk slippers and a silk bridal veil,
decorated with orange blossoms.
At 7:45 congratulations were in order and the 250
guests surged forward and wrung the hands of the bride and groom
wishing them happy and prosperous days. They departed on the 8:25
train for Soda Springs.
The happy young couple arrived in Soda Springs Friday
afternoon to spend a week with the ------ Mr. and Mrs. L.C. ------.
The groom is a rising young attorney at La Grande. He
was resident of Soda Springs for a number of years and has a legion
of friends here who will wish for him and bride a long life of
happiness and the best of good luck.
Soda Springs Chieftain, Soda Springs Idaho Dec. 7,
1916
©Shauna Williams
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