Saturday, January 24, 2004
MY DAD (PART SIX)
My parents returned to Blair the next day after their marriage. They arrived at the old Boston farm where they would begin housekeeping. Dad’s brother, Emil and his wife Helen, had been living there up to that time. The Boston farm was owned by Helen’s mother but Emil was not a farmer and the land lay unattended. Mom busied herself getting the house in order and putting wedding gifts in place. Dad was making the rounds of the buildings and preparing to check fences and get his team of horses moved, ready for Spring planting.
The next week Blair’s two newspapers printed the news of their wedding. Mom saved the clippings and the yellowed paper tells the story. I’m including it word for word because of the unusual way it is written.
BLAIR YOUNG PEOPLE WED
Miss Dorothy Stricklett and Mr. Francis Andersen were married Monday afternoon, March 16 at Council Bluffs, by Rev. Henry Delong and went at once to housekeeping on the Malcolm Boston 120-acre farm about one-half mile west of town.
The bride is the dauthter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stricklett and is a graduate of the Blair schools of the class of 1923. She has been employed at the Racket Store part of the time since her graduation and has made many friends by her quiet and modest demeanor.
Mr. Andersen is one of seven sons of Mr. And Mrs. Hans Andersen now of Fremont who formerly lived on a farm near Fontanelle . Both young people are industrious, enterprising and worth-while citizens who will no doubt make good. They have the best wishes of their friends in their new venture.
STRICKLETT-ANDERSEN WEDDING
Francis Andersen and Miss Dorothy Stricklett were married in Council Bluffs Monday by Uncle Henry DeLong. His brother, Theodore, who works in the U.P.Shops in Omaha, accompanied them to the Bluffs to witness the ceremony. The newlyweds honeymooned in Omaha for a day, staying at the Fontanelle, returning last evening and went to housekeeping at once on the Malcolm Boston farm, located just west of the Crowell Home. His brother, Emil, was living there but has moved to his father’s farm, the old Carpenter farm, near Fontanelle. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Andersen have moved to Fremont.
Dorothy is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Peter Stricklett, was graduated from the high school with the class of ‘23 and has been working as clerk at the Blair Racket Store off and on most of the time since. She is a quiet, faithful sincere girl whose many friends whish her a happy and successful married life.
Francis is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Andersen, is also a quiet hard working young man of sterling integrity who is sure to make a valuable citizen in any community, so we welcome the establishment of this new home in our midst.
In this day and age we do not offer a character profile in the wedding commentary but perhaps it would be a good idea. There were two other clippings with the previous two. One with the story that the Fontanelle Hotel had closed and all of the furnishings had been sold. The other was an article mentioning the death of Jack Crowdy, the man who was with mom and dad on their first date. Sadly, not only the old landmarks or friends are gone…………but my mother and dad as well. To view these old clippings and piece together the memories I have will be the last written about our family. I am determined to make it truthful, factual and personal. These are not “make-believe” posts. They are about real people who lived real lives and who made every effort to make it good. They have handed the trust to me to end it well………..
Until tomorrow,
Essentially Esther
The next week Blair’s two newspapers printed the news of their wedding. Mom saved the clippings and the yellowed paper tells the story. I’m including it word for word because of the unusual way it is written.
BLAIR YOUNG PEOPLE WED
Miss Dorothy Stricklett and Mr. Francis Andersen were married Monday afternoon, March 16 at Council Bluffs, by Rev. Henry Delong and went at once to housekeeping on the Malcolm Boston 120-acre farm about one-half mile west of town.
The bride is the dauthter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stricklett and is a graduate of the Blair schools of the class of 1923. She has been employed at the Racket Store part of the time since her graduation and has made many friends by her quiet and modest demeanor.
Mr. Andersen is one of seven sons of Mr. And Mrs. Hans Andersen now of Fremont who formerly lived on a farm near Fontanelle . Both young people are industrious, enterprising and worth-while citizens who will no doubt make good. They have the best wishes of their friends in their new venture.
STRICKLETT-ANDERSEN WEDDING
Francis Andersen and Miss Dorothy Stricklett were married in Council Bluffs Monday by Uncle Henry DeLong. His brother, Theodore, who works in the U.P.Shops in Omaha, accompanied them to the Bluffs to witness the ceremony. The newlyweds honeymooned in Omaha for a day, staying at the Fontanelle, returning last evening and went to housekeeping at once on the Malcolm Boston farm, located just west of the Crowell Home. His brother, Emil, was living there but has moved to his father’s farm, the old Carpenter farm, near Fontanelle. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Andersen have moved to Fremont.
Dorothy is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Peter Stricklett, was graduated from the high school with the class of ‘23 and has been working as clerk at the Blair Racket Store off and on most of the time since. She is a quiet, faithful sincere girl whose many friends whish her a happy and successful married life.
Francis is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Andersen, is also a quiet hard working young man of sterling integrity who is sure to make a valuable citizen in any community, so we welcome the establishment of this new home in our midst.
In this day and age we do not offer a character profile in the wedding commentary but perhaps it would be a good idea. There were two other clippings with the previous two. One with the story that the Fontanelle Hotel had closed and all of the furnishings had been sold. The other was an article mentioning the death of Jack Crowdy, the man who was with mom and dad on their first date. Sadly, not only the old landmarks or friends are gone…………but my mother and dad as well. To view these old clippings and piece together the memories I have will be the last written about our family. I am determined to make it truthful, factual and personal. These are not “make-believe” posts. They are about real people who lived real lives and who made every effort to make it good. They have handed the trust to me to end it well………..
Until tomorrow,
Essentially Esther
