Howard Courant
January 4, 1912
At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Clampitt, of Bolivar, Mo., Miss Wilda L. Clampitt and Howard L. Bethard were married Sunday, December 24, 1911, by Rev. H. Phillips of the Baptist Church.
The young couple came to Longton Monday and went to housekeeping in the Greene property on North Kansas Avenue.
Mr. Bethard, the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Bethard, has grown to manhood in this community and the Clampitts lived near Longton for a year, and both parties have many friends to wish them every happiness in their wedded life. -----Gleaner.