Two Weddings (Barnes--Feaster/Shaff--Divine, 1929)

[genealogynut]

Howard Courant
June 27, 1929

Quartet of Howard Youngsters Spring a Surprise

It really wasn't much of a surprise, for most folks knew it was coming--but not all of us.  So when it floated around town Sunday morning that Gene Barnes and Miss Georgia Feaster, and Ashby Shaff and Miss Marjorie Divine had been quietly married at a late hour Saturday night, all joined in the agreement that it was a good thing, entirely right and proper, and we may add that it appears to give universal satisfaction.

The interesting event took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Feaster and Judge Fred I. Shaff officiated.  The happy quartet motored away to a neighboring town for the week end.

Gene Barnes is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Barnes of Union Center and a fine boy, at present employed as engineer by a big oil company at Tulsa. His young bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Feaster, a charming, beautiful young woman, who the past year has been with the Hubbell Book & Jewelry store.

Ashby Shaff, son of Judge and Mrs. Fred I. Shaff is the popular head salesman in the Smith & Goodwin clothing department, while his bride, Miss Marjorie Divine, popular saleswoman in the Smith & Goodwin dry goods department, is one of Howard's finest and handsomest young women.

All these young folks are graduates of Howard High, we believe, and all are most highly regarded by all our people.

Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are now away to the Ozarks on a short wedding outing; Mr. and Mrs. Shaff will go on a motor trip to the far southwest at the end of this week.

God bless 'em all!   May they live long and prosper.

[Mom70x7]

May they live long and prosper.

And we thought that was a new phrase, from the "tv" generation! 

[Janet Harrington]

I wonder where the "Hubbell Book and Jewelry Store" was?

[genealogynut]

You know, Ta Ta, I briefly had wondered the very same thing. I've went back and looked through part of my "stash"  for some store ads in old newspapers.  It seems as tho, the businesses never thought to put an address in the store ad......guess they thought everyone would know where to find them.  Some store ads have the name of the town and a phone number, while others didn't even have that.  Examples of telephone numbers back then were:  Phone 7, or Phone 36, etc.   That sounds rather weird in today's world.

[genealogynut]

Ta Ta, I found the answer to your question that you had on March 12.  I came across it when reading the microfilm.  Hubbell's Jewelry store was on the west side of Wabash ave., 1st door south of the big Smith & Goodwin store.  The store size was 25' x 75'.  There ya go!

[Janet Harrington]

So, would that be the store that Jean Gray does her crafts in?  The store just north of Waldo's Barber Shop.  That would sound reasonable to me.

And, thank you, Lois, for your fine work, again.