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ENTIRE CITY INVITED TO WEDDING OFPOPIIL;1R YOUNG GIRL IN SHOW WINDOWSV .WARD INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH SLAYINGr m •%* .7~ ' ‘ p “ * *Wedding o£ Norma Itschrier to Vernon Clayton Melliff to Take Place on Saturday Night at 8 O’clockM™-WHITE PLAINS; • N.. ,T„ • June-15.— Walter S. Ward.-son of the nriUioQulre head oc the Ward Baking Company, who 'admitted lie had shot and killed Clarence Peters, an es-sailor, aa ’tbe result of an alleged ,blacktuall ,pioi. was indicted; * by • the WeBtchester County grand -jury this' afternoon, If was reported the indictment charged murder, - but ’this 'whs•• not officially confirmed. Peters’ body was found in the • Ker^uco .reservoir. road on -the.morning ov May 1ft.All the -authorities concerned tnsdc* the utmost mystery of the indictment.; and- It • could - -not be immediately* Jearnpd what the count ogslfcst Ward was—whether' murder - in • the-r first -i.r wcohd..degree, or merely manslaughter *Nevertheless,. Sheriff Werner • ‘of Westchester County immediately sent hie deputies from White ^Plains' 'to New EochelJe to arrest young Ward arid lake.him to the Supreme Court-to; plead ‘before Justice .-Joseph . Mor-achauser.Norma Itschiier, prospective bride in The June Brides’ Popularity Contest launched by The Alarao-Peck Fumitory Company; who is to win the elegant Duron bedroom suite1 offered to the girl who will be married iitthe windows of The Alamo-Peck Furniture Company, probably is the calmest young person In the Alamo City. Despite the fact, that her marriage to Vernon Clayton Melliff will take place in the windows of The Alamo-Peck Furniture Company Saturday evening at 8 p. m. and witnessed by hundreds of people/she is not the least bit nervous or excitedabout it.In fact, she ia jubilant over the fact that she la to have thia wonderful'eond walnut furniture that is exactly like that in some of the handaomcHt homes' in America, It is true that she has changed her plane somewhat,-for-she said this morning.tint'ehe had Intended co imve..the most qnipfc. sort of a wedding an til-she, knew the. bride’s popularity contest. . '*And: unlike most .■bride?-to-be there are no eleventh hour. things ’to- attenjl* to. She is all ready-for the wedding— .ao daintily and -prettily they-will be costumed are Sybil Janice Bower ant^ Lucille Eldiholts, The.bride will be glveiTin marriage by her .father.-. The best man jWili’he Kmii Elcholts. •Don’t forget the hour, 8 o'clock sharp. You' -are Invited ;by* the bride* who expressed the docire that- you. attendr her very unusual wedding. As long s's it ig pot to he'a very'quiet-affair she is jn:.fjivbr . of; having it as large 'as.possible, and extends a cordial invitation to -the -pubHe. to .be-.present- ; So,* nowno more trying on clothes even;‘there ! that you- ■are'invited by.^‘the-bride-to-is not‘a detail that she'-has -to race to ^ ^1* -the’ proper pergpn^to ass- - *' yon,-and by .the Alamo*Peek FurnitureTHE WEATHERSan Antonio* and vidnlty; Tonight and -Friday fairly cloudy to cloudy; Maximum temperature 94 to {fOi light' to moderate southerly wlnd«. *• East Texftp ; Tonight and Friday cloudy to dondy.between now nod the time of the event-; ful occasion-; Perhaps Mias Itschner.is calm because • sbe' la very blonde.* Whether there is any .truth -or-not;ha-the impression abroad-that, blonttes calm .and -brunettes are.-Impetuous,. In her case there Is certainly a noticeable calmness and 'Poise. She spoke of. her wedding. in ■ such, a sensible manner-She'tolil the writer something .of. her. romance, of how. for-a whole-year, she has known she waa serious'about It and of having fcnown her‘fiance.-for many years. She told of her'future husband’s start in the buaineBS world andof ta- proud she was Of what he had 3™r •Temperature*: midnight 74'. Sfi-in. Il» m r»,a- m.........71rvin, * 70a.m...,,.-., 7o a m.........a. ni;........a. hi. 110 a.* Di ft10a. m■■ ..,«•lt;.SO-11 it. m 8212 noon ......... S31 Pi m - - *.». . ■ ■1i p. ra Pi m....S5Temperature* Year Ago Todaychest,*; lowest ..1 70iltmWo far and of. much she believed he could.accomplish,. And hr she talked there WZL3 a lovely glow-.oq her face nhd her eyes had -a very .soft, tender light as «she -enthused ores the futnrc-happiness that-Ik sure to fie hers, ■ • ■ 'i ' ■• The wedding*is ttf.be very Jovciy. It. Is to‘he a pink, and white weddiiig, and-the„color scheme.will be carried oat, most benatlfitHy. ' Miss Bernice I-tsch-ner, alsier .Of.- the bridc-deot, will b®, the maid .of honor- . She 'will be, c*7S• tumeil in a whitr. HI my -gown., Tbe. bridesmaid* are Misses Hedgwick:8opp anrl MIsr -Certmdc Soppi w^o will be gowned in ^vhite organdyMisses IreneJackson aril Miss Leila~;Fyrlt;mfwill wear pink organdy,. The little ICompany, who ^Iro offer you - ft- wel come, nil ’ preliminaries: ore over and everything •- that should - be 'said * ex-t)w*seilp . ' • - 'r : • . ■-The !.iest 'of tho -.contestants in the June Brides Popularity: Codtept deserve a little attcottoo.' Things,-‘we cqipin/ along finest.' klnfl with'.yq.a, * •Intetcat In-'the con test Is* high, people are selecting •their .candidates •'w*th thc:.view. tft casting votes daily and friends .of'yours are working .hard. The reports *of the Interest taken by the-men friend a * of your hnsbnhds, *or LuBbanda-to-be*.are mast favorable. They: say that theft-Is : a good defil of rivalry nraOns friends who are now boosting-.their;:particular candidate. ..One man -pus Haid’to Jmve «xprcsBed bis lrjtereBtJn the contest tlt;\ the'extent that be wng spending -nil hfs- spare tlme'HhJng-up vote^ for tho girl he. had selected as a winner.. Tbie.is a.real contest and''one that will add to..yoT?c bappincRB ,a»lt;l coni' fort* the ftat* of -your lives.' for- the prizes ^that. yau.i-wllL recoivov fty'ni. tbe Abuao/lVHc ' Fpmiture,-. Company - are mast worth wluJe!. ft'nd'-:nro not tobe ignored,. If you arc.Tiot:l’n;.wby-Jh«rrydown-and rc£ifrte#-ft-ml .put yqurt. frieds-and all their frlendrto ‘work nnd win one -of th^: vnlusble''prizes ‘tfffared * to thtr populnr girls whtf- marry in'thoGower girls who will look like fairies;1 magic marriage-month;— _ *T._. . - . * . r—
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San Antonio Evening News
San Antonio, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 15, 1922
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