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i WED AT CROWN POINT ; In 1878, romance overtook Louise j Draekert. She decided to marry | Charlie Mayer. Trips were made to I the Joe Hess store for material to make Louise's trousseau quilts and dresses. It was a great day when she and Charles set out for Crown Point. The bride’s fsther drove them to Lansing where they grot the train for the Gretna Green. | The marriage service didn’t take I long, Mrs. Mayer said, but she and j her groom spent the entire day walking around Crown Point waiting for the train home.”1 didn’t want any dinner,” Mrs. Mayer laughed.But Charlie did, so the bride andgroom had a sumptuous dinner at Miller’s hotel, where good German food was served.See, you were hungry, after all,” i Charles told his bride when she fi-j nally gave in to the lure of food.; The Mayers returned to Hammond j and began their worthwhile lives in j a one-room house with a real ■ kitchen attached to it. They had j 14 children, 12 of whom are living. What a brood to have brought upwith a 530 a month salary to start with! lt;’harles Mayer worked for his uncle and then for Tom Hammond for just $30 a month.”If there were 31 days in the month, you only got $30, Mrs. Mayer said, laughing as she usuallyW* * * ■ '»•.'« • * - '•/' — /. **'•'.lt; *’ • ’* *v * ' '» • *'*' ' • *4''* - ■' •**: — »• t: • • •does.If you think Grandma Mayer isn’t « favorite just ask any of her children or grandchildren. Julius Mayerwill tell you. He sings her praises, and Julius can, you know.
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Hammond Lake County Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Wed, Jun 28, 1933
Page 28
Full Page
Clipped by
Lake C.
IN, USA 09 Jul 2022
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