Smithville (Monroe County, Indiana) News, April 9, 1909, p. 1. Clarence Zikes, a fancy manipulator of the slide trombone in our famous cornet band, now has a smiling face to meet him at the door as he returns from work each evening and was wedded in the holy bonds of matrimony last Saturday at the clerk's office in Bloomington to Miss Blanche Sylvester who is a daughter of Foris Sylvester, the well known farmer living two miles west of town. Clarence is a son of Pink Zikes and is a highly respected young man. He has bought the Tom Clark property and will go to housekeeping shortly. Their many friends wish them a long and happy life.