I have a lovely photo all ready to go in case there is a place to put it...a 1924 beauty queen! Walter W. Line Marries Fall Festival Beauty Queen Saturday Noon Miss Charlotte Peters of Linden and Walter Wert Line of this city were married at high noon on Saturday [Oct 25, 1924] at Danville, Ill. The marriage vows were read by Rev. Ewing, pastor of the Methodist church at his home. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Peters of Linden. Very popular in the social circles of that place, a charming young woman, a beautiful brunette and chosen beauty queen of the Fall Festival held here Oct 22 [1924]. She is a graduate of the Linden high school and for the past few years has been librarian at the Linden public library. Mr. Line is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Line, 400 east Main street, this city. He attended the local high school but before finishing he moved with his parents to Los Angeles, Calif. where he completed his school work. Mr. Line is a prosperous young farmer who is working in partnership with his father. Immediately after their marriage on Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Line drove to the home of the bride's parents at Linden for a short visit and later came to Crawfordsville where they were the dinner guests of the groom's parents. On Saturday evening they went to Indianapolis, returning here on Sunday, For the present the newly wedded young couple will spend their time in Linden and in this city with their parents and in the spring will be at home to their friends at 511 east Market street. One day this week at Linden, the townspeople are going to celebrate with a banquet in compliment to the bride who was crowned beauty queen. This affair promises to be one of the big social events of the season at the queen's home town. ~Crawfordsville [Indiana] Daily Journal, Monday, 27 Oct 1924, page 5 columns 1-2. Transcribed by Suzy Wert [Note: The mother of the groom was Rosa Lee Wert, daughter of Asher Wert and Angeline Hankins Wert. The groom's father was John B. Line, the son of John Line, Sr and Sarah G Edwards. Sarah was born in Ohio.] **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

What a neat article. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Limequilla@aol.com> To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 6:21 PM Subject: [InMontgo] Back to the Werts :) 1924 Walter W. Line Marries FallFestival Beauty Queen >I have a lovely photo all ready to go in case there is a place to put >it...a > 1924 beauty queen! > > Walter W. Line Marries Fall Festival Beauty Queen Saturday Noon > > Miss Charlotte Peters of Linden and Walter Wert Line of this city were > married at high noon on Saturday [Oct 25, 1924] at Danville, Ill. The > marriage > vows were read by Rev. Ewing, pastor of the Methodist church at his home. > > The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Peters of Linden. Very > popular in the social circles of that place, a charming young woman, a > beautiful brunette and chosen beauty queen of the Fall Festival held here > Oct 22 > [1924]. She is a graduate of the Linden high school and for the past few > years > has been librarian at the Linden public library. > > Mr. Line is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Line, 400 east Main street, > this > city. He attended the local high school but before finishing he moved with > his parents to Los Angeles, Calif. where he completed his school work. Mr. > Line > is a prosperous young farmer who is working in partnership with his > father. > > Immediately after their marriage on Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Line drove to > the > home of the bride's parents at Linden for a short visit and later came to > Crawfordsville where they were the dinner guests of the groom's parents. > On > Saturday evening they went to Indianapolis, returning here on Sunday, > > For the present the newly wedded young couple will spend their time in > Linden and in this city with their parents and in the spring will be at > home to > their friends at 511 east Market street. > > One day this week at Linden, the townspeople are going to celebrate with a > banquet in compliment to the bride who was crowned beauty queen. This > affair > promises to be one of the big social events of the season at the queen's > home > town. > > ~Crawfordsville [Indiana] Daily Journal, Monday, 27 Oct 1924, page 5 > columns > 1-2. Transcribed by Suzy Wert > > [Note: The mother of the groom was Rosa Lee Wert, daughter of Asher Wert > and > Angeline Hankins Wert. The groom's father was John B. Line, the son of > John > Line, Sr and Sarah G Edwards. Sarah was born in Ohio.] > **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making > headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message