Bonne Terre Register, Bonne Terre, Missouri, Fri., Nov. 10, 1916. BONNE TERRE BOY MARRIES POTATO QUEEN. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Raue of this city received announcement of the marriage of their son, Arvil W. Raue, to Miss Etta M. Burkhart near Sheridan, Wyo., Nov. 1st., the wedding being solemnized at the home of the bride's parents. That young Mr. Raue has chosen well in selecting a wife is indicated in the fact that she was winner of the second prize offered by the government last year for the best record as a potato grower. Her photograph appears in a western agricultural magazine and in which she is designated as "Queen of the Potato Growers". She is accredited with growing 640 bushels of potatoes on one acre of ground - doing all the work, even to the plowing, herself. Her competitors for the potato prize were enumerated at 8,000; hence it was no small honor to be winner in such a contest, and especially for a 17 years old girl. Arvil Raue lived in Bonne Terre a number of years, in fact he graduated in the grammar school here. The Register heartily joins his many friends in this city in wishing for him and his bride a life of hapiness and prosperity. ========= FOLLOW-UP: Arvil (Arvie) Raue died suddenly in July of 1931. Here is link to his obituary: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mackley/Library_obits_Jpegs/Obits_R_s/Obits_RA/RA_000361.jpg