We have Number 1, Vaolume 1, of THE HERALD newspaper, published 31 Aug 1929, in Franklin, Pendleton Co., WV. The following article is transcribed from that issue. ************** 28 WANT TO WED IN '29 Twenty-eight couples have been issued marriage licenses since January 1, according to E.W. Dolly, county clerk of Pendleton county. The combined ages of these couples totaled 1,418 years, the total ages of the men being 763 years, while the sum of the ages of the women was 655 years. Women were found to marry earlier in life than men, the average age of marriage for the women of Pendleton county being 23.4 years while the average age at which men married in Pendleton county this year was 27.2. The oldest man to apply for a marriage license was 50 years old, and the oldest woman was 49 years of age. The youngest man to desire matrimony was 19, and the youngest woman was 16. The complete list of marriage licenses issued since January 1, 1929, are: Arlie Judy 37, Bettie Jane Riggleman 26 Preston Lee Harman 23, Goldie Hoover 21 Algie Ree Tichenor 21, Beula Ruth Waybright 18 Voight Warner 21, Tina Bennett 16 Thomas Pendleton Bowers 50, H. Mabel Teter 23 Habson Vandevander 30, Erma Thompson 21 James Mattor 24, Mabel Westface 17 Curtis Franklin Hartman 22, Cloda Rexrode 27 Eldon Mitchell21, Lothe Kiser 16 Rice Samuel Armstrong 24, Nina Carol Heltzel 21 Herbert Faster Hoover 24, Alberta Hoover 17 Titus Beand 28, Mrs. Maggie Thompson 31 Ezra J. Lambert 21, Bettie Rexrode 22 Loy Elmer Smith 21, Eulah Blanche Kisner 19 Oley L. Smith 22, Della Mae Hartman 23 Homer Full 26, Essie Krumble 21 Emory A. Bolton 25, Laurene Waggy 21 L. E. Eye 21, Etta Bowers 25 L.L. Hoover 32, Cora Kuykendall 23 Milton A. Propst 35, Mary L. Rexrode R.H. Thompson 24, Lillian Propst 24 Richard Skidman 25, Martha Lambert 20 Harry L. Propst 27, Edith Mae Simmons 20 Charles Calvert 46, Christine Lawrence 34 French Vandiver 22, Elizabeth Sponaugh 21 R.W. McQuain 49, Bertie M. Puffenbarger 44 Jesse H. Bennett 21, Christian B. Sponaugh 23 Ramsey Teter 19, Myrtle Kate Phares 18 ********************** The spelling is as it appears in the paper, as well as the ages. Koren Fae Rawlings 304-358-3261 Pendleton Co, WVa Historical Preservation Association P.O. Box 1036 Franklin, WV 26807-1036 pendhist@access.mountain.net