Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-02 | Page 8 | Weddings down for Early 1949

Weddings Down For Early 1949 The msrrisge mart did less business busi-ness and the divorce null ground more slowly for the first six months of 1949 compared to the same period last year, according to the records Saturday In the office of-fice of County Clerk Alvin Ked-dington. Ked-dington. However, the decline In marriages mar-riages was proportionately greater than the decrease In divorces during dur-ing the ssme period in 1948. A total of 1451 hopefuls la sD ags ranges bought tickets In the marriage lottery so far this year compared to 1635 In the six-month period last year. During the period pe-riod 569 couplea legally parted company In ths dlvoroe courts In 1949, while 614 divorcee were granted last year.