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Show BESSIE KILLAM AND JERRY HANCOCK ARE MARRIED SATURDAY j The marriage of Miss Bessie Killam Kil-lam to Gerald Hancock was solcm-'nized solcm-'nized at the home of the bride's pai-jents pai-jents Saturday night, Justice Herbert !Nichols reading the ceremony. The wedding,- a culmination of a i secret engagement between two of ' the most popular young people of Milford, was a complete surprise to their many friends. Only the im-I im-I mediate family of the bride were present, pre-sent, Mrs. Hancock's sister, Mildred and her brother, Cecil, acting as wit nesses and her parents, her brother, Robert and her sister, Virgie in attendance. at-tendance. Gowned in pale peach chiffon and carrying a bouquet of pink roses and i sweet peas in pastell shades, the bride made a charming picture. Her sister, Miss Mildred Killam, wore nile green chiffon and carried sweet j peas and daffodils. I An interesting touch of sentiment 'was the choice of Justice Nichols, u 1 friend 'of the bride from childhood, . to read the service. Mrs. Hancock ! in selecting him for the honor was J fulfilling a promise made to h'm When she was a school girl, j Following the ceremony, the young couple were entertained at a wedding supper by the bride's moth-ier. moth-ier. Only the wedding party attended. I The marriage of so charming a girl has created considerable interest. inter-est. Mrs. Hancock, a daughter of l Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Killam, was born j here in Milford and has lived here the greater part of her life. After her graduation from the Milford High School, she spent a year in Los I Angeles where, following the completion com-pletion of a business course, she act j as private secretary to the. chairman of the areonautics association of Calif Cal-if orania. On her return to Milford, she was I secretary to the firm of Cline and Cline and for the past year town clerk of Milford in which capacity i she has handled the clerical business of the city efficiently and faithfully. Mr. Hancock is the son of N. A. .Hancock of Salt Lake City. He has j spent most of his life in Salt Lake 1 coming to Milford six months ago to manage the Allen's store. Though ;his stay here has been brief, during that time he has made a great many friends and won an enviable popular- I lty' Mr. and Mrs. Hancock are at present pre-sent living at the Atkin hotel but will soon leave for Caliente where Ihey will make their home. |