Submitted by Melva Taylor
The Sterling Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois
December 22, 1915 - pg 8, col. 3
RUTH SCOTT & EDWARD VESTAL
SCOTT-VESTAL UNION
Was Solemnized at Noon Today at the Home of Rev. E. C. Harris
The second wedding at St. John's occurred at 12 o'clock today. Miss Ruth Scott of near Rock Falls became the wife of Edward Vestal of Unionville, Missouri. Rev. Harris read the ceremony, the ring services being used and the only witnesses were the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Avon Scott and Miss Dolly Scott.
Following the ceremony the wedding party drove to Cushman's Cafe where a wedding dinner was served in the private dining room. Mr. and Mrs. Vestal left during the afternoon for the groom's old home in Pennsylvania where they will spend several weeks. They will make their home in Decatur, Ill.
The brides comes of a well known Montmorency family, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Scott. She is a graduate of the Township High school in the class of '15. Mr. Vestal comes from Unionville, Mo., and is a traveling man with headquarters in Decatur.
Good wishes from a host of Twin City friends will follow the bride to her new home.
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