Iowa
Old Press
The Spirit Lake Beacon
Spirit Lake, Dickinson co. Iowa
November 2, 1944
Miss Cleo Ellsworth Married at LaCrosse, Wis. On Thursday
Dr. and Mrs. N. R. Ellsworth are announcing the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Cleo to Cpl. Anthony J. Popovich, of
Johnstown, Pa. The marriage took place at 7 o’clock in St.
Joseph’s Cathedral in LaCrosse, Wisc. Attendants were
another military man from Camp McCoy and his bride.
Miss Ellsworth was attractive in a dark brown wool traveling
dress with which she wore brown accessories. Her should corsage
was of gardenias.
The bride, who is in cadet nurses training in Sioux City, Iowa,
came to Spirit Lake last Wednesday and with her parents left for
LaCrosse for the ceremony. Dr. Ellsworth had planned to be
present for the service, but became ill at Windom enroute and
could not complete the trip. Mrs. Ellsworth accompanied her
daughter and returned to Spirit Lake Saturday.
Mrs. Popovich came to Spirit Lake with her parents eight years
ago and was a popular member of the graduating class of 1943 of
the local high school. She was a member of Spirit Lake Assembly,
Order of Rainbow for Girls before leaving for Sioux City to
enroll for cadet nurses training. She will be commissioned a
lieutenant in the Army Nurses Corps in June, 1945, after which
she will continue her nurses training. She is enjoying a short
furlough stay at LaCrosse, before returning to her training.
The groom, who was an electrical engineer at Johnstown, Penn.,
before entering the armed service, was formerly a cadet in the
air service at Sioux City, Iowa. He is now stationed with the
infantry at Camp McCoy and has been assigned for overseas duty
and expects to leave Camp McCoy shortly.
[transcribed by L.Z., February 2017]