Iowa Old Press
The Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Woodbury co., Iowa
January 17, 1926
THE ILLUSTRATIONS
Miss Robinette Nafizger, will depart with her mother, Mrs. J.B.
Naftzger, for California today. They will return late in the
spring.
Mrs. Charles C. Smith, of Pittsburgh, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. S.M. Weir, Sioux apartments. Several delightful social
courtesies have been extended the visitor.
Mrs. Thomas Gant and Mr. Gant have departed on an eastern trip
after which they will make their home in Westfield, Ia. Prior to
her marriage at the Cathedral of Epiphany Saturday, Mrs. Gant was
Miss Ruth Kinleyside.
Announcement of the engagement of Miss Margret Abdo to A. M.
Ombolt, of Chicago, is made today by Mr. and Mrs. Abdo. The
wedding will take place in the summer.
GIRL TANK STAR BECOMES BRIDE of WESTFIELD MAN
Miss Ruth Kinleyside Is Married Saturday to Thomas Gant.
[Lovely photograph of Mrs. Thomas Gant included with this news
article]
Among the prettiest of the smaller winter weddings was that of
Miss Ruth Kinleyside, of Sioux City, to Thomas Gant, son of Mr.
P. Gant, of Westfield, Ia., which was solemnized at the Cathedral
of the Epiphany Saturday morning. Only immediate friends and
relatives witnessed the service.
The bride was clad in a smart spring tailored suit of navy blue
with hat to match and a corsage bouquet of tea roses. Her
attendant, Miss Frances Hunter, wore an ensemble dress of blue
with hat included. Steve Gant, of Westfield, served as groomsman.
Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kirby, 317 Rebecca street. Mr. and Mrs.
Gant will make their home in Westfield after an eastern wedding
trip.
The bride is a graduate of Central high school and a member of
the Alumnae Hesperian society. She has been one of the active
young women in athletic circles in the city, being an expert
swimmer. Mr. Gant formerly was a student at St. Ambrose college
at Davenport.
[transcribed by L.Z., August 2018]