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October 16, 1918: Margaret Gotshall is “Going to the Other Side of the World to Marry” reads the headline in the Democrat. She will join her fiancé Isaac Stauffer, and they will be married in Yokohama.
The religious service will be performed by a Reformed minister from Reading, who is a missionary in Japan, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stoudt. Mrs. Stoudt is Margaret’s friend Alma Rinker, from Boyertown.
The happy couple will make their home in Java. (Going half way around the world to marry a man from Boyertown at the home of a friend from Boyertown, and going all the way to Reading to find a minister.)
Sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 60 degrees. Sunny in the morning, clear overnight.
Kudos to Zack! In these troubled times, the world could use many more people like him. And kudos to Boyertown for providing the kind of atmosphere where Zack (and others like him) can grove and thrive. Finally, is the book mentioned still available? I'd like to buy one as I remember all of the people mentioned.
Yes, Mark. The books are available at Studio B Art Gallery and the Building a Better Boyertown office.