A wedding that came as a surprise to all was performed Wednesday night of last week at the Methodist church at Perry, when Miss Vivian PERKINS became the bride of John VALENTINE. These young people had been making friends with Dan Cupid for only a few weeks and few friends suspected that it was a case of love at first sight, and when the wedding was announced it became the one absorbing topic of conversation.
Accompanied by Misses "Tige" MERRITT, Katherine BLAIR and Miss Josephine HARRIS, Miss PERKINS and Mr VALENTINE motored to Perry where the wedding ceremony was said by the Rev J.W. HARGER, pastor of the Methodist church of that city, returning here where the wedding was kept a secret until Saturday.
Mrs VALENTINE is the daughter of Mrs Maud GORDON-PERKINS and was born and reared in this city. She is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs L. GORDON, 110 W. Church where with her mother have lived many years. She was a member of the 1931 graduating class, being elected by the class to represent the chamber of commerce from this city at the dedication of the Carpenter Dam in Hot Springs last fall.
Mr VALENTINE, a son of Mr and Mrs J.J. VALENTINE, N. West street, has been attending Harding college and at the close of school will be associated with his father, who is a contractor. Mr and Mrs VALENTINE at present are living at the home of the groom's parents, where they have the best wishes of friends for a happy married life.  
-- Morrilton Democrat newspaper, Jun 4, 1931, pg 3; contributed by Sharon Smith.