The pianist, Mrs. Robert Coats, played "Mediation" by Morrison "At Dawning" by Cadman and "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" by R.M. Stultz in a nuptial prelude. Miss Priscella Coffey of Polo sang "I Love You Truly" by Bond and "Because" by D'Hardelot for her numbers. The Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin was the signal for the approach of the bridal party and for the recessional the organist played Mendellssonhn's "Wedding March".

Miss Eleanor Hummel, twin sister of the bride, was her maid of honor. Little Gloria Jean Scholl, cousin of the bridegroom, was flower girl. Eugene Haak was best man for his brother and the ushers were Wilbert Boynton of Dixon, and Richard Williams of Mt. Carroll, cousins of the bride and Myron Ebersole of Coleta.

The bride was given in marriage by her father. She wore a floor length gown of pastel blue marquisette over taffeta and a fingertip veil of net illusion crowned by a heart shaped tiara of matching material trimmed with orange blossoms. She wore a single strand of pearls, the gift of the bridegroom, and carried an arm bouquet of white roses. For something old, she carried her grandmothers wedding handkerchief.

Pastel rose marquisette over taffeta fashioned the maid of honor's dress which was floor length. She carried a colonial bouquet of blue and white mixed flowers. The flower girl was attired in a floor length dress of yellow taffeta tied with lace and blue ribbon. Her bouquet was also a mixed arrangement.

The brides mother chose a black and white dress with white accessories and the bridegrooms mother was in navy blue and white. Their corsages were gardenias . There were white aster boutonnier for the men in the wedding party and the bridegrooms was a white rose.

A reception took place in the dining room of the church for 160 guests. Miss Bernice Hummel, sister of the bride, Miss Marilyn Thomas of Mechanicsville Ia., and Miss Marian Haak, sister of the bridegroom, presided over the refreshment table which was appointed in blue and white and centered with a three-tier wedding cake which was baked by the bride's mother. Others assisting with the serving were Misses Eleanor and Evelyn Haines, Phyllis Scholl, Virginia Main, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Detwieler. Miss Cathryn Detweiler took care of the guest book and Miss Mildred Boynton had charge of the wedding gifts. The happy couple left immediately on a short wedding trip of unnanounced destination. Mrs. Haak was wearing a two-piece blue jersey suit with white accessories and a corsage of white gardenias taken from her bridal bouquet.

Mrs. Haak is a graduate of Polo High School with the class of 1944, and for the past year has been employed as a typist at the Northwestern Wire and Steel Co. Mr. Haak is employed on his fathers farm north of Sterling where the couple will reside in the near future. Both are members of the East Jordan church where Mr. Haak has served as usher for the past several years.

Dixon Evening Telegraph 17 August 1945