Penny and Belle – 70th anniversary
OCTOBER 2015
PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
married at the time was 21 – Penny
was 19 years old and had to have his
mother sign for him. Belle was 18,
which made her of legal age, meaning she could do her own signing.
A young woman who once had
an eye for Penny stopped them on
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the way to the courthouse to get
their license, and told them that their
marriage would never l ast because
they were too young.
“We’re still waiting any day for
us to break up,” Belle said laughing.
“That was 75 years ago.”
After the ceremony, Belle’s boss
drove the newlyweds and their mutual friend around town, honking the
horn in celebration.
After the wedding, the couple
moved into Penny’s mother’s tworoom house, as she had moved to
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