Surnames: Meinke, Smith, Donald, Niemzyk

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 08/23/1951

Meinke, Erna M. (Marriage - 14 July 1951)

Miss Erna M. Meinke of Milwaukee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Meinke of Colby, and Wilbur L. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Smith of Sacramento, Calif., exchanged marriage vows at 8:00 P.M. Saturday, July 14th, in Bethel Evangelical and Reformed church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rev. W. Clyde Donald reading the marriage ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Niemzyk of Milwaukee attended the couple.

The bride was attired in a white suit and accessories and her corsage consisted of American beauty roses and white bachelor buttons. Her attendant wore a pale grey suit with white accessories and her corsage also consisted of American beauty roses with white bachelor buttons.

The bride is a graduate of Colby High School and St. Mary’s School of Nursing, Wausau. The groom is a graduate of Sacramento College, Calif. The couple is at home to friends at 2245 N. 39th, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.