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Hancock County Journal
Carthage, Illinois
Thursday
February 12, 1948
Page 1
Column 7Award Winner
Geraldine BostonMiss Boston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Boston of southeast of Carthage, has been chosen to receive the good citizenship award given by the Carthage chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which is offered each year to a high school senior girl.
The winner is chosen from the three girls receiving the most votes from her classmates. The high school faculty makes the final decision.
This year's winner is rated high scholastically and has been a member of the girls' chorus for three years; mixed chorus, three years; band, three years; president of the Girls' Athletic association this year and member of the girls' ensemble this year. She was vice president of her sophomore class. Before coming to Carthage to high school she attended East Union school southeast of Carthage.
Hancock County Journal
and The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Thursday
February 27, 1958
Section 1
Page 5
Column 3Geraldine Boston
Honored at ShowerMrs. William Hayes of near Carthage entertained at a linen shower Saturday afternoon in honor of Miss Geraldine Boston whose marriage to Robert Maynard will take place March 9. Bingo was played during the afternoon.
Those present were: Mrs. Kenneth Jenkins, Miss Fannie McVay, Mrs. Olaf Dickinson, Mrs. Richard Murfin, Mrs. Henry Wachtendorf, Evelyn and Erma, Mrs. Laverne Mitchel, Joyce, Joan and June, Mrs. Joe Vance, Mrs. Harry Lionberger, Celia and Lorna, Mrs. Lee Murphy, Mrs. Morgan Webb, Mrs. Raymond Ancelet and Nancy, Mrs. Louis Huls, Mrs. Glen Dickinson and Mrs. Kenneth Maynard.
Hancock County Journal
and The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Thursday
March 13, 1958
Section 1
Page 7
Column 1Bostons Entertain
At Rehearsal DinnerMr. and Mrs. Ernest Boston entertained at a rehearsal dinner Saturday evening in their home on Route 1, Carthage. Their guests were their daughter, Miss Geraldine Boston of Crete, and Robert Maynard of Chicago, who were married the next afternoon, Mrs. Kenneth Maynard and Richard of Carthage, Mrs. Tom Thompson and Mrs. Sven Malm and daughter, Lynne, of Crown Point, Ind., Mrs. John Douglas of Plymouth and Miss Gladys Bollinger of Crete.
Hancock County Journal
and The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Thursday
March 13, 1958
Page 9
Columns 1 - 3Miss Geraldine Boston Weds
Robert Maynard SundayMiss Geraldine Boston of Crete, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Boston of Route 1, Carthage, and Robert Maynard of Chicago, son of Mrs. Kenneth Maynard of Carthage and the late Mr. Maynard, were married at 4 p.m. Sunday in the home of the bride's parents. The Rev. Leslie C. Archer, pastor of the Monticello Methodist church, formerly of Carthage, officiated in the double ring ceremony in the presence of immediate family members. Other relatives and friends attended the reception which followed the service.
A large bouquet of jonquils and white snapdragons was on a table at the north side of the room near where the couple made their vows.
Miss Gladys Bollinger, former roommate of the bride at Crete, sang "Because" with a recording as accompaniment. A recording of the wedding march was also used.
Attendants
Mrs. John Douglas of Plymouth; sister of the bride, and Richard Maynard of Carthage, brother of the bridegroom, were attendants. Mrs. Tom Thompson of Crown Point, Ind., sister of the bridegroom, was in charge of the guest book.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a street length dress of satin embroidered white cotton with full back panels of lace. Her headband of lace matched the panels. She carried a colonial bouquet of yellow rosebuds and white hyacinth florets. Mrs. Douglas wore a satin embroidered yellow cotton dress and carried a colonial bouquet of white carnations and yellow rosebuds.
Mrs. Boston's dress was of pale blue acetate and rayon and she wore a corsage of yellow rosebuds. Mrs. Maynard wore a pink two-piece dress and a white glammelia corsage.
Reception Follows
More than 100 attended the reception which followed the ceremony. The three-tiered wedding cake, which was served with other refreshments, was iced in white and was decorated with white roses and yellow leaves. Mrs. LaVerne Mitchell of Carthage cut the cake and JoAnne and Judy Dickinson of Carthage assisted in serving the cake and punch. Mrs. Olaf Dickinson and Mrs. Joe Vance were in the kitchen. Linda Dickinson of Carthage and Paula and Barbara Douglas of Plymouth assisted the guests with their coats.
Following the reception the couple left to make the trip back to Crete where they are at home at 1966 Dixie Highway. For traveling, the bride wore plaid cotton chemise dress in pastel shades.
Mrs. Maynard was graduated from Carthage high school in 1948 and received her bachelor's degree from Carthage College in 1956. She attended the University of Alaska at Fairbanks a year and taught a year in Alaska. She has also taught in Hancock county and for the past three years has been one of three fourth grade teachers at Crete.
The bridegroom was graduated from Carthage high school in 1948, attended the University of Illinois three years, Carthage college a semester and served with the U. S. army for three years. He is now employed by the Telephone division of Western Electric in Chicago.
