The flip of a com won a bride for Harold Nelson. According to a story told by County Clerk Elwood, H. Beemer, Miss Dorothy Williams of Fresno walked into the marriage license bureau with two men, one of whom was Nelson of Reedley, California. “Which one is the groom?” Beemer asked. Beemer said Miss Williams replied she had not decided. The county clerk drew a half dollar out of the cash drawer and flipped it. Nelson said “heads,” and “heads” it w’as. He and Miss Williams were married shortly afterwards by District Judge Thomas F. Moran. The man who called “tails,” Beemer said, was one of the witnesses to the ceremony. Records in the county recorder’s office show that Walter Nelson and C. Hansen were witnesses.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1935, Page 13 (Supplement)
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