LYON COUNTY GENEALOGY
Affair Held in Sioux Falls; to Make Residence in City
(17 June 1934)
A wedding of interest to a large circle of friends took place in Sioux Falls Sunday morning, June 17, at 8 o’clock, when Miss Dorothy MacDonald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. MacDonald, of Sioux Falls, and Mr. Haven LaVerne Means, of this city, son of Frank L. Means, of Berkeley, Cal., were married in the home of the bride. The Rev. Charles Gerlinger, pastor of the First Congregational church, performed the ceremony.
The bride wore a knitted outfit in blue and carried a Colonial bouquet. Immediately after the ceremony, a wedding breakfast was served to the relatives and a few close friends. Appointments were in Miss MacDonald’s colors, rose and blue.
After a short honeymoon trip, Mr. and Mrs. Means will be at the Knights Templar Park hotel, where Mr. Means has a summer position. September 1, they will be at home in Rock Rapids, where the bridegroom is athletic coach and instructor in the high school.
Miss MacDonald was graduated from Washington high school in Sioux Falls and the University of South Dakota at Vermillion where she affiliated with the Alpha Phi national society sorority. Mr. Means graduated from Morningside college in Sioux City, where he was well known as an athlete.
Friends who were present at the wedding from Rock Rapids were: Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parker and Mrs. J. H. Harrison. Other out of town guests at the wedding were: Mr and Mrs. Robert R. MacDonald and son, Dickie of Mitchell, S. D., Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gray, of Sioux City, Ia., Mr and Mrs. W. A. Murphy, of Chicago, Ill., Norbert Manion, of Luverne, Minn., and Kermit Dock, of Colman, S. D.