A Surprise Wedding

According to the Riverside Daily Press, "In order to escape the wearying excitement of a formal church wedding"  Miss Stella Gobruegge of West Riverside and Mr. George Green of San Jacinto were quietly married at the Jewell Memorial Church in Colton on October 18th, 1911. The ceremony was performed by Rev. David B. Loofborrow, formerly pastor of Grace Methodist Church in Riverside.

Mr. Green had asked Rev. Loofborrow to perform the ceremony a few days before but has not mentioned his bride's name. Loofborrow was pleasantly surprised when the couple arrived and he discovered the bride was an old friend from years before. Miss Gobruegge had asked her groom to engage Rev. Loofborrow to marry they.

The bride had lived in West Riverside since she was a child. Mr. Green had previously taught at West Riverside (later known as Glen Avon) and at Palm schools. he later bought property in San Jacinto which kept him occupied.

The marriage came as a complete surprise to their many friend. The couple had told everyone that they planned to get married at Thanksgiving.

This Day in History:October 15, 1902

The work of cutting and drying peaches is now finished. Those who dried their peaches say that this year's crop was the largest ever had yet. The pears on Mr. Ables' ranch were dried also, the fruit being not so wormy as last year.

This Day in History - October 10th, 1932

It was reported in the Riverside Daily Press that Roman Warren, manager of the Riverside Airport in West Riverside, said that there is an average of four private planes a day that land at the airport.  Passenger airline California Aeriel Lines lands at the airport four times a day on a route that flies between Los Angeles and Calexico. Warren reported that several residents of Riverside and West Riverside were passengers on the airline in the previous week.