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JUST MARRIED - RALPH & REBA GARNER 1935

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  JUST MARRIED - RALPH & REBA GARNER 1935 One of the things I found tucked away in my many notebooks of notes and interviews with family members was Grandma telling me about her wedding. I obviously did not know all the questions to ask and so I am still left with some questions, but here is grandma's story: Ralph Garner was working on a farm in the Quarryville, PA area.  Reba Ressler was living and working for a doctor in Quarryville. They met there in town (my notes are unclear whether at a restaurant, or the movie house) and dated once a week for at least a year.  Working on the farm did not pay much, and they did not make any kind of wedding plans until Ralph got a better paying job at Moore's Dairy driving a milk truck. Grandma said she worked for that doctor for five years starting when she turned 17. Ralph Garner and Reba Ressler went to the Lancaster County courthouse and picked up their marriage license on 26 March 1935. The license number appears to be #17003. Sou