After 48 years, marriage found unofficial
REDLANDS, Calif. (UPI) -- A California couple said they had to have a
second wedding after discovering their 48 years of marriage were not
legally official.
Bob and Norma Clark of Redlands said they were preparing legal paperwork to get their affairs in order and soon discovered the San Mateo County Hall of Records had no documentation of their Aug. 29, 1964, ceremony, the Redlands Daily Facts reported Monday.
The couple said the church where they held their wedding had a copy of the certificate, but they were unable to file it because it had been more than two years since the wedding.
The Clarks said they went down to the county Hall of Records on San Bernardino's Hospitality Lane Nov. 21 with the bride's siblings, Deanna Silvestri and Bill Thrall, as witnesses for the filing of their new marriage certificate.
"I got her a nice bouquet, and it was just a hoot," Bob Clark said. There were about 35 people there who were asking us why we were there. We told them that we've been married ... and we brought along a book of all our pictures and showed them [off].
Bob Clark said he abided by a man in the crowd's suggestion that he "kiss the bride" when the filing was done.
Bob and Norma Clark of Redlands said they were preparing legal paperwork to get their affairs in order and soon discovered the San Mateo County Hall of Records had no documentation of their Aug. 29, 1964, ceremony, the Redlands Daily Facts reported Monday.
The couple said the church where they held their wedding had a copy of the certificate, but they were unable to file it because it had been more than two years since the wedding.
The Clarks said they went down to the county Hall of Records on San Bernardino's Hospitality Lane Nov. 21 with the bride's siblings, Deanna Silvestri and Bill Thrall, as witnesses for the filing of their new marriage certificate.
"I got her a nice bouquet, and it was just a hoot," Bob Clark said. There were about 35 people there who were asking us why we were there. We told them that we've been married ... and we brought along a book of all our pictures and showed them [off].
Bob Clark said he abided by a man in the crowd's suggestion that he "kiss the bride" when the filing was done.
How about this story, bet MSNBC did not cover this one ! !
Woman collects 500 black Santas
POMPANO BACH, Fla. (UPI) -- A Florida woman who has been collecting
black Santas for more than 40 years said she has more than 500 objects
depicting dark-skinned St. Nicks.
Connie McKinley, 68, a retired teacher from Pompano Beach, said her collection includes 5-foot-tall dancing dolls, small figurines, tree ornaments, and toys depicting Santa doing a myriad of activities, including firefighting, cooking and creating art, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Monday.
"There are Santas doing everything," McKinley said.
McKinley said she bought her first black Santa about 1970, when she saw it in a catalog.
"I kept thinking, I want to show my daughter a Santa that looked like her," McKinley said. So I bought a black Santa.
McKinley's daughter, Jackie McKinley, 43, said she didn't really appreciate the meaning of the black Santas until she reached adulthood.
"A Santa that looks like me, that's deep for a kid," she said. I just thought they were cool ... . I start to think about it now, though, and I go into stores and I'm like, 'Why doesn't this store have a black Santa? Come on!'
Connie McKinley, 68, a retired teacher from Pompano Beach, said her collection includes 5-foot-tall dancing dolls, small figurines, tree ornaments, and toys depicting Santa doing a myriad of activities, including firefighting, cooking and creating art, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Monday.
"There are Santas doing everything," McKinley said.
McKinley said she bought her first black Santa about 1970, when she saw it in a catalog.
"I kept thinking, I want to show my daughter a Santa that looked like her," McKinley said. So I bought a black Santa.
McKinley's daughter, Jackie McKinley, 43, said she didn't really appreciate the meaning of the black Santas until she reached adulthood.
"A Santa that looks like me, that's deep for a kid," she said. I just thought they were cool ... . I start to think about it now, though, and I go into stores and I'm like, 'Why doesn't this store have a black Santa? Come on!'
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