MARRIAGE: Paul D. VAN VALEN to Valmeta WOLF, 1917, Blair County, PA

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ALTOONA GIRL IS WEDDED IN INDIA
Miss Valmeta Wolf, Missionary in Far East, Marries Fellow Worker

  A letter just received in this city, although mailed more than six 
weeks ago, has apprised Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Wolf, of 1327 Sixth avenue, 
that their daughter, formerly Miss Valmeta Wolf, was married in 
Nawabgaly, India, December 9, to Mr. Paul D. Van Valen.
  Both Mr. Van Valen and his bride are Methodist Episcopal missionaries 
and have been engaged in the work in the far-off country for a number 
of years.  They were married in the Methodist Episcopal mission chapel 
at Nawabgaly, by Dr. Denning, a missionary of Lancaster, Pa.
  Mrs. Van Valen was a well known former Altoona girl, having resided 
here practically all her life.  She was educated in the Altoona public 
schools and six years ago entered the Methodist missionary school at 
Nyack, N.Y., where she completed a three years' course to equip her for 
the life work she had chosen.  Immediately on concluding her studies 
three years ago she was sent to Verrach, India, and had been located 
there until December 9, when she was transferred to Dr. Denning's 
station at Nawabgaly.
  Telling of the happy event, in the letter to her parents, Mrs. Van 
Valen writes:
  "After the ceremony was finished we were ushered into the M. E. 
mission school bungalow where we were served with a dainty breakfast, 
after which Mr. Van Valen and I were accompanied by some of our friends 
to the mission station where he was working, where we were served with 
a fine wedding dinner.  As we entered the compound crowds of people 
from the village came to see us, some with drums and other musical 
instruments, to afford us some music such as a native of India can 
render.  It wasn't classical or musical to the ears.  It was merely 
noise compared to our music at home.  We stayed at Nawabgaly over 
Sunday and then started on our way toward Muttra, where we are 
permanently located for mission work.
  "Muttra is a large Indian city on the banks of the Jumna river, and 
is very noted for its sacred waters, the city itself being the 
birthplace of the Hindoo god Krishua [sic].  This makes it famous all 
over India and thousands of pilgrims come here to bathe in the waters 
of the Jumna to gain merit by so doing."

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, February 5, 1917