1939 Photos of John and Adele on Honeymoon in Avalon, Catalina

Adele, Viva and Dorothy

The morning after their Saturday marriage, John and Adele took Viva Hugus (Adele's mother) and Dorothy Armstrong (John's sister) to Union Station in Los Angeles.  Dorothy was heading back to Mills College in Oakland where she worked.  Viva was going home to Columbus, Ohio.

On Monday, Dec 18 They took the Red Line down to Wilmington; boarded the Great White Steamship; and headed for Avalon, Catalina.  The stayed there for one night returning to Los Angeles on Tuesday.

 

 St. Catherine Hotel, Descanso Beach, Catalina Is.

  

A 2-day Tour included round trip steamer transportation from Wilmington (Los Angeles Harbor), room 

with bath and four meals for the the cost of $11.41/person.

St. Catherine Hotel  

                     

Movie sets from Mutiny on the Bounty

Isthmus

The Great White Steamer looked the
same in 1974 when Jayme, Dan, Ella B
and I took the steamer over
except thee seats were fiberglass.

John and Adele said 'I DO'

       A few days ago I received a text message from Ellie, one of many nieces of mine, telling me that she had gone through all my blog entries looking for a picture of my parents wedding.  She wanted to show the photo to her husband as they prepared for her brothers wedding. (Ellie, you are correct I never wrote about their wedding.) 

     Adele Hugus and John B. Armstrong  had been students at North High School in Columbus, Ohio in the 1930s.  They had met because Adele's best friend was John's sister, Dorothy.  Sometime in early 1939, Adele told John she was moving to California.  She had been to California to visit cousins and loved the beach and hated the winters of Ohio.  She claimed it was the Ohio winters. But maybe she wanted John to make a decision about marriage.  In either case, when John finished his Master Degree in Chemistry  he hightailed it for California.  The were soon planning a wedding.

On December 16, 1939. they were married in The Wee Kirk o' the Heather, Glendale, California

Information about Wee Kirk - scroll 60% down or. use link on side

 
Video of Wee Kirk

Historical Photos  (9 of the 24 photos were taken around the time of John's and Adele's Wedding.

Color Photos on this page were taken by Jayme and David Armstrong in 2010

John and Adele Armstrong

Viva  Pickett Hugus, Beverly Briney, 
Adele Hugus, John Armstrong,  
Hugh McNeil, Dorothy Armstrong