Jean Bernice Hoevet Jacques
(Mrs. Bruce A. Jacques)
- Miss Jean Hoevet gave a Mothers Day luncheon Sunday, in honor of her mother and grandmother and Miss Harriet Hoevet's birthday. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rudolph, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoevet and children and Mrs. Charles Rudolph.
Miss Jean Hoevet entertained the girls with whom she is associated in the Hammond Commercial Wall Paper mill at a Christmas party in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Hoevet, last Monday night, December 19. Christmas decorations made the living and dining rooms especially attractive. A three-course dinner was served by the light of red tapers at each end of the table and the added glow from the small candles that, with miniature-Christmas tree cards, marked the places. On the underside of each card were directions for the treasure hunt which followed dinner. From 10:30 until 11:00 o'clock, after games and the exchange of gifts, Miss Hoevet and her guests sang carols by a brilliantly light [sic] Christmas tree. Miss Hoevet is a bookkeeper in the Hammond manufactory office.
Miss Jean Bernice Hoevet daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Hoevet of Lowell, and Sergeant Bruce A. Jacques, son of Mrs. A.J. Ehlen of Vandalia, Illinois, and A.R. Jacques of Calumet City, Illinois, were untied in marriage Sunday, September 27, at the Methodist parsonage in Hammond, with Rev. Phillips Brooks Smith performing the single ring ceremony. The bride wore a street-length gown of Victory blue with matching hat and accessories and a corsage of orchids. The only attendants were Miss Harriett Hoevet, sister of the bride, and Miss Bernice Jacques, sister of the bride-groom, both young women wearing blue. Mrs. Jacques, formerly employed with the Commercial Wall Paper Co., in Hammond, has accompanied her husband to his army air base at Barksdale Field, Louisiana.
The following article was found in the April 6, 1944, Lowell Tribune on page 2, column 2:
Send Mother Greetings
In looking over the Shreveport, La., Times, March 21st, Mrs. Bruce Jacques, the former Bernice Hoevet, of Lowell, who is with her husband, Sgt. Bruce Jacques, stationed at Barksdale Field, near Shreveport, saw Lowell, Ind., in an article and read it, of course. She sent the article to her mother, Mrs. E. P. Hoevet. The clipping follows:
- A note dropped with a miniature parachute from her son's plane as he crossed this country on his way to England greets Mrs. Roland Fogg of Chicago, shortly after Sgt. Richard Fogg flew over his home city toward combat duty. "Hello, Mom, see us go over -- love, Dick," was the boy's greeting on his paper cup message which was delivered to Mrs. Fogg by Lovell Zoborsky of Lowell, Ind., who found the note.
The following unidentified newspaper article, hand-dated 1946, was found in a scrapbook owned by Harriet Hoevet Bennett:
- Mrs. Bruce Jacques and daughter, Sharon Lee, of Barksdale Field, La., were here last week visiting her mother, Mrs. Bernice Hoevet, and other relatives. She came to attend the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs. Charles Rudolph.
The following unidentified newspaper article, hand-dated 1951, was found in a scrapbook owned by Harriet Hoevet Bennett:
- Mrs. Bruce Jacques and family are now at home at 140 North East Street here since their husband and father, Master Sergeant Jacques, has reported to New Jersey for overseas assignment in the European Theatre. The Jacques arrived here late in October from Presque Ile, Maine, to visit with her mother. Mrs. Emery Heldt, and other relatives in Chicago and Calumet City. M/Sgt. Jacques also flew to San Diego, California, to visit his mother, Mrs. Ellen and his sister at Tacoma, Washington.
The following unidentified newspaper articles were found in a scrapbook owned by Harriet Hoevet Bennett:
- Latest word Mrs. Emery Heldt has from her daughter, Mrs. Charles Bennett in Washington, D.C. is that her husband, Sergeant First Class Bennett in Korea, is well and not far from the 38th parallel. His duty with the Third Infantry, regular army, is alternated with electrical schooling. While her husband is in Korea Mrs. Bennett a government employee in Washington.
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MRS. HELDT HEARS FROM FAMILY MEMBERS IN JAPAN
Word to Mrs. Emery Heldt from her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Jacques now stationed in Tokyo, Japan, tells her that they find it quite different after living in Hawaii for two and one half years. The weather is rather cold and the city still shows some of the ruins of war.The Jacques see General MacArthur every day. They will be stationed for 14 months in Japan, where they find the people very courteous.
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