8/30/2025 The Story...

A young farmer, Clarence Undrel H., 22 years old and a young 19 year old switchboard operator, Sarah Beulah F. met at a Rouser Party...

(A party for young adults hosted by a local family)

The young adults would gather in a local host home where music would be played by whomever brought their musical instruments.

Food & non alcohol drinks would be served.

Shortly a year later Clarence Undrel & Sarah Beulah were married on August 30, 1916. For those trying to count, that was 109 years ago.

They borrowed a horse, buggy, reins, and harness from different friends and family to make their trek from their parents' farms to Jefferson City, MO for their nuptial.

Their nuptial would even make it into the paper with headline, that depicted their unusual last names.

As they were returning home, cousin, Arthur, rode by on his horse shooting a firearm and hollering in celebration of their happy occasion.

This spooked the horses causing them to break away, running off and damaging the borrowed items.

This would later be told as their starting point for their lifetime bad luck with horses.

Both went by their middle names until granddaughter, Sarah Irene was born, then Sarah "Beulah" became the elder "Sarah."

She had always felt she could not use her own mother's name until she, herself, had her own namesake.

Undrel made "C" his middle initial to avoid being "C.U. xxxx".

Sarah Irene is my daughter. Sarah and Undrel were my sweet departed husband's parents... my mother & father in-laws.

Now You Know The Rest Of The Story...

Nana