European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes june 1985 daily Magazine new Yorks Assembly line weddings marriage License Bureau applications Friday furious and a Little Wacky new York times photo new York couple prepares to tie the new York times the Bride wore the bridegroom was resplendent in a lets go acts the couple were bound in Matrimony in a respectable time indeed for the new York City marriage License consid ering it was so Early in the june wedding i the bridegroom said with a smile As he stepped out the door marked room 257 marriage i should have on a suit or a but we love each that what int it the Young couple walked Down the hallway in the municipal building at i censer Street with their arms around each then Down the stopping on the stairwell for a kiss and a moment alone before going out into the Herbert the first Deputy City clerk who was marrying people off this pushed the on the podium in the signalling the clerk in the packed waiting room to Send in he next couple As he headed into the closing i do by the authority vested in the marriage License Bureau was jammed As the traditional june Rush marriage May be More popular in the City now than at any time since the Boom after world War the number of marriage licenses issued this year May Well surpass that of last year which was an increase of from the 1983 total and among the highest since the postwar the number of licenses issued by the City has been rapidly climbing each year since a record Low in and never has the City performed so Many about half the couples obtaining licenses from the City Are choosing the marriage service offered across the Hall that Over in solemnize one of the clerks told a by about one in seven couples receiving licenses was married by the City 20 years and Only about one in ten during the record marriage License year of we  afford a big said to Elf a 22yearold Man dressed in a White suit and posing for a photograph in the hallway with his Bride of 60 who wore a simple White dress adorned with a red this was so new said one of the Elfving Krissy of new it was so like an Assembly the who seemed Uncertain of just what her last name was at that said Ryan had directed the bridegroom to kiss the As if it was part of the state Ryan concedes it is sometimes difficult under these siege conditions to give couples the Persona attention they we try to he when someone beats on the door after you close and they have airline tickets for tomorrows flight to Rio for a you cant just turn them about to retire after 25 years in the clerks office last nine years performing marriages he has married about 140 on his busiest he has just about seen it one couple took off their Coats in the Chapel and were he married although his concentration was broken and he recalls saying to live together in the state of Massachusetts instead of the state of he has married celebrities and a couple on roller he has waited through Many prolonged silences after asking the big will you and he has heard them finally no what am i doing before running so Many languages Are spoken Here that understand ing is often a Ryan Speaks Spanish and which is particularly useful for the Many marriages Between immigrants from Haiti and Spanish speaking he has also Learned a few key phrases join for example in chinese and in one Case he asked the Al important and there was silence before the Bride impatiently coached her Paki Stani i and that is exactly what he sometimes marriages get off to a rough one time the Groom forgot the he and the Bride slapped he slapped they yelled at each other for a while As Ryan stood Imp looking at his when they he married Mary the clerk at the window in the License applications issues licenses at such a furious Pace these Days that her hand aches from stamp ing All the she looks Over the Tell people to raise their right hands to swear that All they have filled in is True i cant hear Thomas she says to one Man who May have mumbled yes or takes their Daniel and Alice ran in after the and pleaded with weary after a Busy to take their the typists yelled at Odom that they were not about to Type late again this the supervisor said it was simply not ill do Lucy one of the said the others looked at her As if she were a Little what can i do Clark this is a very special Day for i remember my own wedding the fluorescent ceiling lights began going out around the office As Clark typed Ever that Nice of said who had stayed around to stamp the she handed it to the who thanked them and ran out Best wishes Odom god bless you both said today crossword by Eugene Sheffer across 1 Sweeney Todd props 5 French Painter 8 refinery refuse 12 incite 13 Kentucky Bluegrass 14 mexican Coin 15 Many sided figures 17 pro 18 cover 19 Scavullo stand 21 Priscillas John 24 in India 25 Bonds 26 to its a sin and a bore 30 harem room 31 seed covers 32 turmeric 33 igneous Rock 35 College 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