Phyllis Hawkins and Don Cain Marry

The Seymour Herald - 18 December 1952

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  Marriage vows were spoken at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 12, uniting Miss Phyllis Hawkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hawkins of Davenport, formerly of Jerome, and Don O. Cain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Cain of Seymour.

  The Rev. James Uhlinger officiated in Wayside chapel of St. John's Methodist church in Davenport.

  The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a street length dress of white wool. She wore a white shell had and a corsage of yellow roses.

  Mrs. Manuel Buckallew of Independence, Mo., served as matron of honor for her sister. She wore a lavender taffeta dress, a white shell hat, and her corsage was of white roses.

  Manuel Buckallew served as best man and Bill Hawkins acted as usher.

  Preceding the ceremony, Miss Mary Ellen Jones of Clinton, college friend of the bride, sang "I Love Thee" and later sang "The Lord's Prayer" while the bridal couple knelt at the altar.

  A reception was held immediately following the ceremony at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Mary Hawkins, sister of the bride, cut and served the wedding cake and Miss Jane Cain, sister of the bridegroom, poured.

  Both the bride and bridegroom were graduated from the Seymour high school. The bride was graduated from Iowa State College with the class of 1951 and has been employed in the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., for the past year. Cain is serving with the U.S. Navy and is stationed on the U.S.S. Sicily.

  The couple will live at 314 Temple Ave., Long Beach, Calif. 

  

Shipboard Ceremony Cites Don Cain

The Seymour Herald - 6 January 1955

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  In a shipboard ceremony Thursday morning, Dec. 30, commanding officer J. L. Rothermel of the USS Competent (AM-316) presented to Don Owen Cain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Cain of Seymour, his certificate as sonarman, first class.

  In his presentation speech, the commanding officer congratulated Cain for making first class rating in less than four years and expressed great pride in him for the work and study he had done.

  Cain and his wife and son live at Long Beach, Calif., where his ship is based. Mrs. Cain is the former Phyllis Hawkins of Jerome. 

Don Cain Serves On Carrier 'Sicily'

  Serving aboard the escort carrier USS Sicily is Don O. Cain, sonarman third class, USN, of 601 West Lee, Seymour.

  The Sicily returned Dec. 3 [1952] from serving seven months in the Far East, to be greeted by hundreds of relatives and friends.

  The ship left San Diego for Japan last May with Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 931 aboard. For the first three months the ship operated with VS-931 ranging south to Okinawa and north to the island groups off Japan.

  After the anti-sub squadron was transferred to another carrier in August, the Marine Attack "Checkerboard" Squadron came aboard. The Sicily then went to Korea, where her planes flew more than 850 sorties against enemy troop concentrations, communication centers, bridges, and supply depots. 

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  Transcribed from The Seymour Herald of Thursday, 1 January 1953.  Don Owen Cain of Seymour married in Davenport, Iowa, 12 December 1952 Phyllis Carolyn Hawkins, formerly of Jerome.