G.I. Brides Visit.
G.I. BRIDE'S VISIT. A young Armagh lady, who at sixteen years of age, was the youngest G.I. bride in Northern Ireland, has returned to her home on a visit. She is Mrs. Noel Kiel of Woodford, Armagh, who sailed in one of the first parties of brides to her husband's home in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mrs. Kiel told the "Armagh Guardian" of the voyage on which every luxury was provided for the 400 young brides, many of whom were taking a small son or daughter to see father for the first time, and praised the kindness shown to the young wives on their arrival at New York. They were besieged by welcoming husbands and joyful reunions were seen everywhere. At a reception held for them in New York, Mrs. Kiel made the aquaintance of many Irish girls who had married G.I.s and were happily settled. But the seventeen-year-old Mrs. Kiel, in her up-to-date modern house in Indianapolis suffered from homesickness so much that several months ago she flew to New York intending to come home, but after a few days at a hotel she decided to give America another chance. After eight months, Mr. and Mrs. Kiel decided that a visit home would cure the attacks of homesickness which were affecting her health. So accompanied by sturdy year-old Bernard Elmore, Mrs. Kiel made the journey back to Ireland by air in under 10 hours. Business prevented Mr. Kiel accompanying her but he plans to come to Armagh for his wife and son as soon as possible as he is anxious that Bernard should have an American upbringing. Mrs. Kiel agreed that many brides who at first found disappointment in their marriages in America were now building up a new life out there, and said few regretted leaving the old country for the wider opportunities of the States.Close