Celebrating love for a lifetime
Ruth and Paul SoRelle met as journalism students working at The Daily Texan.
“I was on the copydesk, and he came in (to the newsroom) to schmooze with the copy chief,” Ruth recalled. “Paul was (still in school) and also with the Long News Service covering the Legislature. I remember he had on a suit – an usual form of dress in the late 1960s.”
Initially friends, they started dating and eventually announced their marriage engagement to their families, which prompted a “heated discussion on the wedding and arrangements,” Paul said.
“We decided that we just wanted to get married, so we got a license and arranged for a Travis County judge to marry us,” Paul said. “I let my roommates know that we were going to wed. They put the announcement on the blackboard in The Daily Texan office. On April 10, 1970, we ended up having one of the largest elopements that spring at the Travis County Courthouse.”