My dear mother-in-law was recently loaned a vintage scrap book, much of which was assembled from newspaper clippings in the 1940s. Janice, my wife, noticed this yellowed clipping and then we found the yearbook entry that shows the young beauty that captured Ned's heart.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38/martytoo/3289cd61-ba25-4b11-b276-660166ec6033_zpsdrytrf8a.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/martytoo/media/3289cd61-ba25-4b11-b276-660166ec6033_zpsdrytrf8a.jpg.html)
Nice.
Sounds as if he was already recruiting on his honeymoon.