Increase, Marriages Declining

Í vorces while refusing but one. ,-S:4 A month-by-month breakdown shows jaP$?$ that as usual - the summer months j ' - L3Ëi of June, July and August are the most 'vvw%popular periods for marriage applicants. r: :I?& August was the peak month this year j ' if with 356 licenses granted, while June : ■-■' was second with 315 and July fourth with .' '0-; 238. In Aprü, 239 marriage licenses were . i ï B granted in the county for third place by one over July. February, with its bitter cold temperatures and seemingly constant slush, was low for the year with 129 marriage licenses. Divorce applicants seem to prefer the spring to request the court to legally permit them to split with their spouses. For instance, March led the 1971 "divorceparadeithl5eonsfiling. while April was tied with July for secohdl with 139. The judges made SeptemberB the month to grant the most divorces by dissolving 118 marriages. ] Despite the apparent trend toward in-l creasing divorce and decreasing mar-l riage in the county based ón the almostcomplete figures for the year, there were still 1,147 more petitions for wedding than for separating. ,ü