FIFTY YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE-Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Walker- 1914

WALKER, HOWARTH, YOUNG, MOELLER, SILLETTO, SHATTUCK, BARBORKE, MYERS, LORD, HAMMOND, JOHNSON, TRAMM, SNELL, WEED, NISH, HEATH, DAWSON, GOODRICH, SCHNOOR, SCHUMACHER, BALLE, ONEAL, MILLER, HARKER

Posted By: CHERYL MOONEN (email)
Date: 10/8/2018 at 19:55:10

Denison Review, Wednesday, Jun 03, 1914, Denison, IA. Page: 7

FIFTY YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Walker
Celebrate Golden Wedding Saturday,
May 30th at Home Here.

LIVED HERE THIRTY-SIX YEARS

Recipients of Many Beautiful Presents
and Considerable Money in
Gold Coin-Guests Present

A social event of much interest to Denison and a number of surrounding towns was the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Walker which was celebrated at their pleasant home on Locust Street Saturday. About three hundred invitations were issued and nearly two hundred and fifty called during the afternoon and evening. The home was artistically decorated in yellow and white flowers on crepe paper. The dining table was beautifully spread with lace flowers and dainty service and during the reception coffee was poured by Mrs. Dave Walker of Chicago, Mrs. Isaac Howarth and Miss Lulu Howarth of Dow City. Mrs. Frank Young assisted both afternoon and evening and invited all the guests to the dining room where the dainties were served by Misses Lucile Johnson, Virgil Snell, Dorothy Moeller, and Ruth Silletto.

Mrs. Bernice Shattuck, of Vermont and Thelma Walker of Chicago served frappe. Mr. Barborke furnished beautiful harp music during the evening and the Edison music box was used during the afternoon.

The following gifts were received by Mr. and Mrs. Walker;
Sterling silver bon-bon dish, relative in Detroit
Cut glass salts and spoons, Mr. Geo. Myers
Gold lined berry spoon, Mrs. Lord and Mrs. Hammond
Gold lined tea spoons, Mesdames Gregory and Wheeler, Alhamara, Cal., Mr. Charles Weed, Long Beach, Cal., Ann Nish, Bellingham, Wash., Mr. Ben Heath, Hollywood, Cal.
Cut glass dish, Mrs. Dawson, Manilla
Crocheted center-piece and doylies, Mrs. Eva Walker of Waterloo
Beautiful basket flower holder, Mrs. Rachel Goodrich, Miss Jessie Goodrich, Mrs. John Silletto, Miss Katie Silletto, Anna and Kate Schumacher, Hilda and Edna Schnoor, Miss Alice Stevens.
Large box of yellow daisies from Mr. and Mrs. Schumacher of Nebr.
Flowers from Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Balle
Flowers from friends in Council Bluffs and Chicago
J. O’Neal, Chicago $250.00 gold
Dow City friend’s $20.00 gold
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Walker $20.00 gold
Court House friend’s $20.00 gold
F. H. Club $20.00
W. R. C. $20.00
Mrs. Pete Miller and J. W. Jr. $20.00
Mrs. John Tramm $5.00
Mr. Harker, Los Angeles, Cal $5.00
S. of V. $5.00
The other Denison friends made up of purse of $83.00

Mr. and Mrs. Walker were married in Chicago fifty years ago and have lived thirty-six years of that time in Denison, where they have many friends that hope they will live to celebrate many more such occasions.