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ATLANTIC, IOWA, THURSDAY,isy—ngslierinytheichtierthelastndthethetetvsi-?e-leriteofise39-}S-v«n:?)Ut■e;GOLDEN WEDDING FIRSA PLEASANT ONELarge Crowd of Friends Gather at the Golden Wedding Observance oi Wilson Prall and Wife Yesterday Afternoon.[A. A. Mi Non F Limits From■St1.0,b-Liaitsu-i\n-r yidsntieaetillsw.0-u-n3SteittM.1;sitiejfwIn the presence of some three hundred of their friends, many of whom knew them before their locks had turned gray, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Prall yesterday afternoon at the farm home in Grove township celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. The afternoon was one of pleasure for all who were there and all regretted when it was over.It was about 1.30 that the guests, many of whom went in automobiles, commenced to arrive, and all, as they arrived at the home, were served with light refreshments prepared in delightful manner. After all had beenserved they gathered on the lawn where they listened to remarks by those who had known Mr. and Mrs. Prall for years and were best quali-_fied to speak as to the esteem in which •they are held by all who know them. M. H. Funk, who was one of those who prepared the program for the afternoon, spoke first, telling in happy vein of the occasion and all it meant to those present. He was followed by W. W. Eller, who in a neat speech presented Mr. and Mrs. Prall with a gold clock, the gift of their friends, in the following language:Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Prall,Ladles and Gentlemen;We are met here today, drawn together by that inevitable, yet Irresistible bond which binds those who have climbed to the summit of life's hill together and are now marching down its declevity. We have come here today to 'join in the celebration with. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Prall- of their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary and to show them our deep appreciation of the esteem in which they are held by their fellow men.Mr. Prall and his wife are pioneers of this county—came here in the fifties. . They were married on the 4th day of August, 1.S59, just fifty years ago today; and let me say, like most all early settlers, were poor in purse. Indeed, had scarcely sufficient means to go to housekeeping. Their team was one yoke of oxen. They startedThe fir ,lt;£ty unc was brou spector against . with vio that he i building out first from the leged to . proof in i in conti to the. the foot lt;was contibefore tin nished beForecas9 tor ms tonight in tion; coo northwestEcturnP. M. K led'1 by a Lewis, ret from thei lands. Tl all the w;To all tl all of the place sine step by s all lines seems no startling..; agine thai 1859 coulc from all until 1909 again, the: that some we read r had passe dale, or I had been his lampnament, gro\on their wedding tour the very same I more andday they were married. Not like the the shadovyoung people of today, they did not I realize tride to the depot in an auto; nor do greater paI remember of any rice being shower- of We, theed upon them. But Mr. Prall yoked that I havehis oxen, hitched them to an old him- of all this *her wagon. He and his new bride got all of this%in and rode away like king and queen, its attendai without even a spring seat to sit on— in your he; took their tour across the raw prai- echo of the rie, 'a distance of two or three miles The defn to a cousin of his by name of Thom- is one who as Prall, who lived at that time on go before c what is now known as the Henry have answ Most place. . last letter.Mr. and Mrs. Prall have had nine country; ci children, six of whom are living: way; laid Geo. B., Thomas’ W., Mary E., wife of generations R. Bell of .this county, John B., Eva., —for your wife of Thomas Carter of Oklahoma dren's chil and Viola, wife of Milton Dajling of and third £ Scuth Dakota, all of whom are pres- How wel ent here today except Mrs. Carter and obligations Mrs. Darling, to partake in this grand torian tell, celebration of their parents’ golden and see tl* wedding. ‘ the high stThis seems to me like a case of Hail in, with the and Farewell! It has been truly said one of then that the years of a man’s life are but of you hav a span and it is but a step from the you saw it, cradle to the grave. I think that no of the mai one realizes this more than do Mr. church, so and Mrs. Prall, because it seems lo and tribulat me but yesterday when they were en- been the s gaged in laying the foundations for structures, their future home, which has become ner .scone c one of the brightest stars in Cass are here tc .county’s matchless diadem, and when whose spier they were beginning the friendships tainly take which have kept them * cemented to- in behalf gether in ways which those who know nothing of the ways of the pioneer can understand.It’s. a. far cry. Wilson, froip the ov teams of. the old. days and-the trail*',.across this country, as we kiiew it hi: the,early beginnings of Case county, to .the splendid^ trains, regal.- in theiC magnificence, hurrying, al^ng*•* the.bands of steel which, span the 'cdiiti-» , -. •» - • «■-...nent. . • . I •. •« * « •sembled hei •/our fiftieth partake of ; we tender and in token ship- we th with- you a searching fc clock that ^ this, your g this not* foi
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Atlantic Evening News
Atlantic, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 05, 1909
Page 5
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