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h e re getting closerNineteen days to 69haselose fora ? toomee to the;. 16 e of use e ofTheple[entast,enthiseseat-f?etassloraut?reheeirAccording to Edith Oriffis to s^end an enjoyable afternoon, “We sit around here and talk and chew the rag together.f fchhecilattontoflentNineteen days and counting. That’s what William (W O.) and Edith Griffis are doing. Counting the days left until they celebrate their 69th anniversary.The Griffis’s were married Sept. 6, 1908on Edith’s farm near Butte, Neb.William said they lived in the same neighborhood and he met Edith at dances. However, a schoolteacher lived between thefarms they lived on and “tried to get me, according to William.The three were at a box social at the schooihouse where Griffis bought the teacher’s box at the urging of her younger brother. Edith wanted William to walk her home so she waited until they were done eating and then asked him to walk her home. “I was darn fool enough and I did,’’ Griffis said.I.• •fThe couple went together from the time Griffis moved into the neighborhood in March until they were married in September Edith had just turned 17 and William 24-years-old when theyA Wwere married.“Girls at that time were more grownup,’’ Edith said. William laughed and said, “No,” hedidn’t think they were an different.“Our first few years were probably the best time of ourmarriage,” William said. “Thefirst 25 or 30 years.”The couple has had a lot of ups and downs during their marriage, Edith said.Soon after they were married they moved to northern Mellette County to homestead. Edith saidthat was one of the worst parts oftheir marriage. They were therefor 18 months. “We lost out there. That was bad luck,” she added.William said they lost all they had and a person could probably go buy the land now for two or three dollars an acre.After a turn at homesteading Griffis’s moved back to Butte for a while and eventually returned to South Dakota. They have lived in this area for over 50 years.Their crops hailed out a few years in the thirties and William hired out stacking grain and cultivating. “I took care of the farm,” Edith said.Edith remembers another time when it started to blizzard Their son, Clarence, and William went to the schooihouse to get theirgranddaughter. Clarence and William got marooned in a creekand Edith got isolated in her home.IIHello WorldMr and Mrs. Nordine Brink of White River are the parents of a bp by boy born August 13. 1977 atRosebud PHS Hospital at 3:48a m He weighed 7 lbs., 4 oz. andwas 211 l inches long. He has beennamed Nordine Chad Brink IIand joins sisters Nadine and Noreen at home.Dewey and Violet Neck an nounce the birth of twins, a boy and girl, born July 26 at Winner Baptist Hospital. Sontos Grin, born first, weighed 6 lbs., 1 oz. His sister Sonya Ora weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz. They join half-sister Cheryl Spotted Tail, 11, brother Damian, 8, and sisters Mia, 2,and Richarda. 3. Grandparents are Clarence Two Eagle Sr., Upper Cut Meat, and FrancisNeck, Parmelee.She said they had plenty of fuel but it was storming so bad she couldn’t get out to get it. She turned the oil way down since she didn’t know how long the storm and fuel each would last and crawled into bed under two batches of quilts.“I didn’t eat for two or three days because I was afraid if I got out of bed I would get so cold I’d never warm up again,” she said.The snow not only boxed in the house it blew in through the cracks, storm windows and doors and filled the house. When William got back she got up andfainted she was so weak from noteating.“I don’t want to see it again,” she said.Their son Clarence, 60, lives with them and helps them out, she said.Both Mr. and Mrs. Griffis take heart tablets which she sayskeeps them going. I know I dowork I shoudn’t do, she said. I wash, iron and do the cleaning.But as long as I believe I guess I’ll get along, she added “It’s a lot in having the willpower.” When asked how they had staved with each other so long, she said neither of them believed in divorce and “I guess I’m just too stuborn ” You’ve got to learn to give and take We’ve always gotten along We have spats, but they don’t last long“We sit aro ind here and talkand chew the rag together.” Edith said.“We re getting older and closer all the time,” she added1fi
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Mission Todd County Tribune
Mission, South Dakota, US
Thu, Aug 18, 1977
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