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i A -v. '»The Lybolts , . . their romance blossomed at old Gates college.—The Frontier Sc Engraving.★ ★ ★CHAMBERS PAIR WED 50 YEARSA. T. Lybolt and Wife Observe Open-House on Anniversary(By a Staff Writer)CHAMBERS—Their neighbors and friends find it difficult to believe.Because Mr. and Mrs. A. T. (Bert) Lybolt are “too young” to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary.But Monday. August 21, was their golden wedding day and all members of their immediate family and scores of friends dropped in for the open-house observance. The Lybolts have an apartment in the Mrs. Sarah Adams home.Mr. Lybolt was born in Saunders county, near Wahoo, a son of William and Marian Lybolt, later living in the Brunswick community. Mrs. Lybolt was born in Illinois, a daughter of Albert and Sarah Conway.She traveled to Nebraska with her parents in a covered wagon. Her father homesteaded in Keya Paha county.Their romance blossomed at old Gates college at Neligh, a Congregational school long since dissolved. Mrs. Lybolt attended both the academy (equivalent to a grade school) and the college (roughly equivalent to a present day high school).It was while she was teaching in the Brunswick and Orchard communities that the romance culminated in marriage. Reverend Clifton, of Orchard, performed the rite at the United Brethren church on August 21, 1901.A few years later they succeeded his mother in running the Brunswick postoffice. Mr. Lybolt was postmaster for several years, later was in the real estate and insurance business there.Twenty-one years ago Mr. Lybolt moved to Chambers; Mis. Lybolt coming later.The Lybolts hav^a son, Gerald, who is with a Chicago, 111., iron works, and a daughter, Mrs. J. E. (Helen) Barrett, of Brunswick. There are 4 grandchildren: Kathleen Lybolt, 17: Gerald E. Lybolt, jr., 11; John Tracy Lybolt, 5, and Mary Jane Lybolt, an infant.Both Mr. and Mrs. Lybolt enjoy fine health and keep busy each day. Mr. Lybolt keeps active by doing painting and his wife clerks in the Reninger store.In a coy way they declined to give the reporter their ages, dismissing the question with a “hint” they were “over 25 and under 100,”One would guess they are a-bout 50—and life is just beginning!
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The Frontier
O' Neill, Nebraska, US
Thu, Aug 23, 1951
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