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EOlOll WEDDINGCElllltAIEDMemories of a weeding solem-r11z**fl a half century ago in the# lt;1lt;I ( ora community were reviv-g ♦ lt;! Wednesday when orty friendsand relative- of m. and Mr^.Henry Little gather*! at theirhome in Comanche ti help themcelebrate their Hold* Wedding,Anniversary. |A Itounteous dinnc, featuring a Inure wedding cak., presentedthe couple by Mi and Mr*, on Hurt, was serve! at noon,* hen five table were arranged r the feast. i’recediig the dinner, Mr. and Mrs. .ittle were presented with a ntim,er of gold pieces and other gifts and during t!,e afternoon ndditioral friends and neighbors called to extend»« ngratulation'.Vmong those who enjoyed thedinner were the children of Mr.end Mrs. Little, with their fami- ' lies were: Elmer Little of Gus-tine, Mobe and H. C. l ittle of I’ettit and Mrs. L. Crabb of * Dallas. Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Jack, Mr. and .Mrs. R. I,. Lane and daughter. Katie Mae; Mrs. MikeSparks of lirownwood, Hubert Sparks of Dallas, Miss JaunaSpark lt;f (Justine, Mr. and Mrs.I on Hurt, Miss Marie Darker of' I 'alia Mrs. I*. lt;;. A in of,« • I buning, Mis K. M. Fa? and Mr. and Mrs. Burnell I it11The dinner Wednesday ,va • a l'1 minder cf tin* two day-; fea-t1 held following the Wedding fifty, yars ago according to M . Lit -• who sai I a big dinner and upper w.i. ■ rved at the home ! of her parents on the day f t) wedding1 and on the next day an ‘ mfare was held at the residence«• H‘t i n bnmlparents, fullow-( i by a party that night.nr\ Little, at the ag* of - L was man ie I to Su-an Mbin, ;b on \hlt; lt;nhci* 28. U 82, atthe home lt;f the bride’ parentI IIPlate Ha: h m ; nd Kliza A1-n in the Did t • lt;m mv.mity,I he ceremony was performed bvI * . ( . ( Me. nrf •' •* pioilp' r- t * » .ti.*, ln*tIi hie t mini; t r of ti c county.V'rFe attendant , then known as the “waiters” were Henry Tat*1 and Kva Tate (now' Mrs. K. Stanton) both of whom still live in the cm untv.Mr?. I*, (i. Alhin, who attended the celebration Wednesday was at the wedding and also attended tie infare and party the next day. She at that time was Mis ( annie Osborn and was one of the belles of the countvaccording to Mr. Little. Amongothers still living in the vicinity who attended the wedding are Aaron Little of Comanche and Mrs. Julia Johnson of I’ottsville.Mrs. Little is a native of Comanche lt;‘ount\ and was born at th * old Alhin homestead nearOld Cora, June 25, 1802 duringhe Civil War. She has lived in the county all her 'life with theexception of three years. Mr.I ittto was horn in Alabama on St. Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1858 and came with his parents, the late Mr. nnj Mrs. William Little to Texas in 18th), first settling in (iravson Countv and•r ”moved to Comanche countv the 1%ext year, settling near Newburg. jWith the exception of three !years spent on a ranch in Sutton County from 1898 to 1901 I end three months prospecting in | i he then Washington Territory,C alifornia and other northwestern points in 1887, Mr. and Mrs. Little have spent all their married life in Comanche County. Previous to their marriage, Mr.I it tie was a cowboy and wentup the trial several several times. T1 To followed stock raising and farming until he moved to Comanche in 1924.Mr. and Mrs. Little have Tour living children, Klmer, Mobe, H. C. and Mrs. L. Crabb, and two are deceased.4*When we married fifty years ago, a housekeeping outfit was not a fourth so elaborate as is required even during the depression of today/’ Mrs. Little said. “The next day after the infare, Henry and I came to Comanche to buy our outfit and with the exf?ption of a wood cook stovewhich 1 bought fiom Fred Grim, ( omanche’s popular hardware merchant at that time, I carried all my purchases back in a basket and it was some time afterwards before we could buy such luxuries as a bedstead,” she said. Our first home was on the Cowhouse and for a time 1 didmy cooking out of doors in askillet on an open fire until Henry could find a way to provide for some stove pipe,” Mrs.I it tie concluded.1
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Comanche Chief
Comanche, Texas, US
Fri, Dec 30, 1932
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