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hade*., worth SI.50 and $1.93St. Louis. The Civil war was on, and d travel slow and uncertain. Mr. L Lemke remembers they were in Pitts -M burgh tliree days waiting for a train to get out. Part of the trip was made. jZi in box cars, and pieces of track were ' \l found torn out. The Lemke's lived a ' year in St. Louis before going t-o !y. Iowa. Mr Lemke remembers, asonly yesterday, when the paper con-kvj taining news of the assassination of k President Lincoln came out. Mr. and ' 7j Mrs. Lemke lived in Nebraska 20 years j \| following their marriage, coming to i lyl Kansas in 1901. They first bought a 1 farm at Mooney Creek, at-er buying i H three 80's near Valley Falls, whereSthey lived four years before coming to Effingham, where they bought the farm four miles southwest of townSon which their son, Martin, lives, j They, themselves, bought a nice little home in the east part of town, where so they live. Mr. Lemke will be 78 yearsI of age his next birthday, and barring an accident in which his leg was hurt in the winter, he feels much better u than when he was in the 60s. Mrs J Lemke is alert mentally and physically and both are the best neighbors in j Z the world., as those living near them M will testify. Of the eight children ■\ ■ born to them, five are living. They [Zj are: Mrs. Adam Kramer of Mooney ,\1 Creek; Mrs. Joe Noll, Mrs. John Re-Ivl gan, George and Martin Lemke, Ef-4 fingham. There are 23 grandchildreni'' and one great-grandson. Here's hoping Mr. and Mrs. Lemke may be spared to each other many more years.□ | Other Effingham ItemsM Mrs. Lonnie Pittinger is visiting at |v the Ed Corrigan home. Mrs. Pittinger, r’j who was Miss Muriel Corrigan before U her marriage, and her husband will W both teach at Denison the coming year. Mr. Pittinger is taking an eight-NTS AND POLKA DOTS . . . ITEL SHADES AND WHITE IN VLITY AND STYLE SELECTIONS RTH $7.50 AND $10.00.tctualressesnmer.SEE THE WINDOWDISPI-AVOne of the finest couple of Effingham, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lemke, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday. On that occasion they will have all of their children. as well as their grandchildren and one great-grandchild at dinner with them. Their marriage 50 years ago was solemnized in St. Stephen’s church, Nebraska, the Rev. Fr. Coop-enbender officiating The attendants, both of whom still live in Nebraska, were John Brockman and Bernardlna Brockman, cousin and sister of the bride. Mrs. Lemke was before hermarriacra Murv Rrftplf mt* n
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Atchison Daily Globe
Atchison, Kansas, US
Fri, Jun 05, 1931
Page 14
Full Page
Clipped by
Richard L.
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