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immar j Ruby j unmar jruui uidimenyIsles Couples WedI : Over Fifty Yearsdistrict N was it Bar lowing: Hstrict presid-p Ter-C mdr. r Har-arbor;i worth;Bucks-psiein, j are rr.eet- i The; r 11 get ’ lat the | :o join |iieants ' e Post fitchell I?The residents of Cranberry Isles»are justly proud of four couples who reside there who have been married over fifty years.Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spurting married Dec. 13, 1892 at Cranberry Isles by Squire Preble have lived there ail their lives.Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Spurting married at Ilesford Nov. 1895 have lived there all their lives.Mr. and Mrs. James Sprague were married in Connecticut in March. 1895 and latef moved to Cranberry Isles where they have lived ever since.Dr. and Mrs. Harry Seelye were married in 1895. The Seelyes are summer residents of Isleford and have continued to go there every summer since their marriage. Dr. Seelye summered at Manset previously and has been coming to Manse: and Cranberry Isles for the past sixty-two years. To have four hanpy couples married for overfifty years in such a small community as Cranberry Isles should attract the attention of the world. Even lai'ge centers could not boast of such a situation.once of again,idlenessiliary f and aiamountseason,“Miu homo h port th« often \ the vei tion an long pe a decicl are abb familiei ents us nest e* the day tals an themse1“The hand, beds, ii pationa are pro the fiiregular The floper in poppies which i cemeteBoy:Fnrn
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Bar Harbor Times
Bar Harbor, Maine, US
Thu, May 20, 1948
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