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I•AGED COUPLEGOLDEN WEDDINGArclt Deacon Aid Mrs. Horcfail CelebrateFiftk Anjinrersar) At MusbfieldArch Deacon and Mrs, Wifi u in Ilorsfall of Kamion tame to the city yesterday to celebrate their Ciuldei Wedding wLh th^r -on. Dr. Wilham Horsfall Jr., and family, evening many of Du friends «.f the cough* called upon them to offer congrntuk5 lions. They left tor then home thisafternoon. !An’h Deacon Morsfidl is a pioneer*in the Dpi . opul church on Up* « ohmand is widely known tin oiighuut On-, pm. Hr in held in Kii'ii regard by the Episcopalian!* of the state and «n a number of occasion the eloruy hav ■ paid him high tributes Both he and Mra. llorsfiill have many friends in the southern Oregon coast country,A ple asing feature of the annivcrsn-ry is tb* fuel that both the arch defi-P,to ha\e been uiurried f«'i fifty yean**both enjoy g md health and *re wonderfully well preserved per win* ami hope to enjoy many more years of married life.The vencruble clergyman is a man of kindly and gent't nature and which together with 1 lie may good tUVa os holias performed for his following hasendeared him to the people with whomhe has come in contact.Arch Deacon Uorsfull this morning related pome of his curly e\pei ienr* .lie said that on Or loiter r», hewas married to Miss Sarah Howardin lancnshm*. Engluml. It was in lTo that they mn\c.l li» Vru-tirn and at the Theological Seminary nr Kan Hias t ity he took iris then tor *m I work.Following ins graduation A r chi lea -• on Hoc, fall hiul charge of Episcopal churches at the start he said tssi t nt minister and Inter u rector toiler lhey moved to Miles, Montana whci e he war missionary for the Yel-- lowMtOHe District and rector of theEtnmunucl t’hurcli at Miles.\t was in JsS that the IHrsftttl family moved to Oregon, Mr. llors 'fall was then in poor health when he became misaonnry for the coast ms-I Lrirt from Uinr county to the CV ry I county line on the south. His head-J iAlarterf* were in Marshfield fo? 22 years oral it was five years ago Hint Mr. and Mrs. Hors full moved down toij RandomVia horseback, wagon stages andboat Mr. Hors fall covered hi* territory The trip to Flore net* then took two days each way. There were no Epis it I pa) churches a it ho start he paid, and the services were held in s* hoot house* and of times m the homes, j There were but -0 comniuideauL* in the entire territory in lsS. Tin first♦ rviics in Marshfield were held inK11 la' Lock hurt building and at Empire kin the Court house.; The fif d I!|h.m‘ojkiI church of thedi trict w:i built at M ir hficld in j IhSJk siol Mr Horsf ill this mono *%*\ yea Intel n e wan orcrfrd at 1 drmrc, at Bert Orford in IKH2, »t Ban-bet in I at Coqtiilio in lcii»7 and .it (Sardittcr in lt07.Through all th*M! years Arch*I «» cun Hot , fall Udtored Weil anti todayviews hi** handiwork with pride for i he church mcmiimMp has well In*mm 'i'll since he came here iWI yen'*ago.In DUO the district was divided andKt i tor Hel U t I.. Browning war giv* n Mar diliebl . u*J the imruor to the Siusl.jw ami Archdeacon Horn fa II, the C%H|uille da I ley and territory south to the Wind buck Hivcr on the Cali-forma border.Life in fuiuUwcflt Oregon, he said, ha Inh*ii a happy one far both himelf till Mrs. |(or fall. He cOTm herepirtly muili n« invalid and in the 50y* irs of residence. leading much of alt outdoor life* he bus became rug . *J a d healthy until today he *,tnlI he feels like u young man ami goodyet for many year of work CuohBay News.
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Bandon Recorder
Bandon, Oregon, US
Tue, Oct 12, 1915
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