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iscmgpub-**¥irt as mday ) can, e at thers aecial55th Wedding Anniversaryto re-after veeka ro an i con-justIweil-eom-Paulya athavefrommter-more; and mdayMor-rnoonie.fiiatt,Enail*Thursday, September 18th being the 65th wedding anniversary of Mr, and Mrs, Elijah Moore, about seventy-five relatives and friends, with well filled baskets, gathered at the Milton-vale park to help them celebrate the occasion. A sumptuous dinner was served at noon to which ail did ample justice. ______ The afternoon was spent in visit-ming and listening to several good talks cubic land singing, after Mr, and Mrs. Moore received the congratulations of the entire crowd. Later ice cream and cake were served.Mr. and Mrs, Moore are among the pioneer .settlers of Kansas. They were married September 18, 1875, at the Baptist pai‘sonage, Centerville, Iowa, by Rev, Edwards and three years later came to Kansas and settled on a homestead in Meredith township, dence where continued to make their cojcjihome until about fifteen years ago when they moved to Mil ton vale, where they have since lived, Mr. and Mrs. Moore are the parents of nine children, an older son, Martin dying in 191G,Those present at the anniversary celebration were Mrs. Mattie Cridle-baugh and son, Wilbur, and daughter, Hazel, Mr. and Mra. John Moore and son, Lawrence, Mr, and Mrs. Roy Moore and Letha, Vern, Irvin, Millard and Ella, Mr. ami Mrs. Jesse Moore and daughter, I la, Mrs. Bertha Lar-gent and Gaylord and Virginia Lee, Mrs, Blanche Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Cridiebuugh and Mrs. Louise Moore, all of Elkhart, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Briggs, Sr., and daughters, Thelma and Opal, and sons Andrew and Floyd, of Milton-!vale; Mr. and Mra. Chart. Fuller of $ jAmes; Mr. and Mrs. Orville Briggs *[and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac ^‘iggs, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Gibbs Rob-! and children, Mr. and Mrs, Gary An-Selby Jderson, Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Ming, Mra. Bertha Apple, Mr, and Mrs. Earl De-V.ore and daughter, Rev. and Mrs. Emerson, Mrs. Frank Baker and Mra, Mary Girard, all of Miltonvale; Mr. caller j and Mrs, Claude Winsett and family, Mr. and Mrs, Jake Burroughs, of Aurora; Miss Rebecca Burroughs, of Concordia; Mr. and Mrs. J, R. Fuller and daughter, Etta, of Ames; Truman Fuller of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Jacob Ye nut and daughter, of k-end Ogden, Kansas; Mrs. Guy Hanshaw, of Shelby, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Rice, Rev. Cooper and wife, Mrs. Osborne and daughter, all of Delphos; Mrs. Hiner of Miltonvale; Floyd Briggs, of Beloit; Mr. Merri-gone! man of Culver.—Miltonvale (Kansas) 'News,Mrs. Moore was raised south ofidren,Sha-meet-loard-lwardne to ion asweeksit the ......{ and j Moravia near HiatUvihe and is well iod.,o her g for » beeni held Mrs. loon.known to many of the older residents of that vicinity. She is a sister of Mrs. H. C. Foster of near Maine Station. Mrs. Foster is the only one now living besides Mr. and Mrs. Moore, who were present at the wedding 55 years ago.
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Moravia Union
Moravia, Iowa, US
Thu, Oct 23, 1930
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