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Chard Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding at McMinnville
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chard, longtime Erie area residents now based in McMinnville Oregon, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on August 15 with an open house hosted by daughters Mrs. Glen Franklin of Grandview Washington Mrs. George Bartholomew of Eric and Mrs. Vada Schommer of McMinnville. The couple married in Erie and later farmed there and in St Paul before moving to Oregon in 1955. They have 13 grandchildren.
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Earl Chard
Vada Schommer
McMinnville
Ore
Erie
St. Paul
Oregon
Glen Franklin
Grandview
Wash
George Bartholomew
Eric
Schommer