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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1951
Page
16
The Golden Wedding celebration for Eva Delavan Stevens and J M Stevens featured a replica wedding gown, a taped broadcast, and gifts including a Plymouth station wagon for their honeymoon. Attendees traveled from Texas and New Mexico. the couple has eight children and eleven grandchildren.
Final rites were conducted at Schaetter Funeral Home and St Mary's Church for Herman Leifeste Sr. He died July 13 at 4 45 p m at age 63. Survivors include children Herman Jr Rudy Jerome William Emilie Patricia Karl and a grandchild. Wife Emilie died in 1946 and a daughter Madeline and brothers Arthur and Chas preceded him.
An elderly Rev Price in Bandera joins a couple for their anniversary ceremony after initial confusion. Mr Stevens recalls a wagon load of produce to Kerrville, a clothing theft, and a comical pig barn incident involving Mrs Stevens. They share stay married tips: give and take, humor, patience, temper control, and faith that God joined them.
An art exhibit featuring Johnson City and Fredericksburg classes, supervised by Edwina Mintel, will be at the McConnell Building in Johnson City on Saturday July 21 and Sunday July 22. Admission is a donation to the newly started Johnson City Hospital. Open 12 noon to 9 pm Saturday and 3 pm to 9 pm Sunday.
Enrollment closes July 25 1951 for veterans vocational schools in Gillespie Blanco Kendall and Kerr counties. Participants must be enrolled with papers completed and actively attending. Apply to instructors in each county or to Duderstadt Harper Eckhardt Fredericksburg Sigler Boerne for admission and details.
In 1950 Texas 4 H boys made history with fat steer exhibits at major U S stock shows. They captured grand championships at the State Fair of Texas International at Chicago American Royal in Kansas City and fat stock shows in Houston and San Antonio.
The obituary outlines the life of a Harper resident born January 27 1877 in Erath County who married Lillie Bell Coffee on October 24 1899. They observed their Golden Wedding on October 24 1949 and are survived by twelve children, twenty three grandchildren and one great grandchild among others including siblings and extended family.
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