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MR. AND MRS. ELMER ('. BOATLERBoatlersMark50thYearTogetherThenhave been many joys j heavy they decided against down, from Rix Furniture Co.and few disappointments in the|further travel, because they.to get by.married life of Mr. and Mrs. ,^llt;‘ niu.^ The young bridegroom wentKlmer C Boatler that started!^ ,hlt;‘ tlme ®ot m touc*1 looking for a job and found ahimer ( Boatler that st«irted with Justke of thlt;. Peace temnorarvwith an elopement June 26, 1921. and will reach the 50 year mark Saturday.Coffman the rain was famarriedmporary one at the post officeI on Oct. 16. 1922. The temporarya job became a permanent oihtluIn celebration of the occasion strw»t m a downpour.t* couples* daughter and only vint, maiso they were married inparked car in the middle of thejfhiit lasted until’Boatler retiredas postmaster Nov. JO, 1965.Having become man and wife,!The couple listed their biggestHold Mis \l (Kathleen) Aton, ^^ (.0Upje vowed to k«*ep it a thrill as the day he was askedwill honor her parents with a1 1 ' 1 —secret, as Ortry still had herjby senior year at high school to kamp to serve as his assistant.... , r, . _____.... ...... ..........- Postmaster Emil Fahren-reception at the Firsl Presby*terian ( hutch Pa,llt;T Sunday|COmplete, and Elmer was set He later served in that capacityiiom ^ until . p in Ail of trieii |0 |0 iTniversity of Tex«is under II I, Bohannon and NatThe coach had told him if he Shiek. He became postmastercould make the football team when Shiek retired in 1953.friends are invited to call.When Elmer Boatler and Ortry Bailey decided to elope they set their goal for Colorado City. They set out in a Model-T Ford with Ortry’s cousin, Ophelia Franklin, as their witness. By the time they gotto Coahoma the mist washis freshman year he would get him a scholarship.Winners NamedFor La GallinasDuring the depression period it he Boatlers say they never felt He made the team but he the pinch as many did, and the made a mistake with his letters. jMst office employes never He had started his second year missed their checks. But the at UT and had played in one Boatlers agree that money went football game. In the second | further then.game he broke his ankle. It was The couple have beenabout this time that he wrote members of the First Presby-to his mother, Mrs. H. C. terian Church for many years, Boatler, and to his secret wife, (and Dr. It Gage Lloyd was Boatler got Ortry’s letter their pastor for 24 years, On and Ortry got Mrs. Boatler’s. their 25th anniversary, the1 Mrs. Ollie Anderson and Mrs. INeedless to say the contents couple entertained a large L. B. Edwards took first place (were quite different. number of friends with a gardenThe well-kept secret was no party. Dr. Lloyd was among the i Wenesday morning at the Big)longer a secret and when the guests and, having teased them Spring Country Club Other university found out he was for a number of years about (Birt Allison married, they took back the not having a PresbyterianArchibald,(scholarship which brought minister performElmer’s schooling to a halt.The couple set up house*The group will meet again at I keeping in four rooms of the fide Presbyterian service for * 19 a.m. Wednesday at the (seven room house of Gramdajthem.Pike wilh enough furntiture, $10in La Gallina’s Bridge session* * •Billwinners wereandsecond; and Mrs Omar Jones and Mrs. Albert Smilh, third.their hef i rst! Jwedding ceremony, ne cameprepared and performed a bonacountry club.Ortry’s parents were the lateMr, and Mrs. Anderson Bailey, lie was tax assessor and collector for Howard County for 22 years. Boatler’s parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. 11. C. Boatler who moved from the Vealmoor location of the Tom Good Ranch in 1915 so thein i in a so children could go to school.The Boatlers have two granddaughters. Mrs. Kay Elaine Reynolds of Merced, Calif., and Mrs. Sherry Lynn Voight of Big Spring. Two great -grandchildren aie Wendy Kay Voight ;uicl Brian Voight.Mrs Boatler is a Past Matron of the Order of Eastern Star Chapter 67 and member of several bridge groups. She and her husband enjoy canasta, “42” and visiting with friends. His Hobby is quail hunting which he* has liked since age 10.Both Mr and Mrs. Boatler like1 to travel and have made trips over most of the United Stales, Canada and Mexico, where they took the mountain train ride
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Big Spring Daily Herald
Big Spring, Texas, US
Fri, Jun 25, 1971
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