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Page Four-BChristoph ers Celebrate I 50th Wedding Anniversary! IM* s. Chester T ChristopPler and decided they would like to move 1 Mrs. Henry W Christopher honor- to a warm country, and he went to 1 i • Mr. anc. Mrs. Martin Christo- \ California, Florida, and Texas to |phcr on the occasion of their gold- look for land. 1en wedding anniversary on Sun- ]^)s coming to Texas was rath- [ day, Nov 26, from 2 to 6 p.m. with cr a coincident. One of his friends j open houst had already been to Texas and:T'tu eouole. standing before a spoken for the land Mr. Christo-sofa with which they had begun pher now owns and was planning; housekeeping and some pictures of on selling his land in Pennsylvania. I Niagara Falls where they had Since he could not find a buyer for spent the honeymoon, pledge his land, he sold Mr. Christopher their marriage vows again. Rev. the land he had spoken for in;O E McGraw of the Cavalry Bap- Texas.:;s: C: • gfieiated at the cere- So the Christophers and two• v small boys moved to Kingsville,,M ami Mrs. Christopher were Texas and opened their dairy farm,. r , Denmark but as Mrs. in 3 906. Now they are celebrat-Oh stupher explained, “Denmark mg their golden wedding annivor-• a, fine country but it is much sary. As Mr. Christopher pointed ■ s- ,ab for all of its people, out. “That's a long time. We Tim s why God created America never pulled any hair: we just j that the good people would talked things over..ive a good place to live. I was The Christophers have two sons, j. wcrt.v-two when I came to Amor- Henry and Chester; and sevengrandchildren, Henry, Jr., James,L;k( ail young people I was ex- Martha, Sgt. C. Franklin. Martin,lt; • eager to come to the new Jr.. Andrew and Mrs. Alfred.a •: 1 had friends here and Plough. Jr.; one great grandchild,mey hGped me to find a good job. Patricia Anne Plough.My i ... i a we were not married The mantle was banked in fern• ; r.or old we know each other, and twin baskets of gold mumsover several years later. were used at the entrance to theMr Christopher told of how he room containing the gifts. In one werking in a creamery when corner of the living room was a lt;ed to come to the United card table sf,t with Haviland anti Sum - He said he didn't have silver from Mrs. Christopher’s onus;. tunc for amusement as he ginal wedding set. Yellow carna-\s .rking on a dairy farm near tions and roses were used at van-r. Pennsylvania. He did find tage points.* , h wever, on Sunday to visit Receiving at the door were Mrs.. : friends and attend church. Chester T. Christopher and Mrs.Mv Christopher's sister introduced Henry W. Christopher. Presiding • 1 present Mas. Chn.M.*- at the guest registry at intervalswere Miss Clara Rogers, Miss W A ft*.; a two-year courtship, the Marie Mork, and Mrs. Joe Ham-cout k were married because as merly of McAllen. In the gift room Mi Christopher pointed out, “I were Mrs. O, J. Mork, Mrs. Al- 22 had made up my mind that I would j fred Plough, Sr., Mrs. Valarie pr never marry, but he was so good I Walravcn, and Mrs. Kathervn Jen- at and kind and gentle that I fell in kins.love wv.h him and couldn’t help The bride’s table was centered eh veil. She did admit that af- vvith an arrangement of yellow Ti n i she met him she enrolled for mums from which gold streamers us a class m cooking and household crossed the table. Printed on the “’I management. ribbon was “Martin and Carrie, thMr. Christopher went on to tell Nov. 26, 1900. The double ring di now there had been a man from wedding cake, decorated with cl us- di, Texas working on the dairy farm ters of gold rose buds, was mount-and that all he could talk about ed on a reflector edged in gold F. was going back to God’s Country, maline. A border of fern and tiny ke About thi time he and his wife gold mums outlined the table.
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Kingsville Record
Kingsville, Texas, US
Wed, Nov 29, 1950
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