Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-10-18
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Mead Cele-
brate Their Wooden Wedding
by Giving a Progressive Dinner,
a New and Novel Way Of
Enferfasr;nr
Entertaininf.


The first mile stone has been
reached in the married life of Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Mead and this even
ing they are making merry with
their friends. A $50 dinner is being
enjoyed by twenty-four invited
guests.
The house is nicely decorated for
the occasion, the dining room is
decorated in pink. where six small
tables are arranged each sufficient to
accommodate four guests. Each
table is decorated with different
flowers. The first table is ornamented
with pink carnations, the second with
white carnations, the third with
pink roses, the fourth with white
roses, the fifth with sweet peas, and
the sixth with pansies. 1t is what
might aptly be termed a progressive
dinner, served 10 five courses. The
place cards are each accompanied
with a small piece Of wooden ware
such as mustard spoon, small potato
masher, rolling pin, or toy chairs or
Settees. After the first course of
soup and fish they progress, or two at
each table changes tables AS indicated
by tie place card. This continues
until there has been a complete
change at each of the six tables. This
feature is somewhat new and novel,
and has it's advantages in social way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mead are good enter
tainers and they have the happy
faculty of making their guests feel
most heartily welcome and quite at
ease when being entertained in their
pleasant home. 1t is said that every
Worlds fair that is held is a mile
stone marking the progress that has
been made since the last fair. Each
wedding anniversary could aptly be
termed the same, and it is unfortunate
for most of us that these anniversaries
are so often and so universally al
lowed to pass unnoticed.
The following are the invited
guests that are assisting Mr.. and
Mrs. Mead IN making this their first
anniversary one long to be remem-
bered. Mrs. J. D. Witter, Mrs. A. G.
Mead, Miss Elizabeth Aldridge, Mr..
and Mrs. 1, P. Witter, Rev. and Mrs.
George Gibson, Pr. and Mrs. f.
MacKinnon, Mrs. George E. Hoskin-
son, Mrs. Marion Ramsay, Miss Grace
HoskinSon, Misses Jennie and Ella
HaSbrouck, Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Cog
gins. Mrs. Nels Johnson, Mrs. S. D..
Sutliff, of Woodboro, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Scutt, Mrs. Beulah Biron, Mr..
and Mrs. e. T. Harmon, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. S. Youker, Mr.. and Mrs. T. w.
Brazeau, Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Hill and
Mrs. Emma Brundage.
There are few families in our city
that could be spared from our midst
and scarcely missed. There are still
other families that would only be
missed in their church relation, still
others that would only be missed by
near neighbors or few intimate
friends and still others who would be
missed from business, commercial
or financial standpoint, but Mr.. and
Mrs. Mead hold a position in our city
that IL they were to remove would be
missed from every standpoint, So
cially, morally, religiously and
financially. They are just such
people as go to make up good citizen
ship, and just what are needed to
make little city like Grand Rapids
desirable place to call home. May
Mr.. and Mrs. Mead live to enjoy many
wedding anniversaries, es pecially
those designated by silver and gold.