Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-08
HONOR GOLDEN
WEDDING DAY
CHILDREN, FRIENDS AND RELA-
TlvEs SURPRISE MR.. AND
MRS. C. D. STAFFORD.
ONE HUNDRED ATTEND
Ceremony Of Fifty Years Ago is Re-
peated-Host and Hostess Are
Presented With Gifts by
Company Present.

"A surprise party on a glgantlc scale
and fraught with unusual significance,
was held last evening at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles d. Shadford in
Agency, when an even hundred rela-
tives and friends gathered in their
honor to celebrate the golden wedding
anniversary of the revered couple.
The day not only marked the fiftieth
milestone of their welded life, but
also completed half century's resi-
dence in the town of Agency.
The affair was planned with abso-
lutte secrecy by the children of Mr..
and Mrs. Shadford and was intended
to recall in SO far as possible the
event of fifty years ago. To this end
the wedding ceremony was celebrated
again, Rev. o. G. circuit of Agency Of
flciating and Rev. j. B. Hill leading
in prayer. They were attended by Mr..
and Mrs. John Dwire.
Married In Jefferson County.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shadford were mar.
ried in Jefferson county May 5, 1859,
by Rev. Haynes, pastor of a Metho-
dist Episcopal circuit Mrs. Shadford' S
maiden name was Miss Margaret J.
Clinton. Immediately after the cere.
moved to Anegcy and have
resided there continuously ever
since, he being intimately as
ISOLATED with the business interests
of the city. He has been wagon man.
ufacturer and carpenter; now being
engaged in. the implement and under
| taking business.
| Last evening Mr.. and Mrs. Shadford
were invited to supper at the home OF
their son, O. c. Shadford, in Agency
While there, the guests gathered al
the parental home, one hundred in
number, and about o'clock the hon
ored host and hostess were brought
over to the scene of the celebration
The evening was passed in purely
informal manner. The couple were
presented with set of gold band
chinaware, a dozen silver spoons and
several gold pieces by the company
DR.. D. McEldary making the presenta
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shadford are seventy
six and seventy-hve years of age re
spectively and six of their seven chill
dren were present at the CELEBRATION
the late Charles S. Shadford of OF
tumwa having passed away last De
cember.
The children present at the occasion
were Mrs. Alice Woodford of Agency
| William Shadford of Colorado Springs
Colo; o. L. Shadford of Ottumwa; o
G. Shadford of Agency; James Shad
ford of Des Moines and Miss Maude
STAFFORD of Agency.
The Other Guests.
| - Tho ofhor n, horc ,P tbo R,,,.;y,
were Ed Woodford and Masters Carl
Harold and Joseph Woodford; Mrs
c. s. Shadford and daughter Miss
Vera of Ottumwa; Mrs. o. L. Shadforc
of Ottumwa; Mrs. James Shadford o
Des Moines and Mrs. 0. C. Shadfort
Of Agency.
i The following neighbors, friends
and relatives were present:
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Hill, Rev. ant
Mrs. O. G. circuit and Messrs. ant
Mesdames ]. A. Vanzant, John Newell
j. A. Miller, C. G. Cremer, G. S
Reed, G. L. Nye, William Rouke, A
Stewart, w. F. Foster, w. H. Rey
nolds, S. V. Sampson, Fred Miller
Alex Giltner, J. H. Parks, B. F. Gre
mer, D. McEldary, John Dwire
Phil Watkins, R. G. Hixson, Franz
McMillen, w. F.. Marsh, E. D. Fair
William Johnson, M. L. Truitt, Audrey
Giltner, J. S. Reno, w. N. Enyart, E
T. Allen, A. ]. Reynolds, G. H. Shear
er, j. F. Lynn, Ed Durbin, w. F. Glen
ents N. o. Johnson, John Connolly AM
Scott Rush.
Mesdames-
Phoebe Hendrickson, Belle Carver
il. x. Hilton. Nettie Miller, L. p. Dur
bar, M. ]. Wing and Lydia Urey.
4 Misses Julia and Lottie Carmen.