St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-08-11
MARRIED TWENTY FIVE YEARS.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0ryille H. Smith and Mr..
and Mrs. j. j. Rhodes celebrate their
Silver Weddings Within a Week.

In honor of the 25th wedding anniver-
sary of Mr.. and Mrs. Orville H. Smith
the members of the immediate families
were informally entertained at the home
of Mrs. Smiths sister, Mrs. E. c. Grant
on Saturday evening. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Smith and son Ralph,
Mrs. c. H. Thayer, Mrs. Smiths mother,
Mrs. Thomas Thayer of Lancaster, Mrs.
Mary P. Smith, Mr.. Smiths mother, and
her sister, Mrs. Day. During the even
ing cake and ice cream were served and
shower. They were married here 25
years ago, the ceremony being performed
by Rev. David H. Adams, pastor of the
Free Baptist church of this place, and
who is now located at Hampton, N. H.
Mr. Smith was born in St. Johnsbury,
July 8, 1868, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George N. Smith, and has since made this
his home. His mother makes her home
with him and he also has one sister,
whose home is here, Mrs. Charles P.
French. Mrs. Smith was formerly Susan
H. Thayer, oldest daughter of c. H. and
Mrs. Althea Thaver, and she has one sis
ter, Mrs. E. c. Grant. Mr.. Smith is an
electrician and has been employed by E.
and T. Fairbanks & Co., for more than
81 years. He gave up that work short
time ago and a few weeks ago purchased
the catering business of S. D. Atwood,
now being the only caterer in this sec
ton. They have one son, Ralph MIR.
and Mrs. Smith have been actively in
terested in the work of the local Baptist
church, where he has held several offices,
including that of deacon and clerk. He
is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge
and has been through all the chairs in
Caledonia Lodge and Moose River En-
campment. He is past grand of Caledo-
MIA Lodge and past chief patriarch of the
Encampment. He has been treasurer of
Caledonia Lodge for the past ten years
and scribe of the encampment nearly as
long. He has been a member of the local
fire department over % years and is
clerk of the. hook and ladder company.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Rhodes will observe
their silver anniversary tomorrow, as
they were married here on August IL,
1884, Rev. G. w. Jenkins, then pastor of
the Universalist church, performing the
ceremony. Mr. Rhodes was born in Rye
gate, October 18, 1857, son of George
and Helen Rhodes, and he came to St.
Johnsburv in 1888. Since that time he
has been employed by E. s, 7. Fairbanks
& Co., at present as pattern maker. He
has two sisters, Mrs. Annie Paine of Pal
mer, Mass, and Mrs. Emily Brock of
| Wells River. Mrs. Rhodes was formerly
Miss Emma J. Miller, and was born at
West Barnet, February %, 1865, the
daughter of Jackson P, and Caroline
Miller, and came to st. Johnsbury in
1884. She has three brothers, Morris ].
Miller of Brockton, Mass, Robert J..
| Miller of Groton a member of the well
known Miller & Aver Lumber Co., of
that place, and Frank E. Miller, manager
OF the large grist mill in Rifton, N. Y.
Her father is living in West Barnet, at
the age of IT years, and is one of the
most active members of the younger
Sc" of that village. He belongs to the
Grange and is never absent from an en-
tertainment or dance. He does not at
tend these affairs as an onlooker, but
enters into the festivities with the anima-
ton of boy. He varies the entertain
ment of his native town with frequent
trips to New York and Boston and
shows no signs of his advancing age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rhodes have one daughter,
Miss Della, who is employed by the Pas.
sumpsic Telephone Company. They are
both members of the North Church and
he is member of the N. E. O. P. They
are quiet home loving people, and ex-
ponents of the simple life. q