Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-10-04
OF
GokbEN WEDDING.
Many Beautiful Gifts Received by MIR.
and Mrs. Reynoids-Larse Number
of Callers.

The golden wedding anniversary of
dr and Mrs. Oliver II. Peynolds was
celebrated ON Saturday at their home,
No. so Shetucket street, in a way to
make the day ever memorable both for
them and the 200 or more friends who
called to offer congratulations and en-
jiyed the hearty hospitality offered.
The finest kind of weather favored the
day. contrasting somewhat with the
day of their marriage, fifty- years ago,
when it rained in the morning but
cleared up in time for the ceremony.
For the golden wedding the house
was prettily decorated in the appropri-
ate golden hued flowers, chrysanthe-
NUNS, dahlias. golden rod and other
fall fokers. and the first formal rec
ognitiOn afe the day came with the
family dinner at o'clock, when a par
ty of twenty were seated to do justice
to the ample meal These included
Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds, Miss Frances
Losee, sister of Mrs. Reynolds: Elmer
o. Reynolds, their son. with his wife:
Mrs. o. z. Wulf. their daughter with
her husband and their three children,
Marguerite Wulf, Oliver Reynolds
Wulf and Helene Wulf; Ralph Fill
more. Mrs. Susan Hill and Mrs. Han
nah r. Bliss, these three having been
present at the wedding; Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Wulf. Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Potter, Miss Jennie Dennison, and Mrs.
Luther. Mendelssohn's wedding march
was played for the party to march to
the table, and a jolly hour followed
In the evening from 7.30 to $50 were
the hours for the public reception,
when more than 200 called to extend
cordial greetings. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Reynolds were assisted in receiving by
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer O. Reynolds and
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of elderly friends carriages were sent
both to bring them to the reception
and to convey them home again. Ice
cream, cake and fruit were served to
all attending.
Among the visitors were both the
pastors of Mrs. Reynolds, Rev. DIR.
Lewellyn Pratt and Rev. E. S. Wor-
cesuer Gf the Broadway Congregational
church. feature of the evening was
the arrival of a delegation from the
liverymen, undertakers and black
smiths of the city, who had met at
Charles F. Brady's and came in a
body bringing handsome and costly
preset in the shape of a large easy
chair. finished completely in horse
hide leather. Mr.. Reynolds occupied it
with pride after he had recovered from
the surprise, William H. Allen repre-
senting the delegation with a neat
presentation speech. The What Next
club, to which Mrs. o. E. Wulf belongs,
also attended in a body.
Many gifts which included cut glass,
flowers, crockery silver ware and gold
pieces were received. A 500 gold piece
enclosed in a pretty gold case was the
gift from Mr.. Reynolds to his wife in
honor of the day. and the gift of an
umbrella from Robert Holmes called
ito mind his forty years of service
with Mr.. Reynolds. Friends as dis
tance sent congratulatory letters. one
coming from Indiana, and there was a
poem for the occasion.
Just for this day. Mr.. and Mrs. Rey-
nolds omitted their customary drive
in the afternoon. which has come to be
so much an event of every day among
those who know them.
In the mention of the business ca
reer of Mr. Reynolds in The Bulletin
on Friday it should have been stated
that ]. NJ. Buckingham assisted him
financially at one time, not Governor
Buckingham.