The Newtown bee., 1909-07-16
GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVER-
 SARY Of MT and Mrs Edward Taylor HAPPILY CELEBRATED TUESDAY
 EVENING. A Large and Representative Gather
 ing.

Under conditions that were idea ! the Golden Wedding anniversary o MT and Mrs Edward Taylor of Sandy
 Hook was most happily celebrated
 Wednesday evening, in the presence
 of company ,f 150 guests, tn,
 charming and unaffected hospitality
 extended, making it the complete
 success that 1t was. The celebration
 took place in what Is known by reo fple. of this generation as the Isaac
 Beers homestead, which has many as
 sociatiors of Interest frcm the fac,
 that it was built by that thorough.
 going business man of his day, Will
 liam B. Glover, father of Ex-Senatoi
 Smith P. Glover. Located as it is
 hign on the bank, above the dust ol
 the street, 1t presented on Tuesday
 evening a scene at once festive and
 brilliant. The ample yard, where most
 of ibe guests sat and conversed dur
 ng the evening, was strung with
 Chinese lanterns. Members of the
 Wheeler < Wilson orchestra were stationed on the piazza and dis coursed sweet music throughout the evening. The decorations through out ihe h use were artistic in the extreme. In the hall the railing on the stairs was ornamented with
 beautiful bouquets of roses, while ferns and bouquets of nastultiums wer9 used with fine effect. In the main parlor where the bride and groom of DO years received, the floral decorations were in yellow and green, large bouquets of yellow daisies and ferns, and magnificent bouquet of yellow tiger lilies, so common but so beautiful. Great bouquets of that most popular of garden flowers, the sweet pea, com pleted the floral arrangement. The dining room was perhaps the choicest and most artistic in its floral ar rangement. On the center of the table was a great basket of yellow daisies and ferns, while candelabra with golden shades made a combin- ation at once beautiful and bewitch- ing. The mantel was banked with nasturtiums and ferns. In the room where the gifts were displayed were handsome bouquets of carnations and bouquets of nasturtiums and ferns. Indeed, the whole floral ar engagement suggested the hand of the artist. MT and Mrs Taylor received the congratuls tions of their guests in the large parlor. They were as sisted in receiving by MT and Mrs George F. Taylor and Mrs J. P. Omans of brlugeport. MT Cantwell, of the Hotel Green, Danbury, catered, and the service, as might be expect ed, was perfect in harmony with the spirit of the occasion.
 A pleasant informal feature of the occasion was the dancing of the Vir- ginia reel, MT Iaylor having as his partner Mrs John Clark of Mamaro- neck, N. Y, and Mrs Taylor John Clark. During the reception hour the orchestra waited on the air the strains of "Auld Lang Syne." Among the guests present from out of town were: MT and Mrs William H. OHara and Mrs J. P. Omans Of Bridgeport, MT and Mrs John Clark of Mamaroneck, N. Y, Mir and Mrs D. M. Mitchell, MT and Mrs Edward Mitchell, MT and Mrs LeRoy Mitchell of South Britain, Mrs William Dak- in of Hotchkissville, MT and Mrs Paul Wineberg of Ansonia, Mrs Law renee Warner and Glover Warner of Vicksburg, Miss, Mrs Stanley Bots7s ford of Wallingford, Miss Lottie. Tomlinson of Suf1ield. The mar riage of Edward Taylor and Susan L. Botsford occurred on July 13, 1859, at the resluence of her father, George Botsrord, who was leading citizen of Newtown in his day. Rev William H. Moore, pastor of the Ccng' egatioral church in Newtown, It is an interesting fact that MT and Mrs Alonz0 Taylor, the parents of Edward Taylor, cele- brated their golden wedding in 1880. MT and Mrs James M. Blackman, who were present ct the festivities, We'd nesday night, were also present at the Golden Wedding of MT and Mrs Alonzo Taylor.
 Rev o. o. Wright, in conversation with the writer said: MT and Mrs Taylor are truly and de- the most popular couple in, all this countryside. Of striking and winning personality; capable and experienced in a high degree; +rien.ly, cheerful, and exceedingly kind; and withal given to hospitali- ty,' they are the central figures of a large circle of admiring friends and Both the bride and the bridegroom of the golden Wed- ding anniversary are widely known as good neighbors, helpful advisers, and sympathetic givers in every time of need. Young and old, rich and poor, all sorts ana conditions of men look to them for cheer and counsel, and a lift of one kind or another, and not in vain. And the celebra- ton was fitting and worthy ex- pression of the high esteem in which they are held. No doubt that mad the invitation been general and widely known, there would not have been room for the multitude who would gladly come with gifts and congratulations" The following lines We're written in honor of the occasion by Attorney w. H. O'Hara of Bridgeport:
 All hail, this ship of welded life,
 Which OCT the seas for fifty years Has weathered storm, and gale, and
 strife,
 And now, triumphant OCT the fears