Smyrna times., 1910-03-09
GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATED
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Smithers Given
Ovation BY Friends On Rounding
Out 5OYears of Married Life.

our esteemed clClZenS, celeDraCeQ on /
Sunday the 50th anniversary of .
their marriage and Sunday and Mon
day will long be remembered by
them as one of the happiest occa-
siOns of their married life. Besides
the one hundred or more cards and /
letters of congratulations they re-
ceived by mail and the twenty-five or
more kilograms, fully two hundred of
their friends called at their home on
west Commerce street to extend
personally their congratulations and
to wish them many more years of
the sweet, welded companionship
that has been their blessing in the
half century which has just been so
happily rounded out. The real ami
versary occasion, however, was
celebrated on Monday when between
the hours of three and five in the
afternoon and eight and ten in the
evening, many friends were received
by Mr.. and Mrs. Smithers. The
afternoon was pretty much consumed
by out of town guests for Mrs.
Smithers being president of the State
W. c. T. u, and prominent white
ribboner and Mr.. Smithers being a
former railroad man, both enjoyed
wide and extended acquaintance.
wedding Party Received in ParIor
The house had been prettily dec
Grated with flowers, the color scheme
being yellow, typical of the golden
wedding they were celebrating. The
"bride' carried a beautiful bunch of
yellow roses. Mr.. and Mrs. Smithers
were assisted in receiving by DIR.
David T. Smithers, brother of "the
groom, " who at the wedding fifty
years ago, acted as groomsman.
Miss Bertha Smithers, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Smithers, to whom is
largely attributed the management
and success of the affair was also
in the receiving party. The latter
had a splendid corps of co-workers.
Those who assisted IN receiving the
guests were: Mrs. G. E. Grimm,
Collin swood. N. j.. Mrs. S. Gilbert
Wilds, Mrs. David T. Smithers, Mrs.
Robert Watt and Mrs. Laura Lee
Temple Those who assisted in the
dining room we're: Miss Dora c..
Wilds, Dover; Miss Virginia C..
Vanneman, Port Deposit, Md. Miss
Katharine Edna Price, Miss Ella T.
{ Smithers, Miss Eba Cloak Wilds,
J Miss Elizabeth Smithers, Mrs. How
ard D. Taylor, Miss Sarah D. Pratt,
Miss Margaret R. Lank, Mrs. w. A.
Stevens, Miss Eunice Anthony anC
Miss Rebecca Watt. While it was
the wish that the open invitation
: should not convey the obligation o1
c presents, Mr.. and Mrs. Smither:
however, were recipients of some
I beautiful gifts. Among them wa:
2 a beautiful cane presented to MIR
p Smithers by his fellow members o.
9 the Official Board of Abury M. E
< Church, and a beautiful umbrella
L presented to Mrs. Smithers by th'
g Smyrna Woman's Christian Tenn
33S5 perance Union. At the close of tn
q reception in the evening, party o
a street serenaders went to the hom
e of Mr.. and Mrs. Smithers and appro
q priately sang "Hsppy Golde
% Years. the solo part being take
aaad by Mr.. Thomas S. start. This wa
o. much appreciated and the serenader
. were invited in and given a part @
% the treat which the guests of tn
evening had enjoyed. The sere
i naders were W. T. Massey, wit
90 guitar, H. P. Shapley with MandC
% lin, T. S. Start, W. B. Grant, Jr.
g and Irving Brinton.
81 Many Guests Present from Out of 7 ow
- Those present from out of tow
SO were as follows: Miss Anna J. Nj
SU0S Leod, Mrs. V. L. Culbertson, Mis-
90 Margaret R. Lank. Wilmington
90 Secretary of State and Mrs. william
20 T. Smithers, Mrs. N. B. Smitheri
90 Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Frank Wilds, Nj
SO William Salisbury, DR.. and Mrs.
.9SS L. Cross, Mrs. Wesley Webb, Mr.!
90 James L. Wolcott, Mrs. John Ca
10 son, Mrs. John Burton, Mrs. Wi
90 liam Denney, Mrs. James Pennewil
,5l Mrs. E. B. Louderbough, Mrs. Ale,
,76 inc Thompson, Mrs. James Aarol
Mrs. T. K. Jones, Mrs. E. L. Jone
Is Mrs. M. ]. Allen, Mrs. Stephel
Slaughter, Mrs. E. E. Caulk, Mr.
~ R. c. Holmes, Dover; Mrs. Mary
~ ~ Jenkins, Mrs. M. Hettie Jenkin
~ Mrs. Anna M. Hudson, Mrs. Matil'
:" nu Crossmore, Wyoming; Mr.. and Mr.
=. - A. B. Conner, Mrs. Alice Bale
~ Mrs. Robert ]. Clifton, FELTON,; Nh
~ M. j. Smith, Mrs. John Bishop, MI
"a Anna j. Ross, Mrs. Laura Boyc