The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-09-01
Are Married Fifty Years.

Married -- August 20, 1851 in n
church at Morrisburg, Ont, ON tho
banks of the st. Lawrence river
George Is. Salter and Miss Mary Bur
rows.
Celebrated-At Norfolk, Ncb.. Aug.
ust 26, 1911 the golden wedding ami
versary.
The home of DR.. y. II. Saltcr on
Koenigstein avenue was the scene Sat.
urday night Of the first golden wed.
ding anniversary ever recorded in the
Salter family Despite tho rain which
came up at the eleventh hour and
spoiled plans for making the event n
lawn festival, nearly 200 friends called
during the evening to pay tribute to
the guests of honor and to wish them
many happy returns.
The lawn had previously been beau.
tifully arranged for the evening, scores
of electric lights being strung hither
and thther to give the place bril-
liant setting. An orchestra was placed
on the lawn so that music floated into
the reception rooms through the win
dows. DR.. and Mrs. Salter and the
bride and groom of fifty years ago
were in the receiving line for two
hours.
Punch was served in one of the re-
Ception rooms and ices and cake were
served in the dining room throughout
the evening. The home was attrac-
lively decorated with flowers. Miss
Nhitn Of oh
solos during the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. G. b. Salter have lived
in Norfolk for seventeen years and
have always been identified with the
Community's activities and it was q
representative throng that assembled
on Saturday night to give voice to the
esteem in which the golden wedding
bride and groom are held by the peo-
pie of this city.
George b. Salter was born in Co
bourg, Ont, April 90, 1889, and Mrs.
Salter was born in the city of ottawa,
capital of the dominion, February "a,
1889. They were married by Rev. Will
liam Andrews, now deceased, a broth
erin-law of the bride. From 1861, the
year of their marriage, until 1879, Mr..
and Mrs. Salter lived at Canton, Ont.
They then moved to Port Hope, where
they resided until 1885, coming to
Dannebrog, Neb., where Mr.. Sater en-
gagged in the grain business. In 1894
the year of drouth they moved to Nor
folk, where their son, DR.. p. II. Salter,
had located several years previously.
Mr.. and Mrs. Salter have four sons,
all Of them living. They are: DR.. P.
H. Salter, Norfolk; Fred H. Salter,
Winner, S. D.; Dr. F.. G. Salter, Pierce,
and c. b. Salter, Norfolk. All of them
are married with the exception of C.
B. Salter, who is in the grain business
in Norfolk with his father. All were
present for the golden wedding except
ing Fred Salter, who was unable to be
here. There are eight grandchildren,
of whom Miss Dorothy Salter is the
Oldest.
A Priceless Tribute.
When the family left Port Hope for
Nebraska, a most extraordinary trib-
ute was paid them by their old neigh
bors and friends. A purse of 5000 in
gold was the gift of these people, to-
gether with this priceless tribute:
To George Brown Salter Esquire
Dear Sir: The people of Port Hope
and vicinity, among whom you have
lived your life so far, having heard
with deep regret of your approaching
departure for another sphere of use
fulness, have deputed us to express to
you their sense of that uprightness
and probity of character which, cou-
pied with kindness of heart, have en-
deared you to all with whom you have
been brought in contact, either in the
general paths of business, or the more
restricted byways of social life.
The universal feeling of the people
of the town in which you have so long
lived is sorrow at their loss, with an
earnest hope that the change may be
for your lasting good.
This purse of gold is but poor tes-
timony Of their feelings towards your
self and your amiable family, yet such
as it is we ask your acceptance of it
and a kindly remembrance of the CIV
ers.
In whose names we beg you to be-
lieve us to be, dear Mr.. Salter, most
sincerely your friends.
f. Peplow, Mayor;
d. Chisholm,
Chairman Harbour Board;
George NJ. FuTby,
President of the Board of Trade;
l.. b. Powerl,
Chairman of School Board.
Port Hope, goth March, 1889.