Smyrna times., 1911-02-08
GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATION
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard M. Cooper, of
Near Cheswold, Celebrate Fifty
Years of Welded Life


Near Cheswold, Celebrate Fifty
Years of Welded Life
Cheswold, Feb. 7.--Mr. and Mrs.
Richard M. Cooper celebrated their
golden wedding on Monday by giving
their children and immediate family
turkey dinner at the noon hour.
During the singing of favorite hymns
at about two O'Clock, they were very
much surprised to find their large
and beautiful lawn filled with car
riages, containing about one hundred
of their neighbors and friends. The
snow was falling fast, but was so
beautiful that it made the event the
more enjoyable. The house was
tastily decorated in yellow and the
flowers were so lovely and plenty of
good music, made the interior seem
like spring. The tables groaned with
the weight of the appropriate deli
cacies served by special caterer.
Cheswold orchestra pleased the guests
with their delightful music and the
Cheswold quartette sang Lohenrgin's
Wedding March. "'Their Golden
Wedding Day. was sung to the air
of "The Old Gray Bonnet by the
granddaughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cooper. The poem was composed by
Mrs. o. 7. Baynard. their daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper have always
been foremost in advancing and aid
In those ideas and measures that
make for the uplift and advancement
of all. They have always been very
prominent in the great religious
work that has made old Bethel
Church so we'll known, and we can
hardly think of that church without
calling to our minds eye Mr.. and
Mrs. Cooper; and through a long
and very useful life they have been
help and an inspiration to the
community and everyone could see
that like the characters in Bunyan's
immortal allegory, they ever have
their eyes on the Celestial city.
Friends and Relatives Present
The following were among those
present: Rev. and Mrs. o. T. Bay
nard, of Chincoteague, Va. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Jefferson, Chester
town, Md. Mr.. and Mrs. E. Jeffer-
son, Milford; Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Watson, Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Cooper, Wesvtille, N. j. !;
Mr.. and Mrs. James Boggs, Dover; !;
Mrs. Laura Boggs, Dover; DR.. o.
Cooper, Wilmington; Mrs. Rebecca
FAIRIES, Mrs. Mary Cooper, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Jefferson, Mr.. Walter
Keith and Miss Clara Buttery, of
Smyrna; Rev. and Mrs. Milton Nc
Cam, MIR. and Mrs. John Bishop
Mr.. and Mrs W. S. Hardcastle, Mrs
l.. D. Learned, Miss Lille Bishop,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Evans, Mr..
Jeff Cooper and family, Mr.. S. B.
Cooper and family, Mr.. and Mrs. C.
B. Massey, Mr.. ana Mrs. E. j..
Boggs, Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Thomp-
son, Mr.. T. D. Garrison and family
Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Truax, Mr..
John Mingus and mother, Mrs.
Amanda Mingus, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
D. Casson, Mr.. H. M. Ross and
family, Messrs. Wilmer Ford, Rus
sci Hardcastle, D. m. Hardcastle
and Norman Hoffecker.
"Their Golden Wedding Day."
In the farm home sitting room,
There sit Richard and Susan.
Ihlnklng of the years gone by.
Says he, my dear, now don't be weary,
You were always bright and CHEEKY,
But tear-drop dims your eye.
Says she, there tears of gladness,
For have no tears of sadness,
Ii Is fifty years to-day since we were wed.
| Then dear Richerd's dim eyes frightened,
And his dear old heart it lightened,
AS he turned to her and SAID:
CHORUS
If you had your wedding bonnet,
With the pretty flower on it,
would hitch old Moscow to the sleigh,
And if their children don't come over,
| We could drive down to Dover,
| On our golden wedding day.
! 1t was in blue and white bonnet,
| With pretty flower on it,
! In the carriage by his side,
That he drove her up near Smyrna,
! To Aunt Letitias dinner. next day after
she become his bride
Now the children have come over,
| So we can't drive down to Dover,
/ Past the dear old home where we were wed.
But with friends and children dear,
We will have a day of cheer,
In memory of the day when we were wed.
| CHORUS
As you have no wedding bonnet,
With pretty flower on it,