The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09
Silver Wedding
 of Dr, And Mrs.
 w. H. Donaldson
Charming Informal Reception at Their Home in Fairfield Alt tended by Many Guests
 Last Evening

Dr. and Mrs. w. H. Donaldson ob- served their silver wedding anniver- sary last evening with an informal reception at their home in Fairfield. They were kept very busy through out the evening receiving the hearty congratulations of, their many friends occasion was made all the more pleasant by the presence of many of the guests at their wedding reception of 25 years ago.
 Dr. and Mrs. Donaldson were as- sisted in receiving by their eldest son, who was attired in her mothers s wedding gown, a charming affair of brocade satin, and wore a bouquet of violets and lilies of the valley. Mrs. Donaldson wore a. gown. of black ribbon voile and carried a beautiful bouquet of 25 roses.
 Mrs. A. E. Belisle of Bridgeport, and Miss Helen Hotchkiss and Miss Mabel Pickett of Fairfield presided over the punch bowl. In the dining room coffee and salad were served by a number of charmingly gowned ladies Including Miss Louise Bulkley, Miss Eleanor Warehouse Miss Louise Burr, Mrs. Wallace M. Bulkley and Miss Rachel Pickett, all of Fairfield; Mrs. James Everett and Mrs. William Middlebrook, of Southport, and Mrs. Daniel White of Bridgeport.
 pr. and Mrs. Donaldson were the recipients of an array of beautiful silver gifts in honor of their anniver- sary and a number of telegrarns and letters of reorganization. The recep- ton was entirely informal through out and proved to be most beautiful occasion. Among the. guests was MT. Clinton Penfield of Black Rock, who was one of the ushers at Dr. and Mrs. Donaldson's wedding reception at The Manor in Fairfield, following the marriage ceremony in New Haven. and many of the other guests had been present at the reception. Ail united in showering congratulations and best. wishes upon the host and hostess of the evening.
 A partial list of those present is as follows: MT. and Mrs. Elmer Grum- man, MT. and Mrs. Frederick Stevens Mrs. A. Holland Forbes. MT. and Mrs Henry S. Burr. Rev. and Mrs. Allen Child. Rev. Father William Odell Bacon Wakeman, MT. and Mrs. Clitus H. King, Dr. and Mrs. Albert F Belisle, Dr. and Mrs. Frank Tukey Dr.. and Mrs. S. M. Garlick, MT. and Mrs. Simeon Pease,s MT. and Mrs. Al Buckingham. MT and Mrs. William H. Middiebrook, MT. and Mrs. Everitt MT. and Mrs. F. D. Hotchkiss, Mr and Mrs. c. S Bradley, MT. and Mrs William Burr MT. and, Mrs. George E.. Martin, MT. and Mrs. Fred Burr MT. and Mrs. c. B. Jennings. MT. and Mrs. William Hulse, Mir. and Mrs Albert Brown, MT. and Mrs Frank S Brewer, John Mills, Mrs. Fred Mills
 MT. and Mrs. Benjamin Betts, MT
 and Mrs. E. West, MT. and Mrs. Neils Mortenson, MT. and Mrs. Andrew
 Huntington, MT. and Mrs. John flaw kins, John B. Boyle. MT. and Mrs L. B. Edgecomb, George Waldo. IT.
 Miss Louise Burr, Miss Mabel Pickett
 Miss Helen Hotchkiss. Miss Rache
 Pickett, Mrs. Wallace Buikley, Mrs White, Miss Mary B. Kippen, MT and Mrs. E. B. Warehouse, Miss
 Eleanor Morehouse. MT: and Mrs Edward Osborn, MT. and Mrs. Fran cis B., Perry, Miss Loretta Perry Walter Redfield, MT. and Mrs. E. w s. Pickett, Mrs. Charles Bulkley, Miss Helen Grumman. Miss Alice Sher- wood, Miss Louise Bulkley, Miss Hat tie Steward, Miss Etta Steward. Miss Hattie Osborn, Clinton Penfield and many others.