St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-07-17
ANOTHER GOLDEN WEDDING.
Mr.. and Mrs. EImore L. Ide Gave Re-
ceptiOn at their Pleasant Home.

ccpClOn at their EleaSant Home.
The 50th wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmore T. Ide was OBJ
served at their home on Arnold Park
Monday evening, by an informal re-
ceptiop, for which about 100 invita-
tions had been issued. 1t was also the
Tooth anniversary of the entry of
Timothy Ide into the business which
has been developed into E. T. and
H. K. Ide Company and the 25th an
niversary of the entry of George M.
Gray, Mr.. Ide's son-in-law, into the
business.
The guests were received by Mr..
and Mrs. Ide and the rooms were
decorated with wild and hot house
flowers, prominent among which
were fine boquets of roses sent by
Griswold and Mackinnon and the
Mcleod Milling. Company. Seats
were also arranged on the verandas
which afforded much relief from the
heat of the evening. Delicious punch
was served in the dining room.
After tho guests mad arrived the
company was called to order by Rev.
G. w. G. Hill, who told how many an
niversaries were being celebrated and
introduced Mrs. George M. Gray,
who read a brief sketch of the estab-
lishment and Gevlopment of the large
business of which Mr.. Ide IS the
head, of the marriage and family
life, which was very interesting and
showed a wonderful growth from
rather modest beginnings. This
sketch was lettered by Miss Mary Ide
and illustrated by Mrs. o. M. w.
Among those present from
n11 Of n Gould and
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Wark who were
old neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Ide in
Passumpsic, and Mrs. Harriet Ide and
two sons, Robert and Paul from
Swanton, Mrs. Horace Ide and
grandson, Nicholas, of Wayland,
Mass, and Miss Grace Rouse of Der
by Line.
EImore Timothy Ide, who has been
closely identified with the business
interests of this town for the past
"a years was born at Passumpsic
about 73 years ago, the eldest son
of Jacob and Lodoska (Knights)
Ide. He is a descendant of the Ide
family who came from England in
1910 and settled in Rehobeth, Mass,
now East Providence, r. l., and
there are many of this family now
living there. Other members of his
immediate Tamlly were zen. horace
Knights Ide, who died in 1897, and
Henry Clay Ide, at one time govern
ir of the Philippine Islands, and
now United States Minister to Spain.
Three sisters died in infancy Mrs
Ide Cynthia Adams) was also born
in Passumpsic, about 68 years ago,
the only child of William and Mary
(Felch) Adams, and both Mr.. and
Mrs. Ide received their early educa-
tion at Passumpsic and were
later students at st. Johnsbury
Academy They were married or
July Is, 1862, at LittletOn, N. H.,
and spent some time at the Crawford
House on their wedding trip. They
came to st. Johnsbury to live in
1879 and their home occupies the
site of the first frame house built in
st. Johnsbury by Jonathan Arnold,
and is also known to older residents
as the Chamberlain place. Their
children are Katherine, Mrs. George
NJ Gray; George P, of Alabama; DE-
Henry c., who died a few years ago;
Mary E, who lives at home; Fannie,
Mrs. Oliver M. w. Sprague, whose
husband is professor of economics of
Of Cambridge, Mass; and William
Adams, who is vice-president of the
firm of E. T. and H. X. Ide. There