The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-08
At Golden Wedding To-day.

At Golden Wedding To-day.
Mrs. Mary Adams of South Fifth
street II her daughter. Miss Ger
trudc. are among the guests today at
tho golden wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. George T.. Lewis. at
Bcloit, Wis, Mrs. Lewis being Mrs
Adams eldest sister. Mrs. Lewis has
city and Tor that reason tho following
article concerning her golden wedding
taken from the Beloit Daily News will
be interesting:
"A pioneer couple Of this city. Mr..
and Mrs. George +. Lewis. residing
at us Bluff street. will celebrate
their golden wedding anniversary on
Monday. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis were
married i'm lthica, y. V, April S. 1862.
ON August so ot the same ycar MIR.
Lewis enlisted i'm tho Third New York
light artillery, battery X at SPRING
port, y. Y. remaining in the service
constantly until discharged at the
close of tho wal at Richmond, June
80. 1861.
After the war Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
lived on a farm at West, Danny, Tomp-
1868. at which time they loft New
York state I" make their home in the
west. arriving at Bcloit i'm the latter
part of March. At the time Rcloit co.,
lego WAS seeking a location MIR. Lewis
sold his holdings. six lots on Church
street. t" Bcloit college and pur-
chased the property on Bluff street
where h" now resides. This is !;
splendid site on the west Bluff over
looking Rock river with a beautiful
Wow toward tho south and cast and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis greatly enjoy liv-
Ing in to"ir fine home.
"Thi: amiahlr couple have lived in
hcl"lt f"rty-onc Years. MI. Lewis
has been employed ~ great part of
his life in this city as Il pattern maker
in III" larger factories of the city. In
q. l.. Merrill & Co, then tho largest
machine shop i'm this section. The
plant Was subsequently absorbed by
the Hcloit iron works. For ton years
he workcd for tho Eclipse Windmill,
company when they occupied tho Eos
tor Shoe company plant and vent with
them on the %''tiill." working almost
continuously for tho Eclipse shop and
their successors. I'airbanks-M Morse &
Co. for twenty-five years.
Six years ago on tho day Of tho
great San Francisco earthquake. April
rs, Mr.. Lewis met with the greatest
misfortune of his life. On that day
his cresight. which had been taxed for
MANY years because of his close APP
plication to detail mechanical draw
lnEs in his work as II pattern maker,
failed him utterly and he became
totally blind. Ilc has not been able
tn do work since that time and
tho splendid care and devotion of his
wife sine then has hcen most marked.
MIR. and Mrs. Lewis expect all of
their near relatives on their 3nnivcr-
Sary day. Those who will be present
are Mrs. Lewis our sisters and one
brother as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph .Iewett of Ma
of Soloman. kas.. Mr.. II Mrs. Robert
r. Carson of Almond. WIS. Mrs.
Mary Adams and daughter. Grand
Forks. n. D.. Mrs. Lcvi Wilbur and
daughter. Burlington. Pa. Of MIR.
Lewis family he is tho only ono left
except N nephew who will hc pres
cnt. This is F. J. Lewis in tho credit
department of Marshall Field & Co.
who is n brothers. son. Mrs. Lewis
and there will also he present Mrs.
Lewis brothers. wife. Mrs. c. B. Todd.
AN old schoolmatc from West DANNY.
N. y. These visitors have begun to
arrive i'm Reloit and from now until
the great day. Monday. April s. the
Lewis home will be the scene of tho
gathering of relatives who will dis
russ old times and bring hack mem
ories Of years ago. One brother of
Mrs. George Lewis, Daniel r. Carson.
is among the missing. His brother
was killed April 3. 1868. in tho last
battle of the war at Petersburg. Va.
Strange to say. George f. Lewis was
also engaged i'm that battle which was
n of the hloodicst of the war and
Mr.. Lewis often says tina in tho
ticrcc artillery fight in which he was
engaged on that day his eyes must
have become affected in some manner
which later in life led to the total
loss ~ his eyesigl1t.
will he held at the Lewis home. From
= to > o'clock and during the cvenins
after Z o'clock.
To Wed CrookStOn Doctor.
Minneapolis Journal: Mr.. and Mrs.
j.. NJ. Stickney of 1919 Fifth street
SIC. the engagement Of their
daughter. Inez l.cona. to DIR. Paul
Hagen of Crnokston. MINI. The we'd
ding will take place in June. DIR.
Hagen is a graduate of tho University
Delta Sigma Delta.
May Decide Secrctaryship.
Miss Pcary FORSYTH. a southern
girl. has made application for the
general secrctaryship of the local Y.
w. c. \. and the matter will be the
important business before the board
of directors at the regular monthly
meeting being held at the association
home this afternoon. The meeting
was called at ) o'clock and the de-
last order of business. Miss Forsyth's
homo is in kansas