The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-02-01
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ANNIVERSARY
MR. AND MRS. |. T. ELVERUD ARE
HONORED ON THEIR GOLD
EN- ANNIVERSARY
COUPLE ARE RENDERED A RECEPTION
At the Lutheran Church and Are Pre-
scented with Presents and Purse
of Gold by Their Friends

One of the most pleasing and
memorable events ever held in Brook
ings was given at the Lutheran church
Monday evening, when about three
hundred neighbors and friends gath
cred to help Mr.. and Mrs. /. T. Elverud
celebrate their golden wedding an
n%iversary. The affair was in the ma
ture Of a surprise upon Mr.. and Mrs.
Elverud and it was a fine success in
every particular. Very few people
live to celebrate this important an
niversary and when it happens to be
a worthy and respected couple like
Mr.. and Mrs. Elverud their friends
and neighbors rightly decided that
the event should not pass without a
proper celebration.
There were present in addition to
the friends and neighbors from the
city five ministers of the Lutheran
church from out of the city and also
a large number of Mr.. and Mrs. FL
verud's old neighbors from the vicin-
ity Of Lake Campbell. Among the
ministers present was Rev. j. M.
Green, former pastor of the local
church, who came all the way from
Wisconsin to be present on this occa-
sion. Besides Rev. Green and Rev.
Fossness, the present pastor, the
following ministers were present: Rev.
Dahl Of Lake Preston, Rev, Voldahl of
Volga, Rev. Skartvedt of Lake Ben
ton, Rev. Heinderacker of Astoria.
The crowd gathered in the spacious
rooms in the basement Of the church,
where an interesting program was
carried out. The honored guests were
accorded hearty congratulations and
warm praise by the speakers, which
included all the ministers, and the ev-
ening was one of the happiest of their
lives. Mr.. Elverud was presented
with a fine gold watch and Mrs. Ell
verud with a gold brooch and they
were jointly given a purse of sixty
dollars in gold. Mr.. Elverud on be
half Of himself and wife expressed
their hearty appreciation to the kind
friends. and then gave a short and
interesting history of their married
life He told how they landed In
America, with their family of children
and faced the new world with but
twelve cents as a cash capital, He
told of their early struggles as pio-
neers in Minnesota and Dakota, where
by frugality and hard work they built
up a comfortable competence. Music
by the choir and a male chorus Of
twenty voices added greatly to the
enjoyment Of the evening, and the
ladies of the church served a fine
supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elverud were both
born in Norway, Mr.. Elverud being
sixty-nine years Of age and Mrs. Ell
verud seventy. They were married
there January 20, 1862, coming to
America in 1871. They located first
in Goodhue county, Minnesota, which
was there home until coming to
Brookings county in 1883. They took
I'D a homestead in Medary township,
south Of Brookings, where they made
their home until retiring from active
work seven years ago, when they
moved to Bookings. Ten children
were born to Mr.. and Mrs. Elverud,
of whom six are living. Five Of these
live in Brookings county and all were
present to assist their parents in cele-
brating Mondays happy event. The
children are: Thorvald, Albert and
Thomas Elverud and Mrs. Moe of
Oslo township, Mrs. Berke OF Medary
township, and Mrs. Edwin Twedt OF
Verdi, Mimi.
Mr.. Elverud Is a man OF character
and intelligence and has always tax
en- a prominent part in the life OF the
community in which he has lived, b
ing a school teacher for many years.
The Register joins with Mr.. and Mrs.
Elverud's many friends in the hope
that they will live to celebrate a good
many more anniversaries.