Milford chronicle., 1912-11-29
A JOYFUL CELEBRATION.

The following is reprinted from tn,
Vegreville (Canada) Observer, and will
probably be of interest to the readers
of the Chronicle. Mr.. and Mrs. Lanl
were former inhabitants of Milford, ht
having been a leading merchant here
several years ago:
1t rarely falls to the lot of those hap.
PLY married that they are spared tc
each other for full half-century. Re
ports of golden weddings are not especi-
/ ally infrequent, but the world is large.
and such events are duly chronicled by
the press. The only guage by which
one can Judge is the personal one. How
many readers of the Observer have a
| personal acquaintance with the married
couples who have rounded out the full
half-century together? Further. how
many such instances can you recall?
On Monday evening, October 21st,
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert J.
Lank, on Main Street, north, was the
scene of a happy event when their gol-
den wedding was duly celebrated amid
a large gathering of Vegreville friends
and numerous guests from outside points.
1t would be quite impossible to detail
the entire event or do proper justice to
the wh0le-hearted hospitality displayed
The celebration was admirably conceived
and carried out flawlessly. And that is
about all that can be said on that score.
Mr. and Mrs. Lank, the hOnOred bride
groom and bride. were the recipients of
numberless congratulations, and also of
those more tangible evidences of the
esteem in which they are both held.
And, indeed, congratulations are Ger
tainly in order. We felicitate those who
are newly married how much more so
should we congratulate those who have
proven themselves happily married for
half a century.
Mrs. Robert j. Lank, whose maiden
name was Sarah j. Watson, is the
daughter of George Watson, a Maryland
farmer. Her birthday fell on November
6th 1874, and she is, therefore. now
nearly siXty-eight years of age. She has
one brother living in Delmar, Delaware,
and one sister living at Wichita, Kansas.
On October 21st, 1862, she was mar
ried to Mr.. Lank at Greensborough,
Mary land, by the Rev. William Warner.
a Methodist minister.
Mrs. Lank is known throughout the
district as a famous housekeeper and a
cook par excellence. At the annual ex-
hibition of the Agricultural Society she
is an inveterate prize-winner ia the
cookery department Having at differ
ent times surreptitiously sampled some
Of her exhibits, the writer is in a posi-
tion to know.
Robert j. Lank had his natal day on
May 18th, 1885, which makes him now
well over seventy-seven years of age. /.
He was born at Frederick, Delaware, .
being one of the four children of Mr.. .
md Mrs. John Lank. Mr.. Lank, the /
elder. was a shipcarpenter in the heyday /
If American maritime commerce. OF (
he four children but two are living to-
lay. Robert J. Banl and Mrs. S. Z.
Weeks, the latter residing at Ocean
Grove, New Jersey.
Mr. Lank first entered upon a mer-
antile career and resided in Green's
,orough, Maryland, for fifteen years,
even Of them after marriage later on
lr. and Mrs. Lank removed to Milford,
Delaware, and resided there for about
light years. They then removed to
lansas and farmed there for twenty
ne years. The past eleven years they
ave spent in Canada. seven years on
he farm. section 24-52-15, Just west of j
he town. and the last four years in the
own. /.