Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-07-10
SOCIETY
GOLDEN


GOLDEN WEDDING.
Mr.. and Mrs. christopher G. Wolfe,
two miles south Of Lark, N. D., cele-
,brated their golden wedding on the
Fourth OF July with a circle of friends
at the home Of their son and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. CLAUDE Il. Wolfe, adjoining
their own homestead.
Dinner was served in a building
erected for the occasion. The after.
noon was most pleasantly passed,
with music, speeches and converse
lion. The young folks enjoyed them
selves in a baseball game. All the
guests Joined in good wishes and Low.
ing remembrance to the bride and
groom, who had journeyed SO many
golden years Of life together, wish
ing them more years OF happiness.
THRAMs.RoACH NUPTiALs.
The spacious home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
MOckler, on Sixth street, was the
scene of a pretty wedding Wednes-
day forenoon, when Miss Ida Thrams
Of this city became the bride OF Ralph
Roach of Lucca. The ceremony took
place at II o'clock, the solemn words
beng pronounced by Rev. E. W. Saw
age OF Bordulac.
The bride was charmingly gowned
in white crepe de chine and carried
AN arm bouquet Of white roses and Ill
les OF the valley. The maids Of honor
were, Miss Edna Roach and Miss
Violet Thrams, who carried pink ros
es, while the bridegroom was attend
ed by Clarence Thrams and Edison
Roach.
The wedding march was played by
Miss Gertrude Evarts; Miss Mabel
Franklin sang, Because" most pleas
ingly.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served. Misses Lillian
Thrams and Zelpha Ware assisting.
The happy couple left on No. S for
an extended trip east amid showers of
rice and the good wishes of their
friends. Mrs. Roach is a daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. u. G. Thrams Of this
city and is a graduate of the Bis
marck high school, Of the class or
1909. Mr.. Roach Is a, pioneer mer-
chant of Lucca, where they will make
their home. Many friends will extend
congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan johnson.
MI. and Mrs. Morgan Johnson, pio-
neer residents of Devils Lake, cele-
brated their golden wedding anniver-
sary, and in honor of the suspicious
occasion the members of the Wo-
mans Relief corps gave IN elabor-
ate party in the Odd Fellows hall.
The following account of the affair
was taken from the Devils Lake Jour-
nal and will be of interest to their
many friends throughout the state: A
handsome wedding celebration, at
tended by over 100 friends, commem-
Grated on Friday evening the 50th
anniversary of the marriage of Miss
Jennie Swim and Morgan Johnson. 1t
was the first golden wedding ever
observed in Devils Lake. The l. O..
o. F. hall, in which the party was
given by the members of the W. r..
c., was bright and fragrant with flow
ers, wreathed around the room, bank
ed in the corners and filling vases
in every conceivable nook. As be
fitting an occasion which honors an
old soldier and his estimable wife,
flags and red, white and blue bunting
were also used with good offect. At
: O'Clock, the same hour at which
their wedding march sounded fifty
years ago in Rome, Wis.,, Mrs. A. S.
Pattee, president of the Relief. corps,
opened the corps ritual and, with
Miss Bertha Daeley at the piano play
ing a patriotic march, the four color
bearers were sent out to escort into
the room and to their seats the guests
of honor. The ceremony was car
ried out according to the military rit-
ual of the corps and was very effec-
tive. The sweet girl bride of 50
years ago could not have been more
beautiful than the woman who bore
herself with gentle dignity and upon
whose face was the impress of a life
we'll lived in the service of husband,
children and home. She wore a dain-
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