The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-20
DUMMERSTON
GOLDEN WEDDING OBSERVED.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Harry Miller Enter
tanned Many Guests at Their Home.

Mr.. and Mrs. II. Harry Miller Enter
tanned Many Guests at Their Home.
One of the most happy events in the
lives of Mr.. and Mrs. IL. Harry Miller |
of Dummerston occurred Saturday at
ternoon and evening, when their gold
en- wedding anniversary was observed |
by the clans of the Millers and of the |
Ravens with others, who gathered at
their home to greet and congratulate
them The bride of 80 years looked
pretty in a pale lavender gown and
the bridegroom was smiling and hap
Ply Gas all bridegrooms should be-. The
rooms were pretty in their adornments
of yellow roses and other flowers, gifts
of friends The verandas with Jap
anese lanterns and golden lilies and
| greens were inviting. A table in the
| dining room was ready with refresh
| ments of punch, white and gold cakes
and WATERS served to guests by Miss
Miriam Reed. A small table in the
| parlor held the gifts of friends present
| and absent and was presented at
| propitlous time. Miss Juliette Haven
| Miller, the small daughter of Mr.. and
| Mrs. +. II. Miller, presented the gift
| of the Haven family, and Rev. W. +.
! Jackson of st. Adams presented in
/ few words the gift of the Miller fam
lily and gifts of friends and neighbors
| The combined gifts included more than
| 500 In gold, some silver money, china,
silverware, pictures Of friends and re
| membranes, also letters and postcards
| of congratulations. a wedding cake
| ornamented with yellow roses and de
corated with natural green rose leaves
was made by Miss Miriam Reed, the
only granddaughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
Miller.
The daughters, Mrs. Reed and Mrs
Walker, planned anu directed, and
| Harold y. Reed, the only grandson
gave his help in caring out their plans
The relatives of the family all lent a
helping hand to make the affair sue
| cess.
Henry Harrison Miller and Frances
Haven were married by Rev Amos
Foster, June. IA, 1864. in the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. W. o. Miller (now the
home Of f. II. Miller). Since their
marriage they have lived in Dummers-
ton, except few years spent in Brat
tleboro where Mr.. Miller worked in
the Estey organ shops Mr. Miller is
a carpenter, painter and house deco
rator and still works at his trade. He
/
more than p years, from Dee. %.
1882 TO July, 1911, when he resigned
the office. Mrs. Miller graduated from
Castleton seminary and became a
teacher of piano and harp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller have two daugh-
ters, Mary D., wife of A. c. Walker
OF West BrattlebOro, and Lila Miller
Reed, who is their helper and comfort
IN the home, and her son, Harold A
t Reed, and daughter, Miss Miriam F
Reed, are the only grandchildren. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller are bright and
CHEEKY and the hospitality of their
home is well known. May they live to
celebrate many more anniversaries!
The names of those inscribed in a
pretty guest name booklet with yellow
satin covers, designed for this special
occasion, are Mr.. and Mrs A. c. Walk
er of West Brattleboro, Mrs. Alfred
COester of Brooklyn. Miss Elisabeth
Cudworth, J. Judson Cudworth. San
Francisco, Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Farms
worth, Bellows Falls Mr. and Mrs
{. NJ. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs c. G.
, Whitney, Ralph Cudwerth, Willie Cud.
worth, Fayette Miller, Brattleboro
l Mrs. r. p. Hamilton, West Brattlebo
TO, Rev. and Mrs w Parkyn Jack.
, SON, 81 Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. T.. ii
t Miller and daughter, Miss Juhettt
Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. w f. WalkeI
and daughter, Miss Ruth Walker, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred w. Wilder and daugh
o tiers, Misses Jennie and Ruby Wilder
:, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl T. Reed, Mis-,
Blanche G. Newton, Mrs. w J. MORN
; Fred +. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs Dwight
h. Miller, Miss Alice &. Laughton, Mr.
and Mrs. John NJ Knight, James A
Reed, w. a. Knapp Mrs Horatic
:, Knapp, Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Blood. Mr.
q q and Mrs. Dwight johnson, Mr.. an,
| Mrs. c. G. Walker, Miss Edith Walker
: Miss Beryl Martin, II c. Hazelton, NJ
| II. Hazelton Of Dummerston, and G
; n. Kelley Of Greenfield, Mass, beside
! Lila Miller Reed and son, Harold A
Reed, and daughter, Miss Miriam
Reed, whose home is with Mr.. an,
Mrs. Miller.