Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-02-09
but will visit by the way.

UuI Will WISH ny Lu0 way. <'a g..
Mrs. Lowe visited her son Der
Miller in Delhi Saturday.
Andrew Holcombe has gone to Min
nesota on account Of the serious i'll
ness of his sonzin-law. He viii
also visit his son. A. D. Holcombe a
Crosby, Minnesota.
w. G. Kirkwood of Milwaukee ha:
been visiting his brothers and sister:
the past week.
Mrs. c. G. Morgan and Mrs. F. K
. Barnes were Cedar Rapids visitors
Wednesday.
Cam and E. c. Orr and families
will soon become residents Of Hop
kinton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Midkiff of Mancheste
were over Sunday visitors with Their
son Carl and other relatives.
Stephen McGlade, who is very i'll
with pneumonia, is not expected TIC
recover. His mother who also has
been i'll with the same disease is
better.
Philip Tourtellot, son of Rev.
George Tourtellot Of Hudson, Wlscon.
sin, arrived Saturday and will at
tend Lenox college.
The east country people came down
to Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. LeClere's Fri
day evening and gave them an old
fashioned surprise party, leaving a
new chair as a token of their es-
TEEN and good will.
The Delhi high school boys and
girls basket ball team played Hop
kinton high school Friday evening.
Delhi girls won, 10 to IL; Hopkinton
boys, 102 to 6.
Mrs. David Smith visited Thurs
day in Monticello.
Rev. George Coleman and Miss Hell
en- Joseph were married Tuesday
evening, February 1, at the country
home off the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. J. Joseph. The house was
beautifully decorated with pink and
white. About ninety guests were
present. The Memberships wedding
march was played by Mrs. H. M.
Reeve as the bridal party took their
places before an arch Of ferns and
flowers. The brides gown was Geor-
gette crepe trimmed with gold lace
and she carried a bouquet of white
roses. Miss Frances Brokaw was
mai" Of honor and Miss Ethel Nc
Kenzie was bridesmaid. The groom
was attended by his brother Rev.
Paul Coleman, and Mr. Hall Joseph,
brother of the bride. Master Jack
Barker was the ring bearer. The
ceremony was performed by DR.. w.
j. Coleman, father of the groom,
and pastor of the Covenanter church
of Pitts burg, Pa, assisted by Rev.
E. L. Mcknight Of Morning Sun, a.
The bride and groom left the same
evening for the east, and will be
given a. reception by the groom's par
ents at their home in Pittsburg Fri
day evening. Rev. Coleman, who is
pastor of the Covenanter church of
Hopkinton, expects to be absent sew
eral months during which time he
will pursue special studies at Harv-
ard in order to complete work re-
quired for a degree. Mrs. Coleman
is a graduate of Lenox College in
the class Of 1913. Guests from out
of town were, DR.. W. J. Coleman,
Pittsburg, Pa, Rev. Paul Coleman,
Blan chard, Iowa, Rev. E. L. Nc
Knight, Morning Sun. Iowa, Mrs. w.
Q. Ferguson, Oakdale, Illinois, Prof
Lyle Joseph, Ons1ow, Iowa. +
A very pleasant occasion was the
celebration of the golden wedding of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Tourtellot at their
residence in Hopkinton on Tuesday
evening, February 1. At this time
it was not possible for all the child
rem to be present, SO they will ar
range a family reunion later. AS
such celebrations are rare, old friends
and neighbors could not let the
golden opportunity pass without some
acknowledgement Of the event. and a
few of them assembled to do honor
to this couple, who have been mar
ried fifty years and lived forty of |
them in Hopkinton. Miss Paul of |
Lenox College read touchingly Long |
fellows poem 'The Hanging Of the
Crane" Mrs. M. r. Doolittle briefly
gave few words of greeting from |
the old friends and, commended the |
couple in that instead Of spending |
their years in seeking the gold which
perisheth for their children, they |
had given them each that which gold
cannot purchaser christian educa-
ton, four of them being graduates of !
Lenox college. She closed with the
beautiful words of Browning:
'Grow old along with me;
The best is yet to be
The last Of Life for which the first |
was made
Our times are in His hand"
DR.. Ensign brought greetings from
he church. All the years spent here
~ Mr.. and Mrs. Tourtellot have been
n connection with the Presbyterian
church, Mr.. Tourtcllot having served
l number Of years as a deacon and
Mrs. Tourtellot as teacher of the
Bible class since it's organi-
,ation. Mr.. and Mrs. Tourtellot were
married February I, 1866, at Wyom-
ng, Iowa, and came to Hopkinton
n December, 1874. Two of the guests
present Tuesday evening were also /
present at their twenty-fifth annivers-
Try. Mrs. Mary Doolittle and Mrs.
,. l. Campbell. Mr.. and Mrs. Tourtel
OF were the parents of eight children
seven Of whom are living. They are