The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-09-07
GOLDEN WEDDING.

mr.. ana MRS. w. "A. McElrOy Cele
brate the Fiftieth Anniver-
sary of their Married
49,. Life.
An event long to be remembers,
by those present was the celebra
ton of the golden wedding of Nh
and Mrs. w. A. McElroy, two o
Bates county's best known ant
highly respected citizens, which
occurred at the home Of thei
daughter, Mrs. Everett Drysdale
in Charlotte township, Wednes
day, August 80
At two O'Clock the two il
whose honor the celebration was
being held took their places be
fore Rev. Scroggs, of the Butler
Presbyterian church of which
church they had long been mem
bers and renewed the vows they
made fifty years ago. While the
passing years may have frosted
their hair and dimmed their eyes
their hearts were just as tender
and fresh as they were half CEN
fury ago when they were joined
in wedlock back in Illinois. At
the conclusion of the ceremony,
the happy party sat down to a
bountiful dinner which had been
prepared by, the four daughters
who live in ahis county, Mrs. Ida
Hardinger, Mrs. Everett Drys-
dale Mrs. Nellie Burk and Mrs.
Blanche Brayton. The center
piece was a large wedding cake
surmounted by fifty candles. The
decorations We're white and gold.
Mr.. and Mrs. McElroy were the
recipients Of many beautiful and
useful presents.
They are the parents Of two
sons, Clarence J. McElroy, of
Fairview, Arizona, and Frank
McElroy, Of Farwell, Texas, and
five daughters, Mrs. Minnie E.
Hendrickson, of Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia, Mrs. Mary Drysdale, Mrs.
Ida Hardinger, Mrs. Nellie Burk
and Mrs. Blanche Brayton, Of
Bates county. All were present
except Mrs. Minnie Hendrickson
and Clarence j. McElroy. There
are % grandchildren, Is of whom
were present.
Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank McElroy annd two
sons, Fac and Rex Of Farwell,
Texas, Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Drys-
dale. Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Bur2 and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. W.. M. Hard
niger and family, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
B. Brayton and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Hardinger, all of Char
lotte township, Rev. Geo. R.
Scroggs, Mrs. A. K. Thompson,
Mrs. J. f. Thompson, Mrs. Pleas
ant Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Gull
yer. all of Butler, w. N. Harding
err, Mrs. Sarah Corlett, Mr.. and
Mrs. Monroe Burk and daughter,
Miss Maude, and granddaughter,
Gladys, Mr.. and Mrs. James Gu
ziok, Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Paddock,
Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Barr and
grandson, Derrell, and Mrs. Gale,
of Charlotte township.
In the afternoon Mrs. Artie Fox
came out from Butler and took
pictures of those present.
In the evening the grandchil-
dren, with the assistance of some
of their parents, got up a regular
old fashioned charivari.
Mr.. McElroy was born at War
renton, Ohio, September 81, 1889,
and his wife at Woodfield, in the |
same state, May %, 1874. August
80, 1866, they were united in mar |
riage at Bushnell, Illinois, and
three years later they came to |
Missouri and settled. in Charlotte |
township, this county, on the farm |
where the celebration was held. |
They came by railroad to Pleasan-
ton, Kansas, on the first train |
through that place, paying fifty |
dollars to have their goods |
shipped from Kansas City to
Pleasanton, besides their fare on |
the passenger train, which was
seven cents per mile. When they |
landed in Pleasanton they found |
no hotel accommodations and had |
to sleep in the car with their |
goods. The next morning they |
loaded their goods on wagons and |
started to Charlotte township. |
where they landed October Is.
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