The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-10-12
Celebrated Golden Wedding.


of the bride and groom labored
all day Monday until the large
rooms down stairs, the hallway
and stairway were converted in
to a real forest of foliage. Great
garlands of roses and other flow
ers, the gifts of friends, were
placed in every nook and corner.
A brides bower was erected in
the parlor, and here Mr.. and
Mrs. Woollet received one hun
dred and twenty-five guests of
the evening.
At a proper time, the bride
and groom, attended by the
groom's sister, Mrs. A. A. Hais-
to, of Fannettsburg, and Judge
S. L. Buckley, of Fort Littleton,
were seated in the dining room
at a table drsped in gold and COW
cred with flowers, and the guests
were comfortably seated about
them. Rev. j. L. Yearick then
invoked Divine pleasure for the
occasion, and an elaborate feast
of substantials and dainties fol-
lowed.
Toast master Hon. John P.
Sipes then took the floor and
made a brief address which was
followed by many responses from
the representatives Of the sever
al professions present. Guests
were then shown a table covered
with splendid gifts Of golden
ware brought by loving friends
of the bride. In addition, she
was presented with $50 in real
gold coin of the Realm-a joint
purse from friends.
Out of the eighty-seven guests
present at their wedding in Hus-
tontown on October 9, 1866, but
five are living, namely. The
brides maid, Lizzie Chestnut, of
Cumberland, Md, too feeble to
attend last Mondays celebration.
The other four are Mrs. A. A.
Haiston, of Fannettsburg, Judge
S. L. Buckley, of Fort Littleton;
Henry C. Miller, of Clay Centre,
Kansas; Mrs. Margaret Shore of
White City, Kansas. Mr.. Nevin
Kirk is the only present citi-
zen of Hustontown who was liv-
ing in that town at the time of
the wedding in 1866.
The bride and groom's first
home was in Clay township,
Huntingdon county-fve years.
They then lived in Mt. Union one
year, Lockhaven one. year, and
in the fall of 1875 they again
removed to Mt. Union, and in
1876, where they took charge of
the American House in that place
until the year 1880 when they
removed to McConnelIsburg and
engaged in hotel keeping in the
we'll known Washington House.
In August 1897, Mr.. Woollet be-
came postmaster in McConnells-
burg, position held by him un-
til April 1915, a period of II
years and 8 months.
About two years ago, Mrs.
Woollet experienced her first
serious sickness. Itsoon became
evident that she could no longer
attend to the arduous duties of
hotel keeping, and she dismissed
her boarders and retired to pri-
vate life. Husband and wife are
now enjoying reasonable good
health, and if the good wishes of
departing friends last Monday
evening could be realized, Mr..
and Mrs. Woollet will live to Gel
ebrate their diamond wedding.
May it all come true.
Among the guests froma dis
tance on Monday night were at
torney and Mrs. T. 2. Minehart
and their three friends Misses
Ruth and Blanche Small and Miss
Reisner; Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Sha-
fer, Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Kar-
per, and Mrs. Rose Fisher all of
Chambersburg. Rev. and Mrs.
John M. Diehl, of Welsh Run;
President Judge Donald P. Nc
Pherson, and wife of Gettysburg
DIR. G. B. Grow, of San Antonio,
Texas; Mr.. Clarence Sloan, of
Michigan; Mr.. William Patterson