Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-06-15
SIMPSONS CELEBRATE
A GOLDEN WEDDING
Cornwall Couple rendered ReCep-
ton by Ladies of the D. A. R,
Receive Many Gifts and Make the
Chapter Present of Clock That
Has Been in Family ITO
Years.

Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis E. Sampson of
Cornwall celebrated the 50th anniver-
sary of their marriage Saturday after
noon. Mr.. and Mrs. Sampson were
married in the Congregational church in
Cornwall June 10, 1867, at 1880 o'clock
in the evening. Rev. Harvey Denison
Kitchel, at that time president of Mid
dlebury College, performed the cere-
mony. The bridesmaids were; Miss
Harriet Porter, Miss Alice Hurlburt
and Miss Elizabeth Porter, and Luther
Wales, Walter Hurburt and Eugene
Bingham were the groomsmen.
There were many relatives present
Saturday to pay their respects and help
Mr.. and Mrs. Sampson enjoy the day
and at noon the company sat down to a
family dinner, following which recep-
ton was held from to O. clock in the
Chapter house of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, recently erected
and presented to the chapter by the late
Mrs. Martha Porter of New York.
During the day many friends from Corn
wall, Weybridge and other nearby towns
called to pay their respects to the aged
couple.
Mr.. Sampson was born in Cornwall
in 1874, and was the son of Eliphalet
and Achsa Sampson, and Mrs. Samp-
son, whose maiden name was Eta L..
Lane, was born in Cornwall in l843
and was the daughter of James and
Lucinda Lane.
Following their marriage Mr.. and
Mrs. Sampson lived for five years in
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, after which
they removed to Boston, where they
made their home for seven years and
for the last SO years they have resided
in Cornwall where Mr.. Sampson has
carried on carriage mandatory and
Mrs Sampson for many years taught
music, until failing health caused her
to give itup.
Mr. and Mrs. Sampson were given a
reception by the ladies of Mary Baker
Allen Chapter, d. A. R., at their Chap.
ter house, the Sampson memorial. To
the strains of the wedding march, play
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. George Parkhill,
the bride and groom with their attend
ants walked gracefully to the place
assigned them, before screen of white
and gold flowers, where, after brief
prayer by the Rev. Mr.. MacGeehan,
they stood to receive the congratua-
tions of their many friends. The pro-
gram included music, Miss Maude Bing-
ham rendering "When the Silver Tints
the Cold" "The Tide of Life" was
sung by the Rev. and Mrs. MacGeehan
and Mrs. Swasey; "Open Thy Gates"
by the Rev. Mr.. MacGeehan; Sing
On" by Mrs. Grace Church, and Some
where Voice is Calling" by Mrs. II. H.
Stone. Miss Katharine Griswold read a
short poem written for the occasion.
The groom's gift to the bride was a
string of gold beads, and she also re-
ceived a brooch from a niece. The
couple were the recipients of Sl86,
mostly in gold, and many other gifts,
Senator A. w. Foote making the pre-
sentation to which Mr.. Sampson re-
sponded.
Before closing his remarks Mr.. Samp-
son presented the Chapter with grand
fathers clock, which has been in the
Sampson family for one hundred and
seventy years or more. The clock is a
beauty and the Sampson Memorial
Chapter house fit setting for this gift
from the only Sampson left of large
and influential family now resident here.
A brief but sincere speech of accept
ance by the Chapter regent, Mrs. c. II.
Lane, expressed profound appreciation
of this heirloom which for so many
years has marked time in the House of
Sampson.
Guests from out of town included Mr..
and Mrs. A. l.. Sampson, Hartford,
Conn, Gilbert Lane, Washington, Vt,