St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Brown For
merly of Waterford Received
Their Friends.

A notable event in the lives of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank w. Brown of Merri
mac was the celebration Friday even
ing, Nov. 80, of their golden wedding
which took place at their home or
Adams street, Merrimac. Theil
spacious home was opened early III
the evening and their many friend.
and neighbors called and fingered
until a late hour to enjoy a socia
chat and extend hearty congratula-
tons. The affair was very informal
and Mr.. and Mrs. Brown received
their friends very cordially.
Frank W. Brown was born in
Bethlehem. N. H., Oct. 26, 1916, and
was the son of Marcus and Ruth
Woodbury. Brown. He received, his
elementary education in the schools
there and later attended the White
field High School. After living 40
years in his native town, where he
had been engaged in the lumber bust
ness he moved to Waterford, VT,
where he became a prosperous far
mer and continued his, residence
there until about two and a half
y CoAo o6Op WAV4l llC. puICudSGu u
home in Merrimac and moved there.
While a resident of Waterford, VT,
Mr.. Brown served the town in 1906
for two. years as its representative in
the state legislature. He held the
office of selectman for three years and
was also a school director for several
years. He was member of the
Congregational church in that town
and a deacon for over Is years.
On Nov. 80. 1867, he married Miss
Jennie Miller of Waterford, VT, and
as the result of the union they have
three daughters and one son, Mrs.
Celia II. Bailey of Meredith, N. H,
Mrs Scion E. Merrill of this town,
Mrs. Flavius Chase of Haverhill and
Edward, NJ. Brown of Waterford, VT.
MT. Brown has three sisters and
one brother, all Of whom have cele-
brated their 5oth wedding anniver-
saries.
Mrs. Frank w. Brown, whose mai
den name was Miss Jennie Millen, was
born in Waterford, Vt, on Dec 16,
1847, and was the daughter Of Nathan
and Caroline rMilleh. Mrs. Brown has
the distinction of being born in the
same farmhouse that her, grandmoth-
er moved into at the age of IT and-liv-
ed there her entire life, living to the
good old age of 50 years. In the days
of her grandmother the Indians were
much in evidence there and Mrs.
Brown has in her possession today a
comfortable chair, over 200;years old,
the seat of which is made of rope
wound by the Indians. = -
Mrs. Brown received her early edu-
cation in Waterford and later attend
ed a high school in Littleton, N II.
When 6 years of age she became a.
member Of the Congregational
church. in 'Littleton, N. H., being
regular attendant until after her
when she went to Bethle-
hem, and she and Mr.. Brown were
two of eight people to organize
Congregational church there. A new
church was built and their names
were placed on the cornerstone.
Besides their. family whose names
have already been mentioned they
have one grandchild, Mrs. Frank
Wilson, and a. great grandchild, Miss
Wilson, both of Meredith,
n. H. -5~.-v--
Since making their home in Mer-
rimac, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown have both
become members of the Pilgrim Con-
church and Mr.. Brown
is one of the deacons and member
of the choir. They have made many
friends in the church and in theif
and the large gather
ing at their home proved the popu1-
ing and the high esteem in which
both MIR. and MIS-. Brown are held.
The reception was an enjoyable af-,
fair, and several of the friends CON-
tributed to the program which made
it very pleasing. Miss Velma Chris
tine Gibbs gave several Rotations
and Mrs. Charles A. Follensbee rend-
cred vocal solos, being accopanied
by Mrs. Byron II. Sargent as pianist.
An original poem, written and read
by Mrs. Fred Twombly, was also a
feature, and grafonloa Sc
lections were enjoyed. Refreshments
were served during che evning.
Mr." and Mrs. Brown were the reci-
pients of many gifts. Among them
several pieces of gold from their
friends in Waterford, Vermont.
Call to Vermont's Young Men.
During the next seven days the
young men of Vermont will be given
an opportunity to serve thoir roup