The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
GOLDEN WEDDING
CELEBRATED BY
LOCAL COUPLE.
Minute Women Have Charge
of Three Day Drive For
Farm Bureau.
KELLEY -CANNY
WEDDING MONDAY
Will Sell Liberty Bonds
From Riker Truck At
Food Exhibit.

Mr.. and Mrs. John O'Rourke of
| 776 Noble avenue celebrated the 50th
anniversary of their wedding at their
home last evening and they were as
sisted by a large number of their
| friends who came to congratulate
them and to wish them many more
| happy years. They were the recip-
tents of a great number of kilograms
| and letters of a congratulatory nature.
| Mr.. O'Rourke is very well known in
this city where he has resided for 80
years. Always CHEEKY, he has a pleas
| ant, hopeful word for everyone he
meets.
The couple were married on April
| II, 1868, at ST. Peters church in Jer-
sey City, by Rev. Patrick Corrigan.
Both are 1t tives of the same county
| in Ireland, Galway, and attended the
same parish school. Likewise they
| are exactly the same age and their SO
| years of married life have been very
| beautiful in their complete harmony.
| They have two children living at the
| present time, Mrs. T. F. Murray and
| Rev. William A. O'Rourke of Belvi-
dere, Ill, and five grandchildren.
| They received a letter of congratula-
ton from their grandson, Raymond
Murray, who is student at the
Notre Dame University in Indiana.
Mr.. O'Rourke has lived in Con-
necticut for the past So years. He
! came here to work on the staff of the
| Connecticut Transcript, which is now
| published under the title of The
Transcript, and he was with that
| L c-fo Tod
newsroom in the South End where he
was most successful and some few
years ago retired from active bust
ness life. While always greatly in
| terested in political conditions in the
city the only Office he holds is that of
justice of the peace.
This is the season of the year when
the Fairfield County Farm Bureau
makes it's membership drive. 1t is
in this way that the bureau obtains
funds enough to carry on the excel
lent work that it is doing. The three
days of the patriotic food exhibit at
the Armory there will be a booth IN
charge of Miss Dotten eros Claude
and her company of Minute Women,
who will take over this drive for the
Farm Bureau.
There was a very pretty welding at
ST. Charles church on Monday morn
ing of this week when Miss Theresa
Canny, daughter of Mrs. Julia A.
Canny of Orchard street became the
bride of Richard W. Kelley, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Kelley of New
! he
ed at o'clock and was followed by
a reception at the home of the brides
mother.
Miss Canny was char1ningly attired
in a suit of silver grey tricotine with
hat to match and wore corsage of
lily of the valley and orchids. Her
attendant was Miss Sara V. Canny,
who wore a chocolate colored suit
with a. corsage of sweet peas. Joseph
Hogan of South Bend, Ind, waited
on Mr.. Kelley as his best man.
After the welding breakfast, Mr..
and Mrs. Kelley left on a noon train
for an extended welding trip through
the West. When they return they will
make their home in Elmira, N. Y,
where Mr.. Kelley is a chief inspector
for the government in the Eclipse
Machine Co., and WHY'S Morrow
plants. Both young people are well
known here and Miss Canny who has
been with the American Graphophone
Co. for number of years has been
the guest of honor at many showers
since the announcement of her en-
gagement.
Mrs. W. T. Hincks is to have charge
of the sale of bonds for the Third
Liberty Loan at the food exhibit at
the Armory the last three days of this
week and will sell them from Riker
truck The High school girls under
the direction of Miss Eames and Miss
Boynton are to have cafeteria ex-
hibit of the lunches served in the
school. Mrs. Nathaniel Worthen has
charge of the Red Cross booth and
her exhibit is in three sections, hos
pital garments, knitting and surgical
dressings. Mrs. George W. Wheeler
is chairman of the hospital garments
section and is assisted by Mrs F. D.
Bell, Mrs. M. B. Butler, Mrs. Fred
= Atwater, Mrs J. G. Ludlum, Mrs. L.
B. Powe, and Mrs. Harry Read
l Knitting, Mrs Dudley Morris, chair
q Hail. dSSlSlSu ny 1AAAo AL ~ NCAA uooA III
Mrs E. S. Warnes, Mrs. Harry
: Walker, Miss Phillips and Miss Louise
: Warren. Surgical dressings, Mrs
c John M. Sterling, chairman; Miss
:. Frances Williams, Miss Edith Wilson
;, Miss Carol and Miss Ethel Sterling
4 Miss Mildred Foster, Miss Sally Will
mot, Miss Beatrice Payne, Miss Mar.
4 garet Radel, Miss Elizabeth Seeley
: Miss Dorothy Stearns, Miss Dorothy
II and Miss Phyllis Tomlinson, Mis-:
Margaret Oliphant Miss Eunice Pen
n delton, Miss Doris and Miss Lorraine
. Clark, Miss Mildred Hubbard anG
k Mrs. Harry Sterling.
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