Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-03
Mr., AND MRS, e. L. WALLACE, OF
MELBOURNE, wooded HALF
CENTURY.
OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY WITH
DINNER ANo RECEPTION
One Hundred Fifty Guests Con.
graduate Old Couple at Reception
Fifty Relatives and Friends Guests
at Anniversary Dinnsr--Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace Old Residents.

Surrounded BY their three sons and
their families, Mr., and Mrs. T., l.. Wal
lace, old residents OF Melbourne, cele-
brated their iftieth wedding anniver-
sary Sunday NEST flttingly. From
until in the afternoon reception ia
$50 guests WAS held at the home in
Melbourne. 1t was preceded by I
three course dinner served 10 nifty rel
atives and friends at the home of their
son, l.. J. Wallace. Besides being Mr.
and Mrs Wallace's fiftieth wedding
anniversary the day was the list an
niversary of Mrs. Wallace's birthday.
She was born Clara Belle Waltemeycr
in Washington county, Md, in ls4S.
and Feb. ,, 1869, al Polo H.. she was
married to Mr. Wallace.
Wallace Native Of Maryland.
Mr.. Wallace was born in the same
county Sept. -, 1871 and served in the
civil war. He enlisted in Company D,
Ninety second Illinois infantry in
August. 1852. and was wounded at
Tunnel Hill, Ga. Sept. Il, 1854. He
made the march with Sherman to the
sea.
After their marriage Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallace went 10 Haldane, H., where
they resided three years and then
moved in 1872 to a farm three miles
south of Melbourne where they made
their home until twenty-four years
ago when Mr.. Wallace retired and he
and his wife moved TO Melbourne.
They are the parents OF three sons. l..
J. Wallace. Of Melbourne: F. H. Wal
lace OF Des Moines. and Charles Wal
lace Of Rhodes.
Family at Elaborate Dinner.
At the l.. ]. Wallace home where
dinner was served the guests were
seated at three large tables each dec
Grated with baske. OF jonquls
placed in The center on a plateau
banked with smilax and ferns. Stream
ers of gold colored tulle We're festooned
on the tables At the table where Mr..
and Mrs. Wallace were seated shaded
candles were used and a large we'd
ding cake formed the center decora-
ton. The cake also served as a birth
dsv cake and had seventy-one candles
on It.
In serving the dinner Mr.. and Mrs,
Wallace were assisted by Miss Edith
Wallace, Mrs. F. H. Wallace. Mr.. and
Mrs. F. c. Bentley. Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
Wander Mast. Miss Florence Lemkuhl'
Miss Nora Crane and Mrs. ]. o. De-
Butts. Refreshments were served al
tho reception by Mesdames W. T. Ben
nett. G.. F. Waltemeyer J. d. Waite
meyer and Ida Coppersmith and Misses
Addie Knodle ard Nora Crane. The
frap bowl was in charge of Mrs. {.
p Cook and Mrs F. c. Bentley.
Guests From = Distance.
Guests in attendance from a dis
lance we're MIR. and Mrs. Clair Syster
OF Hiawatha. Kan. the latter also
having been in attendance at Mr.. anu
Mrs, Wallace's wedding; o. G. Long,
OF Forreston. Ill: Mr.. and Mrs. j. {,
Muller. Of Polo H.: Mrs. Mary Wilson
and son Carroll, Of Collins: Mr.. and
Mrs. L. s. Flora. Earl Waltemeyer, MI
and Mrs. Charles Wallace. daughte-
Edith and son James. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Batter. Of Rhodes; Mr.. and
Mrs, William Wallace and Mr.. and
Mrs. Orlando Stall. OF Beaman; Mr.
and Mrs. F. II. Wallace and Mr.. and
Mrs, A. vandcrMast. OF Des Moines;
James Hurdle. Of Grinnell: Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Bennett, NJ. and Mrs. e
p Cook. Mr.. and Mrs. w. y. Dicker-
so, and Mr.. and Mrs Lewis Blink, OF
MarshaIltoWn. and Andrew Delhi. o.
Conrad. The latter served in the same
company in the civil war with Mr.
Wallace