Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-30
GOLDEN WEDDING ANS1vERs.Rv


 OF MIR. AND MRS. ". W. IVES
 On Tuesday, Mir. and Mrs. William W. Ives observed the fftieth anniversa- ry of their marriage at theN~ home, II Ghamplin street. They have been resi- dents of Norwich since 1873. Mir. and Mrs. Ives were married in New Haven by Rev. Charles W Lyon, of the West Haven Methodist Episcopal church.
 MT. Ives is seventh in descent from William Ives "the settler who formed the New Haven colony under the leader ship of Davenport and Eaton In 1888, and was one of the signers to the fun damental agreement. He is the son of Walter W. Ives of New Haven and Eliza H. Dorman of Oxford.
 Both Mir. and Mrs. Ives are members of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church. as they have been for the AS years of their residence in Norwich.
 At the present time MT. Ives is -secre- tary of the board of trustees and of the official board of the church. Mrs. Ives has always been keenly interested in the Women's Missionary and Ladies Aid societies of the church.
 Mir. Ives made choice of Norwich 'or a home when he entered the employ of the Vogel and Hughes Organ company which had a factory at Thamesvile | When sthat company suspended business 1 for a number of years he worked as an 1 electroplater. Failing health compelled | him to give up shop work and for the last thirty years he has been an accountant. He has always been active in the civic 1 life of Norwich. For five years he was clerk and cashier of the water depart
 ment and for five years he was chief | clerk Of the Connecticut Bureau of La 1 bor Statistics at the capitol, in Hart 1 ford. For twelve years MT. Ives was
 a member of the West Chelsea school board, serving five years as president of
 the board
 Mrs. Ives is also of colonial descent,
 being the daughter of Captain Ogden
 Price, of New York, and Martha Church They have lived in their present home on
 Champlin street for thirty years. Of
 the five children born to them two sur
 vive, Mrs. Adelbert s. Armstrong of
 Norwich and Mrs. Abel Reggie of Ridge
 wood N. J. Lieut. Howard S Ives, ar
 engineer with the state highway sde-
 partment. a grandson. makes his home
 with them.
 Mir. Ives is a member of the Connecti
 cut Society of the Sons of the America
 Revolution and Somerset lodge, F. & A
 NJ. Franklin Chapter, Franklin Counci and Columbian Commandery Knight!
 Templar. He has always shown a live ly interest in out of door pursuits anc is secretary of the Norwich Fish ant ! Game Association and a helpful aid il whatever public-spirited project that or ganization fosters.
 . During Tuesday afternoon from til g MT. and Mrs. Ives were at home in formally, to friends, neighbors ant church associates, welcoming many call CTS and receiving the heartiest congrat . ulations on reaching the golden mile stone of life's happy journey Receivin: : with them during th4 afternoon wer s their daughters, theirt sons-in-law an' their grandson. An enjoyable famil, V dinner was .one of the events of the an niversary.
 r Friends did not permit the day to pas T unmarked, but remembered MT. and Mrs
 Ives with gifts significant of the golde1 e anniversary commemorated.
 n Among those in town for the even a were MT Ives two sisters, Mrs. Mary K !. Thompson and Mrs. Hattie E. Tegmei s of West Haven, the only relative abser = being his brother. Frederick J. Ives, e Milwaukee The congenial dinner part = of nine proved most enjoyable. 0 Among the many callers during the da
 i and evening were His Honor Mayor Hel l. bert NJ Lerou and eIrs. Lerou, Judg s Allyn L. Brown of the superior court an y Mrs Brown. besides prominent busine:
 and professional men Of Norwich an
 vicinity.
 In addition to the gifts especially sis
 nificant of the golden anniversary wei | quantities of beautiful flowers, sent wit :. the felicitatiens of friends far and nea u It Is an interesting fact that MT. I've is the fifth in his family to live to ol u serve a golden wedding anniversary.