Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-21
COUPLE WE'D
FIFTY YEARS
Captain and Mrs. Latourette
Celebrate Wedding With
Reception and Dance

TOTTENVILLE, Nov. 21.-A re-
ception n dance in which songs
and music of fifty years ago featur-
ed, the celebration of the fiftieth an
niversary of the marriage of Cap
tain and Mrs. Abram Latourette, of
Sharrott avenue, Pleasant Plains,
was held last night at Amicitia hall
Pleasant Plains. Captain and Mrs.
Latourette were married fifty years
ago yesterday at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Reckhow, in Amboy road, Tot
tenville, by the Rev. David Walters,
then pastor of st. Paul's Methodist
Episcopal church. Both were born
ON Staten Island and have always
resided here. Mrs. Latourette was
born in the Reckhow homestead in
Amboy road, where the couple were
married and Captain Latourette who
came from an old Huguenot family,
was born in the Latourette home
stead in which the couple are still
living.
Captain Latourette, who is a re-
tired oyster planter, will celebrate
the seVenty-second anniversary OF
his birthday on Sunday, November
rs, while Mrs. Latourette had a
double celebration yesterday with
the sixty-seventh anniversary of the
birthday occurring at the same time.
The couple, who have four daugh-
ters and two sons received the
guests as they came to the hall and
who showered them with gifts of all
kinds for the occasion. They receiv-
ed more than $3.50 in gold pieces
besides many useful and beautiful
articles of gold, silver, cut glass and
other things. Their children are,
Mrs. Frank Wiley and Mrs. Harry
f.. Sprague, of Tottenville; Mrs.
Charles +. Moore, of Perth Amboy;
Patrolman Abram Latourette of
Manhattan; David Latourette, and
Mrs. George Barbour, of Pleasant
Plains.
The golden wedding which was at
tended by about one hundred and
twenty-five that included guests and
members of the immediate family
coming from Manhattan, Brooklyn,
Jersey City, Hoboken and all parts
of Staten Island, was n of the
most elaborate affairs held on this
end of the island in some time.
Dancing TO music furnished by
Skea's orchestra, of Manhattan, be-
gan at 8 o'clock and continued I'M
til a late hour. At $3.50 o'clock the
supper march took place with Mr..
and Mrs. Latourette leading and the
guests, who were afterWard seated
at two long tables arranged on the
sfdes of the hall followed. AS the
bride an dgroom of fifty years ago
passed under a large wedding bell of
yellow roses they were showered
with rose leaves. After the supper
was over Captain Latourette was
called TO the platform where he
made a brief speech thanking the
many friends and neighbors and his
former fellow volunteer firemen for
coming out to help his wife and
himself celebrate the fifth year of
their marriage.
A committee of members of Molly
Stark Council, Daughters of Amer
lea, to which Mrs. Latourette be-
longs, came down stairs from their
lodge rooms in the same hall and
presented the couple with a gold
piece after supper was served. The
decorations in the hall were autumn
leaves and yellow chrysanthemums
and the tables were of the same
scheme with h~oneysuckle vine en-
tWlned along tne euSe OF the JdDies'
The caterer was George N. Francis,
OF the Pleasant Plains restaurant
and members of the orchestra en-
tertained with vocal selections with
the musical numbers played during
the evening. Besides their children
there were a number of grand chill
dren, nephews and nieces at the
gathering. The favors to the wo-
men were gold V memoranda
books and to the men comic favors.
Punch was served during the eve
MING