The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-10-17
Mr.. and Mrs. J. n. Brown
|Honored On Wedding
Anniversary

ASffHv Sofy
An event Of wide spread interest
was the sixtieth wedding anniversary
of Mr.. and Mrs. J.. II. Brown, held
at the home, sSThe Oaks" in Sails,
Miss, on Sunday evening, Oct. 18th
from five to seven o'clock. Misses
Peggy Knott Of Durant, and Nancy
and Betty Mcmillan Of Bristow, Okla,
grandnieces Of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
greeted the guests at the entrance.
The entire lower floor was thrown
open, and presented q scene of I'M
usual loneliness, with ferns, pottetd
plants, and floor baskets of chrysan-
themums, and roses used in p~rofusion
through the entire house.
In the reception hall Mrs r. L.
Jones of Bristow, Okla, presided at
| the registration book, and the fol-
lowing composed he receiving line:
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Simmons, OF Sal
lis, Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Fleming of
| Tulsa, Okla, Mrs. James Allen of
Lombardy and Mrs. Florence Rey-
| nolds of Bristow, Okla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Brown of Mus
kogee, Okla, were at the door of the
| living room, and presented the guests
to the honorees, and their children:
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Brown and Jack,
Jr. of Aberdeen, Mr.. Gordon Brown
of Muskogee and their n~eices, Mrs.
/, Montford Jones, of B~erryville, Va,
and Miss Mary McClintock of Sails.
Mrs. Brown was lovely in a dinner
gown Of pale pink silk jersey. Her
| corsage was sweetheart o buds.
| Mrs. Jones was attired in black vel
vet with a corsage of white roses.
Mrs. Bertha Williams, sister OF
Mrs. Brown, ushured the guests into
the dining room, where Mrs. George
Mcmillan of Bristow, gowned in
black velvet, poured coffee. The lace
draped table vas beautiful with the
ancestral silver coffee urn, crystal
candelabra with pink tapers, and the
silver basket of pink and white car
nations on a mirrored plaque. Mrs
Charley Knott of Durant, Mrs. La!o
Ditday of Tyler, Texas, Mrs. John
Simmons, Jr., of Sails, Mrs. H. B.
Simmons of Vicksburg, and Miss Al
lie Simmons, also of Sails served an
elaborate salad and ice course.
Mrs. Maud Guyton of Sails gave a
piano number, "Eventide" composed
by Mrs. E. T. Neblett, a friend of
the family. Misses Mamie Clark
and Francis Allen of Durant sang
two vocal duets: 81 Love You. Truly
and "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
The many beautiful and useful
presents attest the love and esteem
in which this couple is held.
An interesting incident of the oc-
casion was the presence of Mrs.
Beauchamp Of Kosciusko, who was
also present at their wedding sixty
years ago. Another interesting fact
is that Mr.. and Mrs. Brown have
spent their entire life in the Sails
community, both belonging to the
oldest and most distinguished families
in his section Of the state. Mrs
Brown was Miss Annie MCGEE,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Nc
Gee, now deceased. Mr.. Brown Was
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Brown of the Sails Community, also
deceased.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown have been life
long members of the Methodist
Church, and are noted for their chart
ty and generosity towards their
fellowman, regardless of race or
creed. And now at Eventide, in the
o~uietness and security Of their home
they are still active in the Masters
cause. Such a life will bring a rich
reward-sFor they will not fear to
launch their bark upon the dark
rolling flood, tits but to pierce the
mist and then how beautiful to be
with God" /.
Besides the entire citizenry OF
Sails, the following out OF town
guests were present:
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lee Jones,
Mrs. Ernest Reyonlds, Mr.. James M.
Brown, Mrs. George Mcmillan, Mr..
and Mrs. Minis Mcmillan, Mr.. Edwin
| Mcmillan, all of Bristow, Okla. Mr..
and Mrs. Pat Brown and Pat Brown,
Jr., Mr.. Gordon Brown of Muskogee,
| Okla. Mrs. Montford Jones, Mr..
Harry Berry, Berryville, Va Mrs. Lalo
Detday, Tyler, Texas; Mr.. and Mrs.
Billy Lamb and Mrs. Roger Wharton,
Manassas, Va; Miss Juanita Brown,
| Nashville, Tenn; Mr. and Mrs. Relph
Boyette, Slidell, La; Mrs. James
Allen, Lombardy; DIR. and Mrs. ID. +.
| Sails. Miss Victoria Niles, Judge
and Mrs. T. P. Guyton, Mrs. Levi
Niece, Mr.. w. L. Ellis, Jr., Miss Ella
Turner, Mrs. Lula Smithson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Foster, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Will Leonard, Mrs. James Boyd, Mrs.
Lola Webb, Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Cur
tbs, Mrs. Beauchamp of Kosciusko;
Mrs. Allie Shuler, Miss Joyce Shuler,