Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-27
n. n1adus E. Shay

D., GLADYS E. Shay
s;rst hundred years are the
"qhe ,D they say. When
rdss', TO the following couples
s.s ;1go ia Fails F it is proven that
columD'Nb before the traditional
yeais ,ed mark are the happ-
=, been married 55 years
~e r',Iv" says Mrs. Frank Hill.
in 1 .raye married July 3, 1893,
=, s,ov ws,' Wis. my youngest ass,a sis sis
Clu 'ss born the next day." she
W a. "and my father told
nln ms mother had twins, one
sryOn s,,,1 set of teeth" They mo-
th 14al Moon in 1926, coming
o u Falls ten years ago
Coi si,,e children include Lyman
elr n calls and Mrs. c. H. Nc
The dllo
u spr Half Moon.
W, SalA, and Mrs. J. w. Chapman
MI nine grandchildren and four
" t. Grandchildren, with onlv
eat eat soys in the group. Three E, of
sir four children are awe. me me
.nsns were married Dec. %,
~ in Keamey, Neb. In 1909
w. came to Montana by train
n,,iIt the first house at Rud-
y Moving to the Flathead in
u ~ they settled near somers,
1 moved to Columbia Falls in
Il 1T doesn't seem like it has
- that long, hardly" said Mrs.
[annan as she continued hang
1 up washing.
|1ohn Stone has built three hon.
since moving to Columbia Falls
NJ Mrs. Stone and their child
l in 1917. Two of them were
In when he earned $4,000 n
Lrth. The house they now reside
was finished in 1916, but if they
n # Mr.. Stone has another loc-
I'm all ready to build on. The
Ones were married July 4, 1904,
Wvdomere, N. Oak. They mo-
4 TO Montana in 1914. There are
MT children living and 10 grand
fldren. Mrs. Stone was shopping
hen I was there but Mr.. Stone
mmented 1--WE went through
lite bit of hardship and had
Nd times together AS far as
at goes, we have always been
ppy." |
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. "Ben"
rklev were married April %,
O6 at Valparaiso, Ind. They STAR
housekeeping in Chicago. "The
ar Mr.. Barley had his leg bro
n" 1888, they moved to Column
Falls. There are two children,
zee grandchildren and two great
,ndsons. A five generation pic
e has been planned all winter,
s. Barkley's mother lives with
IN, but something's always
opened when we had an appoint
mt"
I met my husband November
and married him November
Mrs. John Gilman laughingly
d, but hurries to add that it
S two years and two days and
It just two days They were
rried in the st. Matthias Cath
church, just out of Brainard,
H., in 1907. Five years later
y came to Montana and in 1880
ived at Columbia Falls. There
II children, and six grand
dren.
Ir. and Mrs. Julian Lund were
rried in Thief River Falls, MINI,
!. 8, 1913. They moved to Glas-
! in 1916 and tagged the rail
q around, always returning to
sgow. There were five child
two of whom died in infan-
Mrs Lund moved to Columbia
Is in 1916 and Mr.. Lund came
l947. After two years in the
IS Mrs. Lund states "she does
know how they lived in Glas-
so long-she wouldn't go back
he prairie to live"
gu didn't have to have a mar
e license in 1915, in Montana,
remembers George Harker.
raska residents, he and Mrs.
ker had planned to be married
lome, but Mr.. Fiarker had to
e to Montana and a new lum-
ng job at once. He persuaded
to meet him In Billings-"and
they were married." Sept. 3,
J. They've lived in Columbia
$ almost two years Mrs. Err
Massman is their daughter.
r. and Mrs. Tom Lee were
IN Columbia Falls. They at.
ed different grade schools as
Lees parents were farmers in