To Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary,
"Open House"
George and Valura Brock To Celebrate
Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Prairie City - Mr. and Mrs. George A. Brock of Prairie City will celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary at their home Monday, March 11, by holding open house to their friends and neighbors. The house will be from 1:00 till 5 p.m.
Married March 11, 1896 in the home of her parents, Emery and Mary Marshall southwest of Newton, Mrs. Brock is the former Valura M. Marshall. Mr. Brock is the son of the late John and Margaret Brock. He was born in Kentucky.
Mrs. Brock has lived all her life in Jasper County. They are the parents of two children, George Vernon Brock of Colfax and Mrs. Bonnie V. Coy of Cedar Rapids and have three grandchildren. ~ March, 1946
Honored at Open House
Event Held at Farm Home Monday
Prairie City - Mr. and Mrs. George A. Brock were honored on their golden wedding anniversary celebration, Monday, March 11 when they received friends and relatives at an open-house extended at their home, four and a half miles northeast of Prairie City and 12 miles southwest of Newton. Guests were invited to call between 1-5:00 p.m.
Mr. Brock, son of John and Margaret Carrier Brock, was born June 6, 1868 at London, Ky., and came to Iowa at the age of two. Mrs. Brock is the former Valura M. Marshall, daughter of Emery and Mary Bone Marshall. The youngest of 12 children, she was born on a farm two miles southwest of Newton and has been a lifelong Jasper county resident.
The couple was married in the home of the bride's parents on March 11, 1896, and soon after bought the farm where they have been for 45 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Brock have two children, a son, George Vernon Brock of Colfax and a daughter, Mrs. Bonnie V. Coy of Cedar Rapids, Ia.; also three grandchildren. T/Sgt. Malcom Lee Coy, Hq. and Sv. T. Troop, 15th Cavalry Ren.Sq., with the occupation army stationed near Stuttgart, Germany. Bonnie Ardell Coy, Senior student at Coe College and Clair Brock Coy, student at Benjamin Junior high school, Cedar Rapids.
The son and daughter received the guests who were registered by Clair Brock Coy in the guest book which was the gift of Marjorie Brock Yost.
Mrs. George Vernon Brock daughter-in-law of the couple was in charge of the coffee service.
Original Guests - Among guests present Monday who attended the wedding 50 years ago were Mrs. W. H. Brock, C.O. Marshall and Mrs. Lincoln Marshall all of Newton and Mrs. Myra Brock Emmack. During the afternoon Eddie Roberts entertained the group with three accordion solos, "Silver Threads Among the Gold," "Some Sunny Morning" and "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet."
Arrangements of yellow jonquils and acacia with yellow and white tapers centered the dining table from which a three-tiered wedding cake was served.
Potted plants and cut flowers completed the decorations. Guests favors were gold-lace nut cups and white napkins embossed in gold lettering the transcription "Valura and George , 1896 - 1946."
Among the many congratulatory cards, letters and lovely gifts received by Mr. and Mrs. Brock was an oil painting by Grandmother Ardell.
40th wedding anniversary
The 40th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Dammeier of Rt. 2, Newton, will be celebrated Sunday. The event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. Luke United Methodist Church. Hosts will be their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. John (Marilyn) Willemsen of Reasnor. Friends and relatives are invited to attend. The honorees request no gifts. The Dammeiers were married September 28, 1940, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. There is one grandchild. ~ The Newton Daily News, September 1980.
50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Donovan Emmack of rural Newton were honored at an impromptu celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday afternoon at their home. A cake resembling an open book and a large tier cake were served. The cakes were made by Mrs. Francis Anthony, sister-in-law of Mrs. Emmack.
Present for the event were their children Mr. and Mrs. Mark Emmack of Newton and Mr. and Mrs. Richard (Beverly) Allfree of Ames. Also grandchildren Jill and Kirk Allfree of Ames and Guy Allfree of Estherville.
Other relatives present were Francis Anthony, Mrs. Fern Coffman, Mattie Acord, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sille, all of Newton, and Mrs. Ila Lunnen and Mrs. Olive Danley of Des Moines.
Others attending the celebration were Gene Danley and Cyndie of Des Moines and Mable Hardenbrook, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Klaunberg and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Townsend, all of Newton.
The Emmacks were married Nov. 27, 1927. ~ Newton Daily News, November 27, 1977.
The Miller Golden Wedding
Last week we published a brief notice of the Golden Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Miller. We have received from Mr. F. A. Hardenbrook, a full and well written account of the occasion, but our space presents our prevents us publishing all of it. We, however, take from it the following particulars.
"Married in Newton, Iowa, January 20, 1859, Geo. W. Miller and Miss Emily M. Helphrey, by Judge Edmundson, being his first nuptial knot tied, also the first marriage in the old courthouse, which was then nearing completion and which was then the pride of Jasper county, for it has out-lived its usefulness.
Mr. Miller was born in New York, emigrating with his parents in 1843 to Illinois, about forty miles west of Chicago, where he accompanied by his wife, visited with relatives this winter during the holidays, to the same locality where his boyhood days were spent.
He came to Iowa in the early 50's and has been a resident of Jasper county ever since. The country was sparsely settled and Newton then unknown.
Mrs. Miller came with her parents to Jasper county in 1855, from Ohio, that state being her birthplace.
In honor of this important event, on Wednesday, January 20, 1909 invitations were issued to about 100 relatives, friends and old neighbors, to be present to help celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary. To which 65 responded, distance and inclemency of the weather, not permitting some to be present."
The couple have five living children, thirteen grandchildren and one great grand child. The dinner was a feast of good things, served in the order of a four-course luncheon. Among the guests was Mrs. C. Kinebach, who was present at the marriage fifty years ago. Many handsome presents were received, among them a gold watch to each of the couple. ~ The Newton Journal, January 27, 1909.
Marjorie Hitchler Lane and Phil Lane
50th Anniversary
Philip and Marjorie Lane of Newton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Metz Community Church. Their children: Barbara Hug, Marvelyn Adams and Dean Lane, are hosting the event. The couple was married Jan 19, 1941, and has eight grandchildren. Friends and relatives are invited to attend. ~ The Newton Daily News, January 14, 1991.
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