Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1913 — MARRIED FIFTY YEARS DEG. 28TH [ARTICLE]

MARRIED FIFTY YEARS DEG. 28TH

Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Roberts Celebrated Golden Wedding Anniversary in Quiet Manner.Mr. and Mrs. Press F. Roberts, , f Newton county, just across the line from Jasper, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary isl a quiet manner Sunday at their farm home. Their son, Bela F. Roberts and wife and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Paulus, of Newton county, and Attorney Jesse Roberts *tod wife, another son of the aged couple, were down from Chicago, and a big dinner was spread and Mr. and Mrs. •Roberts spent a very happy day, notwithstanding the fact that three of their children are far away. The absent ones were: Mrs. Roy Flanders, Mrs. F. M. Cole and Claude Roberts, all of Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts were married Dec. 28, 1863, at Bedford, Ind., and have resided in Newton county and on the same farm, for about 45 years. They came from Bedford to Mo non, then Bradford, by train, and across country by. stage. The many improvements that have taken place during that span of fortyfive years are vividly remembered by “Uncle” Press and he relates them with interest.