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Golden
Wedding
Was
Celebrated
Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Brush Wed Fifty Years
Fiftieth Anniversary Was Observed At Country of
Home of
Mr. and Mrs. Brush By Thirty Relatives and Friends
Gifts
were presented to Honor Guests
Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Brush, who live near Auburn, celebrated their
fiftieth
wedding anniversary Tuesday, February 22, which is also
the birth
anniversary of Mr. Brush. In celebration of this festive
occasion
thirty relatives and friends gathered at their farm home
in the
afternoon to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Brush on their many
attainments during fifty years of wedded life.
The
afternoon was spent in reviewing the activities of the years
gone by,
and Mrs. Thomas Holloway, sister of Mr. Brush, gave an
interesting account of the Brush family history. Mr. and Mrs. Brush
then
recounted the events of their wedding, which occurred
February
22, 1888 at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Root,
uncle and
aunt of Mrs. Brush, with whom she lived at that time.
The
wedding took place at the noon hour and following the
ceremony a
lovely turkey dinner was served to sixty guests. Two of
the
wedding guests, Mrs. Maud Fisher and Mrs. Robert Leeper were present at
the golden wedding celebration.
The
honored guests were presented a lovely rocking chair by the
relatives
and friends who were present to pay their respects.
Additional
gifts included, two beautifully decorated wedding cakes,
a birthday
cake and a lovely bouquet of flowers, all of which
added to
the spirit of the occasion. Light refreshments were
served at
the close of the afternoon.
Mr. and
Mrs. Brush have spent their entire married life in Nemaha
county,
and have been connected with many worthwhile activities.
From the
time of their marriage they lived on a farm in London
precinct
until 1917, when they moved to Auburn. They made their
home here
for three years, when they purchased and moved to
the farm
one and a half miles southeast of Auburn, where they
still
reside. They have one daughter, Mrs. Meddie Beaver,
who lives
at Omaha, and three grandchildren, Ina, Maxine and
Esther of
Omaha, and Eugene, who makes his home with his
grandparents.
Mrs.
Brush, who before her marriage was Miss Ina Smith,
was born
and reared in Knox county, Illinois. As a young
woman
twenty years old, she came to live with the
Joe Root
family, who lived near Auburn. Mr. Brush, the
youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brush, was born in Lee
county,
Iowa, and when a small child moved with his parents to
a farm
northeast of Auburn, when he grew to manhood.
Among Mr.
Brush's outstanding activities is his recognition
throughout
southeastern Nebraska as an authority on corn. He
has spent
much of his life in the study of corn improvement, and
his
superior seed corn has always been in great demand by
progressive farmers. He has served faithfully in the agricultural
department
of the Nemaha county fair for over thirty years, and
is
considered one of the best grain exhibitors in the county. Last
year his
precinct had the prize winning exhibit at the county fair,
and he was
in charge of Nemaha county's booth at the state fair,
the first
Nemaha county has had in many years. In addition to
honors won
by the booth the greatest individual awards were
won by Mr.
Brush on his prize seed corn.
Both Mr.
and Mrs. Brush have many friends who hold them in
high
regard, and were happy to congratulate them on their
golden
wedding. The guests present at the celebration were:
Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Miller, Mrs. Thomas Holloway, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur
Brush, Mrs. Maud Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leeper,
Mrs. J. I.
Looker, Mr. and Mrs. Ora Benson and daughter,
Miss
Millie, Mr. and Mrs. George Burdette, Mr. and Mrs.
Perry
Waltz, Mrs. John Gergens, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Muse,
Mrs.
William Ball, Miss Geneva Codington, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur
Oestmann, Ray Beaver, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Conner
and Mr.
and Mrs. Gobinni.
Nemaha County Herald
Thursday
March 17, 1938
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