{"id":577,"date":"2011-12-07T20:50:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T02:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea2\/?p=577"},"modified":"2011-12-10T23:36:31","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T05:36:31","slug":"golden-wedding-day-of-mr-and-mrs-w-r-clack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/golden-wedding-day-of-mr-and-mrs-w-r-clack\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Wedding Day of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Clack"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEPT. 12, 1915 <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speech by W. R. Clack <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mrs. Clack and I feel honored today by your presence and we extend to you
\nkindly greetings, and welcome you to our little social gathering. We wish you
\nto feel yourselves at^Ahome today and free to act as you please. The 12th of
\nSeptember is an eventful day for Mrs. Clack and myself. On that date in the
\nyear of 1865 we were united in the bonds of holy wedlock and today Sept. 12,
\n1915 we celebrate our golden wedding anniversary with an informal social and a
\nfamily reunion. Fifty years of our wedded life has past and I am proud to say
\nit has been one of domestic peace and happiness, and we have no cause to regret
\nthe step we made on that delightful September 12, 1865.<\/p>\n

However we would not have you to understand that our voyage on the
\nmatrimonial sea was altogether on flowery beds of ease. We have had our joys
\nand sorrows, trials and hardships, but we never whined or squealed at
\nmisfortune but would lick the flint and try again.<\/p>\n

We commenced our double life in poverty at the close of the great civil war
\nof the states. At that time men who stood on the side of the lost cause (and I
\nwas one of the boys) had but little they could call their own. We simply
\nmarried for love and worked for a living.<\/p>\n

Our union has been blessed with six children all of whom are living. The
\noldest is 48 and the youngest 35 years of age. We gave them all a limited
\neducation, but our battles for a time were thick and fierce to keep the
\nproverbial wolf from our door, but we have been successful thus far. We are
\ntoday free from debt and hold a clear title to our little homestead which is
\nestimated to be worth from 3 to 4 thousand dollars, and we hold claims for a
\nfew hundred more against good and solvent parties. I attribute all this good
\nluck to Mrs. Clack’s skill and judicious management of our financial affairs.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Clack is 66 and I am 76 years young and we are still blest with
\nexcellent good health and great vitality.<\/p>\n

We thank you one and all for honoring us with your presence today and again
\nbid you welcome, yes thrice welcome on this occasion.<\/p>\n

The three articles below were printed below each other in the same column of
\nthe newspaper — EC)<\/em><\/p>\n

Appreciated<\/em><\/p>\n

We desire to express sincere appreciation of the honor\u00a0 and esteem shown us by our many friends and kinfolks,\u00a0by their presence at our “Golden Wedding” Anniversary,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 celebrated Sunday, September the 12th, also for the\u00a0 many tokens and remembrances received by us in commeration\u00a0 of the event.<\/p>\n

W.R. Clack and Sabria Clack<\/p>\n

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GOLDEN WEDDING<\/p>\n

Not only one of the most enjoyable events of the season,\u00a0 but also one of rare occurrence, was the one celebrated\u00a0 Sunday September the 12th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Clack, near Roddy, Tennessee, in honor of their\u00a0 fiftieth, or golden wedding anniversary.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Besides kinfolks and intimate friends, sixty in number\u00a0 from the immediate and surrounding country in attendance,\u00a0 were Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Galloway, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie\u00a0 Armstrong, of West Plains, Missouri. Many appropriate gifts for the occasion were presented\u00a0 by the numerous guests, in token of their high esteem and honor toward the hosts.\u00a0 A very fitting climax for the occasion was the picnic dinner,\u00a0which was served on the beautiful lawn. Very gratifying indeed to all is the fact, that both\u00a0 Mr. and Mrs. Clack are enjoying excellent health, and it is\u00a0 our sincere desire and wish, that they may yet live to\u00a0 celebrate many more anniversaries.<\/p>\n

(R.W. Galloway)<\/p>\n

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We think rather hard of Esq. and Mrs. Clack, for omitting to\u00a0notify some of their Dayton friends of this very interesting celebration, for if there is a citizen in Rhea County who stands very high in the estimation of all the people,\u00a0 Esq. Clack is the man. We regret very much the lack of opportunity to enjoy the\u00a0occasion, and especially the picnic dinner, served upon\u00a0the lawn.\u00a0Esq. and Mrs. Clack has demonstrated that people can grow\u00a0old together and retain the buoyancy of youth, for they\u00a0believe that if you laugh, the world will laugh with you, and that ninety five percent of our troubles are borrowed.\u00a0The Herald heartily joins in the wish that they may live\u00a0 to enjoy many more wedding anniversaries.<\/p>\n

(Editor)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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