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tin gi n
A teh i-
" \iter p\u00abrt of
,lp r .
a n d
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o f
X tpfcU on
W ere
M a r r ie dF ifty
T earsA go
A tch ison
i l l
a
to w n
n o t e d
fo r
i t s|
p retty ^ w ed d in g s\u00bb o u t'th e one laste v e n -
^ _
J
M I-.
w
T
lin g
s u r p a s s e d .,a n y
i n
i t s
h is t o r y ,
C h " a n ^ 'h o
U l
C r^ pro
a
m fn e n S
,n /th e|th o u g ^ ^ e ^ r id e
w as
past seventy |
A d r ia n ,
" o#
J u ly .
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H arry
.d M r -a ^ d
W eston, T exas.
p j a n g n t e r s
w ijlj
* a h d
w ife\u2022\u00ab '" W
:
p fV e d d in g
o n
t$ 6 .
A itt h e i r
c h ild r e n
E e w e ir 'siily
know n,
D r.
W .L .
is ':,\u00bb n d \q ^ \u00bb fe
w ill c e le b r a te
t h e i r
:g j'd e n
w 'e d d lttg o o
th e lS to f
A u g u st,
|a u d
alt th ei\u00bb
ih ild r e n
a n d
g r a n d c h il-
Idren are here to
a tte n d
th e
cerem ony^
N e .-tt S iH jd a y% o r n iu g , D r. C halliss a n d
;w ife w i^atfe'^d services at the
B a p tist
ch u rch ,'
i
h jw ed
. by
c h ild r e n
a n d
g r a n d c h ild
%> ih $ n u m b e r of thirty-
q a f."\u2022 ;
w ill
O ccupy
th e
A m eo
corner, w here
a
!
'
th e
C h a llis s y o u n g
o n e s w ereb r o u g h t ,n '
^ ^
m
ily re-iinion
|
N o r t h * * U -S tfl
\u201e ,\u201e ,
_
_
^
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b e.P a u l 5
e a r ly
h is t o r y
o f
this section,w ill celebrateI
J 8 \u00ab a n e t* ,';\u00a7
tn eJ r
R O 'd c nw e d d in g
A ugust1 .
T h e ir
te n
c h ild r e n ,tw en ty-th ree
g r a n d c h ild r e n
a n d
th r e e
g r e a t
g r a n d c h ild r e n
w ill
b e
p r e s e n t
to attend
th e fa m ily r e u n io n , w h ic h w ill o c -
D r. W .tk
jte r ta in in g
s e v e n t e e n
n e a r lya * m any
a s
a to h p
M r,
C h a llis s
a n d
w ife
w ere w ea: \u2022\u00ab \u00ab % * :-b n g g y '
r id in
*
^ ^ m
t h e y
1
Jam es M
y e a r *o fa g e .
It-w a s
the golden
w ad\ue000
d in g
o f
D r,
a n d ' M ra.
W . L . C halliss,
w h ic h
w as celebrated
a t th e ir hom e o n
N orth
F irst
s t r e e t
After a reception
b e g in n in g
a t fo u r
i n
th ea f t e r n o o n ,
a
s e c o n d
m a r r ia g e
service w as
perform \ue000
ed by
f ir .J ..R .C om er,
o f
th e
B a p tist
c h u r c h , a t S :3 0 i n
th e
e v e n in g .
'T h ere
a r e
te n
c h ild r e n
i n
th e fa m ily , a n d
th ey
w ere
a ll
p r e s e n t
a n d \ w a lk e d
a h e a d
o f th e ir p a r e n t s
i n
th e
w e d d in g
p r o c e s s io n .\u2022" * T e n
fin e r ,lo o k in g
m em
and women cannot be found anyw here,
and it w as a
handsom e
a n d
m ost
u c-{
u s u a l
s c e n e .
A ll
th e
d a u g h t e r s
a n d
the bride w ere
d r e s s e d
i n
w h ite,
a n d
w o r e m a r ig o ld s
i n
t h e i r
h a ir .' T h o s e1
in line w ereE a lp h
C h a lliss,
o f
Iow a;
J am es
C .
C h a lliss,o f
A tchison;
M rs.
B en
D ekker,
o f
A d r ia n ,
M ich ,;
M rs.
H arry
F a u st,
o f
P h ila d e lp h ia ;
M rs.
C h a r le s
B en n ett,
o f
A d r ia n ,
M ich .;
M rs.
E dw ard
D ekker,
o f
S t.L o u is ;
_ .
_ .
M r s .'J a m e s
F .
D o n a ld ,
o f
A tchison;
a
m rgeon
I n
th e
U n io n
arm y
d u r ln d
P a a t
C aau 1M
i
o i
A d r ia r , M ich .; M rs.
r e b e llio n ..
H e
-
l\u00bb \u00ab
i n
ID .
R
B o p ^ 'o f
G alveston,
T e x .,a n d,
M ra
J o h n
A. M artin,o f
A te h isd n ,fo l-]
\u00ab P if
are en\u00bb
u a ,t% > > "
T
h
^ ',~ |
e a r ly
d a y s ,
a n a
i t
i& a r je y * K uchs,'*|
i s_ f u r n 1 s h e a _
w ith
cu rI n
th e
C h a llis s
r e s id e n c e .-
T hec h ild r e n
a r e :
M rs^IdaC ,M artin
o f
A tchison,
th e
w id o w
o f .G o v e r n o r
J o h n
A .
M artin;
M rs.D a v id
R ogers
of G alveston, Tex.;
P a u l
C h a llis s
o f
P o r tla n d , M e .; M ir.
D aisy
F a u s t
o f|
P h ila d e lp h ia ,
M rs.
Charles Bennetto fl
A d r ia n , M ich. M rs.1
E dw ard
D ekker
o f)
S t.
L ouis,
M rs
B e n ja m in
D ekkerj
o f
A d r ia n ,
M ich.\
M rs.
J am es
D on-
tu u ~ \u2014 \u00ab \u00bb
a id
o f
A tch ison
a tu ir e c
\u00ab .
C h a llis s
o f
A tch ison
a n d
R a lp h !
C halliss, a
recent graduate
o f
th eC n lv e r -j
s l t y
o f
K ansas.
D r.
a n d
M rs.C h alH ssj
cam e to Atchison
I n 1866 from
N ew
J e r s e y !
Dr. Challiss operated
th e
first steam
fe r r y ]
a c r o s s
th e
M lsw url
r iv e r
a t
A tch ison
a n a
w as
"
th e
I n v e s te d
la r g e ly
I n
th e
o r ig in a l
A tch i\ue000
s o n
T ow n
com \ue000
p a n y
a n d
becam e
w e a lth y .
H is hom e
W as
th e
s c e n e
o f
m uch
g a ie ty
I nth e
e a r ly
d a y s ,
a n d
I t
C H A L L ISS.
c h a n
O yeasJ
$ h O
w oods
t o
g e t '
h
o t h e r .
$ |r s ,
.W .L -
C h a llis s
i n
1*B \u00bb6,t h e r e
w ere
E iSctifhr *
n
$i t wJ*s th e
w erefc ).f e e ch u rch
y e r -to g o
th to u g h
th e
c a llin g
p a t,
"O -yez,
O -yez,
T b erfj/w ill be m eeting at early
i c a n d le |lg h |t6 -n ig b t.* '
W ithp l e a s a n t
' \u2022 m e m o r ie so
1
.I h e s e
d a y s, D r. a n d M rs.
iC n a U lg s a n n o u n c e
that they
w illo e le -
!b r a ta ih ir r ^ O lid e tl w e d d in g
to-m orrow
|night at earlyc a n d le lig h t, and friends,
w ith o u t
'ftu K th er
in v ita tio n ,
w ill
b e
w elcom e frgm
*
p o 10p . m .
\u2022T he
m ar\ue000
r ia g e , w H l jS k fep la c e a t8 :3 0 .
T he ser\ue000
v ic e s w illB e' c o n d u c t e d
b y
B ev.J .R .
C om er, of the
B a p tist
churcU ,a n d
th e
t'.b ea t t e n d e d
by their seven
1 'H h e
g r o o m
b y
t h e i r
t h r e c '- is o h s . ^ E ig h te e n
g r a n d c h ild r e n
w ill b ep i
se lr fc
a t-th e
w e d d in g ,
a n d
o n eg r e a t g r a n d c h ild , a s o n o f M r. a n d
M rs. P a u l:
p o s in g ,
o f
H ardy,
N e b .,
;w ho w ilP ieW pe ,88
flo w er
b o y .
M rs.
C h a llia tw a e itte n d e d
by three
b r id e s -
J m a id s" fifty? J e a r s
a g o ,
a n d
o n e ,
h er
Is iis t e r , M rs.',,& .G . O tis, w ill
be present
j to - m orotf n ig h t.
O n e b r id e s m a id
s t i l l
I livesinP & a a d e S ln h ia , a n d
oue is dead
T heW .I /.
C h a llis s
fa m ily
i s
b e in g
g iv e n
a
s e r ie s
o f
k in
p a r t ie s .
L ast
e v e n in gt l
:
h e r e given a porch
p a r t y
a t th e .p e s id fiK S e o f J .
M. Challiss, and
to -n tg fc i
W ill
b e
e n t e r t a in e d
b y
M rB
"" * "
*
^ P
P
h
C h a llis s
a r \ue000
r iv e d to -d
'
t | s >w a ,t o
a tte n d
th e
o ld -fa sh io n e d
r o s e \ue000
w ood
a n d
m ahog\ue000
a n y
fu r n itu r e
a n d
g r e a t
m ir r o r s
a n d
C ut
g la s s
c h a n d e \ue000
lie r * . D r . a n d
M rs.
C h a llis s
a n d
th e ir
y o U T ige s t
s o n ,
R a lp h C h a llis s , a r ek
th e o n ly
o c c u p a n tsk
o f
th isla r g e
r e s i^>
d en e*
o f
tw en ty -
three room s.
D r
C hains*
Is IS
y e a r s
o ld
a n d
s o
M R 3.
C H A L A J S S
h e a r ty
that he goes out to his farm
In th<
c o u n tr y
e v e r y
d a y
a n d
s u p e r in te n d s
th <
w ork
th e r e .
M rs. C halliss
I s7 2 .
A t
th e g o ld e n
w e d d in g
W
D r.
a n d
lir a
W .L . C h a lliss,
o n
A ugust
1 ,th e
bride (M ra
C h a tiissV w ill
b e
s u p p o r te d
by her
s e v e n
d a u g h t e r s ,a ll
o f
w hom
a ir em a r r ie d , a n d a t
hom efo r
the w ed\ue000
d in g .
T he groom
w ill be supported
b y
his three sons,
a n d
a fte r
ap r o c e s s io n
dow n
s t a i r s ,a n d
t h r o u g h
th e
p a r lo r s ,
the m arriage
s e r v i c e .w H l
b e
r e a d
b y
D r. C om er,o f th e B a p tist ch u rch .
M ra
C h a llis s
w ill\.b a '
v e r y 'a p p r o p r ia te ly
d r e s s e d
i n
w h ite.
She has obeyed
D r.
C h a llis s
f if t y
y e a r s ,*a n d
in - th e
c e r e \ue000
m ony
o f
A ugust
I ,
D r.
C h a llis s
w ill
h ave to prom ise to obey herfo r the rest
of th e ir , m arriedl i f e . .
; \u201e
:
The ten Challiss
c h ild r e n
a n d
t h e i r
parents sat
dow n
t o
d in n e r
t o g e t h e r
yesterday, no
o n e
e l s e
b e in g
s e a t e d ,
and the occasion -w a s
im p r o v e d b y
th e
c h ild r e n
p r e s e n t i n g
t h e i r
fa th e r
w ith
a
g o ld
h a n d le d
u m b r e lla ,
a n d
t h e i r
m other w ith
a h
e m e r a ld
r in g ,.
J. M.
C h a llis s , w h o w e a v e s a s p e ll a t
p o litic a l
m eetings, w a s speech m aker.
He m ade
such a touching
s p e e c h
i n
g iv in g
th e
u m b r e lla ,
r e f e r r in g
t o
th e
storm s
o f
l i f e ,e te .,_ th a tD r. C h a llis sb r o k e
dow n
a n dc r ie d .
T he
e m o tio n
becam e
c o n \ue000
ta g io u s , a n d
w h ilep r e s e n t i n g th e
r in g
t ok ism other,
th e
o r a t o r
a l s o
b r o k e
dow na n 4 w ep t
" Ie * n
t e l k
a t
p o liti-
c a l m eetings,""h es a i d , ." h u t
th is
g e t s
m e.*!!
'''" " \u2022' " " * " " '''
lo w e d
b y
L n t h e r
T o n s in g ,
a g e d
3 ,a
g r e a tg r a n d s o n
w ho
s e r v e d
a s
flo w er
b o y .
T hey
p r o c e e d e d
th e
b r id e
a n d
g r o o m
dow n
th e
s t a i r s
a n d
t h r o u g h
the room s to thee a s t parlor, w here the
(la u g h te r s lin e d
u po r i
o n e
side of
th e
bridal couple, and thes o n s on the other,
a n d
th e
m a r r ia g e
s e r v ic e
w as
r e a d .
There w ere
m any
fr ie n d s
p r e s e n t
t o
c o n g r a tu la te
M r.
a n d
M ra
C h a lliss;
p r in c ip a lly
o ld c itiz e n s
w ho
h a v e
b e e n
i n
A tc h is o n a lm o s t a s lo n g
as theb r id e
a n d groom .
T he
h o u s e
w as
a p p r o p r i\ue000
a te ly
d e c o r a t e d
w ith
m a r ig o ld s
a n d
y e llo w
nasturtium s, and
in the
d in in g
room ,
p r e s id e d
o v e r
b y
M iss
-A lic e
Rogers, M iss
G race
M a r tin , M iss N o r a
M artin,
.a n d
M iss
N e llie
K eith ,
th e
table w as decorated in
y e llo w
flo w e r s
a n dr i b b o n s , a n d
ic e s
a n d
c a k e s
W ere
s e r v e d .
M iss
M ary
Cochrane, W earing
th e
b r id a l
d r e s s
o f
her grand m other,
a
garm ent
six ty -fiv e
y e a r s o ld , s e r v e d
p u n c h
i n
th e
lib r a r y .
S h e
lo o k e d
s o
p a r tic u la r ly
p r e t t y
th a t
r e g r e t
w as
e x p r e s s e d
that dresses
h a v e
ever been
m o d e r n iz e d .
T h ero
w ere
m any
p r e t t y
presents given
R
P. W aggener
g a v e
a set of solid gold
s p o o n a
T he
s u g a r
to n g s
w ere
e n a m e lle d
i n
tw o
b lu e
daisies for
th e
b r id e
a n d
groom , and
the ten
s p o o n s
w ere
e n a m e lle d
w ith
a
g r e e n
d a is y , p r o b a b ly
m eant
a s
sym \ue000
b o lic a l
o f
th e
c h ild r e n .
D. B. R ogers
s e n ta s a c k
o f
g o ld e n
w e d d in g
flo u r .
T o-.m orrow ,
th e
h o u s e
p a r t y
a t
th e
C h a llis s r e s id e n c e b r e a k s u p , a ll o f
th e
c h ild r e n
d e p a r tin g
fo r
t h e i r
hom es
w ith- th e
e x c e p t io n
o f
M rs.
D .
K
Rogers and
d a u g h t e r
w h o ,d o
n o t
r e \ue000
t u r n
t o
G alveston
u n til
T u e s d a y .
A
p r e c e d e n t
w as established at th e
w ed\ue000
d in g
w h ic h
s h o u ld
e n c o u r a g e
th e
w om en
:
I tis custom ary
fo r th e g r o o m
to p a y
th e
preacher, but
l a s t
e v e n in g
the preacher
m ade
apresent of a
g e n \ue000
e r o u s
w e d d in g
fe e
t o
th e
b r id e .
I f
th is
p r e c e d e n t
i s
fo llo w e d ,
m a r r ie d
w om en
w ill
h a v e
to in e th in g m ore' to
l.)o k
forw ard
U >.
& * ie
i n
thj evening
t h e r e
w e**\u00bbd<nM \u00bb,th e , U t i d e a u og r o o m (j
le a d iD g ih S k '-a o g e r ,;.? C V t* riy
Ruth Tonsing, "Challiss Martin Memory Book," Atchison, Kansas, held by Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas, oversize B C352
Pa e 2 of 35.
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