WHITESIDE COUNTY
SPECIAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Charles P. Garwick and Barbara Ackerman
50th Wedding Anniversary
18 December 1877 - 18 December 1927


Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Garwick observed the 50th anniversary of their marriage Sunday [12/18/1927] afternoon at their home in Coleta when fifty of their friends and relatives were pleasantly entertained in two groups from 2 to 3:30 and from 3:30 to 5 o’clock. White and gold cake adorned with favors of gold bells, brick ice cream with gold trimming and coffee were served, followed by a happy season of reminisences and good cheer. The room was nicely decorated in cut flowers of white and gold chrysanthemums. They were remembered with many beautiful tokens and $40 in gold in honor of the event. Charles P. Garwick and Miss Barbara Ackerman were married Dec. 18, 1877, in Clyde township at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ackerman, and have lived in this vicinity ever since. They have been highly respected citizens of Coleta for the past thirty three years and have many friends here who wish them many more years of married life.

The following were the guests: Fred Garwick, of Chadwick only brother of Mr. Garwick, Cris Ackerman of Milledgeville only brother of Mrs. Garwick, Hazel Bast, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dial, Arthur Deets of Chadwick, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Geesey, Mrs. M. A. Hanna, John Hubbard and family, Mrs. Jacob Chambers, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Deets, Mrs. Elizabeth Overholser of Milledgeville, Mrs. Jacob Smaltz, Clara Ackerman, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Lasher and family of Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buck, Mrs. George Huber and son of Sterling, Colonel Bushman, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Myer, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Manning, Mrs. Rebecca Bushman, Mrs. Rexie Boughman, Gertrude Bushman, Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Lubbs, Mrs. Margaret Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Reecher, Miss Irene Boughman, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Garwick and family, Mrs. Lizzie Overholser, and Mrs. Sue Ackerman.

Contributed by Larry Reynolds from the Sterling Daily Gazette, December 20, 1927

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