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- Niagara Gazette - 6/21/1965
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bates, 2219 Michigan Ave.,
marked their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday.
They were feted with a surprise reception at 3 p.m.
Sunday at the parish hall of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
Church, where the couple were united in marriage.
More than 100 friends
and relatives. attended the
event given by the couple's
children, Mrs. S y d n ey
Hampton, 2 2 1 9 Michigan
Ave., and Mr. Melvin Bates,
2080 River Road, Town of
Wheatfield. They have one
grandchild.
Mr. Bates, a native of
Elmwood, Ont., is a retired
employe of Stauffer Chemical
Corp. He retired July
31, 1955.
Mrs. Bates, the former
Emilie Mehls. is a native
of Niagara Falls.
The couple have resided
at the same address for the
past 50 years.
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