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- Niagara Gazette - 12/6/1929
NEWFANE. Dec. 6.-Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Thielke of Ketchum avenue were
tendered a delightful surprise Tues-
day evening when relatives assembled
at their home to celebrate their fiftieth
wedding anniversary. The couple was
married in an East Wilson Lutheran
church. the late Rev. Abel performing
the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Thielke are both In
splendid health. They said that their
wedding day was exceptionally warm
and rain threatened while today is was
cold and snowing. At that time Mr.
Thielke rode horse back to the nearest
post office to secure his weekly paper
while now the daily sometimes arrives
by airplane. Their first means
of lighting their home was with candles
but kerosene lamps soon came to be
used while now their home is lighted
with electricity. There were no tele-
phones or many of the things now
accepted as necessities but nevertheless,
there was happiness just the same.
Evenings were spent in the early days
knitting or neighborhood parties
then the fiddler furnished music for
the square dances, polka and waltzes.
The lunches on such occasions were
hearty but not of ice cream, chocolates,
etc of today.
Mr. Thielke Is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs Godfrey Thielke who
came from Germany about sixty years
ago when Mr. Thielke was a young
man. Mrs. Thielke is a daughter of
the late Mr and Mrs. Fred World
of Wilson and has spent her entire
in this vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Thielke have two sons.
Wilson and Louis both of Newfane
who were present at the anniversary
as were also their wives and grand-
children Herman, Mabel and Janet.
also a niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest World of East Wilson.
Gifts of gold were received and re-
freshments served.
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