from the Easton Express
Easton, PA
9 Dec 1920
page 10

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60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Lake, of Belvidere, Celebrate the Event.

   A happy event took place yesterday at Belvidere when over thirty relatives
gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Benton Lake, on Water street,
Belvidere, to participate in the celebration of the sixtieth wedding
anniversary.
   Mr. and Mrs. Lake were married December 8, 1860, at the home of the
bride at West Portal, Hunterdon county, by Rev. Isaac N. Crane, pastor of
the Methodist Church, that place.  Mrs. Lake was Miss Catherine Farrow.
Mr. Lake being a native of Charlestown, Hunterdon county.  In early life
they engaged in farming, and for 31 years resided on the Cummins farm,
one mile east of Belvidere.  A year ago they retired from active work and
made Belvidere their home.
   Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lake.  They are Mrs. J. W. Scott
and Franklin F. Lake, of Bridgeville, and Misses Annie M. and Lizzie F.
Lake, of Belvidere.  No death has occurred in the family of sixty years of
married life.
   At noon a sumptuous dinner, consisting of all the delicacies of the
season, was served.  A handsome birthday cake graced the center of the table,
containing sixty lighted candles.  Another cake attracted much attention,
bearing the dates 1860-1920.
   There were many happy reminiscences of days gone by, and greetings
exchanged among friends who had not met in many years.  Music and social
intercourse caused the time to pass quickly, and the friends departed wishing
Mr. and Mrs. Lake, who are at the advanced age of 82 and 80 years, many more
years of happy wedded life.  In the afternoon George Osmun, of Hackettstown,
gave the newly-weds an auto trip around town, after which a group photo of
all the guests and family was taken by photographer G. C.  Blazler.  The bride
and bridegroom received a number of gifts, bouquets and birthday cards.
   Those present were:  Mr. and Mrs. Ingham Williamson and grandson, Harry
Helm, of Bloomsbury; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Gano, Mrs. Ella McCrea, Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Rhinehart, George Fleming, of Washington; Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Vanatta, of West Portal; Mr. and Mrs. George Osmun, of Hackettstown;
Mrs.  Caroline Bodine, Mrs. Lydia Lake, Mrs. Frank Bodine and daughter
Elizabeth, Fletcher Bodine of Asbury; Mrs. Abbie Shurts, of Hampton; Mr.
and Mrs. F. P. Smith, of Broadway; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bodine, of Brass
Castle; Martin Burdge, of Buttsville; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Scott and daughter,
Miss Katie, and son Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin F. Lake and son, Merle,
of Bridgeville; Miss Emma Albertson, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Lake and daughters,
Misses Annie and Lizzie, of Belvidere.

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