Invitation:
1882-1932
Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rose
at home
Monday Afternoon, Dec. 19
No. 80 East Main Street
Cuba, New York
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Observe Anniversary
Family Celebrates Golden Wedding of Parents with Banquet and Merrymaking

     The family of Charles A. Rose, well known filling station 
proprietor, held a reunion of children and grandchildren at the family 
home on East Main Street this week.  As this was the first time they had 
all been at home since they began to leave the family roof-tree, they 
took advantage of the reunion to celebrate the Golden wedding of Mr. 
and Mrs. Rose which will accur(sic) on Dec. 19, next.  
     To mark the affair a family banquet was held at the St. James Hotel 
on Wednesday.  They entered the dining room in procession, to the tune 
of "Here comes the bride,"  led by the bride and groom of 50 years ago, 
followed by all the children and grandchildren, to the number of 27, who 
formed a bridal wreath of Roses around the table.
     The bridegroom made a delightful introductory speech, and during 
the dinner there was a chorus singing by the family.  Later they 
returned to the home on East Main Street and the afternoon was spent 
in cards and in an excursion to the lake.  The oldest grandchild in the 
Rose bouquet is twenty, and the youngest is a bud of three weeks.  
     Following are the names of those present: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. 
Rose and children, Dorothy, Betty, Bob and Phyllis, Rochester; Mr. and 
Mrs. John Rose and children, Lelamae and Evadene, Helix, Ore; Mr. and 
Mrs. Clarence Neil and children, Jeanette, Robert and Mary Lou, Olean; 
Mr. and Mrs. Myrtal C. Rose and children, Eleanore(sic), Dick, Alta 
Marie, and Alton, Dundee; Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt G. Dewey and children, 
Jacqueline and Allison, Brooklyn;  Marian O. Rose, Buffalo; Ruth Irene 
Rose, Brooklyn.  
-- Unidentified newspaper clipping from the scrapbook of Viola Emma 
Florance Rose