This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hahn, Fisher, Hill, Bedwell, Herzog, Wiggs, Sander, Jones, Johnson, Hopkins, Caby, Greer, James, Stuart Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TMB.2ACI/3424 Message Board Post: The Banner Press, Marble Hill, MO June 11, 1959 Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hahn Married 50 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hahn of Marble Hill celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday, June 7, when their only son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Hahn, entertained guests at dinner in their honor. Present to help them celebrate were: Mrs. Minna Fisher Hill of Bells, Tennessee, a former resident here and a life-long friend of the family; Samuel M. Bedwell, Mrs. Otis Hahn's nephew, and his daughter, Miss Ruth Herzog of Poplar Bluff, and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Wiggs of Lutesville. The traditional wedding cake baked by Mrs. Lawrence Hahn was appropriately designed for the occasion and with various floral arrangements throughout the home, furnished a decorative note which emphasized the golden anniversary theme. Mr. and Mrs. Hahn were married June 9, 1909, at the home of the bride's parents in Marble Hill by the late Judge George Elling. She is the former Miss Nellie Bedwell, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bedwell. Attendants at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Sander, since deceased, their sons, Otto and Leon Sander and Miss Clara Jones, who is now Mrs. J. J. Johnson of Collinsville, Illinois. Except for a three-month period spent in Exeter, California in 1919, the honorees have lived their entire wedded life in Marble Hill where Mr. Hahn was a carpenter and painter during his active days. Others who called at the home during the wee-end to extend congratulations were Willard Hill of Bells, Tenn; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Bedwell and son, Hosea, of Campbell; C. F. Hopkins; Mrs. Emma Caby; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hopkins and children, Mark, Gregg and Sarah; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hopkins and son, Bill and daughters Carolyn and Camille; Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Greer and daughter, Debbie; Mrs. Opha James, Mrs. Lester Hahn; Mrs. Gary Hahn, all of Marble Hill and Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Stuart of Vandala.