Bill and Virginia (Haug) Johnson will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary On Saturday, August 30. Their children will host an open house at St. Peters Parish Center from 2 to 5 p.m. and invite friends to join them. They were high school sweethearts graduating from The Dalles High School in 1950. They were married August 30, 1953 at the First United Methodist Church. He graduated from Oregon State University in 1954 and entered the USAF Pilot Training program in September of that year spending three years on active duty And 8 years in the Air Force Reserve. They returned to The Dalles in 1957 to operate a wheat and cattle ranch in the Columbia District, operated a farm equipment business and worked as a partner At Mid-Columbia Insurance, retiring in 2000. The couple are members of The First United Methodist Church and the Wasco County Pioneer Association. They also contributed their time to The Oregon Wheat Growers League, Wasco County Livestock Association, the OWGL Junior Livestock Show, and Wasco County Fair and 4-H. They have three daughters, Elizabeth and Kevin Windsor, Renton, Washington, Eileen and David Evans, Rockford, Michigan, and Carolyn and Maricio Calderon, Everett, Washington. Grand children, Elisa (Windsor) and Dustin Ward, Kameron, Kollin and Elayna Windsor, Matthew and Eric Evans, Claire and Amelia Calderon and great grandsons Austin and Jake Ward. They will be pleased with your presence at their celebration. No gifts please. The Dalles Chronicle August 17, 2003. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson _________________________________________________________________ Take advantage of our limited-time introductory offer for dial-up Internet access. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup