Conneautville Courier, 29 July 1942 Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Walton Celebrate Golden Wedding Open house was held at the home of Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Walton on Thursday evening, July 23rd for their neighbors and friends and Needlecraft Club and their husbands. About 45 were present...With the reading of a poem and a few appropriate words the President, Mrs. Emily Worden presented Mr. & Mrs. Walton with a sum of money from the club. Other gifts were received. A beautifully decorated golden wedding cake was presented by Adkins' Bakery (my family's bakery). Charles L. Walton, Center road Station and Ethel R. Lord of Conneautville, were united in marriage at the home of Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Howard, Oil City, PA an aunt and uncle of the bride, in the presence of about twenty guests on July 23, 1892. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. R. C. Smith, pastor of Grace M. E. Church of Oil City, a former pastor of the M. E. Church of Conneautville. Mr. & mrs. Walton are the parents of 11 living children. There are 32 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. About 75 relatives of both sides of the family attended a reunion on Sunday, July 26th....Mrs. Caroline Lord, mother of Mrs. Walton; Mrs. Merle Bradley, a sister, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, and S. E. Lord, a brother, Akron, OH. Other guests: mrs. E. E. Lord, Akron; Merle Bradley, Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Mr. & Mrs. C. O. McDowell, Miss Dorothy McDowell; Mr. & Mrs. Donald McDowell, Fairmont, W. VA; Mr. & Mrs. J. G. Smith, Rundels; Mrs. R. S. Lord, Miss Henrietta Lord, Harriet Ann Lord; Mr. & Mrs. P. C. Walton and four children, Mt. Vernon, OH; Harold Walton, Franklin; Mrs. Mildred Mills; Miss Adelaide Shehy; James & Bernard Shehy; and Harold Wood, Pulaski; Mr. & mrs. Stanley Walton and four children, Howard, OH; Mr. & Mrs. Milo Walton and daughter, Centerburg, OH; Mr. & Mrs. Lonon Smith and children; Mr. & Mrs. Max Walton and son, Meadville; Mr. & Mrs. Steven Hoesch and children, Conneautville; Mr. & mrs. Glenn Crosby, Andover, OH; Mr. & Mrs. Walter Reed; Donald Cresly, Ashtabula, OH; Mrs. Isabelle Brown, Rock Creek, OH; Mr. & Mrs. L. O. Osborne, Erie; Mr. & Mrs. J. T. Munger, Linesville. (There are other guests listed, however, my copy is extremely light and unreadable) Mrs. Margaret North Etter, wife of Clarence Etter, died at her home in Conneaut Lake, Friday morning, July 24, 1942. Mrs. Etter was the daughter of the late Mr. & mrs. Daniel North and was born in Conneautville, 1 Oct 1887. She resided in Conneautville until her marriage 19 Sept 1910 to Clarence Etter of Conneaut Lake. She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Dorothy and two brothers, Harry and Cecil, both of Conneautville. Buried in Conneautville Cemetery on the North family plot beside her mother who preceded her in death in 1926. -- ********************************* Patricia Butterfield Vedner R. D. #2, Box 4A Conneautville, PA 16406 http://www.toolcity.net/~vedner Conneaut Valley Area Historical Society 1625 Main Street, Conneautville, PA 16406 Open 12-2:00 on Saturdays - Come visit us. http://www.granniesworld.com