Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 13, 1904 OPEN AIR WEDDING Niantic was the scene of a most happy incident on Thursday afternoon, when James Monroe SHELLY and Miss Ida SCHULTZ were married at the home of the bride's parents, under a canopy of ferns and evergreens on the lawn. The bride is the accomplished daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. E.K. SCHULTZ. Her father is one of the trustees and treasurer, of Perkiomen Seminary. The groom is a son of Rev. and Mrs. A.S. SHELLY, of Bally. Both bride and groom are graduates of Perkiomen Seminary. The groom graduated at Lafayette College and for the past year served as teacher of science of the High School at Perth Amboy, N.J. In the near future he will go to Doylestown to take charge of the borough schools, having been recently elected as principal. The ceremony was performed at 3 p.m., by Rev. O.S. KRIEBEL, of Perkiomen Seminary, assisted by Rev. A.S. SHELLY. The bride was attired in a most elegant wedding gown of white, while the groom wore the conventional black. Succeeding the ceremony, a bountiful lunch was served to the large number of assembled guests, after which the happy couple left on an extended wedding tour amid a shower of rice and well wishes of a host of friends. The bride was the recipient of numerous costly and useful presents. The maid of honor was Miss Alice SCHULTZ, sister of the bride. The bride's maids were Misses Minnie SCHULTZ, sister of the bride and Kathryn PLACE, of Worcester. The best man was Mr. BARR, of Philadelphia, a schoolmate of the groom, and Raymond SCHULTZ, of Worcester and a Mr. BAUER were the ushers. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. E.K. SCHULTZ; Rev. and Mrs. A.S. SHELLY, Bally; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. SCHULTZ, Niantic; Mr. and Mrs. Owen K. SCHULTZ, Niantic; Mr. and Mrs. Josephus GERHARD, Clayton; Mr. and Mrs. John SCHULTZ, Norristown; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. SCHULTZ, Pottstown; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel LONGACRE, Norristown; Mrs. Sarah K. SCHULTZ, East Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. LEFEVRE, East Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. J.B. BECHTEL, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Amos K. SCHULTZ, Niantic; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob P. JOHNSON, New Berlinville; Mr. and Mrs. U.S. STAUFFER, Quakertown; Mr. and Mrs. Enos S. STAUFFER, Quakertown; Mr. and Mrs. A.S. CHRISTMAN, Trumbauersville; Mrs. H.W. KRIEBEL, East Greenville; Mrs. E.H. SCHULTZ, Philadelphia; Mrs. Alice S. SCHULTZ, Niantic; Mrs. Minnie S. SCHULTZ, Niantic; Mrs. Stella SCHULTZ, Niantic; Mrs. Mattie SCHULTZ, Niantic; Miss SHELLEY, Bally; Miss Emeline WIEGNER, Philadelphia; Miss Lucina SCHULTZ, Niantic; Miss Ella K. HEEBNER, Worcester; Miss Emma S. LONGACRE, Miss May S. LONGACRE, Norristown; Miss Charlotte S. SCHULTZ, Miss Amy S. SCHULTZ, Philadelphia; Miss Flora S. SCHULTZ, Miss Sadie S. SCHULTZ, Chapel; Miss Susan S. SCHULTZ, East Greenville; Miss Ella S. SCHULTZ, Pennsburg; Miss Chrissie A. SCHULTZ, Norristown; Miss Eleanora A. SCHULTZ, Miss Florence A. SCHULTZ, Niantic; Miss Mabel S. GERHARD, Miss Helen S. GERHARD, Clayton; Miss Sybilla HUBER, Niantic; Miss Esther LEFEVRE, East Greenville; Miss Frieda HERTZKE, Miss Bertha MURPHY, Niantic; Mr. Amos S. GERHARD, Mr. Owen S. GERHARD, Clayton; Mr. Norman SHELLY; Mr. Homer S. SCHULTZ, Chapel; Mr. Daniel S. SCHULTZ, Philadelphia; Mr. Leidy ANDERS, Norristown; Mr. Clark S. BECHTEL, Mr. Earl BECHTEL, Philadelphia; Mr. Andrew SCHULTZ, Niantic. LARGEST POULTRY HOUSE IN COUNTY Telford has the largest poultry house in the county, A.B. GODSHALL is the owner. The building is divided into thirty-two separate pens, thirty for chickens and two for pigeons. Each compartment will comfortably house 30 chickens. The house therefore provides for 900 chickens. The building is equipped with all the modern appliances to feed and water the stock and supplied with good ventilation. A pen about 9 by 30 feet is fenced in with wire on the outside of each pen on either side of the poultry house. THE BIRTHDAY OF AN OCTOGENARIAN FITTINGLY CELEBRATED BY ALL OF HIS DESCENDANTS The eightieth birthday anniversary of Jonas WELKER (picture), one of the oldest and most respected citizens of this community, was fittingly celebrated at his home midway between Pennsburg and Red Hill last Saturday. The occasion was doubly memorable by reason of the fact that within a few days it is almost fifty-two years since Mr. and Mrs. WELKER were married. The union of this aged couple was blessed with three children, two daughters and one son, Martha, wife of I.T. HERTZOG, of South Bethlehem; Louisa, wife of J.B. DYSON, of Pennsburg; and Ambrose, of Hellertown. These children with their respective families took the old gentleman by surprise just before noon last Saturday. After a general exchange of greetings the entire party sat down to an excellent dinner and did full justice to the bounteous repast. At the close of the meal Rev. C.M. DELONG delivered an informal address appropriate to the occasion and presented Mr. and Mrs. WELKER with two gold pieces, the gift of the son and daughters. The remainder of the day was given over to reminiscences and a game of base ball between the elderly guests and the youngsters, in which the youngsters, of course, came off victorious. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Jonas WELKER, Mr. and Mrs. I.T. HERTZOG, Herbert I., and Ira W. HERTZOG; Mr. and Mrs. J.B. DYSON, Miriam M., Florence E., and Herbert J. DYSON; Mr. and Mrs. A.J. WELKER, Katie WELKER and Rev. C.M. DELONG.