The Carthage Gazette
Carthage, Illinois
Friday
July 6, 1934
Page 1
Columns 4 & 5Celebrated 50th Wedding
Anniversary On June 26On Tuesday, June 26, Charles W. and Rowena Yetter Boston living 4½ miles southeast of Carthage, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Olaf Dickinson and open house at their own home in the afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock. Over 100 were in attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Boston are now living on the farm where Mr. Boston was born 72 years ago and where they have spent the entire 50 years of their married life. They are the parents of seven children, five of whom are living. Ava May, the eldest, passed away in 1906 at the age of 21 years and the youngest, Myrna Elizabeth passed away in 1928, also at the age of 21 years. Those living are Mrs. Goldie Dickinson, Mrs. Lulu White, who is seriously ill and with her family was unable to be present; Mrs. Fern Frazee, Charles Gaylord and Ernest David. There are also the following grandchildren: Ruth Elaine Boston and her mother, Mrs. Gay Boston, of Chicago, who were unable to be present; Raymond Albert White, Leola May White, Glen Boston Dickinson, Marjorie Marie Boston, Robert Louis Frazee, Charles Wayne Boston, Norma Aline and Geraldine Irene Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. Boston came from pioneer families of Hancock county, Mr. Boston's father and mother being Reuben and Sarah Jane Dale Boston and Mrs. Boston's parents, being Wm. and Mary Long Yetter, her father being a soldier in the Civil war.
Mr. and Mrs. Boston have lived quietly on this old home place, reared their fine family of children and have been good citizens. They were members of the Baptist church, faithful to all its calls for service and for contributions. They have reached this mile-stone in their lives full of honor and the highest esteem of their wide circle of friends and the love and devotion of a large relationship.
The following program, mostly by the grandchildren was given:
Piano solo, Marching. Wayne Boston
Piano solo, "Chello" and "By the Fire-
Side" . . . . . . . . . . . Marjorie Boston
Piano duet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . Marjorie and Norma Boston
Piano solo, "Rain" . . Norma Boston
Piano solo, Happy songs and Pussy
Cat . . . . . . . . . . . Geraldine Boston
Recitation, "Golden Wedding" . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Frazee
Rec., "Grandma and Grandpa" . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geraldine Boston
Reading, "Auntie Doeful's Philosophy
and Rec., "Not Built That Way" . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norma Boston
Rec., "Her Name" . . Marjorie Boston
Song, "Three Little Pigs" . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . George and Mary Hoffman
Music, cornet and trombone --- John
Webb and Glen Dickinson.The program was closed with a very interesting talk by their pastor, Dr. J. W. Crouch of the First Baptist church of Carthage after which the guests were invited to the dining room where refreshments consisting of orangeade and wafers were served, three nieces, Mrs. Wm. Helms, Mrs. Merlin Gibson and Miss Fanny McVay presiding at the refreshment table. During the serving, Miss Nellie Lewis sang a number of hymns with Mrs. Robert Doud at the piano.
The following were present Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Jeffries, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Huey, Mrs. C. J. Law, Hazel Wright, Mrs. Willard Grove, Mrs. Grauf, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wright, E. P. Cutler, J. H. Couchman, Adelia Couchman, Nellie Lewis, Forest McPherson, Tempie Murphy, Martha Murphy, Louis L. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Dunsworth, Goldie Hoffman, George and Mary Hoffman, Mrs. Lida Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kimbrough, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Cutler, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan L. Webb, Miss Mary Davidson, Mrs. Robert Doud, Mrs. Freeman Grove, Martha Lane, John Webb, Gloria Hardy, Mrs. Wm. McVey, Clara Timberlake, Maggie Hardy, Mrs. Martha Thackston, Eulah Dickinson, Minnie Huey Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Boston, Jessie Duffie, Abbie Wear, Mrs. Waddie Earls, Mrs. May Green, Mrs. Lester Sargent and daughter, Eva Grace, Helen Sanders, Mrs. E. M. Harter, Mrs. Lura V. Thompson Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Dickinson, Glen Dickinson, Gay Boston, Wayne Boston, E. L. Yetter, John Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Kimbrough, Mrs. Merlin Gibson, Mrs. Leonard Kelley, Mrs. Lee Murphy, Mrs. Lee Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Helms and daughter, Barbara Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Boston, Marjorie, Norma and Geraldine Boston, Mrs. Fred Harnest, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Frazee, Bobby Frazee, Rev. and Mrs. John W. Crouch, Mrs. Thomas Frey, Mrs. Geo. Bell, Myrtle Dickinson, Mrs. T. J. Murphy, Mrs. W. L. Kelley, Mrs. H. B. Richardson, Mrs. Hattie E. Yetter, Fannie McVay, Mahala Austin, Mrs. Tillie Pennock, Stella Mae Murphy. Evening callers were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lane and son, Billy, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vance, Marguerite, Glen and Anna May Vance, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Triboulet, Lester Sargent, Joe Dye and Chester McVay.
The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
July 1, 1936
Page 5
Column 2DEATH OF CHARLES BOSTON
Charles Boston passed away at his home southeast of this city Tuesday afternoon, June 30th. Funeral plans are not completed.
The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
July 8, 1936
Page 3
Column 1PASSING CHAS.
BOSTON, WELL
KNOWN FARMERLast Rites Held Here
Thursday AfternoonCharles Walker Boston, son of Sarah (Dale) and Reuben J. Boston, was born at the family home southeast of Carthage, in the East Union community, January thirteen, 1862. He lived in this home his entire lifetime of seventy-four years, and on Tuesday, June thirty, he left it for his heavenly home.
On June 26, 1884, Mr. Boston was united in marriage with Miss Rowena Yetter. After a happy wedded life of fifty-two years, the faithful, devoted wife is left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband.
Mr. and Mrs. Boston were the parents of seven children: May, wife of Dave Kimbrough and Myrna preceded their father in death. Those surviving are Goldie, wife of Olaf Dickinson, Gay, Lula, wife of Don White, Ernest, all living near home, and Fern, wife of Lester Frazee of Keokuk, Iowa. The grandchildren are Raymond White, Mrs. Leola White Shelor, Mrs. Ruth Boston Hardesty, Wayne Boston, Glen Dickinson, Robert Frazee and Marjorie, Norma and Geraldine Boston. There is one great grandchild, Kenneth Wayne Shelor.
Mr. Boston was very devoted to his family and they to him; he was a quiet, unassuming man, and happiest when at home with his family around him. He was a splendid provider. The Golden Wedding celebration, two years ago, planned by the children and their families, was a most happy gathering of family and friends. On last Friday Mr. and Mrs. Boston ate dinner with their daughter, Mrs. Olaf Dickinson and family in observance of their fifty-second anniversary.
The parents of the departed were from Kentucky and are remembered as one of our best pioneer families. Besides the parents, the following brothers and sisters have passed away: Mrs. Jane Lewis, Mrs. Amanda Wright, Mrs. Mahala Austin and Louis, Richard, Sylvester, Henry and Wesley. Those living are Mrs. Clara Newberry of Citronelle, Alabama, Mrs. Lillie David of Selkirk, Kansas, and Mrs. Ella McVay of East Carthage.
When a child Mr. Boston attended school and Sunday school at East Union and has always been interested in the welfare of his community. He was a member of Carthage Baptist church for more than fifty years; he has been true to its teachings, and liberal in its support; he was one of the most generous contributors to the building fund of the present church edifice. He was a successful business man, and honest in all his dealings. His recreation was music and he played several instruments.
Loyal to church, to family, friends and neighbors, he will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Short services for relatives and close friends were held at the residence at 2 o'clock, Thursday afternoon preceding the funeral service at the Baptist church at 2:30, Rev. J. W. Crouch officiating at the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cutler and Dorothy Frazee and Freeman Grove sang, "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye". Jessie Duffie played the accompaniments. Pall bearers were Charles Kimbrough, Frank Kimbrough, Rev. Morgan Webb, Harry Johnson, Cyrus Cutler and Ed Cutler.
