Show Married 73 73 Years and d' d Happy Gives Reci Recipe I f I tr t. t t S. S I I a aMR 1 I I I am MR A. A AND IJ SIRS lURS jo n SIN c. c I IS lf J. J March 26 26 Divorce can be prevented by hard work The trouble th these days das Is that married folks havo havu things too easy That's the opinion of ot Mr and nd Mrs John C. C Demarest married three seventy e years s and d still h hap hap- py He is 95 sY and sst st she Is 91 l. l He still works his own gard garden n and ami she does doea her own washing They were married M March 2 2 1850 raised four children and have six sir grandchildren and seven great great- grandchildren Getting married wasn't a Joke in those days said Grandpa De- De marest We rode horseback when we went vent courting and the boys bos would race to th tb the girls girl's house No telephone then and no rural mall deliveries Girls didn't think so much about dress drees said Grandma De- De I had bad two dresses a year ear one of flax and one of wool both home borne grown and home made And AndOne Andone Andone one pair of shoes a a. year We e saved our shoes and didn't put them on until Just before we started started started start start- ed for tor church or a dance Their wedding day was the first time Demarest ever evet rode in a wagon They have built their own houses of hewn logs and they have I I only b been en separated once visited his brother In Iowa for two weeks thirty seven years ago Weve been happy because we haven't had time to be anything else he said Young folks these days dont don't work hard enough The aged couple who are looking looking look look- ing forward to celebrating their diamond w wedding anniversary live with their daughter Mrs Peter S. S at Spring Lake farm tarm near I Wyckoff |