Show golden anniversary for sam wilsons open house mr and mrs sam wilson of green river will celebrate their goolden of 1 wedding anniversary on sunday august 21 open house will be held their home on sunday from 2 00 P M to 5 00 P M all friends and ac quam quain are cordially invited to attend to help them celebrate this happy the wilsons were married at win field kansas in 1905 mr allson on ori smally came from ohio while mrs wilson was a native kansan how ever part of mrs wilson s childhood and early youth were spent in victoria canada where she still owns some land D about 46 years ago the wilsons came cameto to green river and have lived here ever since sam wilson acquin ed a large ranch near here irately acres of land the ranch which has specialized in cattle and melons is known as the 42 ranch and their brand iff is the A cross sam wilson is credited with hav ing made green river famous for its cantaloupes and can therefore be termed the father of green river s annual melon days celebia tion which is held each fall for years the 42 ranch shipped about carloads of melons each season new york and baltimore were the destination of most of the melons according to son stewart wilson who is working the ranch at present the big packing shed at the railroad yards was owned and operated by sam here the melons were inspected prepared and pack ed for shipment to the eastern markets during the growing season and the harvest said bonnie wilson grand daughter I 1 remember that there were usually bo 80 to navajo indians camping on the ranch who came to work in the fields an dur ing and after the last world war she continued there was quite a group of american japanese who came to live on the ranch probably about 50 of them while there they experimented with raising celery al 1 e mr and mrs sam wilson later a number of were also employed there mrs sam wilson has always been very interested and active in church aff affairs airs she is still sunday school superintendent of the community presbyterian church here this is a post she has held an very ably filled for the past 25 years the wilsons were blessed with six children three sons and three dau gaters all of the sons stewart francis and lorm lorin live in green river and all three are associated with the ranch the daughters are mrs mollie jean gildez of los angeles mrs helen seal of seattle and marjone marjorie of new port washing ton mr and mrs sam wilson have 10 grandchildren |