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Show On 25 years of married lifp As I write this I am celebrating my twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, the silver one. A quarter-century of marriage, to the same man I might add, which has flown by. I noticed that most men say that it seems that they have been married forever. Even though I have been married considerably longer than I was single I still have vivid memories of pre-marriage days and it doesn't seem so long ago, either. We were already married when my folks celebrated their 25th anniversary and from our meager funds we bought them a silver tray with their names and marriage date engraved on it. We were quite proud of ourselves. But actually, it is a dumb gift to give. What do you do with a silver tray with engraving on it? Not much. It just sits around and turns dull. During these 25 years we have had many adventures and all of them have been for our good. Jerry still had two years of school left when we got married on Dec. 19, 1958. Thank goodness, I was already through school and had graduated the previous spring. He earned $80 working parttime at BYU, I made $225 and this was our monthly wage. From this we made our rent payment of $45, our car payment of $45, saved for tuition and books and allowed $20 for groceries. We saw real meat on weekends when we visited either his parents or mine. Our entertainment was cheap. He worked with the Film Classics program at BYU which was the forerunner of Varsity Theater. We saw the films for free since he was in charge and I sold tickets. Sometimes we would take a dime and walk down to Cooks Ice Cream Parlor which used to be on West Center in Provo and have an ice cream cone. Sometimes we spent a nickel apiece and went to Albertsons there on 500 W. and Center Street and get a banana nut square which they used to sell. And they were delicious, too. As you can see, our entertainment was really flashy in those days. The dav we day that the St rtheL To begin with Jerl ' boys deliver Sif.tohep. before he leftfXi domg this, the c ftg know, so IheypiV, service station finalU reception was not heft days later, so we hJ'i 7 to do the apartmen,tJentyo' it was the most unmJ , they had ever 8Jn7anhcH We had to St81 Lake for a short honeymoon since we U Jer had barely retumfe mission a few days before k ihe next day we u Jerry's brother, Jim's ' 3 toOgdentosemyff i dont recommend IW weddings to my friendsX busyanmewithChri stmasjj but we did ,t and it with the Christmas Z mcluding green it worWoC We used no red in our w. reception as I thought it was at', too strong of a color for a wedfr. even at Christmas time. 4 On that same day, Dec 19 another Pleasant Grove m spoke their vows. Ron and Mali Firth were married in the Temple that same day. A 25th Anniversary to you guys, ft,! and Marie! This anniversary day is rally lost in the shuffle of Christ preparations but we plan tt celebrate it with a nice dinner ai home fixed by Mie, maybe a look the football game on TV, and a is: to the neighbors. (Our bishops having an open house fortheentift ward to celebrate Christmas. 1 think that is pretty special.) Merry Christmas to you all arc may your best wishes come true. |