Clipping: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Borton Celebrate 25th anniversary

BORTON, MICHAELSON

Posted By: LInda H Meyers (email)
Date: 11/11/2008 at 14:11:10

clipping from the Nevada Journal Mar. 1959---

300 ATTEND THE ROY BORTON'S SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Earl Borton were honored by more than 300 relatives and friends in observance of their silver wedding anniversary, Sunday, March 8, at their farm home north of Nevada.
Arthur and Jurine Borton served as host and hostess for the occasion which honored their parents.
Blue and white, the couple's wedding colors twenty-five years ago, were combined with silver for carrying out the theme of the day. A three-tiered wedding cake decorated with the traditional bride and bridegroom served as the table centerpiece. A large frosted silver glow candle was on either side of the cake.
A lovely floral arrangement of roses, greenery and the number "25" in silver, was placed in the center of the buffet. Lighted blue spiral tapers tied with silver metallic ribbon flanked either side.
The corsages and boutonnieres were red roses in the center of blue carnations tied with silver mesh ribbon.
ASSISTANTS
The Mesdames Maurie Barton, Lee Borton, Louis Borton, Howard Borton, Milford Michaelson, Milford Ryerson, Glen Egland, Richard Settle and Edna Hughes poured punch either in the afternoon or evening and also assisted with the serving. Janice Radabaugh and Norene Hughes also assisted.
Rosiland Ryerson was in charge of the gifts. She was assisted by Laura Lee Ryerson, Linda and Patty Michaelson, and Delores and Judy Borton, all nieces of the honored couple.
MARRIED IN THOMPSON, IA.
Mr. and Mrs. Borton were married in Thompson, Iowa, March 7, 1934. Mrs. Borton was formerly Verna Michaelson, daughter of Mrs. Gurine Michaelson and the late Mr. Willie Michaelson. Mr. Borton's parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Borton of St. Anthony.
The honored couple have three children and three grandchildren. The daughter Florine, 23, and her husband, Lt. Merril D. Smalley, are graduates of Iowa State College. They have three sons, David, Lowell and Gregory. They called from their home in Straubing, Germany to greet the honorees. The daughter Jurine, 20, is a junior at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant. Arthur, 19, attended Upper Iowa University in Fayette, and is now farming.
Louie Clark, grandfather of Mr. Borton, was present, at the age of ninety-seven.
Many lovely cards, letters and gifts were received by the honored couple. During the course of the day, long distance calls came from Straubing, Germany, and from Mrs. Borton's mother, Mrs. Gurine Michaelson from California. Other calls were from Moline, Ill., Long Beach, Calif., and from Ogden, Cedar Rapids, Beaman, Nevada, Ames and Des Moines, Iowa.
GUESTS PRESENT
Guests present to help make the day an enjoyable one were from Nevada, McCallsburg, Ames, Woden, Radcliffe, Thompson, Garden City, New Virginia, State Center, Story City, Roland, Whitten, Iowa Falls, Zearing, Clemons, Union, Conrad, Beaman, Marshalltown, Brooklyn, Iowa,and Mt. Airy, N. C.