GOLDEN WEDDING 
W E, THE sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Allen, 
are proud to dedicate this Book of Berries 
to our parents. We are glad to tell you that 
they have had Fifty Happy Years together. So that 
all of their many friends could be able to share, to 
some extent, our joy in this occasion, we have 
begun this Book with the above picture. It was 
taken on November 12, 1940, the day of their Golden 
Wedding Anniversary. 
“Pop” and “Mom” (as they have always been to 
us) were married near Mardela, Maryland. From 
the very beginning they worked shoulder to shoulder, 
not only at the job of marriage, but at the task of 
building up a business of their own. Four sons 
were horn and reared. The oldest, Walter K. Allen, 
lost his life in India where he had gone in his chosen 
work as a Missionary. The rest of us, Fulton, Lee 
and Albert have worked in this business from our 
childhood, and with our parents are the sole owners 
and operators of W. F. Allen Company. We have 
all married and there are now five granddaughters and 
three grandsons. 
Hard work, good products and fair dealing form 
the foundation upon which their business was built. 
We can say with complete honesty that we are all 
trying and believe we are succeeding in keeping the 
same high standards that were set by “Pop” and 
“Mom” so many years ago. We know you join with 
us in wishing them many more useful happy years. 
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