Golden 
Wedding 
Last August we celebrated our Golden 
Wedding. If we had looked forward fifty 
years on that August 15, 1903 it would 
have seemed that August 15, 1953 was a 
iong time in the future. Looking back, the 
time element does not appear important. 
The celebration was an openhouse af- 
fair at the local grange hall. Everybody 
was invited and we are happy that so 
many could, and did, attend. Our thanks 
go to them, to our children, the many 
friends in distant parts of the country for 
their greetings, and to the ladies of the 
grange who worked so hard to make it a 
success. 
“It is time to retire,” one of our friends 
said. “You two have worked hard and 
steadily for fifty years and are entitled 
to rest from now out.” 
Retire? Oh no, not for us! Retirement 
would mean giving up the pleasant work 
with plants which both of us have en- 
joyed so much for the past thirty years. 
It would mean losing touch with the 
many friends we have made among plant 
lovers from those in our immediate 
neighborhood to those scattered across 
the United States to the eastern seaboard. 
Many of these we never greeted except 
by mail, but their cheerful, friendly let- 
ters are of far more value to us than the 
sums of money they send for our plants 
and bulbs. With Carrie Jacobs Bond we 
can say the end of a perfect day is when 
we count the friends we have made. 
Despite arthritic pains and aches we 
hope to be here for several more years 
and that other friends will be added to 
those we so much appreciate. 
When the old man with the scythe taps 
the shoulder and says, ‘‘Time is up” may 
we act like one “Who wraps the drapery 
of his couch about him, and lies down to 
pleasant dreams.” Dreams, we believe, in 
which we can work in more beautiful 
gardens and under more pleasant condi- 
tions. Life is a continuing event that nev- 
er ends—it is merely translated into bet- 
ter things, if we have played our part to 
the best of our ability. 
MERTIE L. KAYLOR. 
FLOYD C. KAYLOR. 
Don’t Forget 
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must be accompanied by 25c to pay post- 
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