A UNIQUE SILVER WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
[Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Kerr]
Courier
December 21, 1922
(Contributed.)
Saturday, Dec.
16th, was the twentieth-fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. And Mrs. W. M. Kerr
who reside at the corner of Church and Heard Streets. Mr. And Mrs. Kerr
lately returned from California where they had gone for the benefit of Mrs.
Kerr's failing health. Upon their return she was taken seriously ill but has
partially recovered but not sufficient to warrant their undertaking an
elaborate celebration as they had hoped. Knowing their condition and their
desire as well, a number of their nieces and nephews conceived the idea of
giving them a surprise dinner and congratulations in their home.
A menu was made
out and sent to the different parties who could attend stating which each
party was to furnish for the occasion. Mr. And Mrs. Kerr were then invited
to spend the day with their nephew and niece Mr. And Mrs. J. H. Sneed, 1000
West Hunt street. After they had gone the other parties went in a body to
the home of Mr. And Mrs. Kerr and proceeded to arrange for the dining.
When all things
were ready, Rev. Glen L. Sneed of Oak Cliff called for them and announced
that some of their relatives were visiting them and desired that they come
home.
They with Mr.
And Mrs. Sneed proceeded to join the jolly crowd at the home of Mr. Kerr.
Immediately upon
the arrival of Mr. And Mrs. Kerr they were invited into the dining room to a
table laden with the best that the markets of McKinney and Dallas could
produce and those well versed in the culinary arts could prepare.
The table was
covered with silver dust and bordered with silver tinsel, and the
centerpiece was a silver arch from which a silver wedding bell was
suspended.
J. H. Sneed was
asked to explain the cause of the meeting after which Mr. J. W. Kerr of
Celina, an uncle of Mr. Kerr by blood and an uncle of Mrs. Kerr by marriage,
who is nearing his 88th anniversary, returned thanks for the food and the
fellowship of the meeting.
After all had
partaken of the sumptuous dinner they returned to family sitting room where
another agreeable surprise awaited the bride and groom.
Quite a number
of relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kerr who could not attend the
dining had written letters of congratulations and good wishes to Mrs. J. H.
Sneed, these had been formed into a makebelieve Jack Horner pie. This pie
was placed in a small iron wagon and Master Ralph Sneed of Dallas and John
Klutz of Princeton came into the room smiling and reciting. "Little Jack
Horner sat in the corner, eating his Christmas pie. He put in his thumb and
pulled out a plum and said "Oh, what a good boy am I."
When they had
complete their speech each one present put his thumb into the pie and pulled
out one of the letters and beginning with Mrs. Kerr, each one read his
message. At some the room filled with laughter, at others the tear drops
would start.
After the
messages had been read with many a thrill and pleasant memory the meeting
was closed with a touching prayer by Rev. Glen L. Sneed and the happy crowd
reluctantly took their leave to their respective homes to take up the duties
of life again all feeling that among the pleasant memories that shall
lighten the burden of life in after years none will be sweeter than the 16th
day of December, 1922, when they celebrated the silver marriage anniversary
of "Uncle Will" and "Aunt Sue" Kerr and earnestly praying that the Lord may
spare them for many more years of usefulness.
Those present
were:
Mr. and Mrs. F.
A. Klutz and sons Robert and John and daughter Nola and Ruth of Princeton.
Mrs. J. A.
Snider of Brady, Texas.
Mrs. Dallas
Pharr and son, Leonard of Lucas
Rev. Glen L
Sneed, wife and son Ralph of Oak Cliff.
Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Patterson and daughter of S. M. U., Dallas.
Mr. David Kerr
and daughter Lucy Lee Kerr of Celina.
Miss Flossie
Scroggins of McKinney.
Miss Thelma
Beanland of Prosper.
Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Sneed and son, John.
Mr. and Mrs. J.
S. Kerr of Sherman.
Uncle Whitt Kerr
of Celina.
W. W. Kerr and
wife.
List of those
sending congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kerr on their silver wedding,
Dec. 16th, 1922.
Mr. and Mrs. T.
H. Muse, Mrs. James M. Muse, Miss Minnie Ruth Kerr of the Hockaday School,
Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Sneed and children, Waxahachie, Texas; Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Hunter and family of Claude, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Kerr,
Church street, Santa Ana, California; Miss Mary Batson, McKinney; Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Kerr, Nashville, Tenn; Mr. and Mrs. Tony McDonald; Capt. and Mrs.
Lewis Thompson, Houston, Texas; Hon. Bush Sneed and family of Nashville,
Tenn.; E. B. Fincher, D. D., and family, Commerce; Mr. and Mrs. Scotty
Forsyth, Rev. W. R. Hall, D. D. and wife (Pastor); Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Caskey,
Denton; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hedgcoxe; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Turrentine; Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Griffin, Plainview; Mrs. Sue C. Hockaday, Corsicana, Texas; Rev.
A. O. Rue and wife; Mrs. Emma Tucker, Denton Texas; Mr. and Mrs. T. H.
Cunningham, and sons; Mrs. Emma Wilson; Dr. J. G. Kerr and family, Beaumont,
Texas; Miss Ela Hockaday, Hockaday School, Dallas; Miss Janie Muse, Mr. and
Mrs. Otha McDaniel and family of Seymour Texas; Elder and Mrs. R. C. Horn;
Mr. Alex H. Kerr, S. M. U., Dallas; Mrs. Susan Horn, Auxiliary, First
Presbyterian Church; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Munson and family of Denison; R. E.
Vinson, D. D., President of State University, and family, Austin; Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Kerr, Amarillo; Men's Bible Class, First Presbyterian Church; Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Kerr and family of Celina; Ladies Circle No. 1, First
Presbyterian Church; Women's Bible Class, First Presbyterian Church; Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Hockaday, Cleburne; Mrs. T. L. Dinsmore; Mr. and Mrs. A. Klutz
and family, Princeton; Mr. Claude Scroggins, Plainview; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Patterson, S. M. U., Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Greenberry Adams and daughter,
Bernice; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hockaday, Graham; Mr. and Mrs. William Scroggins
and family; Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Kerr, florists, Houston; Mr. and Mrs.
Olen S. Hockaday, Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. John S. Kerr horticulturist, Sherman;
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cook; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Oates; Miss Bessie V. Sneed, Manager
of Home of Neighborly Service, San Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. Luther McDonald and
family of Vincennes, Ind., telegram; Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Cushing, Vincennes,
Indiana, telegram; Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Hammond, Forth Worth, telegram; Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene W. Kerr, Manager Cuba Cane Corporation, Havana, Cuba; Mr.
and Mrs. A. D. Kerr, Seymour.
Substantial
presents by Capt. J. S. Dowell of McKinney; Miss Florence Kerr of Houston;
Mrs. Bettie Poole; Nellie Poole, the last three being daughters and
granddaughters of A. W. Kerr and wife of Santa Anna California.
Surname Index
Recommended Citation:
"Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Kerr,
EARLY SETTLERS OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County, Texas History
and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
