A 50th Anniversary Party in Erath County, Texas - 1962

This invitation and napkin were found in a box of photos and clippings that once belonged to my father's three sisters, Marie Bryan, DeRay Bryan, and Willa Mae Bryan Dudley. 

Clarence Parker Gibson and Sudie Belle Collinsworth were married in Erath County on 6 April 1912 and according to an article about the anniversary event, lived in Stephenville until 1926. Mr. Gibson worked for Gulf Oil Company and spent many years living in Borger, Texas. He retired in 1959, and they moved back to Stephenville in 1960. Although my family had many connections to Erath County, I suspect my Aunts knew Sudie and Clarence from Borger. 

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"Gibsons Observe Golden Wedding", Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Texas), 30 April 1962; database and images, The Portal to Texas History  (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429414/m1/30/zoom/? : accessed 15 January 2023).  

Gibson invitation and napkin, photograph, April 1962; scanned image, from the privately held collection of Diana Quinn, VA 2023.

"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-RBF1 : 23 February 2021), Clarence B Gibson and Sudie Collingsworth, 06 Apr 1912; citing Marriage, citing Erath, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,428,410.