Pinal County, AZ - Anniversaries:  Clarkson, 50th, 1964
Monday, April 5, 2004
 
Submitted by:  phill@infowest.com   (Phyllis Hill)
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Florence Residents Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
 
  On March 16th, 1964, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Clarkson celebrated 
their 50th wedding anniversary.  They were married in Hayden, 
March 16, 1914, at the home of friends, by the Rev. Thomas Dodd.
  Mr. Clarkson, a native of Preston, Idaho, came to Arizona in 
January 1912, from Holladay, Utah, a month before Arizona became 
the 48th state, and started working at the smelter in Hayden.  Mrs. 
Clarkson, the former Ethel Breeden, was born in  French Lick, Indiana 
and arrived in Hayden in October of 1912.  
  
Mr. Clarkson worked for the American Smelting and Refining Company 
in Hayden until he retired in 1951 and they moved to Florence. Still 
not willing to give up working, he got a job at the Pinal General 
Hospital as maintenance man and finally retired again after 11 
years.  His hobby is woodworking.
  
Mrs. Clarkson is active in the Florence Rebekah Lodge and is a 
past Noble Grand.  In addition, she is a member of the Order of 
the Eastern Star.  She enjoys working in the yard with her flowers.
  
The Pinal Rebekah Lodge honored the couple with a dinner at the 
Chuck Wagon and presented Mr. Clarkson with an engraved loving 
cup and gave Mrs. Clarkson a lovely corsage.
  
Later this year they plan a trip to Mrs. Clarkson's home town 
of French Lick,Indiana with their daughter Mrs. Phyllis Hill and 
her husband of Napa, California.  

Their other daughter, Josephine Di Pastena, lives in Kearny, Arizona.
  
They have 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.