Multnomah County OR Archives News.....Society Bits November 13, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com December 31, 2007, 8:29 am Morning Oregonian November 13, 1904 The golden wedding anniversary reception of General and Mrs. Eliphalet Whittlesey was a delightfl event of Monday evening.Mrs.C.H.Patten,of St.Louis,their olny daughter,and Mrs.Winthrop Tappen,of Nwe Jersey,a sister of the hostess,assisted the bride and groom of a half century ago in receiving their many hundreds of friends.Their daughter in law,Mrs. George P.Whittlesey,of this city, and Mrs.James T.Whittleset,of New York presided in the dining room,assisted by Mrs.Arthur S.Phelps.Miss Cook,Miss Tappen and the five granddaughters of the host and hostess. An especially interesting gift was a gold loving cup,mounted on old ivory standards and bearing an inscription that told of General Whittlesesy's connection with the Mohonk Indian Conference. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/newspapers/societyb167gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb