MARRIAGE: Theodore BARR to Laura B. CASNER, 1896, Blair County, PA

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Hollidaysburg Couple Wed Fifty Years

  Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Barr of 222 Beaver street, Hollidaysburg, 
celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 27, at 
their home.  A surprise dinner party for seventy-five persons was held 
in the evening, among those present being the couple's six children, 
twenty grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.  Four grandsons in 
the armed services were absent.  
  Throughout the day, friends and neighbors wished Mr. and Mrs. Barr 
many more years of happiness. 
  Miss Laura Belle Casner and Theodore Barr were united in marriage in 
Hollidaysburg on Aug. 27, 1894.  Nine children were born to the union, 
six of whom are living.  They include John Barr, Mrs. Emma Murphy and 
Mrs. Barbara Ott, all of Hollidaysburg; Mrs. Mary Zink of Canton, Ohio; 
Mrs. Hilda Mickel of Lakemont, and Mrs. Edith West of Indianapolis, 
Ind. 
  Out-of-town guests at the celebration included the following: 
  Mr. and Mrs. Zink of Canton, Ohio; Mrs. West, and Barbara Joan of 
Indianapolis; Ira Nowery of Nescopeck, Pa., Miss Nellie Broadt of 
Bloomsburg, Pa; C. W. Miller and Wilbur Miller of R. D. No. 3, 
Hollidaysburg; and Mrs. Samuel Couch and daughter, Connie, of Altoona.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, August 30, 1944