The reception given last evening at Hamilton College by president and Mrs. B. C. Hagerman in celebration of the golden wedding of Mrs. Hagerman’s parents, Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Campbell, of Bethany, Va. was a beautiful social event. The Hamilton college halls, parlors, and reception rooms with attractive furnishings, were elaborately decorated with palms, ferns, blooming plants and yellow flowers, which filled large old-fashioned urns, and also immense bunches of yellow roses tied with yellow satin ribbons, which carried out, the golden idea. The chandeliers were draped in yellow and ….,and the lights were all velled in the same color. At seven O’clock Miss Elizabeth Smith played the wedding march and the couple passed down the stairway into the front parlor and stood beneath the large wedding bell, which swung between the folding doors. Gathered together for this beautiful occasion were hundreds of relatives and the old friends of the wedding couple from all over the United Sates. The wedding bell, a special feature, was covered with yellow chrysanthemums, with clapper of immortelles. It has served on such occasions for over thirty years in the Campbell family.
As they stood there, “The Golden Wedding of Fifty Years” was sung to the music of “auld Lang Syne” and was followed by a prayer offered by President Loos. President Hagerman’s remarks were beautiful and impressive and all during the evening many others offered pretty toasts and told many happy reminiscences. A very pleasant feature of the hours was the music, Miss Smith played. Mrs. Nave, of Bethany, who has an exceptionally sweet voice, sang, and others contributed music. Substantials and ices were served, the latter being in yellow designs, with fancy yellow cakes. The round wedding table presents an especially pretty scene. It was in the dining room, with a large vase of yellow roses in the center and forming a wreath around the table, and scatted loosely over the cloth were orange blossoms used for thirty years in the family, and which had adorned the bridal robes of eleven brides. The dished of mints, cakes and bonbons were also in yellow, and the white candles in the silver candelabra were shaded in yellow. During the evening frappe was served.
Mrs. Campbell wore black mull embroidered in lavender. Her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Rose Miller of Fairview, La., whose next birthday will be her ninetieth, arrived here several days ago and was one of the most admired guests present. She wore a black satin gown, with white kerchief and cap. Mrs. Hagerman was gowned in black lace over white silk, and Miss Virginia Hagerman wore white mull. Assisting in receiving were the following friends and distinguished guest in the household: Mrs. Virginia Thompson, of Washington City; Mr. and Mrs. William H. Nave and Miss Jessica Nave, of Bethany, W. Va.; Dr. Halford Watson, of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell, of Lancaster, Ky.: Mrs. Welday Gray of Stubenville, Oh.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Arnold, of Frankfort, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Campbell, of San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Hagerman and Miss Hagerman of Louisville; Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Y. Pendleton, of Cincinnati: Misses DeJarnette, Mrs. Higgins, Mrs. Deatherage, Mrs. Doty, Miss Doty, Mrs. Turley, Miss Turley of Richmond; Mr. William Campbell of Wheeling, W. Va.: Dr. Ravogli of Cincinnati; Mrs. Saffell, of Lawrenceburg; Miss Applegate, of Wellsburg W. Va.
To those who attended this happy celebration will linger … …. pleasant recollections. After extending congratulations, the guest departed. A feature of the reception were the handsome gifts, all in gold, which were received. One pretty gift was from their son, Mr. Archibald Campbell, of California. It was a beautiful little box filled with five twenty dollars gold pieces new and bright from the mint in California. Vases, mirrors, spoons, etc., were also among the collection.[1]
[1] Golden Wedding Anniversary obituary, The Morning Herald, Lexington, Kentucky, 31 December 1902, Page 5 & 6. Mr. and Mrs. Barton C. Hagerman.
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