In his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis used St. Paul’s “hymn to love,” taken from his First Letter to the Corinthians, to offer several pieces of advice on how to keep one’s marriage strong throughout the years, based on true love. “Love is patient, love is kind. love is not jealous or boastful; it…
Secret to 70 Years of Marriage? It’s All About This
Norma Timms proved the old adage that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. She is celebrating her 70th wedding anniversary with husband John today. Their love was put to the test soon after they got together when he was conscripted to the army for two years, but regular postal deliveries of…
Seven Decades Together
Ernie and Rose Pinkston will be observing two special occasions on June 30 when they celebrate, along with family and friends, Ernie’s 90th birthday and the couple’s 70th wedding anniversary. It’s apparently going to be quite an event, but more about that later. To truly appreciate the specialness of any celebration like this one, it’s…
Couple Celebrates 70th Wedding Anniversary After Rough Start
Great grandparents in Maidstone are celebrating 70 years of wedded bliss today. Things didn’t start out bright for Ian and Jean Henderson. Jean threw a pair of football bots at Ian when they were at school in their teens. But over the years their romance blossomed and they married in 1949 at the age of…
Boone Couple Celebrates 70th anniversary
Lillian Mae Reeves of Pilot Mountain married Thurman Finch Horner of Oxford at the First Baptist Church of Boone on April 15, 1949. At the time of the wedding, Ms. Reeves was a chemistry professor at Appalachian State University. Mr. Horner had served during World War II in the United States Marine Corps and was…
Married couple who met during World War II celebrate 70th wedding anniversary
A husband and wife who met in the RAF during the Second World War are now celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary. Staff and residents at Redwalls Nursing Home in Sandiway joined in the anniversary celebrations of John and Marion Thomas last Tuesday. The couple live in Norley, but Mr Thomas, 94, is currently a short-stay…
Australia’s Enduring and Surprising Love Stories
Audrey and Jim Murray recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. The couple met in the late 1940s, when Jim was waiting to be discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force after WWII. “He was a very cheeky young man at that time. When we were introduced, I said to my friend who introduced me, I…
70 Years of Wedded Bliss. Here’s the Secret
The couple was married on March 20, 1949, at the Delavan East Lutheran Church. They recalled that there was snow on the ground, but the weather was warm. Surrounded by family and friends, they exchanged their marriage vows and professed their love for one another. As the old saying goes, opposites attract. Roland was raised…
Here’s what some seniors think of dating app Tinder
Theresa and Jim Woolfrey disagreed on who to swipe right on when flipping through Tinder. (Katie Breen/CBC) Dating in the modern era isn’t quite the same as it was back in the 1940s. Jim and Theresa Woolfrey, both 82, met while working at a family store in Lewisporte, N.L., […] … they’ve stayed married for…
Love Story Celebrating 70 years
James would eventually propose to Leoma in a familiar place. “We were on a city bus in Laurinburg and I proposed on the bus with a ring,” said James. James and Leoma Ward were married March 5, 1949, at a courthouse — and kept it under wraps for a year. “Back then you had to…