Anniversaries from November 2003

Elmer and Dorothy Palisch of Jackson will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary next week. An open house will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 9 in the multipurpose room at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson.

Clemon and Naomi Crain of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Family Life Center at Centenary United Methodist Church. Host is their daughter, Carolyn Crain. Mr. and Mrs. Crain were married Nov. 9, 1943...

Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. McGinty of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a family reception Nov. 16. The event will be held at the home of a son, Charles P. "Chuck" McGinty Jr. of Cape Girardeau. The McGintys were married Nov. 20, 1943...

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Robert of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner and reception Oct. 3, 2003, at Holiday Inn. Hosts were their daughters and sons-in-law, Jacalyn and Bob McComb of Lubbock, Texas, and Candice and Jim Kraushaar of New Port Beach, Calif...

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lawrence of St. Louis celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 17, 2003, with a party hosted by their children. Lawrence and Jerry Crader were married Oct. 17, 1953, in Cape Girardeau, by the Rev. Thomas Messer. Their attendants were Pyrtle Seabaugh and Marilyn Lawrence. They moved from Cape Girardeau in 1959...

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Maevers of Jackson recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows in a sunset setting on a beach in Kauai, Hawaii. A Hawaiian priestess performed the traditional Hawaiian ceremony, with the couple's children participating...