Thursday Evening, January 3, 1946 - THE ABERDEEN DAILY WORLD ________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES for Women

Rev. W. F. Herbigs Given Golden Wedding Party

HOQUIAM, Jan. 3 ----(Special)

Rev. and Mrs. William F. Herbig, 2735 Aberdeen Ave., Hoquiam were honored on New Years day at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. And Mrs. Carl O. Whorton, 2811 Pacific Avenue, Hoquiam, on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary.

Flowers, gifts as well as expressions of congratulations and good wishes were received by the couple throughout the day from family and friends. Including greetings from the following who were guests at the wedding in 1896: Mrs. P. E. Everson, of Everett and Robert E. Cook, of Minot, North Dakota, sister and brother of Mrs. Herbig, and R. D. Herbig of Arcadia, Calif., brother of Mr. Herbig.

Children of the couple and their families present were: Mr. And Mrs. V. W. Herbig and daughter, Beverly, and son, Robert, of Port Angeles; Mr. And Mrs. LeRoy E. Eide and daughter Pricilla, of Aberdeen; Mr. And Mrs. Carl O. Whorton and sons, Dean, Wayne and Neal of Hoquiam; Mr. And Mrs. Adriel P. Herbig and daughter, Gail, of Yakima; and Phillip N. Herbig of Hoquiam. Only one of the children, Capt. Merle L. Herbig, his wife Ruth and their daughters, Sandra and Marla, of Spearfish, South Dakota, were unable to attend.

A large golden wedding cake was served the guests throughout the afternoon. Assisting were Mrs. Meta Herbig, Mrs. Alice Herbig, Mrs. Naomi Eide, Mrs. A. B. Petterson, Mrs. Roy Thunem and Miss Norma Shelton, Mrs. Beverly Herbig was in charge of the guest book.

At a family gathering earlier in the day, Mrs. Herbig presented each daughter and daughter-law with a dish, remaining from the half century old wedding gifts.

Rev. and Mrs. Herbig recalled that their wedding day in 1896 at the farm home of the bride in Clear Lake, Iowa, was mild and sunny, but with deep snow on the ground so that the guests came in sleighs or cutters. A hundred guests were present for the wedding dinner and 75 arriving later in the evening on the wedding date.

During the early years of their married life, the couple operated various businesses in Nebraska, Minnesota and the Dakotas and farmed in the Red River Valley of North Dakota. They both attended Taylor University at Upland, Indiana, and the Evangelistic Bible Institute in Chicago after which they entered the ministry.

From that time until the past few years, Rev. Herbig has served as circuit rider, pastor and evangelist, traveling in 36 of the 48 states and nearly all of the provinces of Canada. He also served for two years as dean of a Bible institute in Oklahoma.

They recounted interesting and humorous experiences during the years in which they moved the family home some 46 times. In 1926 they moved to a farm home in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Mrs. Herbig named the place "Dun movin'." Later, however, they moved to the state of Washington, which they declare is their choice of all the states in which they have lived.