The next Sunday after we were married my folks held an open house for us at the Sutton home. My folks paid for the ice cream. I was amazed at the people who came. The day was gorgeous and people came and stayed and visited. Jess's folks gave us the round oak table
that her mother had given her when she was married and six matching chairs, they had purchased. Kent has the table in his home now. Jess's grand parents gave us silverware that we used for over thirty years and a quilt. My folks gave us money and we bought a bedroom set, with a dresser and chest of drawers all for $125.00. That was a lot of money. Most of it is still being used. I kept a list of the gifts and there were three sets of dishes, nine sheets, twenty-six towels, three bedspreads, five blankets and many small items.
It was tradition to give a wedding dance and we did that the following Saturday night at the Archer school. It was
free to those who came and we paid for the orchestra. We were broke for a long time. We had drawn an advance on Jess's wages to pay for it.
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