Mr. and Mrs. George Randall celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home on Fifty and Jefferson streets, in this
city, Wednesday, when all of their children and grandchildren were present. The rooms of the Randall home were beautified with
bright-colored Autumn leaves, ferns and berries.
After dinner had been served, Mr. and Mrs. Randall stood beneath a canopy of Autumn leaves, surrounded by a circle of their
children and another circle of grandchildren, and Rev. T. B. Ford presented Mr. Randall with a handsome gold watch fob and Mrs.
Randall with a handsome gold watch and pin in behalf of their children. Rev. Arthur Brown, of Seattle, Wash., son-in-law of Mr.
and Mrs. Randall, offered a prayer, and this was followed by the family singing, "Blest Be the Tie That Binds."
At this reunion there were five children: Wilburn Grant Randall, of Central Point, Clackamas County; Mrs. Ada Brown, of
Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Gustina Pollard, of Springfield, Or.; George Garfield Randall, of Central Point; Mrs. Lottie Jane Crawford,
of Portland. The 12 grandchildren present were: Mildred, Ralph and George Brown, Irene Randall, Florence Randall, Lottie
Randall, daughters of the late Gilbert Randall; Ada Randall, Alma Randall, Anna Randall, William Theodore Pollard, Jule Johanna
Pollard and Dorothy Crawford. Besides these children and grandchildren attending were Mr. and Mrs. H. C. C. Phelps, of Portland,
the latter sister of Mrs. Randall; Rev. and Mrs. T. B. Ford, Rev. Arthur Brown, Filo Laverne Crawford, of Portland, and Dr. P.
Pollard, of Springfield, Or. The later three are sons-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. Randall came to Oregon by the Isthmus of Panama in 1865. Mr. Randall was born in Wiltshire, England, April 18,
1841, and Mrs. Randall was born at Trowbridge, England, August 19, 1838. Mr. Randall came to America in 1857, and settled at
Rockville, Ill. Mrs. Randall came to Rockville, Ill, in 1863. Their marriage took place in 1862, and they moved to Oregon in
1865. They first made their home in Oregon City, where they remained for about three months, after which Mr. Randall purchased
200 acres of the Ben Male donation land claim, which is now one of the finest farms in Clackamas County, and which is in charge
of George Randall, Jr. Mr. Randall is now retired, and owns considerable property in this city and county. |